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Ecuador Statistics

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The table below is a quick overview of health statistics.

(source: PAHO/WHO)  

population (1,000)

 12,175
urban population (%) 61
life expectancy 69.9
literacy rate (%) 90
rural pop. w/access to water services (%) 51
rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) 37
population living in poverty (%) 54.7
national health expenditure per capita (US $) 71
infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 39.4
mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 48.3
maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) 159
physicians (per 10.000 population) 16.9
hospital beds (per 1,000) 16