Health in Dominican Republic 1,418 indicators covering health for Dominican Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of people living with HIV receiving treatment who have 90 2025 up 42.9% 69th Height-for-age <-2 SD 6.72 2019 down 33.3% 83rd Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits 92.6% 2019 down 2.0% 26th Weight-for-age <-2 SD 2.98 2019 down 11.7% 74th Number of reported deaths from cholera 27 2016 — 13th Number of victims of intentional homicide - SDG 16.1.1 1,042 2024 down 42.4% 13th Domestic Expenditure on Malaria 833,587 2024 down 75.6% 47th Exclusive breastfeeding 4.6% 2014 down 54.1% 72nd Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 6.2 2014 up 129.6% 60th Number of malaria positive cases by rapid diagnostic test 1,234 2024 up 856.6% 66th Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 1.8 2014 unchanged 43rd Weight-for-height >+2 SD 7.67 2019 down 7.6% 28th Congenital syphilis number of cases, reported 233 2024 up 1,356.2% 16th Number of out-of-school children of primary school age 74,698 2023 up 8.9% 9th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age 6.52 2023 up 12.0% 17th Number of malaria suspects examined by rapid diagnostic test 85,923 2024 up 1,021.9% 64th Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits 92.6% 2019 down 2.0% 5th How many health warnings are approved by the law for smokeless 1 2022 unchanged 51st Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from) 7.51 2024 down 1.7% 15th Stunting prevalence (height-for-age <-2 standard deviations from the) 5.63 2024 down 26.9% 23rd Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 1,650 2024 down 18.8% 28th Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 58.0% 2013 up 6.0% 84th Number of victims of intentional homicide - SDG 16.1.1 1,237 2023 down 37.5% 13th Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 126.52 2024 up 1,428.0% 15th Nursing personnel 94.8% 2024 down 1.0% 12th Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 94.8% 2024 down 1.0% 12th Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 73 2022 — 33rd Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 87.4% 2017 up 26.2% 67th Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population - SDG 0.3592 2024 down 9.8% 7th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 94.8% 2017 up 9.3% 25th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 95.6% 2017 up 2.2% 32nd People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 96.6% 2017 up 1.3% 40th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 96.5% 2017 down 0.1% 45th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 98.1% 2017 up 0.4% 47th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 57.2% 2017 up 8.2% 36th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 77.4% 2017 up 3.0% 35th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 89.6% 2017 up 1.8% 31st People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 96.3% 2017 up 0.3% 21st People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 99.1% 2017 down 0.2% 13th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 8.7% 2017 down 29.1% 57th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 2.5% 2017 down 16.5% 51st People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 0.6% 2017 down 43.9% 53rd People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 0.0% 2017 down 87.8% 52nd People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.1% 2017 up 168.5% 34th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 90.0% 2017 up 16.2% 24th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 93.4% 2017 up 4.5% 26th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 95.5% 2017 up 4.0% 29th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 96.3% 2017 up 2.3% 30th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 97.6% 2017 up 0.1% 31st People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 95.4% 2017 up 1.6% 38th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 96.1% 2017 up 0.5% 49th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 96.1% 2017 down 0.0% 57th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 96.7% 2017 up 0.0% 62nd People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 98.4% 2017 up 0.5% 58th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 51.2% 2017 up 12.4% 37th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 69.1% 2017 up 4.6% 32nd People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 76.2% 2017 up 1.8% 35th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 90.8% 2017 up 3.9% 29th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 97.5% 2017 up 1.0% 21st People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 59.0% 2017 up 2.5% 47th ← Previous Page 21 of 24 Next →