Health in Panama 311 indicators covering health for Panama. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Treatment for hypertension 54.7% 2019 up 21.6% 37th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 392 2024 down 18.2% 112th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 47 2024 down 14.5% 113th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 61 2024 down 16.4% 114th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 54 2024 down 1.8% 112th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 80 2024 down 2.4% 113th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 128 2024 down 14.1% 114th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 264 2024 down 20.0% 109th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 74 2024 down 21.3% 113th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 184 2024 down 25.8% 108th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 103 2024 down 6.4% 110th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 316 2024 down 12.9% 105th Prevalence of HIV, total 1.1% 2024 up 10.0% 33rd Number of people who are undernourished 300,000 2023 unchanged 87th People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 50.3% 2024 up 110.1% 68th External health expenditure channeled through government 85.2% 2023 up 55.0% 23rd Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 9.4% 2021 down 6.9% 147th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 12.5% 2021 down 5.3% 155th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 10.9% 2021 down 6.0% 154th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.2 per 100,000 population 2021 down 20.0% 144th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.057 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 70.0% 167th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 16.7% 130th Suicide mortality rate, female 0.99 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 11.6% 163rd Suicide mortality rate, male 5.59 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.2% 146th Suicide mortality rate 3.29 per 100,000 population 2021 down 15.6% 150th Nurses and midwives 3.35 per 1,000 people 2022 up 44.0% 106th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 1.82 2020 down 29.2% 86th Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 4.66 2020 down 28.4% 87th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 7.55 2020 down 28.0% 88th Low-birthweight babies 10.3% 2020 down 5.9% 77th Prevalence of anemia among children 16.0% 2019 down 39.2% 159th Births attended by skilled health staff 95.0% 2019 up 7.2% 107th Adults (ages 15+) living with HIV 31,000 2024 up 40.9% 69th Prevalence of current tobacco use 4.8% 2024 down 32.4% 164th Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 1.8% 2024 down 30.8% 134th Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 7.8% 2024 down 32.2% 164th Physicians 1.62 per 1,000 people 2022 up 1.4% 97th Life satisfaction vs. child mortality 6.55 2025 down 2.3% 38th Adults (ages 15+) and children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 1,500 2024 up 15.4% 64th AIDS estimated deaths 500 UNAIDS estimates 2024 unchanged 64th Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 3,318 current international $ 2023 up 130.5% 41st Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 1,342 current international $ 2023 up 188.9% 12th Domestic general government health expenditure 4.3% 2023 up 4.6% 77th Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 1,593 current international $ 2023 up 196.9% 20th Share of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare 40.5% 2023 up 25.3% 57th Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 797.88 current US$ 2023 up 58.4% 55th Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 51.2% 2023 down 18.1% 107th Adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV 1,400 2024 up 7.7% 60th Number of stillbirths 477 2023 up 4.8% 113th Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV 720 2024 up 10.8% 48th Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 8.3% 2023 up 27.7% 57th Capital health expenditure 0.9% 2023 down 8.0% 6th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 26.0% 2021 up 41.9% 93rd Cause of death, by injury 7.3% 2021 down 41.8% 78th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 66.7% 2021 down 3.5% 85th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 0.0% 2021 — 116th Lung cancer death rates 4.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 1.6% 81st Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT 86.0% 2024 up 11.7% 34th Incidence of malaria 3.5 per 1,000 population at risk 2024 up 797.4% 56th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 13.9 per 100,000 population 2019 up 2.2% 101st ← Previous Page 5 of 6 Next →