Health in Jamaica

1,252 indicators covering health for Jamaica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths among adolescents 68 2024 down 23.6% 120th
Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 119 2024 down 25.2% 122nd
Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 51 2024 down 27.1% 122nd
Terrorism deaths 0 2021 59th
Share of deaths from terrorism 0 2021 58th
Deaths from terrorism by target 0 2021 2nd
Deaths from suicide and non suicide terrorist attacks 0 2021 59th
Suicide and other terrorist attacks 0 2021 80th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 21st
Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 59th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 21st
Prevalence of HIV, total 1.1% 2024 down 21.4% 33rd
Number of people who are undernourished 200,000 2023 unchanged 93rd
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 63.2% 2024 up 21.1% 55th
External health expenditure channeled through government 18.8% 2023 down 67.1% 107th
Suicide rate who mdb 0.21 2014 up 317.2% 103rd
Suicide rate male female who mdb 0.4345 2014 up 325.6% 103rd
Death rate from diabetes who mdb 80.88 2014 up 8.2% 9th
Suicide rates among young people who mdb 0 2014 94th
Suicide rates among young women who mdb 0 2014 86th
Suicide rates among young men who mdb 0 2014 88th
Suicide rates by age who mdb 0 2014 94th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 18.3% 2021 up 24.5% 73rd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 22.6% 2021 up 13.6% 78th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 20.2% 2021 up 17.4% 79th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.099 per 100,000 population 2021 unchanged 172nd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.099 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.0% 150th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.098 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 1.0% 174th
Suicide mortality rate, female 0.42 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 20.0% 176th
Suicide mortality rate, male 2.99 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 11.6% 166th
Suicide mortality rate 1.69 per 100,000 population 2021 up 11.9% 170th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 20.2 2021 up 17.4% 79th
Mortality from ncds gender 22.6 2021 up 13.6% 78th
Healthy life expectancy at birth 61.72 2021 down 3.6% 105th
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 9.43 2021 up 41.8% 41st
Nurses and midwives 1.62 per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.7% 145th
Share of women among the population living with hiv 48.21 2024 up 8.4% 51st
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 0.1247 2023 down 51.7% 97th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 10.3% 2023 down 49.3% 108th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 1.09 2023 up 7.2% 82nd
Diabetes prevalence who gho 11.9 2014 up 32.2% 40th
Child mortality rate ihme 1.57 2019 down 14.7% 86th
Neonatal mortality ihme 1.26 2019 down 12.5% 69th
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 454 2019 down 24.0% 116th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 1.22 2020 down 0.8% 110th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 3.1 2020 up 2.0% 113th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 5.03 2020 up 2.2% 113th
Low-birthweight babies 13.7% 2020 down 5.4% 44th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 54 2024 up 63.6% 114th
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 36.81 2022 down 17.3% 120th
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 24.5 2022 up 36.1% 18th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 23.99 2022 up 48.0% 19th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 37.77 2022 down 17.8% 120th
Inequality in life expectancy 0.1163 2023 up 3.3% 83rd
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.1163 2023 up 3.3% 83rd
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 3.1% 2022 down 11.4% 92nd
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 6.1% 2022 down 12.9% 86th
Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 98.88 2020 up 12.7% 67th
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 98.88 2020 up 12.7% 67th