Facilities and Health Information:
The full range of medical care is available in Guatemala City, but medical care outside the city is limited. Guatemala's public hospitals frequently experience serious shortages of basic medicines and equipment. Care in private hospitals is generally adequate for most common illnesses and injuries, and many of the medical specialists working in them are U.S.-trained and -certified.
Drinking Water Source - % of rural population improved"
88.6%
Drinking Water Source - % of total population unimproved:
6.2%
Drinking Water Source - % of urban population improved:
99.1%
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.8%
Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population:
.7
People Living with HIV/AIDS:
62,000
Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population:
.93
Sanitation Facility Access - % of total population unimproved:
19.7%
Sanitation Facility Access - % of urban population improved:
88.4%
Sanitation Facitlity Access - % of rural population improved:
72.1%
Infectious Diseases - degree of risk:
high
Food or Waterborne Disease (s):
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Vectorborne Disease (s):
dengue fever and malaria