NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka)Tabulations only Geography Sri Lanka (LKA) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2020 - 12/2020 Series or system Sri Lanka Annual Health Bulletin Data type Report: DischargeEpi surveillanceInpatientOutpatient Summary The Sri Lanka Annual Health Bulletin was produced by the Medical Statistics Unit of the Department of Health Services in the Ministry of Health. The figures presented in the bulletin are based on data collected by the Medical Statistics Unit from several government entities, including the Department of Census and Statistics (population characteristics), the Epidemiology Unit (surveillance of communicable diseases), the Family Health Bureau (maternal and child health), and the Registrar General's Department (vital statistics). The report covers the national healthcare system, including number and types of health care facilities, educational requirements for medical personnel, and government expenditures by program. Morbidity and mortality numbers are provided for noncommunicable diseases. The report also publishes figures for provision of services to patients by district and facility type. Keywords Abortion, Aged adults, Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Ambient temperature, Anemia, Anesthetic equipment, Animal injuries, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Antiretroviral therapy, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Beds, Birth asphyxia, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Bladder cancer, Blood disorders, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breast cancer, Burns, COVID-19, Caesarean section, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Cervix uteri cancer, Child health care, Child mortality, Childhood behavioral disorders, Children, Chronic kidney diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases, Colon and rectum cancers, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Contact with venomous animals and plants, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Dengue, Dental care, Dental caries, Dentists, Diabetes, Diarrheal diseases, Diphtheria, Drownings, Drug use disorders, Echocardiograms, Ectopic pregnancy, Electrocardiograms, Electrocution, Emergency care, Encephalitis, Falls, Family composition, Family planning, Fertility, Foreign bodies, GNI, GNP, General surgery, Gonococcal infections, Government expenditures, Government health expenditures, Gynecological diseases, Gynecology, HIV and AIDS, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health facilities, Heart disease, Hepatitis, Hospitals, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, IUDs, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Imaging equipment, Immunization, Incubators, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Interpersonal violence, Intestinal infectious diseases, Intestinal nematode infections, Ischemic heart disease, Lab personnel, Laboratory equipment, Larynx cancer, Leishmaniasis, Leprosy, Leukemia, Life expectancy, Lifestyle risk factors, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, MMR vaccines, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marriage age, Maternal age, Maternal care, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Measles, Medical equipment, Medical tests, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Mouth cancer, Multiple births, Mumps, Musculoskeletal anomalies, Neonatal sepsis, Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Noncommunicable diseases, Nurses, Oesophagus cancer, Oral conditions, Ovary cancer, Pap smears, Pesticides, Pharmacists, Pharynx cancers, Physical therapists, Physicians, Place of death, Place of delivery, Poisonings, Polio, Population, Population density, Postnatal care, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Private health facilities, Prostate cancer, Public health facilities, Rabies, Rabies vaccines, Rainfall, Respiratory infections, Rheumatic heart disease, Risk factors, Road traffic injuries, Rubella, STDs, Sanitation, Schizophrenia, Sense organ diseases, Sepsis, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Skin diseases, Smokeless tobacco use, Stillbirths, Stool tests, Suffocation, Suicide, Surgical equipment, Syphilis, Syringes, Tetanus, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Thyroid cancer, Tobacco smoking, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Traditional birth control, Trichomoniasis, Tuberculosis, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Ultrasound, Unemployment, Urinary diseases, Varicella, Vector control, Ventilators, Violence-related risk factors, Water supply, Whooping cough, X-rays, Young adults Citation Contributors Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka) Publisher Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka) Publication year 2023 Suggested citation Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka). Sri Lanka Annual Health Bulletin 2020. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka), 2023. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 12, 2025