Tomohon City Had the Highest Life Expectancy in North Sulawesi in 2020

Life expectancy (LE) is one of the indicators determining the improvement of health quality in a region. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), North Sulawesi's LE in 2020 was 71.69 years, or up 0.11 years compared to the previous year's 71.58 years. This increase indicates that the quality of the population's health in North Sulawesi is improving.

Looking at it by regency/city, Tomohon City is the region with the highest LE in North Sulawesi, namely 71.93 years. This is followed by Manado City with an LE of 71.87 years and North Minahasa Regency with 71.38 years.

Meanwhile, South Bolaang Mongondow Regency has the lowest LE, at 64.49 years. The regions with the next lowest LE are North Bolaang Mongondow Regency and East Bolaang Mongondow Regency, at 67.66 years and 67.89 years respectively.

Regarding health facilities, North Sulawesi had 47 hospitals, 52 polyclinics, 476 Puskesmas pembantu (community health centers), 3 maternity hospitals, 210 Puskesmas (community health centers), and 92 pharmacies as of 2020. The number of health workers in North Sulawesi was 14,957, an increase of 5,582 compared to the previous year's 9,375.

The highest concentration of health workers is in Manado City, at 4,328. This is followed by Minahasa Regency with 1,234 and North Minahasa Regency with 965.

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