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United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 5
78.5
82.6
21
28
Age 10
78.5
82.6
21
28
Age 15
78.5
82.7
21
28
Age 20
78.7
82.8
21
28
Age 25
78.9
82.8
21
28
Age 30
79.1
82.9
21
28
Age 35
79.3
83.0
21
29
Age 40
79.6
83.2
20
27
Age 45
80.0
83.4
20
28
Age 50
80.4
83.8
20
27
Age 55
81.0
84.2
20
27
Age 60
81.8
84.8
20
26
Age 65
82.8
85.5
23
25
Age 70
84.2
86.5
26
31
Age 75
85.9
87.8
26
32
Age 80
88.0
89.5
31
32
Age 85
90.8
91.8
38
33
Age 90
94.0
94.7
44
35
Age 95
97.8
98.2
46
37
Age 100
102.0
102.2
58
48
 
 
United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
55,919
11.98
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
37,348
8.00
4 Lung Cancers
35,845
7.68
5 Alzheimers/Dementia
29,116
6.24
6 Lung Disease
29,069
6.23
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
18,951
4.06
8 Breast Cancer
14,343
3.07
9 Prostate Cancer
11,508
2.46
10 Oesophagus Cancer
8,762
1.88
11 Lymphomas
8,744
1.87
12 Pancreas Cancer
7,954
1.70
13 Liver Disease
7,767
1.66
14 Diabetes Mellitus
6,682
1.43
15 Other Injuries
6,029
1.29
16 Stomach Cancer
6,006
1.29
17 Bladder Cancer
5,842
1.25
18 Parkinson Disease
5,348
1.15
19 Hypertension
5,191
1.11
20 Leukemia
5,077
1.09
21 Kidney Disease
4,804
1.03
22 Suicide
4,660
1.00
23 Falls
4,450
0.95
24 Ovary Cancer
4,366
0.94
25 Other Neoplasms
3,829
0.82
  Deaths %
26 Liver Cancer
3,470
0.74
27 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,294
0.71
28 Diarrhoeal diseases
3,081
0.66
29 Road Traffic Accidents
3,073
0.66
30 Endocrine Disorders
3,056
0.65
31 Inflammatory/Heart
3,014
0.65
32 Skin Cancers
2,947
0.63
33 Oral Cancer
2,428
0.52
34 Skin Disease
2,188
0.47
35 Congenital Anomalies
1,950
0.42
36 Uterin Cancer
1,852
0.40
37 Poisonings
1,805
0.39
38 Low Birth Weight
1,386
0.30
39 Cervical Cancer
1,322
0.28
40 Asthma
1,260
0.27
41 Drug Use
1,247
0.27
42 Multiple Sclerosis
1,206
0.26
43 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,204
0.26
44 Epilepsy
1,201
0.26
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
905
0.19
46 Alcohol
862
0.18
47 Violence
703
0.15
48 Tuberculosis
443
0.09
49 Fires
380
0.08
50 Osteoarthritis
322
0.07
 
 
United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM 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
68.80
155
2 Stroke
36.89
160
3 Lung Cancers
30.98
18
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
23.69
125
5 Breast Cancer
23.62
20
6 Lung Disease
21.47
98
7 Alzheimers/Dementia
17.08
14
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.49
33
9 Liver Disease
9.48
96
10 Prostate Cancer
8.21
58
11 Oesophagus Cancer
7.62
30
12 Lymphomas
7.35
36
13 Suicide
6.90
101
14 Pancreas Cancer
6.81
39
15 Other Injuries
5.54
170
16 Diabetes Mellitus
5.04
185
17 Stomach Cancer
4.81
130
18 Road Traffic Accidents
4.77
180
19 Leukemia
4.39
63
20 Bladder Cancer
4.27
28
21 Ovary Cancer
3.96
20
22 Congenital Anomalies
3.68
164
23 Hypertension
3.67
183
24 Falls
3.51
109
25 Parkinson Disease
3.48
8
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Low Birth Weight
3.39
144
27 Kidney Disease
3.23
185
28 Endocrine Disorders
3.13
147
29 Liver Cancer
3.07
164
30 Inflammatory/Heart
2.97
152
31 Other Neoplasms
2.95
92
32 Poisonings
2.81
89
33 Skin Cancers
2.74
32
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.54
123
35 Oral Cancer
2.39
113
36 Drug Use
2.14
27
37 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.95
119
38 Epilepsy
1.57
104
39 Uterin Cancer
1.53
64
40 Skin Disease
1.50
104
41 Cervical Cancer
1.38
161
42 Multiple Sclerosis
1.33
4
43 Violence
1.14
160
44 Alcohol
1.10
76
45 Asthma
1.09
153
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.90
140
47 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.67
68
48 Birth Trauma
0.64
166
49 Fires
0.45
158
50 Meningitis
0.41
149
 
 
United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
8.21
58
5 Oesophagus Cancer
7.62
30
6 Lymphomas
7.35
36
7 Pancreas Cancer
6.81
39
8 Stomach Cancer
4.81
130
9 Leukemia
4.39
63
  Rate World Rank
10 Bladder Cancer
4.27
28
11 Ovary Cancer
3.96
20
12 Liver Cancer
3.07
164
13 Other Neoplasms
2.95
92
14 Skin Cancers
2.74
32
15 Oral Cancer
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.38
161
 
 
United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
13.3
20
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
36.7
34.7
55
6
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
29.5
31.7
21
56
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
237
41

 
United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
Population 0-14
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$36,600
23
 
 
 

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

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