Health in Americas (WHO region) 171 indicators covering health for Americas (WHO region). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Measles - number of reported cases 12,380 2025 up 1,926.2% 11th Diphtheria - number of reported cases 72 2025 up 46.9% 11th Total tetanus - number of reported cases 385 2025 down 32.2% 8th Pertussis - number of reported cases 24,640 2025 down 23.3% 6th Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases 23 2025 up 4.5% 9th Under-five mortality rate 12.64 2024 down 16.9% 8th Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 pe 10.91 2024 down 16.0% 7th Neonatal mortality rate 6.9 2024 down 16.2% 7th Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 2.1% 2024 down 7.1% 10th Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 69.1% 2024 up 9.4% 1st Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 34.4% 2024 up 19.6% 1st Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 68.1% 2024 up 8.5% 1st Obesity among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +2 standard devi 19.7% 2024 up 25.2% 1st Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard d 39.2% 2024 up 14.5% 1st Number of neonatal deaths 91,624 2024 down 25.6% 9th Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 35.0% 2024 up 20.7% 1st Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 2.3% 2024 down 2.3% 11th Number of under-five deaths 168,267 2024 down 25.9% 9th Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard dev 1.9% 2024 up 13.6% 11th Number of infant deaths 144,839 2024 down 25.3% 9th Maternal mortality ratio 58.54 2023 up 2.0% 5th Number of maternal deaths 7,813 2023 down 9.1% 5th Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 36,852 2024 down 7.6% 9th Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 15,663 2024 down 13.0% 9th Number of deaths among adolescents 21,189 2024 down 3.3% 9th Mortality rate for 5-14 year-olds 2.49 2024 down 4.5% 8th Adolescent mortality rate 1.41 2024 down 1.1% 7th Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 22.9% 2023 down 21.1% 6th Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for c 141.92 2023 up 4.4% 6th Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 59.3 2022 up 12.9% 2nd Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 57.71 2022 up 10.9% 2nd Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 13.06 2022 up 19.0% 5th Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and technologi 33.6% 2023 down 23.4% 5th Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage by 78.0% 2025 unchanged 7th Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 86.0% 2025 down 2.3% 6th Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose (DTP3) immunizatio 86.0% 2025 down 5.5% 6th Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 86.0% 2025 down 5.5% 4th Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions), model 6,625 2024 down 6.6% 24th Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-fo 9.1% 2024 up 16.7% 9th Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), mo 6,111 2024 up 5.2% 14th Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 1.2 2018 unchanged 4th Mean HDL cholesterol, crude 1.2 2018 unchanged 4th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, crude 3.4 2018 down 5.6% 5th Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized 4.6 2018 down 4.2% 5th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 3.4 2018 down 5.6% 2nd Number of deaths among children ages 10 to 14 years 19,429 2021 down 14.1% 6th Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and tech 78.0% 2024 up 11.4% 10th Number of incident tuberculosis cases 350,000 2024 up 19.5% 9th Incidence of tuberculosis 33 2024 up 10.0% 9th Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people 2.1 2024 up 16.7% 9th Number of incident tuberculosis cases 36,000 2024 up 5.9% 8th Number of deaths due to tuberculosis, excluding HIV 22,000 2024 up 29.4% 9th Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 261,702 2024 up 19.8% 9th Tuberculosis treatment coverage 75 2024 unchanged 7th Mean BMI (kg/m²) 27.6 2016 up 2.6% 1st Rubella - number of reported cases 1 2025 down 80.0% 11th Treatment success rate: new TB cases 71 2023 down 5.3% 10th Yellow fever - number of reported cases 341 2025 up 821.6% 2nd Poliomyelitis - number of reported cases 0 2018 — 6th Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years 1.31 2020 down 54.3% 5th Page 1 of 3 Next →