Health in Dominica

912 indicators covering health for Dominica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 71.13 2023 down 0.1% 158th
Tb patients tested positive for hiv 0 2021 160th
Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 1.39 2019 up 7.4% 181st
Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 29.8% 2019 up 6.8% 89th
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.2% 2024 down 50.0% 82nd
Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 117 2019 unchanged 89th
Neonatal mortality rate - Remains constant 31.07 2030 unchanged 10th
Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained 31.07 2030 unchanged 7th
Neonatal mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 2.8 2030 down 86.5% 1st
Neonatal mortality rate - SDG target met 12 2030 down 54.7% 1st
Under 5 mortality rate - Remains constant 35.66 2030 unchanged 51st
Under 5 mortality rate - Current trends maintained 35.59 2030 down 0.2% 37th
Under 5 mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 5.09 2030 down 79.5% 1st
Under 5 mortality rate - SDG target met 16.61 2030 down 46.6% 77th
Mortality rate age 10-19 - Remains constant 4.6 2030 up 10.8% 109th
Mortality rate age 10-19 - Current trends maintained 3.79 2030 down 5.0% 116th
Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 3.26 2030 down 15.0% 100th
Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 20 2030 down 9.1% 172nd
Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 20 2030 down 9.1% 170th
Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 8 2030 down 57.9% 181st
Under-five deaths - Remains constant 23 2030 down 11.5% 177th
Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 23 2030 down 11.5% 176th
Under-five deaths - SDG target met 11 2030 down 50.0% 185th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 4 2030 unchanged 186th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 3 2030 down 25.0% 187th
Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 1 2024 unchanged 2nd
Ipv vaccine coverage 96 2024 up 166.7% 70th
Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 0 2021 141st
HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 100.0% 2016 up 100.0% 1st
Hospital beds 39.68 2023 up 0.3% 41st
New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 0 2024 124th
Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 100 2016 unchanged 1st
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 1,100 2024 down 8.3% 137th
Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 93.0% 2025 64th
International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 40 2025 112th
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 0 2024 121st
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 0 2024 69th
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 0 2024 121st
New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 0 2024 69th
Ipv1 number unvaccinated 7.23 2023 down 98.8% 189th
Number of female leprosy new cases 0 2024 102nd
National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 0 2022 157th
Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases 0.72 2014 down 90.8% 190th
Number of new G2D leprosy cases 0 2024 86th
Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 0 2024 86th
3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women 50 2006 down 3.1% 67th
3.1.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 100 2020 unchanged 1st
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Prices 4.33 2022 up 48.8% 125th
Taxes as a % of price: total tax 26.1% 2022 up 11.7% 163rd
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax 13.0% 2022 unchanged 84th
Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise 0.0% 2022 106th
Taxes as a % of price: specific excise 6.7% 2022 down 35.5% 131st
Taxes as a % of price: import duties 6.0% 2022 19th
Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 0.4% 2022 48th
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 7.25 2022 up 53.0% 140th
Physical activity policies for activie societies 20 2023 up 100.0% 2nd
Physical activity policies focused on active systems 20 2023 unchanged 5th
Child population under age 5 3.54 2025 down 24.3% 31st
Percentage of children as a proportion of total population 21.59 2025 down 19.3% 27th
Child population 10-19 8.59 2025 down 25.6% 31st