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Corruption is relatively widespread in the Latvian healthcare system, though the situation has improved since the early 1990s. It has been noted that an environment conducive to corruption has been promulgated by low salaries and poorly implemented systemic reforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbank.org/html/prddr/trans/aprmayjun03/pgs26-27.htm |title=Fighting Corruption in Health Care Services by David Hayhurst |publisher=Worldbank.org |date= |accessdate=2010-02-05}}</ref> This also results in [[brain drain]], mostly to Western [[European Union|EU]] nations.
As of 2007, there were approximately 10,000 inhabitants of Latvia living with [[AIDS|HIV/AIDS]].<ref name=cia/> There were 32,376 (1.44%) individual instances of clinically reported [[alcoholism]] in Latvia in 2008, as well as cases of addictions to other substances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csb.gov.lv/csp/content/?cat=2316 |title=Latvijas Statistika |publisher=Csb.gov.lv |date=2010-01-22 |accessdate=2010-02-05}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In 2005, Latvia had a [[suicide]] rate of 24.5 per 100,000 inhabitants (down from 40.7 in 1995), the 7th highest in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html |title=WHO | Country reports and charts available |publisher=Who.int |date=2009-12-07 |accessdate=2010-02-05}}</ref>
==Culture==
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