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Afghanistan
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Life Expectancy and mortality

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 34.54 38.4 39.92 41.64 43.22
Graph Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 34.61 38.4 39.92 41.51 42.96
Graph Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 34.68 38.4 39.92 41.4 42.72
Graph Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 625.42 499.19 434.85 476 353
Graph Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 617.44 555.55 500.65 486 394
Graph Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 207.4 186 177.4 169.4 162.6
Graph Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 360 320 280 257 279.4

Birth and Death

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)          
Graph Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 6.95 7.13 7.02 6.9 6.66
Graph Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 51.84 52.24 49.66 48.58 47.64
Graph Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 30.1 26.8 23.4 21.96 21.52

Health care spending

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $          
Graph Health expenditure, private (% of GDP)          
Graph Health expenditure, public (% of GDP)          
Graph Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)