Healthcare in San Marino

Healthcare in San Marino is one of the most effective worldwide.

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 San Marino is 84.1 years for men and 86.8 years for women. For comparison: worldwide life expectancy is about 12.8 years lower (men: 70.4 / women: 74.9 years).

In total, the sum of 3,463.70 USD is spent per year and inhabitant. This corresponds to approximately 7.1% of the gross domestic product. Internationally, this amount averages 1,110.84 USD (~ 9.8% of the respective GDP).

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Distribution of the corona virus

Spread of the corona virus in San Marino

Currently: 27.0 new infections per day per 100,000 inhabitants
By April 19th, 2021, 5026 infected persons and 87 deaths have been reported in the country. The first confirmed infections were reported in March 2020, which is the date of the official notification. An additional 10-14 days are calculated for noticing one's own infection, the doctor's appointment, the laboratory test and, above all, the period from the infection until the first symptoms appear.

The total of 5,026 infected people represent 14.84% of the country's total population. The number of new infections during the 15th calendar week (04/12/2021 to 04/18/2021) was 64 , representing 27.0 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per day.

The first graph shows the number of reported infections per calendar week. The second graph below the number of deaths.

Mortality rate of infected persons

From the previously infected and deceased people, in San Marino results in a mortality rate of 1.7%. However, it should be borne in mind that death occurs an average of 19 days after the first symptoms appear. The time of the actual infection is therefore followed by several days until a person affected has a medical test carried out and the results are available. In order to quantify mortality more precisely, one would therefore have to compare the deaths that have occurred to date with those reported 4,962 infected up to 14 days ago. This gives in San Marino a new mortality rate of 1.7%.

Due to the current corona pandemic, we update the worldwide case numbers weekly. A list of all infected and dead people by country can be found on our Corona virus topic page.

Current development

Calendar week	Infected	Deaths
15/2021	64	1
14/2021	187	2
13/2021	419	5
11/2021	421	3
09/2021	219	2
08/2021	244	2
07/2021	155	0
06/2021	180	3
05/2021	112	2
04/2021	151	2

Weight and size

	Male	Female
Body height	0 cm	0 cm
BMI	0.0	0.0

Child vaccinations

	San Marino	Ø worldwide
Measles	86.0%	85.7%
Hepatitis B	0.09%	0.09%
DTP *	8.80%	8.57%

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

3 percent of newborns are underweight.

Medical supplies

The medical care provided by doctors and hospitals in San Marino is above average, but is not as good as the average within the EU. The country provides 3.8 hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants. The global mean here is 2.7 beds. Within the EU, 5.6 beds are available for every 1,000 residents.

With about 208 physicians in San Marino, there are about 6.15 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Here again the comparison: worldwide this standard is 1.50 physicians per 1000 inhabitants and in the EU even 3.57.

Supply with drinking water

The drinking water supply in San Marino is 100% accessible to all residents. Only very few countries achieve this standard, in which every inhabitant has a water connection in the immediate vicinity with tested drinking water. In a global comparison, only about 71% of the population has direct access to tested and always available drinking water. Within the European Union, this share is 97%. Only in a few countries does the proportion fall below 10%.

Sources

Above data correspond to the information of 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 corona virus come from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).