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Liberia Population Pyramid
 


Liberia
LIBERIA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
38.9
41.3
40.1
149
144
146
1970
41.3
43.1
42.2
156
156
157
1980
43.4
45.5
44.4
162
163
162
1990
41.8
44.1
42.9
177
178
177
2000
42.0
44.3
43.1
179
178
178
2010
55.1
58.1
56.6
158
159
157
 
 
Liberia
LIBERIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
55.1
58.1
158
159
Age 5
61.4
63.6
165
170
Age 10
62.1
64.3
166
170
Age 15
62.6
64.8
166
168
Age 20
63.1
65.4
165
168
Age 25
63.8
66.2
166
170
Age 30
64.7
67.2
165
171
Age 35
65.8
68.6
165
172
Age 40
67.2
70.1
164
171
Age 45
68.7
71.5
162
170
Age 50
70.4
72.9
161
171
Age 55
72.1
74.3
162
173
Age 60
74.2
76.0
160
173
Age 65
76.4
77.8
166
172
Age 70
78.9
80.0
170
169
Age 75
81.9
82.6
169
173
Age 80
85.2
85.7
170
173
Age 85
88.9
89.3
170
163
Age 90
92.9
93.1
169
177
Age 95
97.1
97.3
189
179
Age 100
101.7
101.8
180
149
 
 
Liberia
LIBERIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
5,561
14.43
2 Diarrhoeal diseases
3,936
10.21
3 HIV/AIDS
3,838
9.96
4 Malaria
3,718
9.65
5 Stroke
2,031
5.27
6 Low Birth Weight
1,792
4.65
7 Tuberculosis
1,696
4.40
8 Coronary Heart Disease
1,642
4.26
9 Maternal Conditions
1,450
3.76
10 Birth Trauma
1,439
3.73
11 Meningitis
887
2.30
12 Diabetes Mellitus
801
2.08
13 Pertussis
652
1.69
14 Road Traffic Accidents
591
1.53
15 Lung Disease
578
1.50
16 Asthma
430
1.12
17 Congenital Anomalies
424
1.10
18 Measles
393
1.02
19 Kidney Disease
387
1.00
20 Violence
371
0.96
21 Hypertension
362
0.94
22 Trypanosomiasis
359
0.93
23 Cervical Cancer
341
0.88
24 Other Injuries
335
0.87
25 Liver Cancer
321
0.83
  Deaths %
26 Malnutrition
318
0.83
27 Anaemia
300
0.78
28 Endocrine Disorders
295
0.77
29 Inflammatory/Heart
234
0.61
30 Upper Respiratory
205
0.53
31 Syphilis
202
0.52
32 Epilepsy
190
0.49
33 Prostate Cancer
167
0.43
34 Schistosomiasis
161
0.42
35 Breast Cancer
131
0.34
36 Liver Disease
124
0.32
37 Vitamin A Deficiency
121
0.31
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
118
0.31
39 Fires
117
0.30
40 Suicide
114
0.30
41 Drownings
108
0.28
42 Lymphomas
102
0.26
43 Poisonings
101
0.26
44 Alzheimers/Dementia
101
0.26
45 Stomach Cancer
98
0.25
46 Tetanus
85
0.22
47 Hepatitis B
76
0.20
48 Other Neoplasms
74
0.19
49 Lung Cancers
72
0.19
50 Skin Disease
67
0.17
 
 
Liberia
LIBERIA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
186.86
15
2 Stroke
141.75
39
3 HIV/AIDS
126.33
24
4 Coronary Heart Disease
113.81
89
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
102.09
18
6 Tuberculosis
60.51
28
7 Malaria
54.08
19
8 Diabetes Mellitus
52.63
54
9 Maternal Conditions
42.42
6
10 Lung Disease
39.21
54
11 Hypertension
25.71
100
12 Low Birth Weight
25.46
17
13 Asthma
24.53
12
14 Kidney Disease
23.48
58
15 Meningitis
22.04
11
16 Road Traffic Accidents
21.52
66
17 Birth Trauma
20.45
18
18 Cervical Cancer
17.82
13
19 Endocrine Disorders
16.70
37
20 Liver Cancer
16.43
19
21 Inflammatory/Heart
13.86
42
22 Breast Cancer
12.71
143
23 Prostate Cancer
12.68
21
24 Violence
12.49
64
25 Trypanosomiasis
11.19
9
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Anaemia
10.72
10
27 Other Injuries
10.66
104
28 Malnutrition
9.31
36
29 Pertussis
9.29
10
30 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.05
53
31 Epilepsy
8.08
28
32 Schistosomiasis
7.68
21
33 Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.98
42
34 Congenital Anomalies
6.69
77
35 Liver Disease
6.68
133
36 Stomach Cancer
5.76
113
37 Measles
5.61
11
38 Suicide
4.87
133
39 Skin Disease
4.65
44
40 Upper Respiratory
4.36
11
41 Lymphomas
4.02
128
42 Poisonings
4.00
61
43 Other Neoplasms
3.91
60
44 Lung Cancers
3.84
150
45 Syphilis
3.53
14
46 Falls
3.32
114
47 Fires
3.23
74
48 Drownings
3.13
106
49 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.55
184
50 Hepatitis B
2.22
39
 
 
Liberia
LIBERIA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Cervical Cancer
17.82
13
2 Liver Cancer
16.43
19
3 Breast Cancer
12.71
143
4 Prostate Cancer
12.68
21
5 Stomach Cancer
5.76
113
6 Lymphomas
4.02
128
7 Other Neoplasms
3.91
60
8 Lung Cancers
3.84
150
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.55
184
  Rate World Rank
10 Oral Cancer
1.84
151
11 Leukemia
1.61
174
12 Ovary Cancer
1.59
146
13 Bladder Cancer
1.07
158
14 Pancreas Cancer
0.83
174
15 Skin Cancers
0.74
132
16 Oesophagus Cancer
0.65
180
17 Uterin Cancer
0.41
160
 
 
Liberia
LIBERIA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
5.2
103
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
N/A
N/A
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
5.4
14.9
130
128
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
0
192

 
Liberia
LIBERIA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
3,441,790
128
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
Population 0-14
44.1 %
19
Population 15-64
53.0 %
174
Population 65 +
2.8 %
172
Birth Rate / 1000
42.25
11
Death Rate / 1000
20.73
6
Fertulity Rate
5.79
14
Infant Mortality
138.24
4
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.00
191
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.98
142
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.94
22
Net Migrattion
5.13
13
Population Growth
2.67
23
Literacy Total
57.5
163
Literacy Male
73.3
150
Literacy Female
41.6
159
Unemployment
85.0
2
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
56.6
157
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
41.0
183
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$500
189
 
 
 

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

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