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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
 


Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
67.0
74.7
70.8
86
66
76
2010
73.2
77.5
75.3
53
64
58
 
 
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
73.2
77.5
53
64
Age 5
66.5
77.5
136
78
Age 10
66.7
77.7
140
76
Age 15
67.1
78.0
139
74
Age 20
67.6
78.2
138
72
Age 25
68.9
78.4
127
70
Age 30
70.1
78.6
120
70
Age 35
71.5
78.9
107
69
Age 40
72.7
79.1
96
70
Age 45
73.6
79.4
94
72
Age 50
74.5
79.7
91
75
Age 55
75.6
80.2
92
77
Age 60
76.9
80.9
99
82
Age 65
78.5
81.8
103
85
Age 70
80.5
83.1
107
87
Age 75
83.0
84.9
109
87
Age 80
85.7
87.0
128
97
Age 85
89.1
89.9
139
102
Age 90
92.9
93.3
169
121
Age 95
97.1
97.3
189
179
Age 100
101.7
101.8
180
149
 
 
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 War
33,014
24.17
2 Coronary Heart Disease
15,961
11.69
3 Hypertension
10,123
7.41
4 Lung Disease
9,324
6.83
5 Stroke
7,945
5.82
6 Other Injuries
7,919
5.80
7 Diabetes Mellitus
7,085
5.19
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
4,024
2.95
9 Kidney Disease
4,007
2.93
10 Liver Disease
3,170
2.32
11 Suicide
2,380
1.74
12 Asthma
2,349
1.72
13 Oral Cancer
2,339
1.71
14 Road Traffic Accidents
2,333
1.71
15 Tuberculosis
2,057
1.51
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1,845
1.35
17 Breast Cancer
1,624
1.19
18 Congenital Anomalies
1,557
1.14
19 Low Birth Weight
1,491
1.09
20 Lung Cancers
1,458
1.07
21 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,125
0.82
22 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,069
0.78
23 Lymphomas
1,065
0.78
24 Leukemia
1,029
0.75
25 Cervical Cancer
814
0.60
  Deaths %
26 Alcohol
778
0.57
27 Ovary Cancer
771
0.56
28 Anaemia
710
0.52
29 Epilepsy
668
0.49
30 Violence
656
0.48
31 Upper Respiratory
655
0.48
32 Birth Trauma
546
0.40
33 Prostate Cancer
378
0.28
34 Stomach Cancer
373
0.27
35 Liver Cancer
333
0.24
36 Drownings
327
0.24
37 Meningitis
325
0.24
38 Endocrine Disorders
323
0.24
39 Falls
240
0.18
40 Parkinson Disease
232
0.17
41 Uterin Cancer
229
0.17
42 Alzheimers/Dementia
209
0.15
43 Dengue
196
0.14
44 Bladder Cancer
157
0.11
45 Maternal Conditions
141
0.10
46 Skin Disease
141
0.10
47 Pancreas Cancer
133
0.10
48 HIV/AIDS
130
0.10
49 Malnutrition
104
0.08
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
82
0.06
 
 
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 War
164.38
2
2 Coronary Heart Disease
84.52
131
3 Hypertension
55.07
28
4 Lung Disease
50.54
17
5 Stroke
42.84
153
6 Other Injuries
39.27
7
7 Diabetes Mellitus
38.21
83
8 Kidney Disease
20.92
71
9 Influenza & Pneumonia
20.85
135
10 Liver Disease
15.44
55
11 Breast Cancer
14.90
113
12 Asthma
12.54
50
13 Oral Cancer
11.75
6
14 Suicide
11.63
48
15 Road Traffic Accidents
11.46
125
16 Tuberculosis
10.09
90
17 Oesophagus Cancer
9.12
23
18 Congenital Anomalies
7.75
41
19 Low Birth Weight
7.35
108
20 Lung Cancers
7.17
127
21 Diarrhoeal diseases
5.69
90
22 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.65
118
23 Lymphomas
5.34
94
24 Leukemia
5.16
32
25 Cervical Cancer
3.95
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Alcohol
3.81
22
27 Ovary Cancer
3.74
24
28 Anaemia
3.72
71
29 Upper Respiratory
3.49
17
30 Epilepsy
3.46
57
31 Violence
3.21
110
32 Birth Trauma
2.69
117
33 Prostate Cancer
2.00
168
34 Stomach Cancer
1.83
187
35 Endocrine Disorders
1.73
170
36 Meningitis
1.68
102
37 Liver Cancer
1.66
186
38 Drownings
1.59
144
39 Parkinson Disease
1.28
118
40 Falls
1.18
169
41 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.17
160
42 Uterin Cancer
1.11
89
43 Dengue
1.08
10
44 Bladder Cancer
0.80
165
45 Skin Disease
0.74
136
46 Maternal Conditions
0.71
112
47 Pancreas Cancer
0.65
179
48 HIV/AIDS
0.64
123
49 Malnutrition
0.54
123
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.42
175
 
 
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
14.90
113
2 Oral Cancer
11.75
6
3 Oesophagus Cancer
9.12
23
4 Lung Cancers
7.17
127
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.65
118
6 Lymphomas
5.34
94
7 Leukemia
5.16
32
8 Cervical Cancer
3.95
118
9 Ovary Cancer
3.74
24
  Rate World Rank
10 Prostate Cancer
2.00
168
11 Stomach Cancer
1.83
187
12 Liver Cancer
1.66
186
13 Uterin Cancer
1.11
89
14 Bladder Cancer
0.80
165
15 Pancreas Cancer
0.65
179
16 Skin Cancers
0.36
167
17 Other Neoplasms
0.20
187
 
 
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
2.4
135
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
30.2
2.6
79
111
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
0.3
0.1
178
191
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
203
93

 
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
21,324,791
52
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
Population 0-14
23.9 %
124
Population 15-64
68.0 %
47
Population 65 +
8.1 %
64
Birth Rate / 1000
16.26
120
Death Rate / 1000
6.13
136
Fertulity Rate
1.99
119
Infant Mortality
18.57
107
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.96
164
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.87
43
Net Migrattion
-1.09
103
Population Growth
0.90
119
Literacy Total
90.7
95
Literacy Male
92.3
97
Literacy Female
89.1
91
Unemployment
5.2
116
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
75.3
58
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
63.0
91
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$4,300
122
 
 
 

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

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