Healthcare in Dominica

Healthcare in Dominica is rather above average in a worldwide comparison.

Probably the most important indicator that can be used to summarize the efficiency of all measures is general life expectancy. In other words, the theoretical age that a newborn child could potentially reach today. At the moment, this age in Dominica is 74.5 years for men and 78.8 years for women. For comparison: worldwide life expectancy is about 4.3 years lower (men: 69.8 / women: 74.9 years).

A total of 440.17 USD per inhabitant is spent annually on health measures at state expense. This corresponds to approximately 5.5 percent of the gross domestic product. Internationally, this amount averages 1,115.01 USD (~ 9.8% of the respective GDP).

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Distribution of the corona virus

Spread of COVID-19 in Dominica

Since the beginning of the pandemic until January 28th, 2023, a total of 15,760 infected people and 74 deaths have been reported in Dominica.

The total of 15,760 infected people currently represents 21.89 percent of the total population.

Current vaccination status

According to official WHO data, a total of 67,647 vaccine doses have been administered as of January 20th, 2023. More recent data are not yet available to WHO. There are 32,995 people who have received at least one vaccination (45.8 percent). The booster vaccination was received by 3,993 people (5.6 percent).

30,659 of these are considered fully vaccinated in Dominica (= 42.6 percent).
This puts Dominica well behind in terms of vaccination coverage. The vaccination rate is higher in 161 countries.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we update the worldwide case numbers daily. A list of all infections and deaths by country can be found on our COVID-19 virus topic page.

Weight and size

	Male	Female
Body height	180 cm	167 cm
BMI	25.0	29.1
Weight	80.7 kg	80.8 kg

Diseases

	Dominica	Ø worldwide
Diabetes *	11.60%	8.81%
Tuberculosis	0.16‰	1.34‰

* The number of people suffering from diabetes refers only to inhabitants aged between 20 and 79 years.

Child vaccinations

	Dominica	Ø worldwide
Measles	92.0%	81.7%
Hepatitis B	0.09%	0.08%
DTP *	9.20%	8.14%

* DTP is a combined basic vaccination against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus, which should be given to children up to the age of 23 months.

The number of underweight newborns is 11 percent.

Medical supplies

The medical care provided by doctors and hospitals in Dominica is above average, but is not as good as the average within the EU. The country provides 3.8 hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants. The global mean here is 2.9 beds. Within the EU, 4.6 beds are available for every 1,000 residents.

With about 78 physicians in Dominica, there are about 1.08 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Here again the comparison: worldwide this standard is 1.50 physicians per 1,000 inhabitants and in the EU is 3.57.

Sources

The above data correspond to the information from the World Health Organization, Global Health Workforce Statistics, UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, Global Health Observatory Data Repository and OECD. The case numbers for the spread of the COVID-19 come from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Infected and deaths by the corona virus (COVID 19)

Spread of the Corona virus Covid19 (SARS-CoV-2)Worldwide development of the number of cases and deaths due to the corona virus.

Average life expectancy by countryInternational ranking of life expectancy in 121 countries including summary by continents. Explanation of significant factors.

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