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Trinidad Statistics

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The table below is a quick overview of health statistics including Tobago.

(source: PAHO/WHO)  

population (1,000)

 1,318
urban population (%) 73.1
life expectancy 73.8
literacy rate (%) 98
rural pop. w/access to water services (%) 88
rural pop. w/access to excretal disposal (%) 92
population living in poverty (%) 21
national health expenditure per capita (US $) 176
infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) 16.2
mortality under 5 yrs of age (per 1.000 births) 19.8
maternal mortality (per 1.000 births) 75
physicians (per 10.000 population) 7.5
hospital beds (per 1,000) 38