Health in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Life expectancy at birth in Khmelnytskyi Oblast was 70.3 years in 2021, 10th highest of 23 regions (Ukraine 69.8).
How many doctors are there in Khmelnytskyi Oblast?
Khmelnytskyi Oblast had 4,574 doctors at the end of 2021, about 37 per 10,000 people, 11th highest of 25 regions (Ukraine about 35).
Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- Between 2019 and 2021, the COVID-19 years, life expectancy in Khmelnytskyi Oblast fell from 72.6 to 70.3 years. Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast recorded 19.0 deaths and 7.0 live births per 1,000 people in 2021, against 15.8 deaths per 1,000 in 2015. Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
- The number of doctors in Khmelnytskyi Oblast changed from 5,548 in 2015 to 4,574 in 2021 (-17.6%). Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
- 9,570 nurses and other mid-level medical staff worked in Khmelnytskyi Oblast at the end of 2021, about 78 per 10,000 people. Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
- Hospitals in Khmelnytskyi Oblast had 8,269 beds at the end of 2021 (about 67 per 10,000 people), down from 11,065 in 2015. Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
- 326 people in Khmelnytskyi Oblast were newly diagnosed with active tuberculosis in 2021, about 27 per 100,000 people, 8th lowest of 25 regions. Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
How Khmelnytskyi Oblast compares with other oblasts
Life expectancy at birth (years) (2021)
Khmelnytskyi Oblast ranks 10 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Life expectancy at birth (years) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Volyn Oblast | 70.7 |
| 8 | Cherkasy Oblast | 70.6 |
| 9 | Sumy Oblast | 70.3 |
| 10 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 70.3 |
| 11 | Poltava Oblast | 70.0 |
| 12 | Rivne Oblast | 69.9 |
| 13 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 69.5 |
Doctors per 10,000 people (2021)
Khmelnytskyi Oblast ranks 11 of 25, highest first. Doctors at end-2021 divided by present population on 1 January 2022
| Rank | Region | Doctors per 10,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 42 |
| 9 | Kharkiv Oblast | 41 |
| 10 | Odesa Oblast | 39 |
| 11 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 37 |
| 12 | Rivne Oblast | 36 |
| 13 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 36 |
| 14 | Sumy Oblast | 35 |
New active tuberculosis cases per 100,000 people (2021)
Khmelnytskyi Oblast ranks 18 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | New active tuberculosis cases per 100,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Rivne Oblast | 32 |
| 16 | Kharkiv Oblast | 29 |
| 17 | Poltava Oblast | 27 |
| 18 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 27 |
| 19 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 25 |
| 20 | Kyiv | 24 |
| 21 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 21 |
Deaths per 1,000 people (2021)
Khmelnytskyi Oblast ranks 13 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Deaths per 1,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 19.9 |
| 11 | Cherkasy Oblast | 19.6 |
| 12 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 19.4 |
| 13 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 19.0 |
| 14 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 18.2 |
| 15 | Odesa Oblast | 18.0 |
| 16 | Ternopil Oblast | 16.4 |
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Sources
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine: Statistical yearbook "Regions of Ukraine 2021", Part I: population, labour, education, incomes, health, housing and crime by region, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e79c6e922ef0…)
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