Health in Dominican Republic

1,418 indicators covering health for Dominican Republic.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Neonatal mortality rate - SDG target met 12 2030 down 37.9% 1st
Under 5 mortality rate - Remains constant 30.63 2030 unchanged 56th
Under 5 mortality rate - Current trends maintained 28.16 2030 down 6.8% 53rd
Under 5 mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 5.09 2030 down 77.5% 1st
Under 5 mortality rate - SDG target met 20.84 2030 down 27.2% 60th
Mortality rate age 10-19 - Remains constant 4.8 2030 down 6.3% 101st
Mortality rate age 10-19 - Current trends maintained 4.4 2030 down 12.9% 105th
Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 3.1 2030 down 34.5% 106th
Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 4,034 2030 down 4.6% 59th
Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 3,682 2030 down 11.6% 58th
Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 2,279 2030 down 40.7% 66th
Under-five deaths - Remains constant 5,832 2030 down 4.7% 66th
Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 5,361 2030 down 11.1% 64th
Under-five deaths - SDG target met 3,973 2030 down 30.5% 69th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 1,050 2030 up 1.4% 80th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 888 2030 down 11.8% 82nd
Mortality caused by road traffic injury 64.6 per 100,000 population 2019 up 171.4% 1st
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 18.7 per 100,000 female population 2019 up 120.0% 17th
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 110.6 per 100,000 male population 2019 up 184.3% 1st
Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 0 2024 144th
Ipv vaccine coverage 98 2024 up 1,533.3% 32nd
Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 672 2021 up 56.3% 42nd
HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 89.0% 2024 up 48.3% 96th
Hospital beds 7.47 2023 down 56.5% 135th
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 70.0% 2022 down 2.8% 96th
New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 7.26 2024 down 79.3% 52nd
Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 76 2023 up 16.9% 69th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 2.2% 2019 down 4.3% 76th
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 220,000 2024 down 8.3% 64th
Bladder cancer death rate 0.3953 2018 down 13.4% 107th
Cancer death rates by type who db 0.3953 2018 down 13.4% 107th
Weight-for-height <-2 SD 2.17 2019 down 5.4% 75th
Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 88.0% 2025 89th
International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 70 2025 49th
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 3.0% 2019 down 11.8% 73rd
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 18.11 2024 up 20.0% 37th
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 3 2024 down 78.6% 49th
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 207 2024 up 30.2% 38th
New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 0.988 2024 down 78.3% 47th
Children (0-14) living with HIV 3,100 2024 down 24.4% 40th
Ipv1 number unvaccinated 7,964 2023 down 95.9% 96th
Children living with hiv 3,100 2024 down 24.4% 40th
Contraceptive prevalence, any method 62.8% 2019 down 14.0% 40th
Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 500 2024 down 5.7% 29th
Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 3rd
Liver cancer death rate 3.23 2018 down 14.0% 80th
Number of children newly infected with hiv 500 2024 down 5.7% 29th
Share of children under fifteen years old with hiv 299.75 2024 down 43.9% 40th
Number of female leprosy new cases 40 2024 down 42.9% 46th
Estimated number of malaria deaths 0 2024 down 100.0% 66th
Estimated number of malaria cases 1,203 2024 up 112.5% 68th
National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 3 2022 up 50.0% 129th
Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 62.0% 2019 down 12.8% 24th
Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases 7,600 2014 down 36.7% 89th
Estimated malaria incidence 0.1911 2024 up 91.9% 71st
Estimated malaria mortality rate 0 2024 down 100.0% 66th
Number of new G2D leprosy cases 13 2024 down 7.1% 46th
Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 1.14 2024 down 15.4% 45th
3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women 42 2021 down 46.0% 76th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health 6.7% 2024 down 35.1% 91st