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Table 1 Key health indices-Guatemala [37]

From: Perceptions of short-term medical volunteer work: a qualitative study in Guatemala

Life expectancy at birth in 2005

   Male

65 (years)

   Female

71

Maternal mortality rate in 2000

240 (per 100000 live births)

Probability of dying under 5 years of age

   Overall (2005)

43 (per 1000 live births)

   Lowest wealth quintile (1999)

77.6

   Highest wealth quintile (1999)

39.3

Top five causes of death, all ages

   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

53.3 (deaths/100000 population)

   HIV/AIDS

49.0

   Lower respiratory infection

39.3

   Violence

37.1

   Perinatal conditions

34.8