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Honduras Statistics

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The table below is a quick overview of health statistics.

(source: PAHO/WHO)  

population (1,000)

 6,147
urban population (%) 45.7
life expectancy 69.9
literacy rate (%) 80
rural pop. w/access to water services (%) 66
rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) 71
population living in poverty (%) 50
national health expenditure per capita (US $) 44
infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 42
mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 53
maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) 110
physicians (per 10.000 population) 8.32
hospital beds (per 1,000) 7