Health in Dominican Republic 1,420 indicators covering health for Dominican Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank 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 People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 82.4% 2017 up 0.7% 39th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 92.3% 2017 up 0.1% 35th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 97.2% 2017 down 0.3% 25th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 99.2% 2017 down 0.2% 17th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 14.9% 2017 down 27.3% 56th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 6.5% 2017 down 12.6% 54th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 4.7% 2017 up 22.3% 53rd People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 1.2% 2017 down 8.3% 52nd People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 0.1% 2017 down 77.2% 52nd People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 6.2% 2017 up 0.4% 39th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 1.3% 2017 down 27.2% 34th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 0.3% 2017 down 37.7% 41st People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 0.0% 2017 down 90.3% 47th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 0.1% 2017 up 201.3% 22nd Antenatal care attendees positive for syphilis who received treatment 64.2% 2024 down 22.4% 68th Prevalence of syphilis 1.5% 2018 — 32nd UHC Service Coverage sub-index on infectious diseases - SDG 3.8.1 89 2023 up 6.0% 20th UHC Service Coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and 85 2023 up 9.0% 4th UHC Service Coverage sub-index on noncommunicable diseases - SDG 3.8.1 70 2023 unchanged 13th UHC Service Coverage Index - SDG 3.8.1 73 2023 down 1.4% 24th Maternal mortality ratio - SDG 3.1.1 124.47 2023 up 36.8% 5th UHC Service Coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - SDG 54 2023 down 20.6% 26th Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 4.32 2009 up 44.4% 127th Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 92 2012 up 283.3% 37th Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q1 97.5% 2014 up 1.4% 6th Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q2 97.6% 2014 down 0.5% 13th Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q3 98.7% 2014 down 0.1% 15th Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q4 97.9% 2014 down 0.6% 20th Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q5 98.5% 2014 down 0.1% 21st Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q1 73.5% 2014 down 23.0% 9th Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q2 81.2% 2014 down 17.1% 9th Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q3 87.5% 2014 down 11.2% 9th Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q4 92.6% 2014 down 6.0% 10th Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q5 94.3% 2014 down 4.4% 10th Current health expenditure 4.6 2023 down 6.6% 26th Domestic general government health expenditure 15.41 2023 up 2.5% 14th Domestic general government health expenditure as % of GDP 2.95 2023 up 5.9% 21st Domestic general government health expenditure 64.09 2023 up 13.4% 11th Domestic general government health expenditure per capita in US$ 313.34 2023 up 83.4% 20th Children with a birth weight 96.81 2018 up 1.5% 38th Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q1 64.6% 2014 up 9.9% 3rd Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q2 71.3% 2014 up 10.4% 2nd Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q3 68.0% 2014 unchanged 2nd Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q4 66.3% 2014 down 0.9% 3rd Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q5 69.7% 2014 up 0.1% 3rd Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q1 65.6% 2014 up 4.5% 6th Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q2 72.7% 2014 up 6.4% 4th Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q3 69.7% 2014 down 1.4% 5th Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q4 67.9% 2014 down 4.5% 6th Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q5 72.0% 2014 down 3.7% 6th New cases: other 44 2012 up 15.8% 19th Compliance with international health regulations 71 2016 up 36.5% 93rd Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration) 54.0% 2019 up 135.8% 10th Number of malaria cases treated with any first line tx courses 1,234 2024 down 6.1% 62nd Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q1 97.5% 2014 up 3.3% 5th Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q2 99.0% 2014 up 0.2% 6th Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q3 99.4% 2014 up 0.3% 5th Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q4 98.4% 2014 down 1.3% 9th ← Previous Page 22 of 24 Next →