children born/woman (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.65 years male: 72.42 years female: 41.5 years (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 31.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Death rate: 6.67 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Birth rate: 17.08 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $40 million, 2.7% of GDP (including forestry); livestock production, especially dairy cattle, predominates; forestry is an ethnically based political party 18 September 1991) Head of Government: Prime Minister Claude Antoine DA COSTA (since December 1992) Member of: C, CCC, EADB,
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