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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH	HISTORY
1	Bermuda	892.43 per 1,000 people	2002
2	San Marino	741.21 per 1,000 people	2004
3	Sweden	716.97 per 1,000 people	2004
4	Switzerland	688.84 per 1,000 people	2005
5	Germany	667.47 per 1,000 people	2005
6	Iceland	653.25 per 1,000 people	2005
7	Virgin Islands	651.69 per 1,000 people	2004
8	Denmark	618.59 per 1,000 people	2005
9	United States	605.97 per 1,000 people	2004
10	France	586.47 per 1,000 people	2005
11	Liechtenstein	574.13 per 1,000 people	2005
12	Greece	567.67 per 1,000 people	2005
13	Canada	565.85 per 1,000 people	2005
14	Australia	563.73 per 1,000 people	2005
15	Cyprus	554.28 per 1,000 people	2005
16	Hong Kong	546.49 per 1,000 people	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	539.19 per 1,000 people	2005
17	Andorra	535.41 per 1,000 people	2005
18	Luxembourg	535.35 per 1,000 people	2005
19	Saint Kitts and Nevis	532.1 per 1,000 people	2004
20	United Kingdom	527.94 per 1,000 people	2005
21	Guam	506.5 per 1,000 people	2001
22	Malta	500.91 per 1,000 people	2005
23	Barbados	500.37 per 1,000 people	2005
24	South Korea	491.68 per 1,000 people	2005
25	Ireland	488.81 per 1,000 people	2005
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	467.36 per 1,000 people	2005
26	Antigua and Barbuda	466.8 per 1,000 people	2004
27	Netherlands	465.69 per 1,000 people	2005
28	Netherlands Antilles	460.83 per 1,000 people	2001
29	Belgium	460.7 per 1,000 people	2004
30	Norway	460.49 per 1,000 people	2005
31	Japan	460.03 per 1,000 people	2005
	Eurozone average (profile)	455.77 per 1,000 people	2005
32	Austria	450 per 1,000 people	2005
33	Greenland	447.53 per 1,000 people	2002
34	The Bahamas	439 per 1,000 people	2004
35	Italy	427.41 per 1,000 people	2005
36	Croatia	425.24 per 1,000 people	2005
37	Singapore	424.8 per 1,000 people	2005
	European Union average (profile)	424.41 per 1,000 people	2005
38	Israel	424.1 per 1,000 people	2005
	NATO countries average (profile)	423.18 per 1,000 people	2005
39	Spain	422.18 per 1,000 people	2005
40	New Zealand	421.82 per 1,000 people	2005
41	Faroe Islands	418.98 per 1,000 people	2003
	Europe average (profile)	415.45 per 1,000 people	2004
42	Slovenia	408.08 per 1,000 people	2005
43	Finland	404.11 per 1,000 people	2005
44	Portugal	401.36 per 1,000 people	2005
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	400.45 per 1,000 people	2005
45	Macau	378.97 per 1,000 people	2005
	Cold countries average (profile)	372.72 per 1,000 people	2004
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	342.41 per 1,000 people	2004
46	Belarus	335.97 per 1,000 people	2005
47	Hungary	332.71 per 1,000 people	2005
48	Serbia and Montenegro	332.16 per 1,000 people	2004
49	Estonia	328.39 per 1,000 people	2005
50	Saint Lucia	321.25 per 1,000 people	2002
51	Costa Rica	320.88 per 1,000 people	2005
52	Bulgaria	320.86 per 1,000 people	2005
53	Latvia	317.76 per 1,000 people	2005
54	Czech Republic	314.38 per 1,000 people	2005
55	Grenada	309.28 per 1,000 people	2004
56	Poland	309.26 per 1,000 people	2005
57	Uruguay	304.32 per 1,000 people	2005
58	Dominica	293.31 per 1,000 people	2004
59	Mauritius	288.76 per 1,000 people	2005
60	Puerto Rico	285.46 per 1,000 people	2004
61	Russia	280.2 per 1,000 people	2005
62	Iran	278.17 per 1,000 people	2005
63	United Arab Emirates	272.85 per 1,000 people	2005
64	Bahrain	270.45 per 1,000 people	2005
65	China	268.63 per 1,000 people	2005
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	264.88 per 1,000 people	2004
