Health in Guyana 804 indicators covering health for Guyana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths by age group 432 deaths 2023 down 26.2% 125th Life expectancy at birth, by sex 73.94 years 2023 up 4.9% 159th Prevalence of undernourishment 2.5% 2023 down 63.8% 106th Immunization, measles second dose 97.0% 2024 up 6.6% 19th Number of maternal deaths 12.53 Deaths 2023 down 42.2% 116th Maternal mortality ratio 74.73 Deaths per 100 000 live births 2023 down 41.7% 77th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 69.0% 2024 up 21.1% 78th Tuberculosis treatment success rate 77.0% 2023 up 14.9% 134th Prevalence of hypertension, female 41.8% 2019 up 3.2% 53rd Prevalence of hypertension, male 38.2% 2019 down 1.0% 82nd Prevalence of hypertension 40.0% 2019 up 1.0% 78th Treatment for hypertension, female 53.4% 2019 up 1.7% 79th Treatment for hypertension, male 40.1% 2019 up 18.6% 68th Treatment for hypertension 47.1% 2019 up 8.3% 78th Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese 4.1% 2014 down 25.5% 75th Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 — 129th Number of youth deaths 471 deaths 2024 down 27.2% 128th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 103 2024 down 31.8% 150th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 9 2024 down 25.0% 148th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 12 2024 down 25.0% 148th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 13 2024 down 23.5% 145th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 18 2024 down 21.7% 144th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 37 2024 down 37.3% 146th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 66 2024 down 28.3% 148th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 24 2024 down 42.9% 145th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 48 2024 down 30.4% 147th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 27 2024 down 40.0% 147th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 78 2024 down 26.4% 144th Deaths from terrorism, by target 0 deaths 2021 — 2nd Deaths from suicide and other terrorist attacks 0 deaths 2021 — 58th Suicide and other terrorist attacks 0 attacks 2021 — 79th Deaths from terrorist attacks, by method of attack 0 deaths 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — 58th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 deaths 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths 0 deaths 2021 — 58th Share of deaths from terrorism 0.0% 2021 — 58th Prevalence of HIV, total 1.6% 2024 up 14.3% 20th Number of people who are undernourished 100,000 2020 unchanged 103rd People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 34.1% 2024 down 8.9% 89th External health expenditure channeled through government 26.0% 2023 up 553.3% 100th Death rate from diabetes 169.69 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 up 59.5% 2nd Reported suicide rates 25.27 deaths per 100,000 population 2020 down 14.6% 1st Male vs. female suicide rate 40.32 deaths per 100,000 population 2020 down 14.8% 1st Reported suicide rates among young people 20.04 deaths per 100,000 population 2020 down 36.4% 1st Reported suicide rates among young women 8.08 deaths per 100,000 population 2020 down 74.2% 13th Reported suicide rates among young men 31.82 deaths per 100,000 population 2020 up 0.4% 1st Reported suicide rates by age 20.04 deaths per 100,000 population 2020 down 36.4% 1st Mental health and substance use disorders death rate by age group 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — 1st Death rate from cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and endocarditis 9.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.1% 37th Expected share of deaths from non-communicable diseases 25.4% 2021 down 14.2% 27th Expected chances of death from non-communicable diseases, by gender 27.1% 2021 down 15.8% 43rd Healthy life expectancy 56.82 Years 2021 down 0.5% 147th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.9% 2021 down 11.8% 23rd Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 27.1% 2021 down 15.8% 43rd Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 25.4% 2021 down 14.2% 27th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.074 per 100,000 population 2021 down 6.3% 177th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 10.0% 142nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.039 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 31.6% 180th Suicide mortality rate, female 10.35 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 21.8% 9th Suicide mortality rate, male 39.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.5% 3rd ← Previous Page 7 of 14 Next →