Health in Cook Islands

566 indicators covering health for Cook Islands.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 87.7% 2023 up 1.1% 3rd
Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure 3.7% 2023 down 8.1% 187th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 3.7% 2023 up 28.8% 82nd
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 10.3% 2023 up 27.3% 95th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current 4.0% 2023 down 5.7% 189th
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 4.2% 2023 up 27.4% 152nd
Health spending as a share of total government spending 10.3% 2023 up 27.3% 96th
Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$ 1,082 2023 up 99.7% 64th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 43.8 2023 up 88.3% 142nd
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 949.12 2023 up 101.9% 53rd
Mumps - number of reported cases 0 2019 110th
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 0 2025 99th
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 0 2023 175th
Dentists 9 2024 down 59.1% 166th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 75.0% 2024 down 24.2% 152nd
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 88.95 2023 up 83.5% 9th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2019 16th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 134 2024 up 15.5% 185th
Nursing personnel 109 2024 down 6.0% 186th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 35.53 2019 up 0.4% 49th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 38.58 2019 up 8.3% 23rd
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 56.8% 2019 up 12.9% 87th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 42.6 2019 up 3.4% 48th
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 16.7% 2019 up 18.4% 101st
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 17.8% 2019 up 25.4% 94th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 45.1% 2019 up 11.9% 83rd
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 41.8% 2019 up 4.5% 99th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 59.3% 2019 up 17.4% 79th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 46.9 2019 up 13.0% 30th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 99.0% 2025 1st
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against rubella 30.08 one-year-olds 2023 up 227.7% 162nd
Medical doctors 19.71 2024 up 37.9% 89th
Adolescent birth rate 0 2021 147th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 26.6% 2022 down 31.5% 96th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 25.4% 2022 down 34.0% 97th
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 72 2022 down 26.5% 167th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 97.81 2024 up 47.5% 23rd
Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe 79.0% 2024 down 19.4% 112th
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles 79.0% 2024 down 19.4% 112th
TB patients with known HIV status 100.0% 2019 unchanged 1st
Dentists 6.57 2024 down 47.7% 48th
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 0 2023 down 100.0% 169th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 26.32 one-year-olds 2023 up 330.1% 181st
Adolescent birth rate 0 2021 170th
New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 187th
Pharmacists 4 2024 up 300.0% 163rd
Death rate from cardiovascular diseases vs. GDP per capita 227.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.4% 109th
Suicide rate vs. income inequality 11.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 13.0% 52nd
Deaths from falls 0.7 deaths 2021 up 14.8% 190th
Death rate from falls 4.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 20.1% 123rd
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 23.8% 107th
Death rate from natural disasters 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 83rd
Deaths from natural disasters 0 deaths 2021 89th
Deaths from fires and burns 0.02 deaths 2021 unchanged 191st
Number of deaths 129.76 deaths 2021 up 18.5% 191st
Death rate from fires and burns 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 9.1% 189th
Diarrheal disease deaths 0.41 deaths 2021 up 24.2% 189th
Diarrheal diseases death rate 2.41 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 29.6% 107th
Number of deaths from malaria 0 deaths 2021 70th
Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases 45.72 deaths 2021 up 17.4% 191st