66	Turkey	263.35 per 1,000 people	2005
67	Ukraine	255.94 per 1,000 people	2004
68	Seychelles	253.32 per 1,000 people	2005
69	Qatar	252.68 per 1,000 people	2005
	Christian countries average (profile)	252.63 per 1,000 people	2004
	Catholic countries average (profile)	250.65 per 1,000 people	2004
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	247.97 per 1,000 people	2005
71	Trinidad and Tobago	247.83 per 1,000 people	2005
72	Lebanon	246.84 per 1,000 people	2005
73	Moldova	239.74 per 1,000 people	2005
74	New Caledonia	235.88 per 1,000 people	2005
75	Lithuania	234.63 per 1,000 people	2005
76	Brazil	230.45 per 1,000 people	2004
77	Argentina	227.11 per 1,000 people	2005
78	Brunei	224.41 per 1,000 people	2005
79	Slovakia	222.21 per 1,000 people	2005
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	219.28 per 1,000 people	2004
80	Chile	210.85 per 1,000 people	2005
81	French Polynesia	208.06 per 1,000 people	2005
82	Romania	202.96 per 1,000 people	2005
83	Kuwait	201.26 per 1,000 people	2005
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	195.44 per 1,000 people	2004
	Emerging markets average (profile)	192.76 per 1,000 people	2005
84	Armenia	192.49 per 1,000 people	2004
85	Vietnam	190.66 per 1,000 people	2005
86	Mexico	189.27 per 1,000 people	2005
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	189.04 per 1,000 people	2005
	Former British colonies average (profile)	187.46 per 1,000 people	2004
88	American Samoa	181.65 per 1,000 people	2004
89	Suriname	180.43 per 1,000 people	2005
90	Malaysia	172.25 per 1,000 people	2005
91	Colombia	170.85 per 1,000 people	2005
92	Kazakhstan	166.52 per 1,000 people	2004
93	Saudi Arabia	164.37 per 1,000 people	2005
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	164.31 per 1,000 people	2004
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	158.96 per 1,000 people	2003
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	155.59 per 1,000 people	2003
	OPEC countries average (profile)	155.32 per 1,000 people	2005
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	153.68 per 1,000 people	2002
94	Syria	152.45 per 1,000 people	2005
95	Georgia	151.22 per 1,000 people	2004
96	Guyana	146.61 per 1,000 people	2005
97	El Salvador	141.18 per 1,000 people	2005
98	Cape Verde	140.91 per 1,000 people	2005
99	Egypt	140.43 per 1,000 people	2005
100	Panama	136.2 per 1,000 people	2005
101	Venezuela	135.66 per 1,000 people	2005
102	Libya	133.25 per 1,000 people	2003
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	130.56 per 1,000 people	2005
103	Azerbaijan	130.11 per 1,000 people	2005
104	Jamaica	128.84 per 1,000 people	2005
105	Ecuador	128.62 per 1,000 people	2005
106	Tunisia	125.38 per 1,000 people	2005
107	Fiji	122.38 per 1,000 people	2003
108	Jordan	120.57 per 1,000 people	2004
109	Belize	114.06 per 1,000 people	2005
110	Federated States of Micronesia	112.67 per 1,000 people	2005
111	Tonga	110.68 per 1,000 people	2002
	Religious countries average (profile)	110.54 per 1,000 people	2003
112	Thailand	109.52 per 1,000 people	2005
	Hot countries average (profile)	109.1 per 1,000 people	2003
113	Oman	103.33 per 1,000 people	2005
114	South Africa	100.86 per 1,000 people	2005
115	Guatemala	99.07 per 1,000 people	2005
116	Maldives	98.11 per 1,000 people	2005
	Muslim countries average (profile)	95.63 per 1,000 people	2004
117	Dominican Republic	94.64 per 1,000 people	2005
118	Albania	88.23 per 1,000 people	2004
119	Kyrgyzstan	85.19 per 1,000 people	2005
120	Peru	80.47 per 1,000 people	2005
121	Turkmenistan	80.06 per 1,000 people	2003
