Health in Japan 1,035 indicators covering health for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise 0.0% 2022 — 106th Taxes as a % of price: specific excise 50.8% 2022 down 8.8% 22nd Taxes as a % of price: import duties 0.0% 2022 — 37th Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 56th Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 600 2022 up 35.3% 42nd Physical activity policies for activie societies 20 2023 up 100.0% 2nd Physical activity policies focused on active systems 20 2023 unchanged 5th Midwifery personnel 33,100 2022 up 16.8% 11th Health care - Regions — Active physicians 2.7 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 14.4% 39th Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Active physicians 2.7 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 14.4% 39th Share of one year olds who received the final dose of pneumococcal vac 91 2024 down 7.1% 51st Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine coverage 91 2024 down 7.1% 51st Gender gap in life expectancy by age group 2.06 2019 down 1.0% 1st Death rate from poisonings 0.2 2021 down 50.0% 136th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 8 % 2021 down 16.7% 163rd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.2 per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% 120th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 17.4 per 100,000 people 2021 down 28.4% 16th Share of deaths registered 97.48 2019 — 68th Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 1.36 2022 up 30.8% 157th Health expenditure and financing per capita 4,792 2025 up 4.0% 18th Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Age-adjusted 7.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2022 down 1.1% 39th Road deaths over the long term 3,216 2022 down 38.9% 13th Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 4 2025 up 100.0% 14th Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories 16.12 million Discharges 2023 up 1.8% 4th Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 0.13 2022 down 13.3% 89th Mean systolic blood pressure 125.4 2009 down 1.9% 95th Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.3 2009 unchanged 95th Hiv expenditure 0 2020 down 100.0% 101st Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 0 2024 — 35th Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 510 2020 up 70.0% 41st Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.6% 2020 down 3.2% 80th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.0% 2020 — 109th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 — 33rd Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 41st Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.1% 2020 up 80.0% 123rd Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.5% 2020 down 1.9% 18th Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 4.88 2020 up 40.6% 56th Number healthy diet unaffordable 8.90 million 2024 down 2.2% 45th Import of environmentally sound technologies 39.57 billion 2020 up 22.4% 5th Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 5.07 2020 up 88.5% 106th Export of environmentally sound technologies 68.58 billion 2020 down 17.3% 4th Pcv3 number unvaccinated 24,018 2023 up 15.6% 69th Health risks - Regions — Respiratory system diseases mortality crude 170.4 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2024 up 5.5% 1st Health risks - Regions — Circulatory system diseases mortality crude 308.4 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2024 up 13.2% 18th Avoidable mortality 213,167 Deaths 2023 down 15.0% 5th Avoidable mortality — Preventable mortality 133,518 Deaths 2023 down 16.6% 5th Avoidable mortality — Treatable mortality 79,649 Deaths 2023 down 12.3% 6th Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 99.8% 2022 unchanged 14th Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 12 2024 up 300.0% 13th Crude death rate hmd 12.93 2023 up 28.4% 9th Births and deaths 12.93 2023 up 28.4% 9th Period versus cohort life expectancy 84.16 2023 up 0.9% 2nd Annual death rate by age group 1.77 2023 down 17.3% 38th Number reported cases of cholera 1 2020 down 91.7% 85th HPV immunization coverage estimates among primary target cohort (9-14) 49.0% 2025 — 91st Life expectancy at birth oecd 84.5 2021 up 2.2% 1st Risk factors for health — Tobacco consumption 14.4 Cigarettes per smoker per day 2022 down 11.7% 5th How many health warnings are approved by the law for cigarette 10 2022 up 25.0% 66th Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 22,119 2011 down 37.7% 34th Number of reported cholera deaths 0 2020 — 37th ← Previous Page 16 of 18 Next →