Health in Zambia 1,275 indicators covering health for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths aged 5 to 24 10,541 2024 down 14.3% 49th Deaths aged 10 to 19 4,279 2024 down 8.8% 50th Neonatal mortality rate - UN IGME estimates 21.44 2024 down 9.4% 37th Under 5 mortality rate - UN IGME estimates 48.37 2024 down 22.7% 32nd Mortality rate age 10-19 - UN IGME estimates 8.43 2024 down 33.7% 49th Neonatal deaths - UN IGME estimates 14,944 2024 up 4.2% 33rd Under-five deaths - UN IGME estimates 32,949 2024 down 11.3% 32nd Deaths age 10 to 19 - UN IGME estimates 4,279 2024 down 8.8% 50th Adolescent mortality rate 3.46 2024 down 21.8% 41st Mortality rate for 5-14 year-olds 9.25 2024 down 21.5% 32nd Mortality rate among children ages 5 to 9 years 5.81 2024 down 21.4% 26th Number of deaths among adolescents 1,879 2024 up 4.5% 45th Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 5,285 2024 down 2.2% 38th Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 3,406 2024 down 5.5% 32nd Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 4,279 2024 down 8.8% 51st Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 1,514 2024 down 9.9% 34th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 1,892 2024 down 1.7% 33rd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 767 2024 down 3.3% 47th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 1,112 2024 up 10.6% 46th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 1,507 2024 down 20.2% 47th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 2,772 2024 down 1.1% 50th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 740 2024 down 32.5% 51st Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 1,660 2024 down 7.6% 49th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 971 2024 down 47.3% 47th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 1,885 2024 down 12.8% 55th Number of youth deaths 38,234 2024 down 10.2% 34th Terrorism deaths 0 2021 — 59th Share of deaths from terrorism 0 2021 — 58th Deaths from terrorism by target 0 2021 — 2nd Deaths from suicide and non suicide terrorist attacks 0 2021 — 59th Suicide and other terrorist attacks 1 2021 — 65th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 — 59th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 — 21st Prevalence of HIV, total 9.4% 2024 down 21.0% 7th Number of people who are undernourished 7.70 million 2023 up 28.3% 20th External health expenditure channeled through government 52.7% 2023 up 339.8% 58th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.6% 2021 up 5.4% 40th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 26.0% 2021 down 4.1% 53rd Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.6% 2021 up 0.9% 42nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.18 per 100,000 population 2021 up 13.5% 40th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 1.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 32.5% 32nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 2.3% 54th Suicide mortality rate, female 3.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 52.2% 105th Suicide mortality rate, male 11.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 14.1% 87th Suicide mortality rate 7.13 per 100,000 population 2021 up 21.1% 96th Mortality from ncds sdgs 23.6 2021 up 0.9% 42nd Mortality from ncds gender 26 2021 down 4.1% 53rd Healthy life expectancy at birth 52.97 2021 up 5.0% 172nd Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 — 1st Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 8.31 2021 up 64.7% 57th Nurses and midwives 2.94 per 1,000 people 2022 up 312.9% 114th Share of women among the population living with hiv 63.42 2024 up 3.2% 27th Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 10.87 2023 up 22.1% 31st Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 97.7% 2023 unchanged 31st Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.2558 2023 up 22.1% 120th Diabetes prevalence who gho 6.6 2014 up 20.0% 150th Child mortality rate ihme 5.18 2019 down 41.1% 33rd Neonatal mortality ihme 2.11 2019 down 24.4% 39th Number of neonatal deaths ihme 13,071 2019 down 13.5% 35th ← Previous Page 8 of 22 Next →