Health in Puerto Rico

529 indicators covering health for Puerto Rico.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 81.69 2023 up 1.7% 42nd
Tb patients tested positive for hiv 1 2021 down 90.0% 149th
Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 1 2024 down 50.0% 168th
Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 1 2024 unchanged 2nd
Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 0 2021 down 100.0% 141st
HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 33.0% 2022 down 8.3% 144th
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 100.0% 2020 up 49.3% 1st
Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 67 2022 up 86.1% 93rd
Bladder cancer death rate 1.61 2022 down 16.3% 62nd
Cancer death rates by type who db 1.61 2022 down 16.3% 62nd
Liver cancer death rate 5.21 2022 down 5.8% 22nd
Reported rate of new cervical cancer cases 9.65 2017 up 11.3% 16th
Pancreatic cancer death rate 5.5 2022 up 1.9% 58th
Brain and nervous system cancer death rate 2.04 2022 up 7.3% 78th
Death rate from poisonings 0.3 2021 unchanged 110th
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 10.1 2021 down 16.5% 144th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.3 2021 unchanged 99th
Suicide mortality rate, by sex 5.4 2021 down 27.0% 108th
Share of deaths registered 85.79 2019 102nd
Maternal mortality ratio 31.4 2022 up 1,107.7% 34th
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 14 2021 136th
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 93.33 2021 58th
Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits 97.8% 2020 unchanged 10th
Deaths and disappearances during migration 15 2024 down 34.8% 33rd
Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for 15.22 2025 up 30.0% 2nd
Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 20.81 2025 up 4.8% 2nd
Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 7.14 2025 down 14.2% 8th
% of Polio immunization coverage 95.09 2024 down 3.7% 2nd
Taxa de mortalidade infantil 10.7 2024 down 4.5% 15th
Suicides of children and adolescents 76 2024 up 43.4% 3rd
% of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 90.1 2024 down 20.5% 3rd
% of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.55 2024 up 11.6% 2nd
Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 13.1 2024 up 1.6% 15th
Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 4.79 2024 up 60.7% 6th
Maternal mortality ratio 62.6 2024 up 51.6% 6th
% of homicides of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years of the 8.3 2024 down 46.8% 14th
Homicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 11.53 2024 down 55.8% 12th
% of homicides of non-white children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 45.4 2024 up 72.6% 15th
% of homicides of 10-19 year olds over the total 92.9 2024 up 1.4% 5th
% of homicides of white children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 54.6 2024 down 25.9% 3rd
Homicides of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 183 2024 down 60.6% 7th
% da cobertura de imunização Penta 95.55 2024 down 3.6% 2nd
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks 11.67 2024 up 13.3% 13th
Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days 7.1 2022 down 11.2% 15th
% da cobertura de imunização Tríplice Viral D2 89.38 2024 down 4.0% 3rd
Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 1.7 2024 down 71.7% 7th
Total marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 years of 1,000 2024 down 74.0% 3rd
Number of reports of Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents 1,005 2022 down 45.6% 7th
% of reports of Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents 20.9 2019 down 40.6% 10th