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Citizens of Honduras have an average life expectancy at birth of 70.71 years, slightly lower than it's bordering nations (El Salvador: 73.61 years, Guatemala: 71.17 years, Nicaragua: 72.18 years). In year 2000 there were about 60 physicians per every 100,000 people. Honduras does not currently have a strong infrastructure to provide drinkable water, and sixty to seventy percent of Hondurans do not have access to clean water. Mosquito-transmitted disease is also a significant health concern in most regions, with the most serious problems being Malaria and Dengue Fever of which there were respectively about 34,000 and 46,165 cases recorded in 2010. Honduras's fertility rate was recorded as 3.2 children per women in 2009 Honduras currently has a high infant mortality rate of about 19.85 deaths per 1,000 infants under 1 year old, although the rate has significantly decreased from earlier estimates. The current minister of health for Honduras is Dr. Arturo Pinel Benda, who’s ministry of health has expressed it’s goal as to create a decentralized healthcare system with universal coverage, high levels of quality, and efficiency in service delivery. Despite this statement, in 2010 approximately three quarters of Hondurans lacked any healthcare program at all, maintaining a historical trend of insufficient healthcare which has recently raised concern, as well as the attention of numerous humanitarian aid organizations. Honduras also has a comparatively low rate of healthcare spending at about 137 US dollars per capita in 2010, up from 102 dollars in 2007, although it has been able to avoid several expensive to treat health concerns plaguing other nations, such as widespread type 2 diabetes.