Health in Dominica 912 indicators covering health for Dominica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 49 2021 down 25.8% 148th Share of deaths registered 90.99 2019 — 95th Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 3.32 2022 up 47.6% 96th Child population 14.22 2025 down 24.5% 31st Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 0 2014 down 100.0% 117th Hiv expenditure 256,890 2023 down 23.6% 92nd Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 0 2024 — 35th Life expectancy at birth 71.45 2025 up 2.1% 33rd Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 5 2020 up 42.9% 158th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.2% 2020 down 11.5% 163rd Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.0% 2020 — 109th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 — 34th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 — 42nd Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.1% 2020 unchanged 83rd Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.1% 2020 down 23.1% 118th Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 1.85 2020 up 42.3% 121st Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 2.9 2020 up 55.9% 146th Reported number of human rabies deaths 0 2024 — 62nd Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 99.0% 2022 up 3.1% 39th Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 0 2023 — 47th Maternal mortality ratio 0 2023 — 51st Under-five mortality rate - SDG 3.2.1 35.66 2024 up 26.1% 2nd Infant mortality rate - SDG 3.2.1 33.35 2024 up 29.1% 2nd Number of under-five deaths - SDG 3.2.1 26 2024 down 3.7% 28th Neonatal mortality rate - SDG 3.2.2 31.07 2024 up 28.0% 1st HPV immunization coverage estimates among primary target cohort (9-14) 73.0% 2025 down 14.1% 54th Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 2 2011 unchanged 185th Pregnant women receiving prenatal care 100.0% 2008 up 0.1% 1st Average of 13 International Health Regulations core capacity scores 61.66 2017 up 43.4% 116th New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 1 2012 — 178th Average death rate due to natural disasters 0 2014 down 100.0% 111th Number of full-time equivalent staff in national agency 3 2022 unchanged 64th Total number of notified TB cases 1 2014 down 94.7% 188th Number of deaths caused by intentional injuries 14 2022 up 40.0% 26th Mortality rate 2.94 2024 up 11.5% 26th Neonatal deaths 0.8846 2024 up 3.8% 1st New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 0 2012 — 109th Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 100.0% 2011 unchanged 1st Insufficiently active 84.07 2016 down 0.1% 66th Retreatment cases: treatment after default 0 2012 — 126th Retreatment cases: other 0 2012 — 123rd Retreatment cases: treatment after failure 1 2012 — 114th Antenatal care attendees who were positive for syphilis (%), reported 1.3% 2022 down 44.2% 37th Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits 85.0% 2023 down 5.1% 44th Number of victims of intentional homicide - SDG 16.1.1 12 2024 up 33.3% 32nd Congenital syphilis number of cases, reported 3 2024 — 50th Number of out-of-school children of primary school age 230 2023 down 6.1% 30th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age 3.95 2023 up 16.3% 24th Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2015 up 0.7% 1st Number of victims of intentional homicide - SDG 16.1.1 18 2023 up 100.0% 31st Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 534.76 2024 — 3rd Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population - SDG 0.1199 2024 down 29.2% 24th Antenatal care attendees positive for syphilis who received treatment 28.6% 2022 down 71.4% 77th Prevalence of syphilis 1.3% 2022 down 45.1% 34th UHC Service Coverage sub-index on infectious diseases - SDG 3.8.1 80 2023 unchanged 27th UHC Service Coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and 73 2023 down 2.7% 25th UHC Service Coverage sub-index on noncommunicable diseases - SDG 3.8.1 63 2023 unchanged 29th UHC Service Coverage Index - SDG 3.8.1 75 2023 down 1.3% 18th Maternal mortality ratio - SDG 3.1.1 35.55 2023 down 28.7% 25th UHC Service Coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - SDG 85 2023 down 3.4% 9th ← Previous Page 15 of 16 Next →