Mali faces numerous health challenges related to poverty, malnutrition, and inadequate hygiene and sanitation. Mali's health and development indicators rank among the worst in the world. Life expectancy at birth is estimated to be 53.06 years in 2012. In 2000, 62–65 percent of the population was estimated to have access to safe drinking water and only 69 percent to sanitation services of some kind. In 2001, the general government expenditures on health totalled about US$4 per capita at an average exchange rate. COUNT 5
QSN1 What four main health problems do the Malian people currently have? ANS1 poverty, malnutrition, and inadequate hygiene and sanitation QSN2 How does Malian Health and development rank globally? ANS2 among the worst in the world QSN3 As of 2012 50.3 years is considered the Malian peoples averages of what statistic? ANS3 Life expectancy QSN4 In 2000 what percentage of the population had access to safe drinking water? ANS4 62–65 QSN5 In 2000 roughly how much of the population had access to sanitation services? ANS5 69