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Japan Population Pyramid
 


Japan
JAPAN LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
77.7
84.6
81.1
1
1
1
2010
78.9
85.7
82.2
3
1
1
 
 
Japan
JAPAN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
78.9
85.7
3
1
Age 5
79.9
86.7
6
1
Age 10
79.9
86.8
6
1
Age 15
80.0
86.8
6
1
Age 20
80.1
86.9
6
1
Age 25
80.2
87.0
6
1
Age 30
80.4
87.1
6
1
Age 35
80.6
87.2
6
1
Age 40
80.8
87.3
6
1
Age 45
81.1
87.5
6
1
Age 50
81.5
87.8
6
1
Age 55
82.1
88.1
6
1
Age 60
83.0
88.5
3
1
Age 65
83.9
89.0
3
1
Age 70
85.2
89.7
2
1
Age 75
86.7
90.5
4
1
Age 80
88.7
91.8
8
2
Age 85
91.3
93.5
14
3
Age 90
94.4
95.8
18
6
Age 95
98.0
98.8
25
7
Age 100
102.2
102.6
21
8
 
 
Japan
JAPAN TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Stroke
133,534
14.88
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
123,302
13.74
3 Coronary Heart Disease
105,551
11.76
4 Lung Cancers
67,751
7.55
5 Stomach Cancer
52,426
5.84
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
45,607
5.08
7 Liver Cancer
34,093
3.80
8 Suicide
31,571
3.52
9 Kidney Disease
27,491
3.06
10 Pancreas Cancer
26,551
2.96
11 Other Injuries
18,279
2.04
12 Lung Disease
16,574
1.85
13 Diabetes Mellitus
14,957
1.67
14 Lymphomas
14,225
1.58
15 Liver Disease
13,384
1.49
16 Breast Cancer
12,528
1.40
17 Oesophagus Cancer
12,131
1.35
18 Alzheimers/Dementia
10,424
1.16
19 Other Neoplasms
10,383
1.16
20 Prostate Cancer
10,256
1.14
21 Endocrine Disorders
8,441
0.94
22 Leukemia
8,003
0.89
23 Falls
7,308
0.81
24 Inflammatory/Heart
7,270
0.81
25 Oral Cancer
6,879
0.77
  Deaths %
26 Road Traffic Accidents
6,851
0.76
27 Bladder Cancer
6,791
0.76
28 Hypertension
6,732
0.75
29 Drownings
6,565
0.73
30 Hepatitis C
4,980
0.55
31 Parkinson Disease
4,854
0.54
32 Ovary Cancer
4,749
0.53
33 Tuberculosis
3,953
0.44
34 Cervical Cancer
3,563
0.40
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,435
0.38
36 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,593
0.29
37 Uterin Cancer
2,491
0.28
38 Asthma
2,473
0.28
39 Congenital Anomalies
2,332
0.26
40 Diarrhoeal diseases
2,306
0.26
41 Malnutrition
1,785
0.20
42 Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,692
0.19
43 Fires
1,486
0.17
44 Skin Cancers
1,429
0.16
45 Skin Disease
1,244
0.14
46 Hepatitis B
966
0.11
47 Poisonings
936
0.10
48 Anaemia
664
0.07
49 Epilepsy
632
0.07
50 Violence
573
0.06
 
 
Japan
JAPAN 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
36.71
161
2 Coronary Heart Disease
31.17
190
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
29.63
105
4 Lung Cancers
21.34
53
5 Suicide
19.80
14
6 Stomach Cancer
16.81
21
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.66
39
8 Liver Cancer
11.13
35
9 Breast Cancer
10.50
165
10 Pancreas Cancer
8.63
16
11 Kidney Disease
6.86
147
12 Other Injuries
6.15
165
13 Liver Disease
5.50
157
14 Lymphomas
4.55
113
15 Diabetes Mellitus
4.53
188
16 Oesophagus Cancer
4.31
58
17 Lung Disease
4.03
185
18 Road Traffic Accidents
3.81
189
19 Other Neoplasms
3.27
83
20 Leukemia
3.14
127
21 Prostate Cancer
2.72
160
22 Congenital Anomalies
2.61
185
23 Endocrine Disorders
2.61
155
24 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.49
130
25 Oral Cancer
2.47
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Falls
2.45
136
27 Drownings
2.41
120
28 Inflammatory/Heart
2.37
165
29 Ovary Cancer
1.95
112
30 Bladder Cancer
1.87
108
31 Hypertension
1.65
191
32 Hepatitis C
1.61
17
33 Cervical Cancer
1.54
154
34 Parkinson Disease
1.23
120
35 Tuberculosis
1.05
154
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.99
167
37 Uterin Cancer
0.91
105
38 Asthma
0.75
176
39 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.66
147
40 Fires
0.65
144
41 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.64
156
42 Poisonings
0.62
158
43 Malnutrition
0.53
124
44 Skin Cancers
0.48
156
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
94
46 Violence
0.43
187
47 Hepatitis B
0.41
105
48 Birth Trauma
0.41
182
49 Low Birth Weight
0.39
191
50 Epilepsy
0.37
185
 
 
Japan
JAPAN CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
21.34
53
2 Stomach Cancer
16.81
21
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.66
39
4 Liver Cancer
11.13
35
5 Breast Cancer
10.50
165
6 Pancreas Cancer
8.63
16
7 Lymphomas
4.55
113
8 Oesophagus Cancer
4.31
58
9 Other Neoplasms
3.27
83
  Rate World Rank
10 Leukemia
3.14
127
11 Prostate Cancer
2.72
160
12 Oral Cancer
2.47
106
13 Ovary Cancer
1.95
112
14 Bladder Cancer
1.87
108
15 Cervical Cancer
1.54
154
16 Uterin Cancer
0.91
105
17 Skin Cancers
0.48
156
 
 
Japan
JAPAN HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
9.6
48
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
44.3
14.3
33
55
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
2.6
2.2
145
176
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
207
89

 
Japan
JAPAN DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
127,078,679
10
Sex Ratio M / F
0.95
168
Population 0-14
13.5 %
191
Population 15-64
64.3 %
105
Population 65 +
22.2 %
2
Birth Rate / 1000
7.64
191
Death Rate / 1000
9.54
67
Fertulity Rate
1.21
189
Infant Mortality
2.79
189
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
1.02
69
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.74
120
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
Population Growth
-0.19
178
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
4.2
126
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
82.2
1
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
76.0
1
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$34,200
26
 
 
 

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

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