Health in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 18 indicators covering health for Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Under-five mortality rate, by sex 13.02 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 23.9% 18th Infant mortality rate 10.57 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 22.8% 18th Neonatal mortality rate 6.57 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 23.2% 18th Tuberculosis incidence 144 per 100,000 people 2024 up 1.4% 18th Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 80 index 2023 up 8.1% 6th Maternal mortality ratio 65.46 per 100,000 live births 2023 down 12.9% 25th Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.0747 per 1000 uninfected pop 2024 down 15.6% 16th Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 97.2% 2025 up 2.3% 13th Adolescent birth rate 0.128 per 1,000 people 2024 down 35.0% 20th Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk 1.23 per 1,000 people 2024 down 33.7% 26th Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 147.00 million 2024 down 44.1% 6th Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 9 2024 unchanged 12th Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 23.4% 2024 down 7.1% 8th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 8.6 per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.9% 13th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 16.6 % 2021 down 13.5% 16th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 1.1 per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.4% 7th Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 26.9% 2022 down 18.7% 5th International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity, by type of IHR 74.0% 2024 down 11.9% 8th