Health in Jamaica 1,268 indicators covering health for Jamaica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Self harm death rates by age 0.0422 2021 down 7.6% 170th Suicide rate 2000 2019 who 1.65 2021 up 2.4% 179th Deaths from mental health and substance use disorders who 16.2 2021 up 41.2% 155th Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who 0.57 2021 up 35.7% 175th Death rate amphetamine who 0.02 2021 up 100.0% 77th Death rates cocaine who 0.06 2021 up 20.0% 64th Death rate from opioid use who 0.03 2021 unchanged 161st Deaths drug overdoses who 0.86 2021 up 13.2% 159th Deaths substance disorders who 11.85 2021 up 51.0% 143rd Deaths from drug use disorders by age who 0.42 2021 up 68.0% 142nd Deaths from substance use disorders who 4.35 2021 up 20.2% 150th Death rates opioid overdoses by age 0 2021 — 1st Death rates amphetamine overdoses by age 0 2021 — 1st Death rates cocaine overdoses by age 0 2021 — 1st Deaths drug use disorders by sex 1.35 2021 up 57.0% 127th Deaths cocaine overdoses by sex 0.42 2021 up 55.6% 101st Deaths amphetamine overdoses by sex 0.06 2021 up 50.0% 124th Deaths opioid overdoses by sex 0.2 2021 up 53.8% 143rd Deaths from substance disorders who 16.2 2021 up 41.2% 155th Death rates substance disorders who 0.5709 2021 up 37.4% 170th Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who 0 2021 — 15th Deaths alcohol drugs by sex who 3.26 2021 up 46.2% 147th Dengue fever deaths 1.13 2021 down 8.1% 32nd Death rate from cardiovascular disease age standardized ghe 315.47 2021 up 32.4% 49th Deaths from cardiovascular disease type 36.59 2021 up 11.7% 128th Death rate from rheumatic heart disease who ghe age standardized 1.29 2021 down 3.8% 92nd Death rate from hypertensive heart disease who ghe age standardized 50.09 2021 up 33.4% 19th Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 86.13 2021 up 36.3% 108th Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 7,397 2021 up 52.1% 128th Total disease burden who 988,591 2021 up 31.6% 140th Burden of disease who 34,961 2021 up 27.8% 102nd Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 103.46 2021 down 6.9% 90th Respiratory infections death rate age group 60.41 2014 up 390.0% 30th Respiratory infection death rate who mdb 14.44 2014 up 5.6% 87th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 56.4% 2023 up 16.8% 22nd Male female ratio suicides rates 8.03 2021 down 1.9% 2nd Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 57 2021 down 47.2% 172nd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 9 2021 down 76.9% 164th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have 4 2021 down 33.3% 174th Share of women who are smoking 4.7 2022 down 29.9% 97th Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 19.1 2022 down 18.4% 124th Share of men who are smoking 19.1 2022 down 18.4% 124th Adults smoking 2007 2018 11.9 2022 down 21.2% 125th Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 0 2024 — 165th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 27.8% 2023 up 9.9% 10th Share healthy diet unaffordable 21.4 2024 up 12.6% 77th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 44 2021 up 25.7% 167th Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 11.9 2014 up 32.2% 41st Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.66 2014 up 3.0% 57th Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 11.9 2014 up 43.4% 32nd Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 2,035 2024 down 99.5% 98th Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 2,035 2024 down 99.5% 111th Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 2 2015 unchanged 112th Births attended by skilled health personnel 98.8% 2023 down 1.2% 76th Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of 9.83 2019 down 27.5% 145th Number of new leprosy cases 1 2024 down 80.0% 119th Total official development assistance to medical research and basic 6.68 2024 up 7,150.7% 74th Pharmacists 1.01 2024 up 288.5% 111th Health worker density, by type of occupation 0.97 2024 up 646.2% 111th Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.68 2020 down 5.4% 44th ← Previous Page 16 of 22 Next →