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The Social Well Being in the Country Life expectancy at birth and Infant Mortality Rate for the Philippinesand several other countries. CountriesLife expectancyInfant mortalityCountry199820002000 - 2005The Philippines697029,0Malaysia727310,3Indonesia656739,5Singapore7778 4,6Thailand727120,8China707136,5Vietnam686933,5Iraq--6563,5Afghanistan4643161,3Egypt--6840,5France7879 5,0The Netherlands7878 4,5United Kingdom7778 5,4USA7778 6,8The World--6654,5Life expectancy at birth and The literacy of the Philippines In 1994 about 85 % of all the inhabitants in the age of 10 - 64 years were able to read and write. In the urban areas this percentage was the highest: 89 %. In the rural areas almost 82 percent of the persons in the age of 10 - 64 could write and read simple texts.