Laos's life expectancy rose from 56.3 yrs in 1995 to 69.2 yrs in 2024.
Laos · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
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Laos's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 51.7 yrs in 2000 to 60.4 yrs in 2021.
Laos's infant mortality fell from 96.6 ‰ in 1995 to 27.2 ‰ in 2024.
Laos's under-5 mortality rate fell from 123.0 ‰ in 1995 to 29.4 ‰ in 2024.
Laos's maternal mortality ratio fell from 741.0 /100k in 1994 to 112.0 /100k in 2023.
Laos's ncd mortality fell from 34.3 % in 2000 to 26.5 % in 2021.
Laos's suicide mortality rate fell from 5.7 /100k in 2000 to 4.6 /100k in 2021.
Laos's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 13.8 /100k in 2000 to 17.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.7 pts192nd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −33.7 %185th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +16.2 pts149th of 192
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- Physiciansup +1.8 %91st of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −12.9 %64th of 79
- Hospital bedsup +32.6 %53rd of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts170th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −7.0 pts175th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts68th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −3.8 %154th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +2.8 pts122nd of 148
- Safe sanitationup +1.5 pts62nd of 141