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Colombia Statistics

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The table below is a quick overview of health statistics.

(source: PAHO/WHO)  

population (1,000)

 37,685
urban population (%) 74
life expectancy 71
literacy rate (%) 91
rural pop. w/access to water services (%) 77
rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) 57
population living in poverty (%) 17.7
national health expenditure per capita (US $) 140
infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 24
mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 29.6
maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) 87
physicians (per 10.000 population) 11.6
hospital beds (per 1,000) 8