Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies

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Appendix
Table 4.
Dominican Republic: Health Facilities and Personnel,
1996-97
Facility
Personnel
Health facilities 1,334
Hospitals 213
Hospital beds 15,236
Medical schools 10
Dental schools 8
Nursing schools 5
Physicians 17,460
Dentists 1,898
Source: Based on information from Pan American Health Organization, Health Conditions
in the Americas, 2, Washington, 1994, 183-84; Health in the Americas, 1,
Washington, 1998, 269, 284-86, 293, 308, and 2, Washington, 1998, 237-38.
Table 5. Dominican Republic: Leading Causes ofDeath by Sex, 1994
(in percentages)
Causes of Death
Female
Sex
Male
38.2 30.7
Malignant neoplasms 13.6 10.8
11.9 11.3
18.0
Other causes 30.5 29.2
TOTAL 100.0 100.0
Source: Based on information from Pan American Health Organization, Health in the
Americas, 2, Washington, 1998, 229-30, 232.
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