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Guyana Population Pyramid
 


Guyana
GUYANA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
54.8
57.9
56.3
71
75
73
1970
57.8
61.6
59.7
83
85
84
1980
58.2
63.7
60.9
105
94
99
1990
59.1
65.6
62.3
127
115
118
2000
59.8
66.1
62.9
129
121
123
2010
62.9
70.7
66.7
126
121
124
 
 
Guyana
GUYANA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
62.9
70.7
126
121
Age 5
67.2
71.7
132
134
Age 10
67.4
71.9
133
134
Age 15
67.7
72.1
132
133
Age 20
68.2
72.4
130
133
Age 25
68.8
72.8
130
133
Age 30
69.7
73.5
127
129
Age 35
70.6
74.1
122
129
Age 40
71.5
74.9
118
128
Age 45
72.6
75.8
114
124
Age 50
73.8
76.8
110
119
Age 55
75.2
77.9
104
115
Age 60
76.9
79.7
99
104
Age 65
78.8
81.5
91
89
Age 70
81.2
83.6
79
76
Age 75
83.8
86.0
74
63
Age 80
86.5
88.4
83
58
Age 85
89.8
91.2
82
52
Age 90
93.4
94.4
91
52
Age 95
97.4
98.0
99
53
Age 100
101.8
102.2
110
48
 
 
Guyana
GUYANA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
924
16.41
2 Stroke
714
12.68
3 Diabetes Mellitus
537
9.54
4 HIV/AIDS
393
6.98
5 Hypertension
304
5.40
6 Suicide
237
4.21
7 Road Traffic Accidents
210
3.73
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
208
3.69
9 Liver Disease
191
3.39
10 Violence
174
3.09
11 Tuberculosis
124
2.20
12 Other Injuries
100
1.78
13 Low Birth Weight
95
1.69
14 Prostate Cancer
90
1.60
15 Diarrhoeal diseases
86
1.53
16 Endocrine Disorders
81
1.44
17 Cervical Cancer
77
1.37
18 Kidney Disease
71
1.26
19 Drownings
66
1.17
20 Congenital Anomalies
64
1.14
21 Breast Cancer
59
1.05
22 Anaemia
57
1.01
23 Birth Trauma
53
0.94
24 Inflammatory/Heart
53
0.94
25 Malnutrition
49
0.87
  Deaths %
26 Lung Disease
45
0.80
27 Stomach Cancer
40
0.71
28 Malaria
38
0.67
29 Peptic Ulcer Disease
37
0.66
30 Maternal Conditions
36
0.64
31 Other Neoplasms
36
0.64
32 Colon-Rectum Cancers
35
0.62
33 Asthma
31
0.55
34 Liver Cancer
30
0.53
35 Lung Cancers
30
0.53
36 Falls
30
0.53
37 Epilepsy
25
0.44
38 Pancreas Cancer
21
0.37
39 Lymphomas
16
0.28
40 Leukemia
15
0.27
41 Ovary Cancer
13
0.23
42 Alzheimers/Dementia
12
0.21
43 Alcohol
12
0.21
44 Oral Cancer
12
0.21
45 Meningitis
11
0.20
46 Parkinson Disease
11
0.20
47 Hepatitis B
10
0.18
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
10
0.18
49 Prostatic Hypertrophy
10
0.18
50 Fires
7
0.12
 
 
Guyana
GUYANA 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
151.35
50
2 Stroke
118.58
68
3 Diabetes Mellitus
86.80
5
4 HIV/AIDS
53.01
36
5 Hypertension
50.11
32
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
33.24
97
7 Suicide
32.54
1
8 Road Traffic Accidents
29.05
36
9 Liver Disease
28.15
22
10 Violence
23.56
29
11 Tuberculosis
18.18
74
12 Breast Cancer
18.10
79
13 Prostate Cancer
15.74
17
14 Other Injuries
14.43
78
15 Endocrine Disorders
12.98
61
16 Diarrhoeal diseases
12.17
71
17 Low Birth Weight
12.11
80
18 Cervical Cancer
11.81
30
19 Kidney Disease
10.94
120
20 Anaemia
9.04
16
21 Drownings
8.83
18
22 Congenital Anomalies
8.11
35
23 Inflammatory/Heart
8.04
79
24 Malnutrition
7.80
46
25 Lung Disease
7.69
170
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Birth Trauma
6.71
74
27 Stomach Cancer
6.22
102
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.94
57
29 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
120
30 Malaria
5.30
45
31 Other Neoplasms
5.18
31
32 Asthma
4.85
88
33 Lung Cancers
4.76
146
34 Maternal Conditions
4.76
58
35 Liver Cancer
4.65
125
36 Falls
4.27
86
37 Epilepsy
3.59
56
38 Pancreas Cancer
3.28
99
39 Lymphomas
2.24
176
40 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.05
144
41 Leukemia
2.01
162
42 Parkinson Disease
1.95
67
43 Oral Cancer
1.90
148
44 Ovary Cancer
1.88
119
45 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.72
8
46 Alcohol
1.65
48
47 Meningitis
1.42
105
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.35
101
49 Hepatitis B
1.34
63
50 Uterin Cancer
1.16
86
 
 
Guyana
GUYANA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
18.10
79
2 Prostate Cancer
15.74
17
3 Cervical Cancer
11.81
30
4 Stomach Cancer
6.22
102
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
120
6 Other Neoplasms
5.18
31
7 Lung Cancers
4.76
146
8 Liver Cancer
4.65
125
9 Pancreas Cancer
3.28
99
  Rate World Rank
10 Lymphomas
2.24
176
11 Leukemia
2.01
162
12 Oral Cancer
1.90
148
13 Ovary Cancer
1.88
119
14 Uterin Cancer
1.16
86
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.97
166
16 Bladder Cancer
0.68
172
17 Skin Cancers
0.62
145
 
 
Guyana
GUYANA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
5.9
94
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
N/A
N/A
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
9.7
22.3
110
95
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
240
40

 
Guyana
GUYANA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
772,298
153
Sex Ratio M / F
1.01
56
Population 0-14
25.7 %
116
Population 15-64
68.7 %
43
Population 65 +
5.5 %
95
Birth Rate / 1000
17.56
108
Death Rate / 1000
8.31
94
Fertulity Rate
2.03
116
Infant Mortality
29.65
72
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.72
131
Net Migrattion
-7.44
146
Population Growth
0.18
157
Literacy Total
98.8
45
Literacy Male
99.1
31
Literacy Female
98.5
43
Unemployment
11.0
57
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
66.7
124
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
53.0
147
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$3,900
129
 
 
 

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

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