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Sources: World Bank Database.					(unit /per 1000 people)
Country or Area	1995	2000	2002	2003	2004	2005
World	7.98	65.07	99.91	115.02	134.62	136.50
HighIncome	39.46	316.27	430.89	459.78	510.21	523.43
Middle Income	0.64	24.27	55.26	72.79	90.11	114.30
Low Income	0.19	3.43	10.50	16.40	27.04	44.04
China	0.05	17.82	46.16	61.70	72.52	85.09
Hong Kong, China	32.49	278.35	430.06	472.26	505.58	507.83
Bangladesh	0.01①	0.78	1.52	1.78	2.15	2.61
Brunei Darussalam	10.17	89.97	127.77	160.71	276.62
Cambodia	0.06①	0.47	2.26	2.59	2.97
India	0.27	5.41	15.81	17.36	32.42	54.82
Indonesia	0.26	9.21	21.24	37.64	51.59	72.54
Iran	0.04	9.82	48.34	72.30	81.71	102.56
Israel	9.02	201.94	304.41	373.71	470.35
Japan	15.94	299.52	464.67	482.62	502.18	667.51
Kazakhstan	0.11	6.72	16.82	20.12	26.64
Korea, Rep.	8.12	405.04	551.72	610.67	656.79	683.52
Laos	0.10②	1.15	2.78	3.46	3.75	4.41
Malaysia	1.47	216.42	327.15	353.69	396.83	434.60
Mongolia	0.09	12.51	20.42	57.59	79.53	105.05
Myanmar	0.01③	0.15	0.51	0.57	1.27	1.54
Pakistan	0.03④	2.17	6.90	53.89	65.76	67.41
Philippines	0.29	20.33	44.47	49.90	53.91
Singapore	28.36	323.57	503.44	549.56	571.13
Sri Lanka	0.06	6.28	10.52	14.54	14.39
Thailand	0.94	37.44	76.70	95.50	109.45	110.29
Viet Nam	0.04①	2.58	18.81	38.29	77.35	128.89
Egypt	0.33	6.69	27.18	42.09	53.69	67.54
Nigeria	0.09④	0.64	3.20	5.57	12.82	35.37
South Africa	7.16	54.55	68.40	72.54	76.92	108.77
Canada	41.56	421.55	484.66	556.43	625.21	520.14
Mexico	1.03	51.63	107.64	120.95	137.55	180.64
United States	93.89	439.37	551.38	555.80	629.99
Argentina	0.86	70.47	108.92	119.19	160.37	177.13
Brazil	1.05	28.76	79.94	99.22	119.62	195.04
Venezuela	1.22	33.73	49.33	75.37	84.47	124.66
Belarus	0.03	18.69	89.80	162.76	250.51	347.23
Czech Republic	14.52	97.34	254.89	234.76	252.38	269.49
France	16.42	143.64	302.98	361.82	392.13	429.65
Germany	18.37	301.67	339.36	399.80	426.58	454.71
Italy	5.28	231.79	346.41	397.19	467.04	477.76
Netherlands	64.68	439.55	507.77	523.87	614.19	738.98
Poland	6.48	72.81	232.27	234.84	235.71	262.02
Russian Fed.	1.49	19.82	41.29	82.99	128.61	152.33
Spain	3.81	136.25	190.15	233.05	335.73	348.38
Turkey	0.81	37.08	61.76	84.85	143.64	222.02
Ukraine	0.43	7.12	18.67	52.29	79.05	96.87
United Kingdom	18.88	264.47	421.57	436.79	469.53	473.46
Australia	27.67	344.59	534.60	568.61	647.02	698.02
New Zealand	49.00	392.71	484.37	526.29	578.62	671.89
Note: ① Data refers to 1997.②Data refers to 1998.③Data refers to 1999.④Data refers to 1996.