Infant mortality rate: 46 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.39 years male : 67.21 years female: 71.69 years (1997 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.1 children born/woman (1997 est.)
Nationality: noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican
Ethnic groups: white 16%, black 11%, mixed 73%
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
Languages: Spanish
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82.1% male: 82% female : 82.2% (1995 est.)
@Dominican Republic:Government
Country name: conventional long form: Dominican Republic conventional short form: none local long form : Republica Dominicana local short form: none