{"id":7416,"date":"2018-03-10T00:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T00:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/?p=7416\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:20:09","slug":"25-key-facts-about-health-in-latam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/ghi-analysis\/25-key-facts-about-health-in-latam\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Key Facts about Health in LatAm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make no mistake, the face of healthcare in Latin America<\/a> is changing, and quickly. To give you a greater sense of just how rapidly these changes are impacting the market, we compiled some of the most surprising statistics to come out of Latin America<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n

1\/3<\/span><\/h2>\n

In recent years about one-third of the LatAm population<\/a> changed its eating habits due to concerns about health, according to Kantar Worldpanel.<\/p>\n

48th<\/span><\/h2>\n

The ranking of Mexico\u2019s<\/a> health care professionals compared to 188 countries around the world, according to the British medical journal The Lancet<\/em>. This is a big feather in Mexico\u2019s cap, as it puts their health care system in elite company.<\/p>\n

17 million<\/span><\/h2>\n

The number of Brazilians<\/a> with diabetes, an alarming statistic that represents 8.9 %of the overall Brazilian population.<\/p>\n

5<\/span><\/h2>\n

The five leading causes of death in Argentina<\/a> are ischemic cardiopathies, low respiratory diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, COPD and Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n

4 out of 10<\/span><\/h2>\n

Colombians over the age of 50 suffer from a chronic disease. This includes medical issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease.<\/p>\n[thrive_leads id=’7632′]\n

50%<\/span><\/h2>\n

Of Chilean children between ages 5 and 7 have some degree of obesity, an unfortunate state of affairs for the country.<\/p>\n

40<\/span><\/h2>\n

The number of years that it required for the obesity rate in Costa Rica<\/a> to quadruple.<\/p>\n

22%<\/span><\/h2>\n

of Latin Americans<\/a> suffer from depression<\/a>, according to WHO.<\/p>\n

#49<\/span><\/h2>\n

The ranking, among all countries, of Chile<\/a> in regard to its citizens\u2019 access to medical care. This puts it in the top 25% in the entire world.<\/p>\n

98%<\/span><\/h2>\n

The percentage of Chileans who at least try to eat healthy, according to the same survey.<\/p>\n

70,000<\/span><\/h2>\n

Uruguayans have undiagnosed fibromyalgia, a commonly underdiagnosed condition that causes muscle aches, fatigue, pain and sensitivity.<\/p>\n[thrive_leads id=’7635′]\n

45%<\/span><\/h2>\n

Of Brazilian<\/a> adults have at least one chronic disease. This include major players such as diabetes, arthritis, asthma, high blood pressure and depression.<\/p>\n

75<\/span><\/h2>\n

The average life expectancy for Mexicans<\/a> who were born in the year 2015. This is 14 years older than the life expectancy of those born in 1970.<\/p>\n

56%<\/span><\/h2>\n

Of Colombian adults struggle with being overweight or obese. This statistic may explain the issues with chronic diseases in the country.<\/p>\n

3 out of 4<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mexicans in low-income areas suffer from some form of chronic disease. This includes diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and more.<\/p>\n

10%<\/span><\/h2>\n

Of Colombians who endured chronic malnutrition in early childhood. This also appears to have a causal relationship with the health problems experienced by many Colombians later in life.<\/p>\n

17.6%<\/span><\/h2>\n

The percentage of Mexicans 12 years or older who smoke. This number is up from the 17% documented in 2011.<\/p>\n

1,100<\/span><\/h2>\n

People in Uruguay die of a chronic respiratory disease each year.<\/p>\n

6<\/span><\/h2>\n

Slightly more than half (51%) of Argentines sleep 6 hours or less each night.<\/p>\n

8 in 10<\/span><\/h2>\n

Latin Americans who suffer from hypertension<\/a> don\u2019t monitor it regularly, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n

26<\/span><\/h2>\n

The number of people in Uruguay who die each day from a cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n

1 in 5<\/span><\/h2>\n

The number of Brazilians who believe the country\u2019s health system meets the needs of the population, according to a recent study.<\/p>\n

70%<\/span><\/h2>\n

The percentage of Brazilians who do not have private health insurance, according to a recent study.<\/p>\n

3 out of 10<\/span><\/h2>\n

The number of Costa Ricans with high blood pressure, a major risk factor for other conditions such as heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n

28.3%<\/span><\/h2>\n

The percentage of Chileans who do not drink enough water each day, according to their recent National Health Survey.<\/p>\n[thrive_leads id=’7637′]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A helpful breakdown for healthcare professionals in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1518,1519,1520,1522,1524,1526,1527,1528,1530,171,1532,173,157,1534,1536,1537,1538,1540],"class_list":{"0":"post-7416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ghi-analysis","7":"tag-17-million-brazilians-with-diabetes","8":"tag-17-6-the-rate-of-smokers-found-among-mexicans-ages-12-years-and-older","9":"tag-22-of-latin-americans-suffer-from-depression","10":"tag-25-key-facts-about-health-in-latam","11":"tag-3-out-of-4-mexicans-in-low-income-areas-suffer-from-some-form-of-chronic-disease","12":"tag-45-the-percentage-of-brazilian-adults-with-at-least-one-chronic-disease","13":"tag-50-the-percentage-of-chilean-children-between-ages-5-and-7-with-some-degree-of-obesity","14":"tag-56-of-colombian-adults-who-struggle-with-being-overweight-or-obese","15":"tag-8-in-10-latin-americans-who-suffer-from-hypertension-dont-monitor-it-regularly","16":"tag-global-health-intelligence","17":"tag-healthcare-data-for-latin-america","18":"tag-healthcare-market-intelligence-latin-america","19":"tag-healthcare-market-research-latin-america","20":"tag-healthcare-research-latin-america-2018","21":"tag-healthcare-statistics-for-latin-america","22":"tag-one-third-of-the-latam-population-changed-its-eating-habits-due-to-concerns-about-health","23":"tag-the-five-leading-causes-of-death-in-argentina","24":"tag-the-number-of-uruguayans-with-undiagnosed-fibromyalgia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29905,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416\/revisions\/29905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}