Public Health in Vietnam
by Susan Detrie
1. Improved Sanitation
1.1. 1990: 37.4%
1.2. 2015: 78%
2. Life Expectancy
2.1. 1990: 70.5 years
2.2. 2015: 75.8 years
3. Public Health Facilities
3.1. 1995: 12,972
3.2. 2013: 13,562
4. Health Insurance
4.1. 2015: 81.7% have insurance
5. Leading Cause of Death
5.1. Non-communicable diseases: 521,000 deaths in 2015
6. VPHA
6.1. Smoke Free Cities
7. Per Capital GDP
7.1. 1990: $98 US
7.2. 2017: $2200 US
8. Poverty Rate
8.1. 1990: 47%
8.2. 2015: 10%
9. Literacy
9.1. 15 and older 1990: 83%
9.2. 15 and older: 2015: 95%
10. Maternal Mortality
10.1. 1990: 233 per 100K live births
10.2. 2015: 54 per 100K live births
11. Infant Mortality Rate
11.1. 1990: 44.4 per 100K live births
11.2. 2015: 14.7 per 100K live births
12. Data Source:
12.1. Minh, H. V., & Nasca, P. (2018). Public Health in Transitional Vietnam. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 24 (2), S1–S2.