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Colombia Population Pyramid
 


Colombia
COLOMBIA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
55.1
58.6
56.8
69
70
70
1970
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
1980
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
1990
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
2000
67.4
74.9
71.1
81
63
71
2010
71.0
77.8
74.3
76
63
68
 
 
Colombia
COLOMBIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
71.0
77.8
76
63
Age 5
74.8
81.1
43
36
Age 10
74.9
81.2
44
36
Age 15
75.0
81.2
44
36
Age 20
75.6
81.4
42
37
Age 25
76.4
81.6
41
37
Age 30
77.3
81.8
37
36
Age 35
78.1
82.1
33
36
Age 40
78.8
82.3
30
36
Age 45
79.4
82.7
25
36
Age 50
80.0
83.1
25
36
Age 55
80.8
83.6
23
36
Age 60
81.8
84.3
20
37
Age 65
82.9
85.1
21
36
Age 70
84.5
86.4
16
34
Age 75
86.4
87.9
13
29
Age 80
89.1
90.1
3
13
Age 85
91.9
92.6
4
10
Age 90
95.0
95.4
4
10
Age 95
98.5
98.7
5
10
Age 100
102.4
102.5
6
11
 
 
Colombia
COLOMBIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
27,673
16.08
2 Violence
20,323
11.81
3 Stroke
13,802
8.02
4 Lung Disease
9,090
5.28
5 Road Traffic Accidents
7,586
4.41
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
7,122
4.14
7 Diabetes Mellitus
7,110
4.13
8 War
6,208
3.61
9 Stomach Cancer
5,073
2.95
10 Hypertension
4,974
2.89
11 Lung Cancers
4,180
2.43
12 Low Birth Weight
3,606
2.10
13 Congenital Anomalies
3,498
2.03
14 HIV/AIDS
3,266
1.90
15 Kidney Disease
3,096
1.80
16 Other Injuries
2,775
1.61
17 Suicide
2,622
1.52
18 Prostate Cancer
2,482
1.44
19 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,388
1.39
20 Cervical Cancer
2,154
1.25
21 Breast Cancer
2,120
1.23
22 Liver Disease
1,993
1.16
23 Malnutrition
1,985
1.15
24 Liver Cancer
1,838
1.07
25 Leukemia
1,560
0.91
  Deaths %
26 Lymphomas
1,540
0.90
27 Tuberculosis
1,431
0.83
28 Falls
1,354
0.79
29 Other Neoplasms
1,336
0.78
30 Birth Trauma
1,328
0.77
31 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,318
0.77
32 Inflammatory/Heart
1,258
0.73
33 Pancreas Cancer
1,213
0.71
34 Endocrine Disorders
1,196
0.70
35 Drownings
1,158
0.67
36 Skin Disease
1,024
0.60
37 Oesophagus Cancer
761
0.44
38 Epilepsy
743
0.43
39 Ovary Cancer
730
0.42
40 Peptic Ulcer Disease
688
0.40
41 Maternal Conditions
668
0.39
42 Oral Cancer
548
0.32
43 Meningitis
540
0.31
44 Asthma
477
0.28
45 Bladder Cancer
431
0.25
46 Skin Cancers
372
0.22
47 Syphilis
332
0.19
48 Anaemia
297
0.17
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
288
0.17
50 Upper Respiratory
218
0.13
 
 
Colombia
COLOMBIA 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
85.79
129
2 Violence
44.77
8
3 Stroke
42.20
155
4 Lung Disease
29.09
77
5 Diabetes Mellitus
21.88
119
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
19.36
140
7 Road Traffic Accidents
17.95
79
8 Hypertension
15.73
140
9 Stomach Cancer
15.41
26
10 War
14.09
9
11 Lung Cancers
12.94
93
12 Breast Cancer
11.04
160
13 Kidney Disease
9.22
132
14 Prostate Cancer
8.08
63
15 HIV/AIDS
7.48
77
16 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.21
94
17 Low Birth Weight
7.08
111
18 Congenital Anomalies
6.94
68
19 Other Injuries
6.66
155
20 Cervical Cancer
6.04
86
21 Suicide
5.97
117
22 Liver Disease
5.84
147
23 Liver Cancer
5.63
97
24 Malnutrition
4.98
65
25 Lymphomas
4.44
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Leukemia
4.03
88
27 Other Neoplasms
3.80
63
28 Pancreas Cancer
3.74
87
29 Tuberculosis
3.74
113
30 Falls
3.61
104
31 Inflammatory/Heart
3.61
131
32 Diarrhoeal diseases
3.23
109
33 Endocrine Disorders
3.20
144
34 Skin Disease
3.11
79
35 Birth Trauma
2.61
119
36 Drownings
2.51
116
37 Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
105
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.11
135
39 Ovary Cancer
2.09
102
40 Epilepsy
1.74
94
41 Oral Cancer
1.67
159
42 Maternal Conditions
1.42
93
43 Bladder Cancer
1.36
141
44 Asthma
1.31
144
45 Meningitis
1.26
111
46 Skin Cancers
1.09
104
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.79
145
48 Anaemia
0.78
127
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
0.68
173
50 Syphilis
0.66
65
 
 
Colombia
COLOMBIA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
15.41
26
2 Lung Cancers
12.94
93
3 Breast Cancer
11.04
160
4 Prostate Cancer
8.08
63
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.21
94
6 Cervical Cancer
6.04
86
7 Liver Cancer
5.63
97
8 Lymphomas
4.44
120
9 Leukemia
4.03
88
  Rate World Rank
10 Other Neoplasms
3.80
63
11 Pancreas Cancer
3.74
87
12 Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
105
13 Ovary Cancer
2.09
102
14 Oral Cancer
1.67
159
15 Bladder Cancer
1.36
141
16 Skin Cancers
1.09
104
17 Uterin Cancer
0.50
146
 
 
Colombia
COLOMBIA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
7.8
67
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
N/A
N/A
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
20.3
27.1
51
75
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
240
40

 
Colombia
COLOMBIA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
45,644,023
28
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
153
Population 0-14
28.9 %
97
Population 15-64
65.4 %
91
Population 65 +
5.6 %
93
Birth Rate / 1000
19.57
97
Death Rate / 1000
5.54
152
Fertulity Rate
2.46
91
Infant Mortality
18.90
104
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
158
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.95
169
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.75
113
Net Migrattion
-0.26
81
Population Growth
1.38
87
Literacy Total
90.4
97
Literacy Male
90.1
105
Literacy Female
90.7
83
Unemployment
11.8
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
74.3
68
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
66.0
63
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$8,900
88
 
 
 

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

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