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Ecuador

Statistics on Youth:
Health Indicators


Male Life Expectancy (years) 1995: 67
Female Life Expectancy (years) 1995: 72
Birth Rate 1995: 2.7
Infant Mortality Rate in %: 3.6
Average Annual Population Growth in %: 1.7
Leading Causes of Death: n/a

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Sources:
Health Indicators: World Health Statistics, (WHO, Geneva, 1995). World Development Indicators, (Worldbank, Washington, DC, 1997). Statistical Charts and indicators on the Situation of Youth, UN, New York: 1992.

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