Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment was 207 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Dominican Republic, 2012–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 207 for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in 2024.
The figure is down 9.6% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Dominican Republic peaked at 363 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 159, in 2014.
That places Dominican Republic 38th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 355 | — |
| 2013 | 344 | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 159 | -53.8% |
| 2015 | 287 | +80.5% |
| 2016 | 252 | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 241 | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 309 | +28.2% |
| 2019 | 363 | +17.5% |
| 2020 | 271 | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 299 | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 275 | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 229 | -16.7% |
| 2024 | 207 | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 288.75 | 159 | 363 | 8 |
| 2020s | 256.2 | 207 | 299 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Dominican Republic?
- Leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment in Dominican Republic was 207 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 363 in 2019.
- What is the lowest leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 159 in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment?
- Dominican Republic ranks 38th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leprosy - number of cases registered for treatment rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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