Health in Jamaica 1,260 indicators covering health for Jamaica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 15-5 6.4% 2021 — 20th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 4.3% 2021 — 38th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 6.3% 2021 — 37th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 5.3% 2021 — 38th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, female 4.4% 2021 — 31st Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, male 6.3% 2021 — 23rd Lung cancer deaths per 100000 by sex 1950 2002 6.63 2014 up 15.4% 60th Lung cancer death rates males 20.57 2014 up 9.0% 63rd Lung cancer deaths men women 21.26 2014 down 7.0% 51st Homicide rate who mortality database 1.04 2014 up 184.3% 64th Cardiovascular disease death rate age group who mdb 8.05 2014 — 49th Cancer death rate by age group 4.03 2014 — 20th Cancer death rate who mdb 118.08 2014 up 8.1% 17th Cardiovascular disease death rate who mdb 199.11 2014 up 15.4% 37th Infectious and parasitic diseases death rate who mdb 36.4 2014 up 14.5% 12th Unintentional injuries death rate by age group who mdb 2.01 2014 — 80th Death rate by cause who mdb 118.08 2014 up 8.1% 17th Cardiovascular disease death rate males vs females 214.38 2014 up 20.3% 42nd Chronic respiratory diseases death rate who mdb 21.02 2014 down 0.2% 44th Death rate from digestive diseases who mdb 16.42 2014 up 13.9% 71st Death rate from maternal disorders 1.25 2014 up 570.6% 10th Cardiovascular disease death crude rate who mdb 226.22 2014 up 26.2% 52nd Cardiovascular disease death rate over time males vs females 184.98 2014 up 11.3% 30th Cancer death rate crude vs age standardized who mdb 118.08 2014 up 8.1% 17th Maternal mortality rate who mdb 1.25 2014 up 570.6% 10th Stomach cancer death rate 5.49 2014 down 21.3% 47th Colon and rectum cancer death rate 11.56 2014 up 35.5% 39th Breast cancer death rate in women 26.03 2014 up 36.7% 6th Cervical cancer death rate in women 11.3 2014 up 2.0% 12th Prostate cancer death rate in men 43.96 2014 up 6.9% 4th Death rate from cancer by sex 137.34 2014 up 8.1% 26th Cardiovascular disease death rate crude versus age standardized 199.11 2014 up 15.4% 37th New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old 5.93 2014 up 85.1% 7th Death rate from cardiovascular diseases age group who mdb 4.54 2014 down 30.3% 51st Pharmacists 287 2024 up 298.6% 124th Tuberculosis death rate age standardized 0.3946 2021 down 26.9% 152nd Age-standardized suicide rates 1.65 2021 up 2.1% 170th Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause 157.08 2021 down 54.5% 115th Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a 35.93 2021 up 5.7% 126th Total NCD Deaths 18,535 2021 up 43.3% 128th Probability (%) of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of 20.2% 2021 up 17.4% 79th Life expectancy at age 60 16.75 2021 down 12.2% 133rd Age-standardized NCD mortality rate 766.23 2021 up 23.5% 17th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.0986 2021 down 0.8% 171st Life expectancy at birth 70.14 2021 down 3.7% 112th Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years) 169.47 2021 up 24.5% 93rd Previously treated cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 100.0% 2023 — 1st Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 13.09 2021 down 12.1% 115th nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n 0.0163 2021 down 1.0% 77th nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n 0.0161 2021 down 1.0% 77th lx - number of people left alive at age x 100,000 2021 unchanged 1st nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n 98,554 2021 up 0.0% 111th Tx - person-years lived above age x 7.01 million 2021 down 3.7% 112th ex - expectation of life at age x 70.14 2021 down 3.7% 112th Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth 61.72 2021 down 3.6% 105th ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n 1,606 2021 down 1.0% 77th 3.2.2 Neonatal mortality rate 10.3 2021 down 27.5% 86th 3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate 12.4 2021 down 26.2% 116th Cardiovascular death rate vs gdp per capita 315.47 2021 up 32.4% 49th ← Previous Page 14 of 21 Next →