122	Algeria	78.29 per 1,000 people	2005
123	Marshall Islands	75.61 per 1,000 people	2003
124	Cuba	75.42 per 1,000 people	2005
125	Botswana	74.81 per 1,000 people	2005
126	Samoa	72.86 per 1,000 people	2003
127	Bolivia	70.39 per 1,000 people	2005
128	Honduras	68.62 per 1,000 people	2005
129	Uzbekistan	67.16 per 1,000 people	2003
130	Namibia	63.67 per 1,000 people	2004
131	Sri Lanka	63.39 per 1,000 people	2005
132	Mongolia	61.1 per 1,000 people	2005
133	Indonesia	57.91 per 1,000 people	2005
134	Paraguay	54.3 per 1,000 people	2005
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	52.89 per 1,000 people	2003
135	Bhutan	51.35 per 1,000 people	2005
136	Kiribati	47.24 per 1,000 people	2002
137	Sao Tome and Principe	46.09 per 1,000 people	2004
138	India	45.45 per 1,000 people	2005
139	Morocco	44.49 per 1,000 people	2005
140	North Korea	44 per 1,000 people	2003
141	Nicaragua	42.89 per 1,000 people	2005
142	Iraq	40.76 per 1,000 people	2004
143	Philippines	40.54 per 1,000 people	2005
144	Yemen	39.26 per 1,000 people	2004
145	Tajikistan	38.37 per 1,000 people	2003
	Former French colonies average (profile)	35.12 per 1,000 people	2004
146	Pakistan	33.88 per 1,000 people	2005
147	Vanuatu	32.6 per 1,000 people	2004
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	32.12 per 1,000 people	2004
148	Swaziland	30.98 per 1,000 people	2005
149	The Gambia	29 per 1,000 people	2005
	South Asia average (profile)	28.31 per 1,000 people	2005
150	Gabon	28.27 per 1,000 people	2005
151	Comoros	28.21 per 1,000 people	2005
152	Lesotho	26.72 per 1,000 people	2005
153	Zimbabwe	25.21 per 1,000 people	2005
154	Senegal	22.87 per 1,000 people	2005
155	Equatorial Guinea	19.86 per 1,000 people	2005
156	Sudan	18.49 per 1,000 people	2005
157	Haiti	16.65 per 1,000 people	2004
158	Nepal	16.54 per 1,000 people	2005
	failed states average (profile)	15.93 per 1,000 people	2004
159	Solomon Islands	15.5 per 1,000 people	2005
160	Ghana	14.54 per 1,000 people	2005
161	Cote d'Ivoire	14.43 per 1,000 people	2004
162	Djibouti	13.59 per 1,000 people	2005
163	Mauritania	13.36 per 1,000 people	2005
164	Laos	13.29 per 1,000 people	2005
165	Somalia	12.15 per 1,000 people	2005
166	Papua New Guinea	10.74 per 1,000 people	2004
167	Togo	9.54 per 1,000 people	2005
168	Burma	9.43 per 1,000 people	2005
169	Benin	9.04 per 1,000 people	2005
170	Nigeria	8.65 per 1,000 people	2005
171	Eritrea	8.57 per 1,000 people	2005
172	Ethiopia	8.57 per 1,000 people	2005
173	Kenya	8.22 per 1,000 people	2005
174	Zambia	8.11 per 1,000 people	2005
175	Malawi	7.97 per 1,000 people	2005
176	Bangladesh	7.54 per 1,000 people	2005
177	Burkina Faso	7.36 per 1,000 people	2005
178	Guinea-Bissau	7.07 per 1,000 people	2003
179	Cameroon	6.2 per 1,000 people	2004
180	Angola	5.91 per 1,000 people	2005
181	Mali	5.55 per 1,000 people	2005
182	Sierra Leone	4.91 per 1,000 people	2002
183	Tanzania	3.96 per 1,000 people	2004
184	Burundi	3.81 per 1,000 people	2004
185	Madagascar	3.6 per 1,000 people	2005
186	Mozambique	3.59 per 1,000 people	2004
187	Congo, Republic of the	3.56 per 1,000 people	2004
188	Uganda	3.5 per 1,000 people	2005
189	Afghanistan	3.34 per 1,000 people	2005
190	Guinea	2.97 per 1,000 people	2004
191	Cambodia	2.69 per 1,000 people	2003
192	Rwanda	2.59 per 1,000 people	2004
193	Central African Republic	2.48 per 1,000 people	2005
194	Liberia	2.15 per 1,000 people	2002
195	Niger	1.72 per 1,000 people	2005
196	Chad	1.38 per 1,000 people	2004
197	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.184 per 1,000 people	2005

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