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Switzerland Population Pyramid
 


Switzerland
SWITZERLAND LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
2000
76.9
82.6
79.7
5
3
2
2010
78.1
84.0
81.0
10
7
8
 
 
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
78.1
84.0
10
7
Age 5
80.3
84.7
3
8
Age 10
80.3
84.8
3
8
Age 15
80.3
84.8
3
8
Age 20
80.5
84.9
3
8
Age 25
80.6
84.9
3
8
Age 30
80.8
85.0
4
8
Age 35
80.9
85.1
4
7
Age 40
81.1
85.2
4
7
Age 45
81.4
85.4
4
6
Age 50
81.7
85.6
4
9
Age 55
82.2
86.0
4
7
Age 60
82.9
86.4
5
8
Age 65
83.8
87.0
5
8
Age 70
85.0
87.8
6
7
Age 75
86.5
88.8
10
8
Age 80
88.4
90.1
18
13
Age 85
90.9
92.1
29
23
Age 90
94.1
94.8
37
31
Age 95
97.8
98.2
46
37
Age 100
102.0
102.2
58
48
 
 
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
9,804
19.91
2 Alzheimers/Dementia
4,378
8.89
3 Stroke
4,346
8.83
4 Lung Cancers
3,061
6.22
5 Hypertension
2,640
5.36
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,911
3.88
7 Lung Disease
1,779
3.61
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,494
3.03
9 Diabetes Mellitus
1,490
3.03
10 Prostate Cancer
1,406
2.86
11 Breast Cancer
1,394
2.83
12 Falls
1,354
2.75
13 Suicide
1,311
2.66
14 Pancreas Cancer
1,048
2.13
15 Lymphomas
945
1.92
16 Inflammatory/Heart
807
1.64
17 Liver Disease
677
1.38
18 Liver Cancer
658
1.34
19 Parkinson Disease
602
1.22
20 Stomach Cancer
596
1.21
21 Leukemia
561
1.14
22 Kidney Disease
526
1.07
23 Bladder Cancer
501
1.02
24 Other Neoplasms
498
1.01
25 Oesophagus Cancer
478
0.97
  Deaths %
26 Ovary Cancer
425
0.86
27 Skin Cancers
417
0.85
28 Oral Cancer
406
0.82
29 Endocrine Disorders
375
0.76
30 Other Injuries
372
0.76
31 Road Traffic Accidents
339
0.69
32 Congenital Anomalies
242
0.49
33 Uterin Cancer
242
0.49
34 Alcohol
213
0.43
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
158
0.32
36 Poisonings
155
0.31
37 Drug Use
139
0.28
38 Osteoarthritis
122
0.25
39 Multiple Sclerosis
114
0.23
40 Depression
100
0.20
41 Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.20
42 Cervical Cancer
98
0.20
43 Asthma
91
0.18
44 Skin Disease
88
0.18
45 Epilepsy
83
0.17
46 Schizophrenia
74
0.15
47 HIV/AIDS
62
0.13
48 Anaemia
60
0.12
49 Low Birth Weight
58
0.12
50 Violence
56
0.11
 
 
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND 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
52.18
175
2 Lung Cancers
22.60
50
3 Stroke
21.96
188
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
20.02
6
5 Breast Cancer
18.26
75
6 Hypertension
12.57
150
7 Suicide
12.55
41
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.38
58
9 Lung Disease
9.92
158
10 Diabetes Mellitus
8.18
169
11 Prostate Cancer
7.73
67
12 Falls
7.50
24
13 Influenza & Pneumonia
7.34
177
14 Pancreas Cancer
7.10
36
15 Lymphomas
5.99
65
16 Liver Disease
5.60
155
17 Liver Cancer
4.72
121
18 Inflammatory/Heart
4.52
115
19 Stomach Cancer
4.05
150
20 Leukemia
3.88
99
21 Road Traffic Accidents
3.83
187
22 Congenital Anomalies
3.79
162
23 Oesophagus Cancer
3.49
76
24 Other Injuries
3.27
185
25 Oral Cancer
3.18
85
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Ovary Cancer
3.00
57
27 Bladder Cancer
2.99
76
28 Parkinson Disease
2.97
15
29 Skin Cancers
2.87
27
30 Other Neoplasms
2.81
102
31 Endocrine Disorders
2.68
153
32 Kidney Disease
2.57
189
33 Poisonings
1.91
111
34 Drug Use
1.88
33
35 Alcohol
1.79
42
36 Uterin Cancer
1.55
62
37 Low Birth Weight
1.40
167
38 Multiple Sclerosis
0.89
14
39 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.86
171
40 Cervical Cancer
0.75
183
41 Violence
0.71
178
42 Epilepsy
0.68
173
43 Birth Trauma
0.68
164
44 HIV/AIDS
0.68
122
45 Drownings
0.61
181
46 Osteoarthritis
0.59
47
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.51
170
48 Asthma
0.50
185
49 Depression
0.49
10
50 Schizophrenia
0.48
64
 
 
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
22.60
50
2 Breast Cancer
18.26
75
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.38
58
4 Prostate Cancer
7.73
67
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.10
36
6 Lymphomas
5.99
65
7 Liver Cancer
4.72
121
8 Stomach Cancer
4.05
150
9 Leukemia
3.88
99
  Rate World Rank
10 Oesophagus Cancer
3.49
76
11 Oral Cancer
3.18
85
12 Ovary Cancer
3.00
57
13 Bladder Cancer
2.99
76
14 Skin Cancers
2.87
27
15 Other Neoplasms
2.81
102
16 Uterin Cancer
1.55
62
17 Cervical Cancer
0.75
183
 
 
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
11.4
28
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
30.7
22.2
78
40
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
17.6
24.5
67
85
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
273
2

 
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
7,604,467
92
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
Population 0-14
15.6 %
169
Population 15-64
68.1 %
46
Population 65 +
16.3 %
21
Birth Rate / 1000
9.59
175
Death Rate / 1000
8.59
84
Fertulity Rate
1.45
161
Infant Mortality
4.18
179
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.08
14
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.71
137
Net Migrattion
1.76
33
Population Growth
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
3.0
142
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
81.0
8
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
75.0
3
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$40,900
11
 
 
 

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

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