Health in Uruguay 1,033 indicators covering health for Uruguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths drug use disorders by sex 5.83 2021 up 24.8% 100th Deaths cocaine overdoses by sex 0.46 2021 up 53.3% 96th Deaths amphetamine overdoses by sex 0.21 2021 up 40.0% 102nd Deaths opioid overdoses by sex 4.62 2021 up 23.2% 92nd Deaths from substance disorders who 145.39 2021 up 38.4% 106th Death rates substance disorders who 4.28 2021 up 35.5% 45th Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who 0 2021 down 100.0% 15th Deaths alcohol drugs by sex who 14.63 2021 up 18.1% 121st Dengue fever deaths 0 2021 — 103rd Death rate from cardiovascular disease age standardized ghe 129.07 2021 down 18.6% 159th Deaths from cardiovascular disease type 39.84 2021 up 27.1% 124th Death rate from rheumatic heart disease who ghe age standardized 0.6812 2021 up 15.0% 136th Death rate from hypertensive heart disease who ghe age standardized 8.25 2021 up 24.5% 154th Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 55.62 2021 down 24.4% 158th Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 9,120 2021 down 8.9% 122nd Total disease burden who 1.25 million 2021 up 17.8% 132nd Burden of disease who 36,482 2021 up 15.5% 92nd Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 136.22 2021 up 4.4% 50th Respiratory infections death rate age group 8.73 2022 down 72.5% 73rd Respiratory infection death rate who mdb 45.44 2022 up 142.4% 28th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 16.2% 2023 up 21.8% 73rd Male female ratio suicides rates 4.04 2021 up 7.2% 61st Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 1,031 2021 up 26.2% 117th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are cl 158 2021 down 36.5% 107th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have e 102 2021 up 112.5% 130th Share of women who are smoking 17.3 2022 down 24.8% 44th Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 23.2 2022 down 25.9% 107th Share of men who are smoking 23.2 2022 down 25.9% 107th Adults smoking 2007 2018 20.3 2022 down 25.1% 81st Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 6 2024 up 200.0% 134th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 2.7% 2023 up 58.8% 80th Share healthy diet unaffordable 34 2024 up 10.0% 65th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are ba 691 2021 up 48.0% 117th Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 9.5 2014 up 13.1% 73rd Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.67 2014 up 5.8% 56th Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 11.1 2014 up 14.4% 40th Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 1,142 2024 up 28,450.0% 115th Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 1 2015 down 88.9% 126th Births attended by skilled health personnel 100.0% 2023 up 2.0% 1st Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of total 21.98 2021 up 191.1% 84th Number of new leprosy cases 3 2024 down 25.0% 108th Low birth weight prevalence 7.8% 2020 down 3.7% 105th Inactivated first-dose polio vaccine (IPV1) immunization coverage amon 99.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Low birth weight number 2.8 2020 down 28.2% 121st Reported rabies deaths 0 2021 — 61st Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate 389,000 2030 down 20.4% 109th Reported number of children receiving antiretroviral therapy 62 2025 down 46.6% 83rd Concentrations of fine particulate matter 11.62 2023 down 20.7% 134th Death rate road traffic injuries 14.8 2019 down 13.5% 98th New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically c 862 2023 up 59.0% 113th Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 78.14 2023 up 1.5% 73rd Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 13.8% 2030 down 23.3% 73rd Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 14.7% 2030 down 23.0% 72nd Tb patients tested positive for hiv 115 2021 up 4.5% 84th Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 59.63 2019 up 4.4% 130th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 25.1% 2019 up 5.0% 103rd Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of d 8,853 2019 up 9.9% 94th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.0% 2024 — 132nd Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 117 2019 down 0.8% 89th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 14 2024 up 55.6% 137th ← Previous Page 14 of 18 Next →