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Namibia Population Pyramid
 


Namibia
NAMIBIA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
1970
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
1980
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
1990
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
2000
52.9
55.9
54.4
152
151
152
2010
52.3
51.6
52.0
166
175
173
 
 
Namibia
NAMIBIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
52.3
51.6
166
175
Age 5
56.2
64.0
185
168
Age 10
56.6
64.4
186
168
Age 15
57.0
64.6
186
171
Age 20
57.5
64.9
187
172
Age 25
58.4
65.6
187
175
Age 30
59.6
67.4
187
170
Age 35
61.4
69.7
187
165
Age 40
63.5
71.9
188
160
Age 45
65.9
73.7
187
148
Age 50
68.3
75.2
186
140
Age 55
70.8
76.6
188
134
Age 60
73.3
78.0
187
132
Age 65
76.0
79.5
180
133
Age 70
78.8
81.4
175
125
Age 75
81.9
83.6
169
125
Age 80
85.2
86.3
170
127
Age 85
89.0
89.6
153
123
Age 90
92.9
93.3
169
121
Age 95
97.2
97.4
159
117
Age 100
101.7
101.8
180
149
 
 
Namibia
NAMIBIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
6,918
33.79
2 Stroke
1,470
7.18
3 Coronary Heart Disease
1,325
6.47
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,169
5.71
5 Road Traffic Accidents
958
4.68
6 Diabetes Mellitus
662
3.23
7 Malaria
616
3.01
8 Violence
603
2.95
9 Tuberculosis
538
2.63
10 Diarrhoeal diseases
501
2.45
11 Low Birth Weight
490
2.39
12 Other Injuries
427
2.09
13 Hypertension
415
2.03
14 Suicide
348
1.70
15 Kidney Disease
342
1.67
16 Lung Disease
249
1.22
17 Birth Trauma
227
1.11
18 Endocrine Disorders
226
1.10
19 Schistosomiasis
203
0.99
20 Inflammatory/Heart
189
0.92
21 Asthma
179
0.87
22 Congenital Anomalies
178
0.87
23 Measles
158
0.77
24 Liver Disease
139
0.68
25 Fires
134
0.65
  Deaths %
26 Falls
132
0.64
27 Meningitis
123
0.60
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
114
0.56
29 Maternal Conditions
110
0.54
30 Drownings
109
0.53
31 Malnutrition
78
0.38
32 Alzheimers/Dementia
75
0.37
33 Epilepsy
73
0.36
34 Breast Cancer
72
0.35
35 Anaemia
65
0.32
36 Other Neoplasms
64
0.31
37 Cervical Cancer
63
0.31
38 Oral Cancer
61
0.30
39 Pertussis
60
0.29
40 Prostate Cancer
55
0.27
41 Skin Disease
51
0.25
42 Poisonings
43
0.21
43 Lung Cancers
38
0.19
44 Lymphomas
37
0.18
45 Colon-Rectum Cancers
34
0.17
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
29
0.14
47 Oesophagus Cancer
26
0.13
48 Trypanosomiasis
24
0.12
49 Leukemia
24
0.12
50 Liver Cancer
21
0.10
 
 
Namibia
NAMIBIA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
375.38
8
2 Stroke
141.08
41
3 Coronary Heart Disease
127.65
74
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
95.58
50
5 Diabetes Mellitus
62.33
24
6 Road Traffic Accidents
53.41
1
7 Hypertension
40.39
50
8 Diarrhoeal diseases
36.69
52
9 Tuberculosis
35.13
47
10 Malaria
32.43
31
11 Violence
31.66
15
12 Kidney Disease
29.82
23
13 Other Injuries
26.98
22
14 Lung Disease
23.71
92
15 Suicide
22.31
9
16 Endocrine Disorders
19.55
19
17 Inflammatory/Heart
16.38
22
18 Low Birth Weight
15.57
53
19 Asthma
15.07
39
20 Schistosomiasis
12.93
7
21 Liver Disease
11.59
73
22 Breast Cancer
11.43
155
23 Falls
10.15
14
24 Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.63
14
25 Alzheimers/Dementia
8.54
59
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Fires
8.20
7
27 Birth Trauma
7.21
72
28 Congenital Anomalies
6.36
94
29 Meningitis
6.20
53
30 Oral Cancer
5.97
24
31 Maternal Conditions
5.94
54
32 Prostate Cancer
5.76
109
33 Cervical Cancer
5.47
94
34 Other Neoplasms
5.18
30
35 Drownings
5.14
57
36 Anaemia
5.12
51
37 Epilepsy
5.04
47
38 Measles
5.03
12
39 Skin Disease
4.80
40
40 Malnutrition
4.14
75
41 Lung Cancers
3.45
154
42 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.05
177
43 Lymphomas
2.85
160
44 Oesophagus Cancer
2.44
104
45 Poisonings
2.42
99
46 Parkinson Disease
1.93
72
47 Pertussis
1.91
34
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.86
72
49 Liver Cancer
1.79
185
50 Leukemia
1.71
170
 
 
Namibia
NAMIBIA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
11.43
155
2 Oral Cancer
5.97
24
3 Prostate Cancer
5.76
109
4 Cervical Cancer
5.47
94
5 Other Neoplasms
5.18
30
6 Lung Cancers
3.45
154
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.05
177
8 Lymphomas
2.85
160
9 Oesophagus Cancer
2.44
104
  Rate World Rank
10 Liver Cancer
1.79
185
11 Leukemia
1.71
170
12 Stomach Cancer
1.30
191
13 Ovary Cancer
1.30
170
14 Skin Cancers
1.29
90
15 Bladder Cancer
1.18
149
16 Pancreas Cancer
0.57
181
17 Uterin Cancer
0.31
175
 
 
Namibia
NAMIBIA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
7.5
75
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
38.6
10.9
49
63
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
0.4
7.2
175
154
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
217
74

 
Namibia
NAMIBIA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
2,108,665
138
Sex Ratio M / F
1.01
56
Population 0-14
35.9 %
61
Population 15-64
60.2 %
130
Population 65 +
3.9 %
130
Birth Rate / 1000
22.51
76
Death Rate / 1000
13.30
29
Fertulity Rate
2.69
77
Infant Mortality
45.51
52
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
158
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.81
72
Net Migrattion
0.30
56
Population Growth
0.95
116
Literacy Total
85.0
117
Literacy Male
86.8
117
Literacy Female
83.5
107
Unemployment
5.0
117
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
52.0
173
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
50.0
160
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$5,400
109
 
 
 

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

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