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Cuba Health Data
CUBA: HEALTH PROFILE | Indicator | Value | Total population | 11,257,105 | Infant and maternal health | | Total live births | 120,716 | Percent of in-hospital live births | 99.9 | Crude birth rate (per 1,000 pop.) | 10.7 | Annual mean growth of population (per 1,000 pop) | 0.2 | Fertility rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-49) | 39.9 | Global fertility rate (children per woman) | 1.46 | Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | 5.3^ | Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | 8.0 | Percent of surviving children at 5 years of age | 99.2 | Percent of underweight children under age 5 | 4* | Perinatal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | 15.5 | Infant mortality rate from acute respiratory infections (per 1,000 live births) | 0.4 | Maternal mortality (per 100,000 live births) | 52.2 | Percent of children fully immunized against TB and measles | 99* | Health workforce | | Total number of physicians | 70,594 | Number of family physicians | 33,769 | Physicians (per 10,000 population) | 62.7 | Population covered by family physicians | 99.4 | Nurses (per 10,000 population) | 79.5 | Dentists (per 10,000 population) | 9.4 | Infrastructure | | Percent of GDP spent on public health | 6.3* | Total number of hospitals | 248 | Total number of polyclinics | 470 | Total number of maternity homes | 289 | Medical care beds | 54,857 | Social service beds | 14,650 | Medical care beds (per 1,000 population) | 4.9 | Social service beds (per 1,000 population) | 1.3 | Medical Education (2006-2007)** | | Medicine enrollment – Cuban students | 25,728 | Nursing enrollment – Cuban students | 35,483 | Dentistry enrollment – Cuban students | 4,266 |
Allied Health Sciences enrollment – Cuban students | 67,472 | Medicine enrollment – Foreign students | 21,863*** | Nursing enrollment – Foreign students | 120 | Dentistry enrollment – Foreign students | 62 | Allied Health Sciences enrollment – Foreign students | 776 | Health Picture | | Life expectancy at birth – both sexes | 77.6* | Life expectancy at birth – men | 75.8* | Life expectancy at birth – women | 79.5* | Percent of population undernourished | <0.5+ | Dietary energy supply (kcal/person/day) | 3,190 | Mortality rate from infectious and parasitic diseases (per 100,000 pop) | 8.1 | Percent of infectious and parasitic diseases of total number of deaths | 1.1 | HIV prevalence | <0.2%* | Percent of population with access to potable water | 95.6 | Leading Causes of Death, rate per 100,000 | | Heart disease | 197.4 | Malignant tumors | 168.4 | Cerebrovascular disease | 78.1 | Influenza and pneumonia | 64.4 | Accidents | 39.5 | Arterial and capillary vascular disease | 28.6 | Chronic respiratory disease | 26.7 | Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease | 21.5 | Diabetes mellitus | 17.6 | Self-inflicted wounds | 12.2 |
Source: MINSAP, Health Statistics Yearbook, 2005, except where noted.
^MINSAP, Annual Health Statistics, 2006
*UNDP Human Development Report 2006
**Vice Ministry for Medical Education, Ministry of Public Health, Havana
***December, 2006. Viceministry for Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Havana.
+FAO, Food Balance Sheets Table 1: Cuba Health Equity Snapshot
Province | Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births | Under 5 mortality per 1,000 live births | Physicians per 10,000 inhabitants | Nurses per 10,000 inhabitants | Pinar del Río | 5.0 | 60.4 | 7.2 | 50.0 | 97.5 | Havana* | 6.1 | 13.3 | 8.1 | 40.5 | 71.5 | Havana City | 4.9 | 70.1 | 8.1 | 98.1 | 81.0 | Matanzas | 4.4 | 59.7 | 5.8 | 55.0 | 69.4 | Villa Clara | 4.6 | 12.9 | 5.0 | 60.4 | 75.2 | Cienfuegos | 5.7 | 69.6 | 8.6 | 57.9 | 89.7 | Sancti Spíritus | 6.8 | 42.5 | 8.7 | 59.2 | 79.9 | Ciego de Ávila | 9.0 | 22.4 | 7.4 | 59.1 | 77.3 | Camagüey | 4.3 | 72.5 | 10.6 | 58.1 | 82.4 | Las Tunas | 4.7 | 34.7 | 8.2 | 48.1 | 74.4 | Holguín | 3.8 | 32.4 | 5.7 | 50.3 | 70.0 | Granma | 4.4 | 79.0 | 9.0 | 46.7 | 90.6 | Santiago de Cuba | 7.9 | 63.3 | 9.2 | 66.4 | 74.1 | Guantánamo | 4.8 | 59.2 | 11.0 | 51.8 | 82.3 | Isla de la Juventud | 7.3 | 60.4 | 6.4 | 54.3 | 93.7 | TOTAL | 5.3 | 52.2 | 8.0 | 62.7 | 79.5 |
Source: MINSAP, Annual Health Statistics, 2005, except for infant mortality figures which are for 2006.
