Health in Oruro, Bolivia: official figures
84.4% of residents of Oruro municipality were covered by a health insurance scheme or the public Sistema Único de Salud in 2024, 2nd highest of 10 Bolivian cities on this site; the figure for Bolivia was 79.1%.
Do women in Oruro have more health cover than men?
Health cover in Oruro municipality reached 86.7% of women and 81.9% of men in 2024.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyWhich health system do people in Oruro use?
Among residents of Oruro municipality in 2024, 64.2% were registered with the Sistema Único de Salud, 18.8% with a social-security fund (Caja Nacional de Salud, Caja Petrolera or similar), 1.3% with private insurance and 15.6% with none; the national share with none was 20.9%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyHow many births in Oruro are attended by a doctor or nurse?
In 2024, 93.7% of women aged 15 to 49 in Oruro municipality who had a child in the previous five years had their last birth attended by qualified health staff (18,113 of 19,327), 2nd lowest of 10 Bolivian cities on this site; it was 82.3% in 2001 and 92.2% for Bolivia in 2024.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyHow many children do women in Oruro have?
Women aged 15 to 49 in Oruro municipality had on average 1.52 children born alive in 2024, against 2.03 in 2012, 5th highest of 10 Bolivian cities on this site on the 2024 figure (Bolivia 1.80).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyHow Oruro compares with other cities in Bolivia
Population with health cover, 2024 (2024)
Oruro ranks 2 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Population with health cover, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacaba | 84.5% |
| 2 | Oruro | 84.4% |
| 3 | Potosí | 82.2% |
| 4 | Yacuiba | 81.9% |
| 5 | Sucre | 80.9% |
| 6 | Cochabamba | 80.4% |
| 7 | La Paz | 77.7% |
Population registered with no health scheme, 2024 (2024)
Oruro ranks 9 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Population registered with no health scheme, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | La Paz | 22.3% |
| 5 | Cochabamba | 19.6% |
| 6 | Sucre | 19.1% |
| 7 | Yacuiba | 18.1% |
| 8 | Potosí | 17.8% |
| 9 | Oruro | 15.6% |
| 10 | Sacaba | 15.5% |
Births attended by qualified health staff (women 15-49, last five years), 2024 (2024)
Oruro ranks 9 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Births attended by qualified health staff (women 15-49, last five years), 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sacaba | 97.2% |
| 5 | Sucre | 96.9% |
| 6 | Cochabamba | 96.9% |
| 7 | Yacuiba | 96.1% |
| 8 | Potosí | 95.1% |
| 9 | Oruro | 93.7% |
| 10 | El Alto | 92.1% |
Average children born alive per woman aged 15 to 49, 2024 (2024)
Oruro ranks 5 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Average children born alive per woman aged 15 to 49, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Potosí | 1.68 |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 1.64 |
| 4 | Sacaba | 1.53 |
| 5 | Oruro | 1.52 |
| 6 | El Alto | 1.52 |
| 7 | Tarija | 1.44 |
| 8 | Sucre | 1.44 |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE): Censo 2024, tabulados por municipio: Salud (cobertura de salud, fecundidad, atención del parto), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7ef0ac4dd55f…)
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