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Greece
Greece Population Pyramid
 


Greece
GREECE LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
2000
75.5
80.6
78.0
17
20
18
2010
77.2
82.5
79.8
18
19
17
 
 
Greece
GREECE LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
77.2
82.5
18
19
Age 5
77.9
83.2
26
21
Age 10
78.0
83.2
25
21
Age 15
78.0
83.2
26
22
Age 20
78.2
83.3
26
22
Age 25
78.5
83.4
23
21
Age 30
78.8
83.5
24
21
Age 35
79.1
83.6
23
21
Age 40
79.3
83.7
24
22
Age 45
79.7
83.9
24
22
Age 50
80.2
84.1
22
22
Age 55
80.8
84.5
23
22
Age 60
81.7
84.9
22
24
Age 65
82.9
85.4
21
28
Age 70
84.2
86.0
26
38
Age 75
85.9
86.9
26
45
Age 80
88.0
88.3
31
61
Age 85
90.7
90.5
43
80
Age 90
94.0
93.6
44
89
Age 95
97.8
97.4
46
117
Age 100
102.0
101.8
58
149
 
 
Greece
GREECE TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Stroke
15,274
21.96
2 Coronary Heart Disease
13,075
18.80
3 Lung Cancers
6,497
9.34
4 Upper Respiratory
3,287
4.73
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,568
3.69
6 Breast Cancer
2,196
3.16
7 Lung Disease
2,089
3.00
8 Kidney Disease
1,964
2.82
9 Prostate Cancer
1,713
2.46
10 Road Traffic Accidents
1,680
2.42
11 Liver Cancer
1,605
2.31
12 Leukemia
1,558
2.24
13 Stomach Cancer
1,518
2.18
14 Pancreas Cancer
1,483
2.13
15 Hypertension
1,339
1.93
16 Diabetes Mellitus
1,211
1.74
17 Bladder Cancer
1,202
1.73
18 Lymphomas
957
1.38
19 Influenza & Pneumonia
906
1.30
20 Liver Disease
813
1.17
21 Endocrine Disorders
538
0.77
22 Falls
510
0.73
23 Ovary Cancer
509
0.73
24 Alzheimers/Dementia
426
0.61
25 Parkinson Disease
420
0.60
  Deaths %
26 Skin Cancers
392
0.56
27 Suicide
369
0.53
28 Drownings
355
0.51
29 Other Injuries
332
0.48
30 Uterin Cancer
314
0.45
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
314
0.45
32 Oral Cancer
312
0.45
33 Poisonings
293
0.42
34 Oesophagus Cancer
221
0.32
35 Cervical Cancer
190
0.27
36 Congenital Anomalies
166
0.24
37 Violence
149
0.21
38 Low Birth Weight
125
0.18
39 Multiple Sclerosis
99
0.14
40 Fires
98
0.14
41 Tuberculosis
78
0.11
42 Hepatitis C
68
0.10
43 Epilepsy
65
0.09
44 Meningitis
53
0.08
45 Inflammatory/Heart
46
0.07
46 Alcohol
40
0.06
47 Rheumatoid Arthritis
35
0.05
48 Skin Disease
32
0.05
49 Hepatitis B
26
0.04
50 HIV/AIDS
15
0.02
 
 
Greece
GREECE TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
61.65
132
2 Coronary Heart Disease
60.33
163
3 Lung Cancers
31.16
16
4 Breast Cancer
19.95
49
5 Road Traffic Accidents
13.81
108
6 Upper Respiratory
13.50
2
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.26
62
8 Lung Disease
8.44
166
9 Kidney Disease
8.07
141
10 Leukemia
7.16
2
11 Liver Cancer
7.07
80
12 Stomach Cancer
6.97
90
13 Pancreas Cancer
6.90
38
14 Prostate Cancer
6.83
83
15 Hypertension
5.38
174
16 Bladder Cancer
5.05
13
17 Diabetes Mellitus
5.01
186
18 Lymphomas
4.51
114
19 Liver Disease
4.33
167
20 Influenza & Pneumonia
4.16
189
21 Falls
2.98
122
22 Poisonings
2.83
88
23 Endocrine Disorders
2.78
149
24 Congenital Anomalies
2.69
183
25 Suicide
2.62
170
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Ovary Cancer
2.53
72
27 Other Injuries
2.44
187
28 Low Birth Weight
2.07
157
29 Drownings
2.07
130
30 Skin Cancers
1.98
52
31 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.80
149
32 Parkinson Disease
1.64
103
33 Oral Cancer
1.58
164
34 Uterin Cancer
1.40
73
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.33
155
36 Violence
1.21
155
37 Cervical Cancer
1.03
175
38 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
163
39 Multiple Sclerosis
0.61
33
40 Fires
0.59
149
41 Epilepsy
0.44
181
42 Hepatitis C
0.39
78
43 Meningitis
0.36
158
44 Tuberculosis
0.36
171
45 Alcohol
0.29
162
46 Inflammatory/Heart
0.25
190
47 Birth Trauma
0.20
187
48 Skin Disease
0.15
177
49 Hepatitis B
0.15
151
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.14
153
 
 
Greece
GREECE CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
31.16
16
2 Breast Cancer
19.95
49
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.26
62
4 Leukemia
7.16
2
5 Liver Cancer
7.07
80
6 Stomach Cancer
6.97
90
7 Pancreas Cancer
6.90
38
8 Prostate Cancer
6.83
83
9 Bladder Cancer
5.05
13
  Rate World Rank
10 Lymphomas
4.51
114
11 Ovary Cancer
2.53
72
12 Skin Cancers
1.98
52
13 Oral Cancer
1.58
164
14 Uterin Cancer
1.40
73
15 Cervical Cancer
1.03
175
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
163
17 Other Neoplasms
0.04
190
 
 
Greece
GREECE HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
10.9
36
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
63.6
39.8
5
4
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
30.5
32.6
17
51
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
210
85

 
Greece
GREECE DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
10,737,428
72
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
153
Population 0-14
14.3 %
183
Population 15-64
66.6 %
74
Population 65 +
19.2 %
5
Birth Rate / 1000
9.45
178
Death Rate / 1000
10.51
55
Fertulity Rate
1.37
171
Infant Mortality
5.16
162
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.06
42
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.78
92
Net Migrattion
2.33
26
Population Growth
0.13
160
Literacy Total
96.0
69
Literacy Male
97.8
61
Literacy Female
94.2
68
Unemployment
8.0
77
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
79.8
17
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$32,000
28
 
 
 

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

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