Health in Lao People’s Democratic Republic 1,071 indicators covering health for Lao People’s Democratic Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths cocaine overdoses by sex 0.18 2021 up 12.5% 116th Deaths amphetamine overdoses by sex 0.11 2021 up 22.2% 111th Deaths opioid overdoses by sex 0.97 2021 up 18.3% 118th Deaths from substance disorders who 50.2 2021 up 28.6% 130th Death rates substance disorders who 0.6735 2021 up 10.8% 165th Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who 0 2021 — 15th Deaths alcohol drugs by sex who 4.04 2021 up 15.4% 142nd Dengue fever deaths 21.16 2021 up 13.2% 16th Death rate from cardiovascular disease age standardized ghe 348.88 2021 down 5.5% 36th Deaths from cardiovascular disease type 139.6 2021 down 17.1% 85th Death rate from rheumatic heart disease who ghe age standardized 2.16 2021 down 29.8% 62nd Death rate from hypertensive heart disease who ghe age standardized 29.64 2021 down 7.9% 66th Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 148.68 2021 up 0.0% 43rd Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 14,151 2021 up 17.7% 102nd Total disease burden who 2.50 million 2021 down 7.2% 103rd Burden of disease who 33,723 2021 down 19.8% 110th Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 61.13 2021 up 0.1% 157th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 35.6% 2023 — 43rd Male female ratio suicides rates 2.73 2021 up 4.7% 128th Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 6,200 2021 up 41.3% 70th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 1,749 2021 up 239.0% 53rd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have 387 2021 up 10.9% 100th Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT 68.0% 2024 up 518.2% 54th Share of women who are smoking 9.3 2022 down 50.3% 69th Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 44.4 2022 down 22.8% 27th Share of men who are smoking 44.4 2022 down 22.8% 27th Adults smoking 2007 2018 26.8 2022 down 29.7% 43rd Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 39 2024 up 56.0% 93rd Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 5.6% 2023 — 56th Share healthy diet unaffordable 56.2 2024 down 3.9% 38th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 3,987 2021 up 21.9% 68th Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 7.7 2014 up 20.3% 103rd Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.16 2014 up 6.9% 118th Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 5.6 2014 up 19.1% 152nd Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 1.64 million 2024 down 24.8% 59th Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 44 2015 unchanged 52nd Births attended by skilled health personnel 79.8% 2023 up 99.5% 140th Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of 25.37 2019 down 36.1% 73rd Number of new leprosy cases 24 2024 down 76.9% 68th Pharmacists 2.98 2024 up 56.8% 82nd Low birth weight prevalence 16.7% 2020 down 3.5% 20th Inactivated first-dose polio vaccine (IPV1) immunization coverage 64.0% 2025 up 481.8% 184th Low birth weight number 27.5 2020 down 7.1% 59th Number of new hivaids infections who 1,300 2024 up 8.3% 68th Reported rabies deaths 4 2023 down 69.2% 33rd Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate 936,000 2030 down 7.7% 77th Incidence of malaria 0.13 per 1,000 population at risk 2024 down 99.5% 73rd Reported number of children receiving antiretroviral therapy 305 2025 up 37.4% 60th Concentrations of fine particulate matter 28.41 2023 down 4.1% 48th Death rate road traffic injuries 17.9 2019 up 25.2% 75th New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically 5,344 2023 up 77.9% 61st Cholera case fatality rate 1.69 2010 down 63.1% 22nd Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 68.96 2023 up 4.9% 171st Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 15.8% 2030 down 22.5% 63rd Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 16.2% 2030 down 24.3% 62nd Tb patients tested positive for hiv 301 2021 up 35.6% 63rd Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 328.9 2019 down 2.8% 80th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 41.4% 2019 down 4.6% 61st Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 5,896 2019 up 30.5% 113th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.6% 2024 down 66.7% 51st ← Previous Page 14 of 18 Next →