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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
 


Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
42.0
41.9
42.0
180
183
180
2010
44.5
44.9
44.7
184
184
184
 
 
Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
44.5
44.9
184
184
Age 5
58.6
61.7
181
178
Age 10
59.7
62.9
180
177
Age 15
60.2
63.6
180
175
Age 20
60.6
64.5
181
175
Age 25
61.7
65.7
180
173
Age 30
63.0
66.9
178
175
Age 35
64.5
68.1
175
176
Age 40
66.0
69.3
174
180
Age 45
67.6
70.6
176
184
Age 50
69.4
71.9
178
187
Age 55
71.2
73.3
182
190
Age 60
73.4
75.1
186
191
Age 65
75.8
77.0
191
191
Age 70
78.5
79.4
191
192
Age 75
81.5
82.2
192
192
Age 80
84.9
85.4
192
191
Age 85
88.7
89.1
190
191
Age 90
92.8
93.0
189
188
Age 95
97.1
97.3
189
179
Age 100
101.6
101.7
190
189
 
 
Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
74,783
20.37
2 Diarrhoeal diseases
65,835
17.93
3 Coronary Heart Disease
31,227
8.51
4 Maternal Conditions
17,678
4.82
5 Birth Trauma
17,157
4.67
6 Low Birth Weight
15,113
4.12
7 War
14,065
3.83
8 Stroke
11,391
3.10
9 Malnutrition
9,788
2.67
10 Tuberculosis
9,349
2.55
11 Other Injuries
7,049
1.92
12 Congenital Anomalies
7,020
1.91
13 Meningitis
6,960
1.90
14 Hypertension
6,627
1.81
15 Road Traffic Accidents
6,540
1.78
16 Kidney Disease
5,992
1.63
17 Liver Disease
5,220
1.42
18 Drug Use
5,084
1.38
19 Tetanus
3,497
0.95
20 Endocrine Disorders
3,186
0.87
21 Lung Disease
3,026
0.82
22 Drownings
2,983
0.81
23 Diabetes Mellitus
2,503
0.68
24 Inflammatory/Heart
2,251
0.61
25 Asthma
2,160
0.59
  Deaths %
26 Other Neoplasms
2,026
0.55
27 Measles
2,024
0.55
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,847
0.50
29 Anaemia
1,656
0.45
30 Stomach Cancer
1,604
0.44
31 Falls
1,539
0.42
32 Upper Respiratory
1,495
0.41
33 Hepatitis B
1,410
0.38
34 Fires
1,226
0.33
35 Lymphomas
1,177
0.32
36 Pertussis
1,093
0.30
37 Leukemia
1,055
0.29
38 Suicide
1,018
0.28
39 Oesophagus Cancer
953
0.26
40 Poisonings
904
0.25
41 Syphilis
898
0.24
42 Breast Cancer
853
0.23
43 Epilepsy
836
0.23
44 Lung Cancers
737
0.20
45 Violence
712
0.19
46 Colon-Rectum Cancers
700
0.19
47 Hepatitis C
692
0.19
48 Leishmaniasis
454
0.12
49 Peptic Ulcer Disease
422
0.11
50 Liver Cancer
397
0.11
 
 
Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
328.64
7
2 Diarrhoeal diseases
170.62
3
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
164.51
20
4 Stroke
109.47
83
5 Hypertension
77.47
12
6 Maternal Conditions
76.91
1
7 War
74.05
4
8 Tuberculosis
63.78
25
9 Kidney Disease
53.30
3
10 Liver Disease
47.66
6
11 Lung Disease
36.74
62
12 Birth Trauma
30.77
1
13 Drug Use
29.06
1
14 Low Birth Weight
27.10
11
15 Diabetes Mellitus
26.31
101
16 Road Traffic Accidents
25.07
48
17 Endocrine Disorders
23.54
6
18 Other Injuries
21.94
35
19 Inflammatory/Heart
21.92
5
20 Malnutrition
18.58
5
21 Stomach Cancer
17.07
20
22 Other Neoplasms
14.81
2
23 Meningitis
14.65
28
24 Congenital Anomalies
14.28
3
25 Breast Cancer
14.16
119
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Asthma
11.09
56
27 Oesophagus Cancer
9.75
19
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
9.41
7
29 Tetanus
8.98
2
30 Hepatitis B
7.69
5
31 Lymphomas
7.53
31
32 Drownings
7.52
24
33 Lung Cancers
7.23
126
34 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.55
100
35 Leukemia
5.31
28
36 Falls
4.88
64
37 Bladder Cancer
4.25
29
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.11
79
39 Anaemia
4.10
69
40 Suicide
4.09
153
41 Fires
3.95
63
42 Liver Cancer
3.83
142
43 Hepatitis C
3.78
3
44 Measles
3.72
15
45 Poisonings
3.60
65
46 Epilepsy
3.13
61
47 Upper Respiratory
2.94
22
48 Violence
2.75
119
49 Cervical Cancer
2.61
135
50 Pancreas Cancer
2.33
115
 
 
Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
17.07
20
2 Other Neoplasms
14.81
2
3 Breast Cancer
14.16
119
4 Oesophagus Cancer
9.75
19
5 Lymphomas
7.53
31
6 Lung Cancers
7.23
126
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.55
100
8 Leukemia
5.31
28
9 Bladder Cancer
4.25
29
  Rate World Rank
10 Liver Cancer
3.83
142
11 Cervical Cancer
2.61
135
12 Pancreas Cancer
2.33
115
13 Oral Cancer
1.98
141
14 Prostate Cancer
1.79
171
15 Skin Cancers
1.76
64
16 Ovary Cancer
1.01
178
17 Uterin Cancer
0.79
114
 
 
Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
0.0
183
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
N/A
N/A
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
2.0
0.6
149
185
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
0
192

 
Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
33,609,937
37
Sex Ratio M / F
1.05
19
Population 0-14
44.5 %
17
Population 15-64
53.0 %
174
Population 65 +
2.4 %
186
Birth Rate / 1000
45.46
4
Death Rate / 1000
19.18
8
Fertulity Rate
6.53
4
Infant Mortality
151.95
3
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.05
28
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.93
26
Net Migrattion
21.00
2
Population Growth
2.63
24
Literacy Total
28.1
187
Literacy Male
43.1
177
Literacy Female
12.6
181
Unemployment
40.0
13
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
44.7
184
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
36.0
190
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$800
182
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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