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Health
Dominican Republic
Overview
Health indicators, mortality rates, disease burden, and healthcare infrastructure data for Dominican Republic.
Healthcare Quality
Oyster healthcare score
27
Oyster List · lineage unverified
Stored score on a 0–100 scale. Oyster List uses several healthcare proxy methods; this row does not record its input sources, observation year, or formula version. It cannot be identified as a direct WHO or World Bank score. Scoring limitations.
WHO Health Indicators
Browse the latest available value for each stored sex, age, other dimension and unit combination across these pages. Different scopes are separate series. Periods can be old; a recent import does not make an old period current. Future-dated periods are listed separately because the stored data does not identify observation versus projection status.
61 scoped series entries across 34 indicators. Up to 50 entries per page; category counts below refer to this page.
Suicide deaths
1.532005
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Female · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/214_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
7.007615
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Male · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/214_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
4.267621
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Total · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/214_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
15.000000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2013
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/214_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
21.800000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2013
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/214_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
18.400000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2013
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/214_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
128.858372
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1967
Sex: Female · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/214_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
135.910061
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1967
Sex: Male · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/214_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
132.459410
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1967
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/214_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Homicide deaths
5.459284
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/214_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Homicide deaths
45.959616
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2005
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/214_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
0.218770
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/214_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
0.235681
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2005
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/214_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Mortality rate (neonetal)
23.273494
Unit: deaths per 1000 live births · Period: 2006
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 27 days
WHO data portal · Indicator: A4C49D3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A4C49D3_3.2.2- Neonatal mortality rate/214_A4C49D3_Dataset_2024-05-16.csv
Maternal mortality ratio
152.541614
Unit: deaths per 100 000 live births · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: AC597B1 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: AC597B1_3.1.1 - Maternal mortality ratio/214_AC597B1_Dataset_2025-04-10.csv
Road traffic deaths
27.400000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: D6176E2 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D6176E2_3.6.1 - Deaths due to road traffic injuries/214_D6176E2_Dataset_2024-02-05.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
38.301000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/214_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
53.528000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/214_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
45.662000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/214_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Malaria cases
0.040535
Unit: cases per 1000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 442CEA8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 442CEA8_3.3.3 - Malaria/214_442CEA8_Dataset_2024-03-08.csv
HIV infections
0.370000
Unit: infections per 1000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 77D059C · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 77D059C_3.3.1 - HIV infections/214_77D059C_Dataset_2025-03-26.csv
Tuberculosis cases
42.000000
Unit: cases per 100 000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: C288D13 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: C288D13_3.3.2 - Tuberculosis/214_C288D13_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Stunting in children (under 5)
5.600000
Unit: % of children · Period: 2020
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5F8A486 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5F8A486_2.2.1 - Stunting/214_5F8A486_Dataset_2025-05-08.csv
Tobacco use
5.900000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/214_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
4.800000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/214_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
13.600000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/214_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
12.600000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/214_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
9.800000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/214_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
8.700000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/214_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
19.712293
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2002
Sex: Female · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/214_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
11.509173
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2002
Sex: Male · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/214_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
15.561308
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2002
Sex: Total · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/214_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Intimate partner violence prevalence among ever partnered women in their lifetime (%)
19.000000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2018
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E0D4E17 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E0D4E17_5.2.2 - Sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner (last 12 months)/214_E0D4E17_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
47.586770
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/214_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
43.130190
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/214_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
34.885310
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/214_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
44.941180
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/214_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
47.030320
Unit: % of population · Period: 2002
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/214_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels
79.600000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 6A64C9A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 6A64C9A_7.1.2 - Clean fuels/214_6A64C9A_Dataset_2024-04-29.csv
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows
34.628796
Unit: % of wastewater flows · Period: 2024
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: A37BDD6 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A37BDD6_6.3.1 - Safely treated wastewater/214_A37BDD6_Dataset_2025-05-12.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
33.349090
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/214_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
48.324850
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/214_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
51.209700
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/214_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Births attended by health personnel
99.000000
Unit: % of births · Period: 2019
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1772666 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1772666_3.1.2 - Births attended by skilled health personnel/214_1772666_Dataset_2025-04-07.csv
Density of doctors
24.260000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 217795A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 217795A_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/214_217795A_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Density of nurses and midwives
20.600000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5C8435F · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5C8435F_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/214_5C8435F_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
General government expenditure on domestic health
14.430239
Unit: % spent on health · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: B9C6C79 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: B9C6C79_1.a.2 - Government spending essential services/214_B9C6C79_Dataset_2025-04-04.csv
Density of pharmacists
0.190000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 45CA7C8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 45CA7C8_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/214_45CA7C8_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Hypertension in adults (age 30 to 79)
48.600000
Unit: % of 30 - 79 year olds · Period: 2011
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 608DE39 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 608DE39/214_608DE39_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Family planning satisfied with modern methods
77.400000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2019
Sex: Female · Age: 15 to 49 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 8074BD9 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 8074BD9_3.7.1 - Women satisfied with modern methods/214_8074BD9_Dataset_2025-05-06.csv
World Bank Health Indicators
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15-49)
16.00
2013 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she argues with him (%)
0.70
2013 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she burns the food (%)
0.60
2013 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him (%)
0.80
2013 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she neglects the children (%)
1.70
2013 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)
2.30
2013 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she refuses sex with him (%)
0.40
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
19.00
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q2
16.90
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q3
15.90
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q4
16.20
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
13.70
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
35.20
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q2
24.90
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q3
19.60
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q4
17.70
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
14.50
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
54.70
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q2
45.20
2013 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q3
39.70
2013 · World Bank
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