Health in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18 indicators covering health for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Neonatal mortality rate 3.04 2024 up 14.9% 162nd Infant mortality rate 4.13 2024 up 5.4% 166th Under-five mortality rate, by sex 4.68 2024 up 3.2% 173rd Tuberculosis incidence 9.7 2024 down 11.8% 166th Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.0245 2023 down 41.9% 128th Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 88 2023 up 3.5% 7th Maternal mortality ratio 8.31 2023 down 4.6% 165th Adolescent birth rate 0.0399 2022 down 63.7% 148th Health worker density, by type of occupation 5.08 2023 down 2.9% 68th Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 12 2024 down 97.0% 159th Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 1 2024 unchanged 2nd Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 12.8% 2024 down 33.3% 121st Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health 18.6% 2023 up 11.2% 12th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 9.5 2021 up 21.8% 62nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.3 2021 unchanged 114th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 11 2021 down 11.3% 162nd Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 7.5% 2021 up 18.9% 70th Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 88.1% 2023 down 0.7% 30th