Health in the Dominican Republic

Health is the state of overall emotional and bodily wellbeing. Healthcare exists to provide healthiness to people and maintain their ideal conditions. In the Dominican Republic, health haphazardness has resulted in economic disgrace. It was because of the rising of infectious health disparities. Although healthcare institutions work tirelessly for the welfare of citizens, it is essential to note the prevalence of contagious diseases influences the Dominican economy.

Life expectancy in the Dominican Republic was 71 years for men and 77 years for women in 2016.^[1]

In 2007 the Dominican Republic had a birth rate of 22.91 per 1000 and a death rate of 5.32 per 1000.^[2] Youth in the Dominican Republic is the healthiest age group.

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative^[3] finds that the Dominican Republic is fulfilling 86.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.^[4] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, the Dominican Republic achieves 89.3% of what is expected based on its current income.^[5] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 84.6% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. ^[6] The Dominican Republic falls into the "bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 84.0% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.^[7]