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Jamaica
Jamaica Population Pyramid
 


Jamaica
JAMAICA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
69.7
74.6
72.1
59
70
61
2010
71.8
75.3
73.5
70
92
82
 
 
Jamaica
JAMAICA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
71.8
75.3
70
92
Age 5
71.1
76.2
88
100
Age 10
71.2
76.3
88
100
Age 15
71.3
76.4
88
101
Age 20
71.7
76.5
88
101
Age 25
72.8
76.8
78
98
Age 30
73.8
77.1
72
97
Age 35
74.7
77.5
66
92
Age 40
75.6
78.0
56
89
Age 45
76.5
78.5
53
88
Age 50
77.5
79.3
50
82
Age 55
78.6
80.0
52
82
Age 60
79.7
80.9
52
82
Age 65
81.4
82.2
48
74
Age 70
83.2
83.5
47
77
Age 75
85.6
85.2
37
78
Age 80
87.5
87.9
48
73
Age 85
90.1
90.9
70
66
Age 90
93.5
94.3
82
54
Age 95
97.4
98.0
99
53
Age 100
101.8
102.2
110
48
 
 
Jamaica
JAMAICA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
3,108
17.24
2 Stroke
1,779
9.87
3 HIV/AIDS
1,609
8.93
4 Violence
1,376
7.63
5 Lung Disease
1,141
6.33
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,040
5.77
7 Diabetes Mellitus
845
4.69
8 Hypertension
758
4.20
9 Stomach Cancer
432
2.40
10 Lung Cancers
392
2.17
11 Road Traffic Accidents
381
2.11
12 Breast Cancer
316
1.75
13 Malnutrition
314
1.74
14 Prostate Cancer
302
1.68
15 Low Birth Weight
296
1.64
16 Cervical Cancer
292
1.62
17 Diarrhoeal diseases
289
1.60
18 Colon-Rectum Cancers
254
1.41
19 Kidney Disease
248
1.38
20 Congenital Anomalies
207
1.15
21 Other Injuries
190
1.05
22 Liver Disease
175
0.97
23 Inflammatory/Heart
141
0.78
24 Lymphomas
136
0.75
25 Suicide
127
0.70
  Deaths %
26 Pancreas Cancer
120
0.67
27 Endocrine Disorders
119
0.66
28 Birth Trauma
113
0.63
29 Liver Cancer
110
0.61
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
107
0.59
31 Skin Disease
107
0.59
32 Falls
99
0.55
33 Oesophagus Cancer
85
0.47
34 Uterin Cancer
83
0.46
35 Other Neoplasms
79
0.44
36 Bladder Cancer
77
0.43
37 Leukemia
69
0.38
38 Drownings
66
0.37
39 Asthma
65
0.36
40 Meningitis
64
0.36
41 Anaemia
60
0.33
42 Oral Cancer
54
0.30
43 Maternal Conditions
48
0.27
44 Epilepsy
45
0.25
45 Ovary Cancer
40
0.22
46 Fires
34
0.19
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
28
0.16
48 Tuberculosis
26
0.14
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
25
0.14
50 Appendicitis
22
0.12
 
 
Jamaica
JAMAICA 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
110.74
96
2 HIV/AIDS
64.49
31
3 Stroke
62.88
129
4 Violence
52.92
4
5 Lung Disease
39.34
53
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
35.77
93
7 Diabetes Mellitus
31.57
95
8 Hypertension
25.81
99
9 Breast Cancer
24.77
16
10 Stomach Cancer
16.62
22
11 Lung Cancers
16.17
78
12 Road Traffic Accidents
14.75
98
13 Cervical Cancer
11.79
31
14 Prostate Cancer
11.29
28
15 Malnutrition
10.72
27
16 Low Birth Weight
10.22
93
17 Diarrhoeal diseases
10.05
75
18 Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.73
73
19 Kidney Disease
8.93
134
20 Congenital Anomalies
7.21
59
21 Liver Disease
7.01
127
22 Other Injuries
6.98
146
23 Lymphomas
5.52
85
24 Inflammatory/Heart
5.14
102
25 Suicide
4.92
132
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Pancreas Cancer
4.73
63
27 Liver Cancer
4.36
132
28 Endocrine Disorders
4.31
122
29 Birth Trauma
3.90
97
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.77
89
31 Skin Disease
3.61
72
32 Falls
3.56
106
33 Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
82
34 Uterin Cancer
3.27
9
35 Other Neoplasms
3.03
90
36 Bladder Cancer
2.87
79
37 Leukemia
2.59
147
38 Meningitis
2.42
91
39 Drownings
2.40
121
40 Asthma
2.40
125
41 Oral Cancer
2.17
126
42 Anaemia
2.14
90
43 Maternal Conditions
1.82
83
44 Epilepsy
1.71
96
45 Ovary Cancer
1.62
142
46 Fires
1.22
112
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.09
120
48 Tuberculosis
1.05
153
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
0.80
170
50 Appendicitis
0.78
16
 
 
Jamaica
JAMAICA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
24.77
16
2 Stomach Cancer
16.62
22
3 Lung Cancers
16.17
78
4 Cervical Cancer
11.79
31
5 Prostate Cancer
11.29
28
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.73
73
7 Lymphomas
5.52
85
8 Pancreas Cancer
4.73
63
9 Liver Cancer
4.36
132
  Rate World Rank
10 Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
82
11 Uterin Cancer
3.27
9
12 Other Neoplasms
3.03
90
13 Bladder Cancer
2.87
79
14 Leukemia
2.59
147
15 Oral Cancer
2.17
126
16 Ovary Cancer
1.62
142
17 Skin Cancers
0.58
147
 
 
Jamaica
JAMAICA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
3.9
116
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
20.8
9.2
116
69
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
6.7
45.7
126
19
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
233
47

 
Jamaica
JAMAICA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
2,825,928
134
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
Population 0-14
31.4 %
81
Population 15-64
61.1 %
126
Population 65 +
7.5 %
70
Birth Rate / 1000
19.68
96
Death Rate / 1000
6.43
127
Fertulity Rate
2.25
103
Infant Mortality
15.22
118
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.97
152
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.81
72
Net Migrattion
-5.70
144
Population Growth
0.76
127
Literacy Total
87.9
107
Literacy Male
84.1
123
Literacy Female
91.6
79
Unemployment
10.1
59
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
73.5
82
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
64.0
82
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$7,400
97
 
 
 

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

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