Health in Latvia 1,139 indicators covering health for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths from cardiovascular disease type 37.14 2021 down 37.6% 127th Death rate from rheumatic heart disease who ghe age standardized 0.7382 2021 down 51.1% 131st Death rate from hypertensive heart disease who ghe age standardized 31.19 2021 up 58.5% 60th Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 158.43 2021 down 27.1% 41st Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 18,056 2021 up 4.9% 92nd Total disease burden who 925,364 2021 up 3.7% 143rd Burden of disease who 49,381 2021 up 15.0% 32nd Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 227.97 2021 up 18.2% 28th Respiratory infections death rate age group 0 2023 down 100.0% 93rd Respiratory infection death rate who mdb 20.48 2023 up 46.3% 66th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 11.2% 2023 up 13.1% 83rd Male female ratio suicides rates 7.43 2021 up 7.4% 7th Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 261 2021 down 70.5% 143rd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 24 2021 down 94.1% 145th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have 15 2021 down 82.4% 160th Share of women who are smoking 22.2 2022 down 9.8% 23rd Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 48.3 2022 down 12.8% 21st Share of men who are smoking 48.3 2022 down 12.8% 21st Adults smoking 2007 2018 35.3 2022 down 11.8% 14th Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 11 2024 down 84.3% 119th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 1.9% 2023 up 216.7% 93rd Share healthy diet unaffordable 11.6 2024 down 57.2% 94th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are 216 2021 down 61.6% 135th Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 7.2 2014 up 9.1% 124th Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.36 2014 up 3.1% 84th Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 9.4 2014 up 13.3% 66th Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 14 2024 unchanged 138th Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 14 2024 unchanged 150th Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 0 2015 down 100.0% 151st Births attended by skilled health personnel 98.5% 2024 up 0.5% 81st Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of 14.78 2021 up 453.1% 116th Number of new leprosy cases 0 2024 — 130th Pharmacists 8.59 2024 up 10.7% 37th Health worker density, by type of occupation 7.18 per 10,000 people 2023 down 1.0% 41st Low birth weight prevalence 4.2% 2020 down 8.7% 151st Inactivated first-dose polio vaccine (IPV1) immunization coverage 99.0% 2025 up 1.0% 1st Low birth weight number 0.7 2020 down 22.2% 141st Number of new hivaids infections who 200 2024 down 60.0% 106th Reported rabies deaths 0 2023 — 61st Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate 340,000 2030 down 16.5% 115th Concentrations of fine particulate matter 12.44 2023 down 34.9% 128th Death rate road traffic injuries 8.1 2019 down 31.4% 135th New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically 259 2022 down 60.5% 136th Medical doctors not further defined 6,603 2004 down 9.4% 67th Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 76.19 2023 up 2.7% 103rd Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 22.4% 2030 down 12.5% 28th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 25.5% 2030 down 11.1% 24th Tb patients tested positive for hiv 50 2017 down 10.7% 92nd Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 21.8 2019 down 9.3% 155th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 19.4% 2019 down 8.9% 141st Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 6,080 2019 down 3.4% 111th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 132nd Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 119 2019 unchanged 59th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 39 2024 down 64.5% 117th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 8.1 per 100,000 population 2019 down 34.1% 136th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 3.6 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 41.9% 137th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 13.2 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 32.3% 132nd Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 1 2024 unchanged 2nd Life expectancy - Regions 76.4 Years 2024 up 2.6% 41st Ipv vaccine coverage 98 2024 unchanged 32nd ← Previous Page 15 of 19 Next →