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Australia Population Pyramid
 


Australia
AUSTRALIA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
67.8
74.0
70.8
11
8
10
1970
67.8
74.4
71.0
22
18
19
1980
70.9
78.0
74.3
14
9
10
1990
74.0
80.2
77.0
8
8
5
2000
76.6
82.0
79.2
8
7
5
2010
79.3
84.3
81.7
2
5
3
 
 
Australia
AUSTRALIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
79.3
84.3
2
5
Age 5
80.1
84.6
4
9
Age 10
80.1
84.6
4
9
Age 15
80.2
84.6
4
9
Age 20
80.3
84.7
4
9
Age 25
80.5
84.8
4
9
Age 30
80.8
84.9
4
9
Age 35
81.0
85.0
3
9
Age 40
81.2
85.1
3
9
Age 45
81.5
85.3
3
9
Age 50
81.9
85.6
3
9
Age 55
82.4
85.9
2
9
Age 60
83.1
86.4
2
8
Age 65
83.9
87.0
3
8
Age 70
85.1
87.8
4
7
Age 75
86.6
88.8
8
8
Age 80
88.6
90.3
11
10
Age 85
91.2
92.4
18
16
Age 90
94.3
95.0
23
19
Age 95
98.0
98.4
25
22
Age 100
102.1
102.3
35
33
 
 
Australia
AUSTRALIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
24,905
21.91
2 Stroke
12,347
10.86
3 Lung Cancers
7,732
6.80
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
7,323
6.44
5 Lung Disease
5,093
4.48
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,534
3.99
7 Diabetes Mellitus
3,871
3.41
8 Prostate Cancer
3,500
3.08
9 Breast Cancer
3,126
2.75
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
3,104
2.73
11 Lymphomas
2,668
2.35
12 Kidney Disease
2,549
2.24
13 Pancreas Cancer
2,171
1.91
14 Other Injuries
2,066
1.82
15 Skin Cancers
1,958
1.72
16 Endocrine Disorders
1,854
1.63
17 Suicide
1,809
1.59
18 Leukemia
1,717
1.51
19 Hypertension
1,624
1.43
20 Road Traffic Accidents
1,465
1.29
21 Oesophagus Cancer
1,358
1.19
22 Stomach Cancer
1,329
1.17
23 Falls
1,307
1.15
24 Inflammatory/Heart
1,179
1.04
25 Liver Cancer
1,129
0.99
  Deaths %
26 Other Neoplasms
1,115
0.98
27 Bladder Cancer
1,076
0.95
28 Liver Disease
1,063
0.94
29 Parkinson Disease
1,056
0.93
30 Ovary Cancer
838
0.74
31 Oral Cancer
702
0.62
32 Poisonings
688
0.61
33 Congenital Anomalies
589
0.52
34 Asthma
438
0.39
35 Uterin Cancer
381
0.34
36 Skin Disease
351
0.31
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
329
0.29
38 Epilepsy
308
0.27
39 Rheumatic Heart Disease
302
0.27
40 Cervical Cancer
301
0.26
41 Alcohol
264
0.23
42 Violence
261
0.23
43 Drownings
195
0.17
44 Low Birth Weight
176
0.15
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
174
0.15
46 Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.12
47 Anaemia
128
0.11
48 HIV/AIDS
107
0.09
49 Drug Use
98
0.09
50 Osteoarthritis
86
0.08
 
 
Australia
AUSTRALIA 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
60.34
162
2 Stroke
28.39
180
3 Lung Cancers
23.03
49
4 Breast Cancer
18.24
76
5 Alzheimers/Dementia
15.34
17
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.01
51
7 Lung Disease
12.83
137
8 Diabetes Mellitus
9.93
162
9 Prostate Cancer
8.77
51
10 Suicide
7.76
87
11 Lymphomas
7.50
32
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
6.99
180
13 Other Injuries
6.88
149
14 Road Traffic Accidents
6.75
162
15 Pancreas Cancer
6.22
47
16 Kidney Disease
5.95
156
17 Skin Cancers
5.79
4
18 Endocrine Disorders
5.17
110
19 Leukemia
5.07
35
20 Oesophagus Cancer
3.93
67
21 Stomach Cancer
3.81
157
22 Liver Disease
3.74
177
23 Hypertension
3.57
186
24 Inflammatory/Heart
3.54
134
25 Liver Cancer
3.43
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Congenital Anomalies
3.17
172
27 Falls
3.15
119
28 Poisonings
2.97
82
29 Other Neoplasms
2.94
95
30 Bladder Cancer
2.76
81
31 Ovary Cancer
2.52
73
32 Parkinson Disease
2.42
35
33 Oral Cancer
2.21
124
34 Violence
1.25
153
35 Epilepsy
1.25
132
36 Asthma
1.21
150
37 Low Birth Weight
1.17
171
38 Uterin Cancer
1.08
93
39 Cervical Cancer
0.98
179
40 Drownings
0.93
164
41 Alcohol
0.89
101
42 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.82
143
43 Skin Disease
0.81
133
44 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
175
45 Birth Trauma
0.56
171
46 Drug Use
0.48
77
47 Multiple Sclerosis
0.46
41
48 HIV/AIDS
0.44
134
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.44
98
50 Fires
0.30
174
 
 
Australia
AUSTRALIA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
23.03
49
2 Breast Cancer
18.24
76
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.01
51
4 Prostate Cancer
8.77
51
5 Lymphomas
7.50
32
6 Pancreas Cancer
6.22
47
7 Skin Cancers
5.79
4
8 Leukemia
5.07
35
9 Oesophagus Cancer
3.93
67
  Rate World Rank
10 Stomach Cancer
3.81
157
11 Liver Cancer
3.43
152
12 Other Neoplasms
2.94
95
13 Bladder Cancer
2.76
81
14 Ovary Cancer
2.52
73
15 Oral Cancer
2.21
124
16 Uterin Cancer
1.08
93
17 Cervical Cancer
0.98
179
 
 
Australia
AUSTRALIA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
9.2
53
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
27.7
21.8
90
41
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
32.2
27.0
16
77
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
243
32

 
Australia
AUSTRALIA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
21,262,641
53
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
Population 0-14
18.6 %
149
Population 15-64
67.9 %
49
Population 65 +
13.5 %
37
Birth Rate / 1000
12.47
146
Death Rate / 1000
6.74
125
Fertulity Rate
1.78
142
Infant Mortality
4.75
169
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.84
58
Net Migrattion
6.23
9
Population Growth
1.20
99
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
4.5
124
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
81.7
3
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.0
9
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$38,100
18
 
 
 

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