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. 2009 Feb 26;5:4. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-5-4

Table 1.

Key health indices-Guatemala [37]

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