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Iceland Population Pyramid
 


Iceland
ICELAND LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1970
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
11
22
14
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
3
22
12
2000
77.1
80.9
79.0
4
16
9
2010
78.6
83.0
80.8
8
11
10
 
 
Iceland
ICELAND LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
78.6
83.0
8
11
Age 5
80.4
83.7
2
14
Age 10
80.5
83.7
2
14
Age 15
80.5
83.7
2
14
Age 20
80.6
83.7
2
15
Age 25
80.8
83.8
2
15
Age 30
81.0
83.9
2
15
Age 35
81.2
83.9
2
16
Age 40
81.3
84.1
2
15
Age 45
81.6
84.2
2
16
Age 50
81.9
84.5
3
16
Age 55
82.3
84.8
3
17
Age 60
82.9
85.2
5
20
Age 65
83.7
85.9
7
20
Age 70
84.7
86.8
10
21
Age 75
86.3
88.1
17
22
Age 80
88.2
90.0
21
17
Age 85
90.8
92.3
38
18
Age 90
94.0
95.1
44
17
Age 95
97.8
98.5
46
16
Age 100
102.0
102.4
58
20
 
 
Iceland
ICELAND TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
367
23.05
2 Stroke
158
9.92
3 Alzheimers/Dementia
150
9.42
4 Lung Cancers
131
8.23
5 Lung Disease
85
5.34
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
62
3.89
7 Prostate Cancer
54
3.39
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
53
3.33
9 Breast Cancer
45
2.83
10 Suicide
44
2.76
11 Pancreas Cancer
33
2.07
12 Other Injuries
27
1.70
13 Diabetes Mellitus
27
1.70
14 Falls
26
1.63
15 Lymphomas
24
1.51
16 Parkinson Disease
23
1.44
17 Hypertension
23
1.44
18 Kidney Disease
21
1.32
19 Stomach Cancer
20
1.26
20 Leukemia
19
1.19
21 Road Traffic Accidents
19
1.19
22 Oesophagus Cancer
18
1.13
23 Bladder Cancer
17
1.07
24 Ovary Cancer
13
0.82
25 Skin Cancers
13
0.82
  Deaths %
26 Liver Cancer
12
0.75
27 Other Neoplasms
11
0.69
28 Liver Disease
7
0.44
29 Inflammatory/Heart
7
0.44
30 Endocrine Disorders
7
0.44
31 Oral Cancer
7
0.44
32 Uterin Cancer
6
0.38
33 Congenital Anomalies
6
0.38
34 Poisonings
5
0.31
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.31
36 Alcohol
5
0.31
37 Multiple Sclerosis
4
0.25
38 Drownings
3
0.19
39 Malnutrition
3
0.19
40 Low Birth Weight
3
0.19
41 Tuberculosis
3
0.19
42 Violence
2
0.13
43 Fires
2
0.13
44 Rheumatoid Arthritis
2
0.13
45 Asthma
2
0.13
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.13
47 Epilepsy
2
0.13
48 Depression
2
0.13
49 Cervical Cancer
2
0.13
50 Birth Trauma
2
0.13
 
 
Iceland
ICELAND 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
68.12
158
2 Lung Cancers
29.90
21
3 Stroke
28.69
179
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
25.10
2
5 Breast Cancer
20.81
38
6 Lung Disease
15.81
121
7 Suicide
12.93
39
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.00
65
9 Prostate Cancer
10.17
36
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
10.06
163
11 Pancreas Cancer
7.39
33
12 Other Injuries
6.59
156
13 Road Traffic Accidents
5.56
172
14 Diabetes Mellitus
5.17
184
15 Lymphomas
5.02
105
16 Falls
4.75
65
17 Stomach Cancer
4.39
140
18 Parkinson Disease
4.04
6
19 Leukemia
4.03
90
20 Hypertension
4.01
181
21 Oesophagus Cancer
4.00
64
22 Kidney Disease
3.92
180
23 Bladder Cancer
3.26
58
24 Ovary Cancer
3.12
48
25 Skin Cancers
3.01
23
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Liver Cancer
2.61
174
27 Other Neoplasms
2.14
124
28 Liver Disease
1.88
189
29 Congenital Anomalies
1.85
190
30 Endocrine Disorders
1.79
169
31 Inflammatory/Heart
1.66
178
32 Oral Cancer
1.60
161
33 Poisonings
1.58
117
34 Uterin Cancer
1.42
72
35 Alcohol
1.21
65
36 Low Birth Weight
1.08
174
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.06
165
38 Multiple Sclerosis
0.91
10
39 Drownings
0.81
169
40 Birth Trauma
0.72
161
41 Epilepsy
0.69
171
42 Cervical Cancer
0.51
188
43 Violence
0.51
185
44 Tuberculosis
0.49
163
45 Malnutrition
0.44
130
46 Meningitis
0.41
150
47 Fires
0.39
165
48 Asthma
0.39
187
49 HIV/AIDS
0.35
141
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
182
 
 
Iceland
ICELAND CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
29.90
21
2 Breast Cancer
20.81
38
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.00
65
4 Prostate Cancer
10.17
36
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.39
33
6 Lymphomas
5.02
105
7 Stomach Cancer
4.39
140
8 Leukemia
4.03
90
9 Oesophagus Cancer
4.00
64
  Rate World Rank
10 Bladder Cancer
3.26
58
11 Ovary Cancer
3.12
48
12 Skin Cancers
3.01
23
13 Liver Cancer
2.61
174
14 Other Neoplasms
2.14
124
15 Oral Cancer
1.60
161
16 Uterin Cancer
1.42
72
17 Cervical Cancer
0.51
188
 
 
Iceland
ICELAND HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
7.6
71
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
26.1
26.6
98
26
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
23.6
29.3
39
66
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
260
4

 
Iceland
ICELAND DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
306,694
169
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
Population 0-14
20.7 %
140
Population 15-64
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
12.2 %
45
Birth Rate / 1000
13.43
140
Death Rate / 1000
6.85
122
Fertulity Rate
1.90
129
Infant Mortality
3.23
187
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.83
61
Net Migrattion
0.83
46
Population Growth
0.74
128
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
1.6
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.8
10
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.0
9
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$39,900
14
 
 
 

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