Health in Gambia 1,366 indicators covering health for Gambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who 0 2021 — 15th Deaths alcohol drugs by sex who 3.06 2021 up 87.7% 148th Dengue fever deaths 0.01 2021 unchanged 93rd Death rate from cardiovascular disease age standardized ghe 309.67 2021 down 15.3% 51st Deaths from cardiovascular disease type 26.87 2021 up 2.6% 139th Death rate from rheumatic heart disease who ghe age standardized 2.12 2021 down 25.6% 64th Death rate from hypertensive heart disease who ghe age standardized 32.96 2021 down 13.9% 50th Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 111.53 2021 down 15.0% 72nd Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 2,890 2021 up 18.2% 147th Total disease burden who 1.09 million 2021 up 4.5% 136th Burden of disease who 41,226 2021 down 20.9% 57th Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 34.98 2021 unchanged 184th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 54.8% 2023 up 4.0% 24th Male female ratio suicides rates 2.18 2021 down 6.7% 157th Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 2,279 2021 down 2.3% 102nd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 490 2021 down 27.2% 87th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have 140 2021 down 29.6% 121st Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT 77.0% 2024 up 30.5% 46th Share of women who are smoking 0.8 2022 down 55.6% 154th Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 22.5 2022 down 24.2% 110th Share of men who are smoking 22.5 2022 down 24.2% 110th Adults smoking 2007 2018 11.7 2022 down 25.9% 126th Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 29 2024 up 222.2% 100th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 21.7% 2023 down 8.1% 18th Share healthy diet unaffordable 46.7 2024 up 8.6% 51st Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk 75.44 2024 down 46.2% 32nd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 1,624 2021 up 18.1% 95th Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 8.7 2014 up 31.8% 83rd Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.48 2014 up 3.3% 79th Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 5.8 2014 up 34.9% 150th Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 672,208 2024 down 44.0% 59th Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 672,208 2024 down 44.0% 67th Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 15 2015 down 25.0% 77th Births attended by skilled health personnel 83.8% 2020 up 49.6% 140th Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of 49.03 2019 down 17.0% 30th Number of new leprosy cases 8 2024 down 46.7% 89th Total official development assistance to medical research and basic 39.18 2024 up 78.0% 45th Pharmacists 0.04 2023 up 100.0% 159th Health worker density, by type of occupation 0.03 2022 down 62.5% 151st Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.25 2020 down 3.9% 48th 3.1.1 Maternal mortality ratio 458 2020 down 26.1% 17th Low birth weight prevalence 13.2% 2020 down 4.3% 47th Inactivated first-dose polio vaccine (IPV1) immunization coverage 83.0% 2025 up 16.9% 147th Low birth weight number 11.5 2020 up 4.5% 81st Number of new hivaids infections who 1,100 2024 down 47.6% 74th Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate 143,000 2030 up 12.6% 138th 2.2.2a Prevalence of overweight among children under 5 1.8 2022 down 5.3% 154th 2.2.1 Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 13.6 2022 down 39.0% 76th Incidence of malaria 75.44 per 1,000 population at risk 2024 down 46.2% 35th Reported number of children receiving antiretroviral therapy 670 2025 up 53.0% 51st Concentrations of fine particulate matter 43.25 2023 up 10.1% 20th Death rate road traffic injuries 29.6 2019 up 11.7% 28th New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically 2,109 2023 up 47.4% 90th Cholera case fatality rate 0 2008 — 37th Medical doctors not further defined 213 2015 up 28.3% 118th Constant stillbirth rate 18.48 2030 unchanged 32nd ENAP target met stillbirth rate 12 2030 down 30.9% 1st Stillbirth rate high-income country 2.8 2030 down 80.2% 1st Stillbirths remain constant projection 1,562 2030 up 0.6% 84th Stillbirth maintained projection 1,431 2030 down 6.6% 82nd ← Previous Page 16 of 23 Next →