Health in Bocas Del Toro, Panama: official figures
The infant mortality rate in Bocas Del Toro was 34.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 (140 infant deaths), against 14.8 nationally and the highest of 13 provinces and comarcas.
How many babies die in their first year in Bocas Del Toro?
Bocas Del Toro recorded 12.3 neonatal deaths (first 28 days) and 22.1 post-neonatal deaths (28 days to 11 months) per 1,000 live births in 2023; the national rates were 7.4 and 7.4.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censo (INEC), Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama · saved copyWhat is the birth rate in Bocas Del Toro?
4,079 live births were registered to mothers resident in Bocas Del Toro in 2023, a crude birth rate of 20.9 per 1,000 people against 13.5 nationally (2nd highest of 13 provinces and comarcas).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censo (INEC), Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama · saved copyAre fewer babies being born in Bocas Del Toro?
Live births to residents of Bocas Del Toro fell by 7% from 4,403 in 2019 to 4,079 in 2023; nationally births fell from 72,456 to 59,907 (-17%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censo (INEC), Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama · saved copyHow many infants died in Bocas Del Toro in 2023?
In 2023 140 infants under one year died among residents of Bocas Del Toro, out of 4,079 live births.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censo (INEC), Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama · saved copyHow Bocas Del Toro compares with other provinces
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births (2023)
Bocas Del Toro ranks 1 of 12, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Infant deaths per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bocas Del Toro | 34.3 |
| 2 | Ngabe Bugle | 24.1 |
| 3 | Embera | 18.3 |
| 4 | Darien | 17.3 |
| 5 | Colon | 14.8 |
| 6 | Chiriqui | 13.8 |
| 7 | Kuna Yala | 13.2 |
Births per 1,000 people (2023)
Bocas Del Toro ranks 2 of 12, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Births per 1,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ngabe Bugle | 21.3 |
| 2 | Bocas Del Toro | 20.9 |
| 3 | Darien | 16.4 |
| 4 | Chiriqui | 15.9 |
| 5 | Embera | 15.9 |
| 6 | Colon | 13.5 |
| 7 | Kuna Yala | 13.5 |
Share of births under 2,501 grams (2023)
Bocas Del Toro ranks 12 of 12, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Share of births under 2,501 grams |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Herrera | 8.1% |
| 7 | Darien | 7.8% |
| 8 | Los Santos | 7.6% |
| 9 | Ngabe Bugle | 7.3% |
| 10 | Veraguas | 6.9% |
| 11 | Embera | 5.9% |
| 12 | Bocas Del Toro | 3.8% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censo (INEC), Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama: Estadisticas vitales 2023, Cuadro 26: defunciones y tasa de mortalidad infantil, neonatal y posneonatal, segun provincia y comarca de residencia, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5dd8bd5a556f…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censo (INEC), Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama: Estadisticas vitales 2023, Cuadro 2: nacimientos vivos y tasa bruta de natalidad, 2019-23, segun provincia y comarca de residencia, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3f48a1d1b1fc…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censo (INEC), Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama: Estadisticas vitales 2023, Cuadro 5: nacimientos vivos por peso al nacer, segun provincia y comarca de residencia, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3288c985d027…)
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