Health in Philippines 1,253 indicators covering health for Philippines. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 40.9 2022 up 23.9% 40th Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 365.93 2022 down 8.8% 12th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 42 lowest 2017 down 28.8% 26th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 29 2017 down 23.7% 31st Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 31 2017 down 3.1% 27th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 12 2017 down 55.6% 34th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 11 highest 2017 down 35.3% 32nd Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 31 lowest 2017 down 22.5% 28th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 23 2017 down 20.7% 29th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 26 2017 up 8.3% 26th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 11 2017 down 52.2% 33rd Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 9 highest 2017 down 40.0% 31st Tsunami deaths 3 2023 down 94.2% 8th Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 10 2024 up 100.0% 50th Ever breastfed 85 2022 down 9.3% 53rd Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 57.1 2022 up 12.2% 34th Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 54.1 2022 up 8.9% 29th Proportion of bloodstream infection due to Escherichia coli resistant 35.8% 2023 down 5.9% 29th Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 0 2022 — 43rd Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 100 2022 up 12.4% 32nd Proportion of bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant 40.4% 2023 down 38.9% 20th Financial hardship in health and components (SDG 3.8.2, 2025) 27.6% 2018 down 6.8% 16th Commitments to recipient countries 182.15 2010 up 137.9% 21st Disbursements to recipient countries 141.45 2010 up 234.5% 29th Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or in 6,419,000.0% 2015 up 66.4% 8th Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in 1,439,000.0% 2015 up 68.1% 6th Medical and Pathology Laboratory scientists 59,333 2021 up 209.1% 2nd Number of people pushed below the $2.15 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by o 843,000 2015 up 65.0% 1st Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by o 1.47 million 2015 up 80.0% 3rd Women who were first married by age 15 1.5% 2022 down 25.0% 29th Women who were first married by age 18 9.4% 2022 down 37.3% 30th Imports in 1000s hectolitres 20 2007 up 100.0% 95th Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection 70.1% 2022 up 9.5% 12th Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 54.9% 2018 up 66.5% 25th Number of isolates tested for ceftriaxone 16 2020 down 90.0% 44th Proportion of isolates with decreased susceptibility or resistance 0 2020 — 13th Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are cu 5.3% 2022 down 47.5% 32nd Female headed households 25.8% 2022 up 36.5% 16th Proportion of isolates with resistance to azithromycin reported to 0 2020 — 41st Number of isolates tested for azithromycin 20 2020 down 77.5% 42nd Children aged <5 years wasted for age 7.9% 2014 up 31.7% 24th Proportion of isolates with resistance to ciprofloxacin reported to 80 2018 down 17.9% 14th Number of isolates tested for ciprofloxacin 100 2018 up 150.0% 31st Proportion of isolates with decreased susceptibility or resistance 4.21 2018 — 9th Number of isolates tested for extended-spectrum cephalosporins 95 2018 up 61.0% 33rd Exports of beer (barley) in 1000s hectolitres 319 2009 up 159.3% 16th Number of insecticide classes to which resistance was reported 3 2015 — 7th Children aged <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORS 49.1% 2013 up 16.4% 10th Availability of estimates on large health expenditures as a share of 1 2015 unchanged 1st Availability of estimates on impoverishment due to out-of-pocket 1 2015 unchanged 1st Percentage of sites for which pyrethroid resistance was reported 38 2015 — 27th Confirmed cases of MDR-TB started treatment for MDR-TB 72.0% 2012 — 35th Exports of spirits in 1000s hectolitres 171 2005 up 714.3% 18th ← Previous Page 21 of 21