*Havana Province is on the outskirts of Havana City Province, and its population is served by institutions in both provinces. Table 2: Cuba & The Region, Selected Indicators
Region | Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | Under 5 mortality per 1,000 live births | Life Expectancy Male | Life Expectancy Female | Life Expectancy Both Sexes | Caribbean | 22 | 33.4 | 66.9 | 71.7 | 69.3 | Latin America | 22 | 27.7 | 70.3 | 76.4 | 73.3 | United States | 7 | 8 | 75 | 80.4 | 77.7 | Cuba | 5.3 | 8 | 75.8 | 79.5 | 77.6 |
Source: UNFPA, State of World Population, 2006, except for Cuba: UNDP Human Development Index 2006 & MINSAP, Annual Health Statistics, 2005 & 2006 INFANT MORTALITY IN CUBA (1960-2006) Year < 1 year | Year < 1 year | 1960 | 37.3 | 1984 | 15.0 | 1961 | 39.0 | 1985 | 16.5 | 1962 | 41.7 | 1986 | 13.6 | 1963 | 38.1 | 1987 | 13.3 | 1964 | 37.8 | 1988 | 11.9 | 1965 | 37.9 | 1989 | 11.1 | 1966 | 37.3 | 1990 | 10.7 | 1967 | 36.4 | 1991 | 10.7 | 1968 | 38.3 | 1992 | 10.2 | 1969 | 46.7 | 1993 | 9.4 | 1970 | 38.7 | 1994 | 9.9 | 1971 | 36.1 | 1995 | 9.4 | 1972 | 28.7 | 1996 | 7.9 | 1973 | 29.6 | 1997 | 7.2 | 1974 | 29.3 | 1998 | 7.1 | 1975 | 27.5 | 1999 | 6.4 | 1976 | 23.3 | 2000 | 7.2 | 1977 | 24.9 | 2001 | 6.2 | 1978 | 22.4 | 2002 | 6.5 | 1979 | 19.4 | 2003 | 6.3 | 1980 | 19.6 | 2004 | 5.8 | 1981 | 18.5 | 2005 | 6.2 | 1982 | 17.3 | 2006 | 5,3 | 1983 | 16.8 | | Rate per 1,000 live births
Source: Annual Health Statistics, 2006 |
INFANT MORTALITY IN CUBA BY PROVINCE SELECTED YEARS (1995 & 2000-2006) Provincias | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Pinar del Río | 10,2 | 5,9 | 5,8 | 5,8 | 6,0 | 4,7 | 5.5 | 5,0 | Havana Province | 9,8 | 7,6 | 6,6 | 8,4 | 5,1 | 7,3 | 5.7 | 6,1 | City of Havana | 9,7 | 7,5 | 6,7 | 6,6 | 7,1 | 6,6 | 6.7 | 4,9 | Matanzas | 9,0 | 6,4 | 4,4 | 5,4 | 4,9 | 4,4 | 4.0 | 4,4 | Villa Clara | 7,1 | 5,0 | 6,2 | 4,5 | 5,9 | 4,6 | 4.3 | 4,6 | Cienfuegos | 6,5 | 5,4 | 5,6 | 4,7 | 7,4 | 5,2 | 7.0 | 5,7 | Sancti Spíritus | 8,5 | 6,2 | 6,6 | 5,9 | 5,5 | 3,3 | 7.7 | 6,8 | Ciego de Ávila | 9,2 | 8,1 | 4,8 | 6,7 | 5,3 | 5,7 | 5.2 | 9,0 | Camagüey | 9,2 | 7,0 | 6,5 | 7,6 | 6,8 | 5,8 | 7.9 | 4,3 | Las Tunas | 9,9 | 7,0 | 5,7 | 5,2 | 4,2 | 3,8 | 6.4 | 4,7 | Holguín | 8,7 | 7,3 | 6,7 | 7,3 | 6,3 | 5,9 | 4.6 | 3,8 | Granma | 10,9 | 8,2 | 5,0 | 6,5 | 5,1 | 5,0 | 6.7 | 4,4 | S. de Cuba | 10,2 | 8,7 | 6,2 | 6,9 | 7,0 | 7,1 | 7.2 | 7.9 | Guantánamo | 10,0 | 9,1 | 7,9 | 7,9 | 8,6 | 8,5 | 7.9 | 4,8 | I. de la Juventud | 10,7 | 4,9 | 9,0 | 9,1 | 9,6 | 1,8 | 3.7 | 7,3 | NATIONAL | 9,4 | 7,2 | 6,2 | 6,5 | 6,3 | 5,8 | 6.2 | 5,3 | Source: Annual Health Statistics, 2006 |
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