Health in Japan 1,035 indicators covering health for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who 1.98 2021 up 57.1% 84th Death rate amphetamine who 0.01 2021 down 50.0% 105th Death rates cocaine who 0.02 2021 down 33.3% 110th Death rate from opioid use who 0.16 2021 down 33.3% 113th Deaths drug overdoses who 195.29 2021 down 37.6% 34th Deaths substance disorders who 642.91 2021 up 29.0% 29th Deaths from drug use disorders by age who 59.36 2021 up 8.7% 19th Deaths from substance use disorders who 272.51 2021 down 35.5% 35th 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 140.36 2021 down 39.2% 21st Deaths cocaine overdoses by sex 9.4 2021 down 49.1% 26th Deaths amphetamine overdoses by sex 5.67 2021 down 47.3% 22nd Deaths opioid overdoses by sex 107.42 2021 down 40.0% 18th Deaths from substance disorders who 915.42 2021 down 0.6% 31st Death rates substance disorders who 0.7284 2021 up 1.3% 159th Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who 0 2021 — 15th Deaths alcohol drugs by sex who 195.2 2021 down 31.4% 30th Dengue fever deaths 0.03 2021 down 75.0% 80th Death rate from cardiovascular disease age standardized ghe 70.75 2021 down 17.3% 188th Deaths from cardiovascular disease type 2,539 2021 down 6.7% 10th Death rate from rheumatic heart disease who ghe age standardized 0.351 2021 down 37.2% 173rd Death rate from hypertensive heart disease who ghe age standardized 1.21 2021 up 7.2% 191st Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 32 2021 down 14.9% 189th Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 412,809 2021 up 12.6% 6th Total disease burden who 37.41 million 2021 up 0.8% 14th Burden of disease who 30,022 2021 up 3.6% 133rd Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 73.45 2021 down 19.1% 132nd Respiratory infections death rate age group 3.58 2022 down 44.8% 80th Respiratory infection death rate who mdb 17.94 2022 down 27.2% 73rd Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 5.8% 2023 up 123.1% 113th Healthcare coverage — Health insurance coverage 122,931 Persons 2023 down 2.7% 4th Male female ratio suicides rates 2 2021 down 15.5% 168th Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 11,519 2021 down 49.2% 53rd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 1,063 2021 down 87.1% 63rd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have 3,106 2021 down 35.6% 43rd Share of women who are smoking 9.2 2022 down 22.7% 71st Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 27.8 2022 down 29.1% 84th Share of men who are smoking 27.8 2022 down 29.1% 84th Adults smoking 2007 2018 18.5 2022 down 27.5% 90th Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 56 2023 down 6.7% 85th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 1.1% 2023 — 107th Share healthy diet unaffordable 7.2 2024 unchanged 109th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 7,350 2021 down 7.4% 48th Causes of mortality 1.58 million Deaths 2023 up 24.2% 3rd Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 6.7 2014 up 1.5% 147th Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.11 2014 down 3.6% 126th Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 10.1 2014 up 11.0% 48th Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 13 2024 up 8.3% 139th Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 13 2024 up 8.3% 151st Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 5 2015 down 70.6% 100th Births attended by skilled health personnel 99.8% 2023 down 0.2% 30th Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of 9.94 2021 down 27.7% 141st Number of new leprosy cases 12 2024 up 140.0% 81st Communicable diseases — Communicable disease incidence 332 Cases 2024 down 27.0% 11th Pharmacists 20.26 2022 up 26.0% 3rd Health worker density, by type of occupation 8.16 per 10,000 people 2022 up 4.7% 28th Hospital beds by function of healthcare 12.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 5.7% 1st Low birth weight prevalence 11.3% 2020 up 2.7% 65th ← Previous Page 14 of 18 Next →