Bahamas's life expectancy rose from 71.4 yrs in 1995 to 74.7 yrs in 2024.
Bahamas · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Bahamas's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 62.2 yrs in 2000 to 61.5 yrs in 2021.
Bahamas's infant mortality fell from 15.5 ‰ in 1995 to 11.1 ‰ in 2024.
Bahamas's under-5 mortality rate fell from 18.4 ‰ in 1995 to 12.4 ‰ in 2024.
Bahamas's maternal mortality ratio rose from 64.0 /100k in 1994 to 76.0 /100k in 2023.
Bahamas's ncd mortality fell from 22.8 % in 2000 to 20.4 % in 2021.
Bahamas's suicide mortality rate fell from 3.5 /100k in 2000 to 3.3 /100k in 2021.
Bahamas's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 25.6 /100k in 2000 to 7.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.7 pts97th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −2.8 %36th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +3.4 pts96th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −15.1 %77th of 139*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −5.8 %34th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −1.8 %46th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts121st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +3.0 pts104th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts113th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +104.5 %77th of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Bahamas.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data