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. 2006 Mar 7;5:1. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-5-1

Table 4.

Health indicators: Morocco compared to Arab countries [4]

Country Life Expectancy at birth
(years)
Expectation of
Lost healthy years
Maternal Mortality Ratio
per 100 000
Infant Mortality Rates
per 1000 live births
Physicians
Per 100 000 people
Female Male Female Male
2002 2002 2000 2002 1990–2003
Algeria 71.1 68.0 09.6 07.9 140 39 85
Bahrain 75.8 72.4 10.1 07.9 28 13 169
Comoros 62.0 59.2 09.6 07.8 480 59 7
Djibouti 47.0 44.8 07.4 06.1 730 100 13
Egypt 70.8 66.6 08.8 07.4 84 35 218
Jordan 72.4 69.6 10.9 09.0 41 27 205
Kuwait 78.9 74.8 10.6 08.2 5 9 160
Lebanon 75.0 71.8 10.4 08.4 150 28 274
Libya 75.3 70.7 10.5 08.1 97 16 120
Mauritania 53.9 50.7 08.2 06.9 1000 120 14
Morocco 70.3 66.6 11.9 09.4 220 39 49
Oman 74.3 70.9 11.1 08.3 87 11 137
Qatar 75.3 70.4 10.0 08.2 7 11 220
Saudi Arabia 73.6 71.0 11.0 08.6 23 23 153
Sudan 57.0 54.1 09.4 07.8 590 64 16
Syria 73.0 70.5 10.5 08.5 160 23 142
Tunisia 74.8 70.7 10.3 08.2 120 21 70
UAE 77.3 73.2 10.9 07.8 54 8 177
Yemen 60.9 58.7 11.5 10.8 570 79 22