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Public health and Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago

Healthcare in Trinidad and Tobago

Healthcare in Trinidad and Tobago is slightly above average in a global 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 Trinidad and Tobago is 69.7 years for men and 76.4 years for women. For comparison: worldwide life expectancy is about 1.6 years lower (men: 68.9 / women: 73.9 years).

A total of 1,030.71 USD per inhabitant is spent annually on health measures at state expense. This corresponds to approximately 7.3 percent of the gross domestic product. Internationally, this amount averages 1,177.15 USD (~ 10.9% of the respective GDP).


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Spread of COVID-19 in Trinidad and Tobago

Since the beginning of the pandemic until June 8th, 2023, a total of 191,496 infected people and 4,390 deaths have been reported in Trinidad and Tobago.

The total of 191,496 infected people currently represents 13.68 percent of the total population.

Current vaccination status

According to official WHO data, a total of 1.59 million vaccine doses have been administered as of June 2nd, 2023. There are 754,399 people who have received at least one vaccination (53.9 percent). The booster vaccination was received by 174,836 people (12.5 percent).

718,969 of these are considered fully vaccinated in Trinidad and Tobago (= 51.4 percent).
Thus, Trinidad and Tobago belongrather to the lower midfield in terms of vaccination coverage. The vaccination rate is higher in 143 countries.

Weight and size

MaleFemale
Body height176 cm163 cm
BMI26.628.7
Weight82.1 kg76.4 kg

Diseases

Trinidad and TobagoØ worldwide
Diabetes *11.00%8.81%
Tuberculosis0.13‰1.34‰
HIV / Aids0.01%0.03%

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


Child vaccinations

Trinidad and TobagoØ worldwide
Measles93.0%81.7%
Hepatitis B0.09%0.08%
DTP *9.40%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.



Medical supplies

Public health and Covid-19 in Trinidad and TobagoThe medical care provided by doctors and hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago is above average, but is not as good as the average within the EU. The country provides 3.0 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 4,070 physicians in Trinidad and Tobago, there are about 2.67 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.

Due to the low level of care, the mortality of major known diseases can only be reduced in comparatively few cases. According to current information, about 17 percent of all people who suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or chylomicron retention disease (CRD) still die.

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).

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