Health in Saint Lucia

1,156 indicators covering health for Saint Lucia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Maternal mortality rate who mdb 0.532 2020 down 69.2% 19th
Stomach cancer death rate 5.19 2020 down 43.4% 50th
Colon and rectum cancer death rate 8.62 2020 up 96.2% 64th
Breast cancer death rate in women 15.11 2020 down 27.8% 44th
Cervical cancer death rate in women 12.01 2020 up 35.1% 9th
Prostate cancer death rate in men 41.8 2020 up 46.2% 6th
Death rate from cancer by sex 123.14 2020 up 20.9% 42nd
Cardiovascular disease death rate crude versus age standardized 152.79 2020 down 23.9% 54th
New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 50.0% 2023 down 19.4% 161st
Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old 0 2020 99th
Death rate from cardiovascular diseases age group who mdb 12.6 2020 8th
Tuberculosis death rate age standardized 1.26 2021 up 52.7% 127th
Age-standardized suicide rates 4.73 2021 down 29.8% 132nd
Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause 12.23 2021 up 96.5% 164th
Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a 43.23 2021 down 13.0% 109th
Total NCD Deaths 900 2021 up 34.3% 176th
Probability (%) of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of 15.5% 2021 down 4.9% 121st
Life expectancy at age 60 17.7 2021 down 22.5% 104th
Age-standardized NCD mortality rate 466.61 2021 up 9.4% 118th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.1447 2021 down 0.2% 158th
Life expectancy at birth 71.11 2021 down 6.7% 105th
Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years) 171.46 2021 up 29.2% 87th
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 13.49 2021 down 21.7% 102nd
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n 0.0162 2021 down 0.6% 79th
nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n 0.016 2021 down 0.6% 79th
lx - number of people left alive at age x 100,000 2021 unchanged 1st
nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n 98,564 2021 up 0.0% 107th
Tx - person-years lived above age x 7.11 million 2021 down 6.7% 105th
ex - expectation of life at age x 71.11 2021 down 6.7% 105th
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth 61.76 2021 down 6.1% 104th
ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n 1,596 2021 down 0.6% 79th
3.2.2 Neonatal mortality rate 13 2021 unchanged 70th
3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate 24.8 2021 up 23.4% 69th
Cardiovascular death rate vs gdp per capita 186.7 2021 up 4.3% 128th
Suicide rate vs income inequality 4.8 2021 down 29.5% 139th
Life expectancy at birth who gho 71.11 2021 down 6.7% 105th
Deaths from falls 6.76 2021 up 29.3% 177th
Death rate from falls 3.76 2021 up 23.7% 130th
Death rate from natural disasters 0.5 2021 9th
Deaths from natural disasters 0.9 2021 88th
Number of deaths who 1,767 2021 up 94.6% 174th
Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who 0.9834 2021 up 86.4% 47th
Deaths from fires and burns who 1.85 2021 down 15.5% 173rd
Death rate from fires and burns who 1.03 2021 down 18.9% 108th
Deaths from diarrheal diseases who 2.79 2021 up 22.4% 178th
Death rate from diarrheal diseases who 1.55 2021 up 17.4% 130th
Number of deaths from malaria ghe 0 2021 70th
Death rate from malaria ghe 0 2021 66th
Number of deaths from tuberculosis ghe 2.53 2021 up 82.0% 175th
Death rate from tuberculosis ghe 1.41 2021 up 74.1% 128th
Deaths from cardiovascular disease ghe 353.9 2021 up 28.3% 178th
Death rate from cardiovascular disease ghe 196.99 2021 up 22.9% 92nd
Deaths from strokes ghe 148.07 2021 up 28.6% 173rd
Death rate from strokes who 78.35 2021 up 4.9% 98th
Deaths from diabetes ghe 113.15 2021 up 17.2% 173rd
Death rate from diabetes ghe 62.98 2021 up 12.3% 19th
Deaths from alzheimers other dementias 25.89 2021 up 26.1% 173rd
Death rate from alzheimers other dementias ghe 14.41 2021 up 20.8% 71st
Deaths from parkinsons disease ghe 9.77 2021 up 40.6% 171st
Death rate from parkinsons disease ghe 5.44 2021 up 34.7% 52nd