What is healthcare in Guatemala like?

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

improved: urban: 97.9% of population

rural: 92.2% of population

total: 95% of population

unimproved: urban: 2.1% of population

rural: 8% of population

total: 5% of population

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.8%

Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population

People Living with HIV/AIDS

62,000

Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population

1.24

Sanitation Facility Access - % of total population unimproved

19.7%

Sanitation Facility Access - % of urban population improved

improved: urban: 90.4% of population

rural: 66.3% of population

total: 78.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 9.6% of population

rural: 33.7% of population

total: 21.2% of population

Sanitation Facility Access - % of rural population improved

72.1%

Infectious Diseases - degree of risk

degree of risk: high

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

Food or Waterborne Disease (s)

bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne Disease (s)

dengue fever and malaria

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