United States's life expectancy rose from 75.6 yrs in 1995 to 78.9 yrs in 2024.
United States · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
United States's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 65.3 yrs in 2000 to 63.9 yrs in 2021.
United States's infant mortality fell from 7.9 ‰ in 1995 to 5.5 ‰ in 2024.
United States's under-5 mortality rate fell from 9.5 ‰ in 1995 to 6.5 ‰ in 2024.
United States's maternal mortality ratio rose from 11.0 /100k in 1994 to 17.0 /100k in 2023.
United States's ncd mortality fell from 17.8 % in 2000 to 13.7 % in 2021.
United States's suicide mortality rate rose from 11.2 /100k in 2000 to 15.6 /100k in 2021.
United States's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 15.7 /100k in 2000 to 12.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.2 pts3rd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +7.0 %1st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.0 pts29th of 192
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- Physiciansup +3.0 %32nd of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +2.7 %7th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −0.7 %59th of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts84th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts66th of 192
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- Incidence of tuberculosisup +3.2 %20th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts39th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.0 pts17th of 141
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