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United States
UNITED STATES LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
74.4
79.8
77.0
28
28
26
2010
75.8
80.8
78.2
26
31
29
 
 
United States
UNITED STATES LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
75.8
80.8
26
31
Age 5
76.7
81.5
35
34
Age 10
76.7
81.6
35
33
Age 15
76.8
81.6
35
33
Age 20
77.0
81.7
34
34
Age 25
77.4
81.9
33
33
Age 30
77.7
82.0
31
34
Age 35
78.1
82.2
33
34
Age 40
78.4
82.4
32
35
Age 45
78.9
82.7
33
36
Age 50
79.6
83.2
32
35
Age 55
80.4
83.8
31
35
Age 60
81.5
84.5
26
31
Age 65
82.7
85.4
25
28
Age 70
84.3
86.6
19
24
Age 75
86.2
88.1
19
22
Age 80
88.4
89.9
18
21
Age 85
91.2
92.3
18
18
Age 90
94.4
95.1
18
17
Age 95
98.0
98.4
25
22
Age 100
102.2
102.4
21
20
 
 
United States
UNITED STATES TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
445,864
21.42
2 Alzheimers/Dementia
172,765
8.30
3 Lung Cancers
165,402
7.95
4 Stroke
146,664
7.05
5 Lung Disease
130,808
6.29
6 Diabetes Mellitus
75,280
3.62
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
62,592
3.01
8 Hypertension
62,156
2.99
9 Influenza & Pneumonia
57,722
2.77
10 Kidney Disease
50,889
2.45
11 Breast Cancer
47,377
2.28
12 Road Traffic Accidents
45,154
2.17
13 Lymphomas
38,595
1.85
14 Pancreas Cancer
35,715
1.72
15 Suicide
35,441
1.70
16 Prostate Cancer
34,299
1.65
17 Inflammatory/Heart
33,885
1.63
18 Endocrine Disorders
33,697
1.62
19 Liver Disease
30,027
1.44
20 Poisonings
29,473
1.42
21 Other Injuries
25,827
1.24
22 Leukemia
25,443
1.22
23 Falls
24,337
1.17
24 Parkinson Disease
21,557
1.04
25 Violence
19,169
0.92
  Deaths %
26 Liver Cancer
17,862
0.86
27 Bladder Cancer
16,279
0.78
28 Oesophagus Cancer
15,710
0.75
29 Ovary Cancer
15,254
0.73
30 Other Neoplasms
15,145
0.73
31 Stomach Cancer
13,230
0.64
32 Skin Cancers
13,036
0.63
33 Congenital Anomalies
11,835
0.57
34 HIV/AIDS
11,630
0.56
35 Oral Cancer
9,330
0.45
36 Uterin Cancer
8,638
0.42
37 Low Birth Weight
7,748
0.37
38 Diarrhoeal diseases
7,298
0.35
39 Hepatitis C
6,764
0.33
40 Alcohol
6,230
0.30
41 Drug Use
4,732
0.23
42 Cervical Cancer
4,564
0.22
43 Skin Disease
4,147
0.20
44 Multiple Sclerosis
3,738
0.18
45 Asthma
3,653
0.18
46 Drownings
3,599
0.17
47 Fires
3,463
0.17
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,401
0.16
49 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,209
0.15
50 Anaemia
3,059
0.15
 
 
United States
UNITED STATES 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
80.48
135
2 Lung Cancers
35.38
9
3 Stroke
25.36
186
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
24.84
3
5 Lung Disease
24.32
90
6 Breast Cancer
18.80
61
7 Diabetes Mellitus
15.16
138
8 Road Traffic Accidents
13.88
107
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.63
56
10 Hypertension
11.40
152
11 Suicide
10.27
63
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
9.69
168
13 Kidney Disease
9.25
131
14 Poisonings
8.93
19
15 Lymphomas
7.85
21
16 Pancreas Cancer
7.40
32
17 Liver Disease
7.35
123
18 Endocrine Disorders
7.12
91
19 Inflammatory/Heart
6.85
88
20 Violence
6.47
92
21 Other Injuries
6.21
164
22 Prostate Cancer
6.05
103
23 Leukemia
5.32
27
24 Falls
4.36
80
25 Congenital Anomalies
4.28
148
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Liver Cancer
3.93
139
27 Parkinson Disease
3.45
9
28 Oesophagus Cancer
3.43
79
29 HIV/AIDS
3.35
95
30 Ovary Cancer
3.24
41
31 Low Birth Weight
3.15
147
32 Bladder Cancer
3.02
73
33 Other Neoplasms
2.88
97
34 Skin Cancers
2.79
29
35 Stomach Cancer
2.76
170
36 Oral Cancer
2.06
134
37 Uterin Cancer
1.82
43
38 Hepatitis C
1.68
14
39 Alcohol
1.60
49
40 Drug Use
1.45
37
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.22
133
42 Drownings
1.16
160
43 Cervical Cancer
1.13
171
44 Fires
0.94
122
45 Birth Trauma
0.91
155
46 Multiple Sclerosis
0.90
12
47 Asthma
0.87
169
48 Skin Disease
0.78
134
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.63
158
50 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
183
 
 
United States
UNITED STATES CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
35.38
9
2 Breast Cancer
18.80
61
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.63
56
4 Lymphomas
7.85
21
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.40
32
6 Prostate Cancer
6.05
103
7 Leukemia
5.32
27
8 Liver Cancer
3.93
139
9 Oesophagus Cancer
3.43
79
  Rate World Rank
10 Ovary Cancer
3.24
41
11 Bladder Cancer
3.02
73
12 Other Neoplasms
2.88
97
13 Skin Cancers
2.79
29
14 Stomach Cancer
2.76
170
15 Oral Cancer
2.06
134
16 Uterin Cancer
1.82
43
17 Cervical Cancer
1.13
171
 
 
United States
UNITED STATES HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
9.6
49
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
26.3
21.5
94
42
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
42.3
48.6
7
16
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
247
25

 
United States
UNITED STATES DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
307,212,123
3
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
Population 0-14
20.2 %
142
Population 15-64
67.0 %
66
Population 65 +
12.8 %
41
Birth Rate / 1000
13.82
139
Death Rate / 1000
8.38
93
Fertulity Rate
2.05
114
Infant Mortality
6.26
158
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.75
113
Net Migrattion
4.31
16
Population Growth
0.98
114
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
7.2
92
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
78.2
29
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
70.0
34
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$47,000
7
 
 
 

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