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HEALTH PROFILE : Afghanistan

Afghanistan
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Isl. Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa San Marino Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia/Monten. Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Afghanistan

View selected causes of death and population dynamics for Afghanistan including Life Expectancy by age and history, age adjusted death rates and world rankings for the top 50 causes and total deaths by cause. Health Data used is WHO 2011 updates, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
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    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
    2011
    58.6
    60.8
    59.6
    157
    159
    159
     
     
    Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    58.6
    60.8
    157
    159
    Age 5
    65.2
    67.4
    148
    154
    Age 10
    65.8
    68.0
    148
    154
    Age 15
    66.2
    68.4
    147
    154
    Age 20
    66.8
    69.0
    145
    153
    Age 25
    67.6
    69.7
    145
    153
    Age 30
    68.3
    70.5
    144
    153
    Age 35
    69.1
    71.3
    147
    154
    Age 40
    69.9
    72.1
    151
    157
    Age 45
    70.8
    73.0
    153
    161
    Age 50
    71.9
    74.0
    159
    166
    Age 55
    73.3
    75.1
    160
    170
    Age 60
    74.9
    76.5
    164
    172
    Age 65
    76.9
    78.1
    167
    173
    Age 70
    79.2
    80.1
    170
    178
    Age 75
    82.0
    82.6
    173
    180
    Age 80
    85.2
    85.6
    175
    178
    Age 85
    88.8
    89.1
    178
    177
    Age 90
    92.7
    93.0
    179
    176
    Age 95
    97.0
    97.3
    179
    164
    Age 100
    101.7
    102.0
    153
    100
     
     
    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. Anemia
    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 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. Anemia
    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 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/D
    N/D
    OBESITY PERCENT
    M F Rank
    2.0
    0.6
    149
    185
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    N/D
    N/D

     
    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
    Fertility Rate
    6.53
    4
    Infant Mortality
    72.70
    17
    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 Migration
    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
    59.6
    159
    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