Jamaica's life expectancy rose from 71.5 yrs in 1995 to 71.6 yrs in 2024.
Jamaica · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Jamaica's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 63.6 yrs in 2000 to 61.7 yrs in 2021.
Jamaica's infant mortality fell from 21.7 ‰ in 1995 to 16.4 ‰ in 2024.
Jamaica's under-5 mortality rate fell from 24.3 ‰ in 1995 to 17.8 ‰ in 2024.
Jamaica's maternal mortality ratio rose from 71.0 /100k in 1994 to 130.0 /100k in 2023.
Jamaica's ncd mortality rose from 20.1 % in 2000 to 20.2 % in 2021.
Jamaica's suicide mortality rate rose from 1.0 /100k in 2000 to 1.7 /100k in 2021.
Jamaica's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 12.5 /100k in 2000 to 15.1 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −1.0 pts68th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −0.2 %87th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.2 pts67th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −16.1 %45th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −3.5 %61st of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −3.5 %54th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts68th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.1 pts113th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −46.5 %13th of 208
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- Safe sanitationup +1.1 pts60th of 141
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Jamaica.
- Safe drinking waterNo data