Health in Asia Meridional 31 indicators covering health for Asia Meridional. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Live Births Surviving to Age 1 23,581 2100 down 6.4% 39th Mortality rate 1-59 months 12.69 2024 down 42.4% 18th Deaths age 1-11 months 282,597 2024 down 40.3% 12th Child mortality rate 4.53 2024 down 50.6% 18th Deaths age 1-59 months 439,901 2024 down 45.8% 14th Mortality rate age 1-11 months 8.19 2024 down 36.9% 18th Child deaths 157,304 2024 down 53.5% 14th Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.6322 2024 up 8.4% 2nd Deaths aged 20 to 24 189,445 2024 down 17.3% 10th Deaths aged 15 to 19 139,017 2024 down 23.4% 10th Deaths aged 10 to 19 222,559 2024 down 27.0% 13th Deaths aged 5 to 24 490,800 2024 down 27.4% 14th Deaths aged 10 to 14 83,542 2024 down 32.2% 16th Deaths aged 15 to 24 328,462 2024 down 20.0% 10th Deaths aged 5 to 9 78,796 2024 down 44.5% 23rd Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 32.43 2022 up 49.2% 115th Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 19.27 2022 down 20.4% 3rd Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 4.23 2022 up 123.0% 116th Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 11.85 2022 up 78.6% 125th Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 13.02 2022 down 39.6% 19th Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 9.03 2022 up 81.9% 129th Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 10.58 2018 up 19.0% 39th Proportion of health care facilities with basic water services 91.32 2025 down 0.3% 7th Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 24.78 2020 down 8.5% 3rd Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 34.80 million 2024 down 15.1% 5th Weight-for-height <-2 SD 14.1 2024 down 8.4% 1st Weight-for-height <-3 SD 4.5 2024 down 6.2% 2nd Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 1.29 million 2024 down 32.1% 9th Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 68.2 2023 up 0.4% 36th Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) 65.3 2023 up 21.2% 42nd Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 16.9 2024 down 50.9% 9th