Health in Central and Southern Asia 18 indicators covering health for Central and Southern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Under-five mortality rate, by sex 32.01 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 35.1% 3rd Infant mortality rate 27.82 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 32.2% 2nd Neonatal mortality rate 20.04 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 30.8% 1st Tuberculosis incidence 186 per 100,000 people 2024 down 18.4% 2nd Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 67 index 2023 up 17.5% 7th Maternal mortality ratio 111.83 per 100,000 live births 2023 down 37.7% 3rd Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.062 per 1000 uninfected pop 2024 down 16.3% 6th Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 89.8% 2025 up 20.1% 9th Adolescent birth rate 0.337 per 1,000 people 2024 down 63.2% 4th Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk 3.39 per 1,000 people 2024 down 43.7% 5th Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 672.36 million 2024 down 22.4% 2nd Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 7 2024 up 16.7% 6th Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 22.2% 2024 down 26.5% 5th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 10.3 per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.8% 4th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 22.7 % 2021 down 1.7% 2nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.3 per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged 8th Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 30.7% 2022 down 12.2% 1st International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity, by type of IHR 64.0% 2024 down 12.3% 7th