Dominican Republic's life expectancy rose from 69.4 yrs in 1995 to 73.9 yrs in 2024.
Dominican Republic · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Dominican Republic's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 63.8 yrs in 2000 to 63.6 yrs in 2021.
Dominican Republic's infant mortality fell from 39.4 ‰ in 1995 to 27.7 ‰ in 2024.
Dominican Republic's under-5 mortality rate fell from 47.6 ‰ in 1995 to 30.6 ‰ in 2024.
Dominican Republic's maternal mortality ratio fell from 166.0 /100k in 1994 to 124.0 /100k in 2023.
Dominican Republic's ncd mortality rose from 15.8 % in 2000 to 17.4 % in 2021.
Dominican Republic's suicide mortality rate rose from 4.1 /100k in 2000 to 4.2 /100k in 2021.
Dominican Republic's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 29.4 /100k in 2000 to 64.6 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.0 pts133rd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +4.2 %95th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.0 pts81st of 192
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- Physiciansup +8.6 %24th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −0.9 %56th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −50.3 %66th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts103rd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −3.0 pts120th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts109th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +2.0 %118th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts113th of 148
- Safe sanitationdown −0.4 pts94th of 141
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