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 Facility 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