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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
42.0
41.9
42.0
180
183
180
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
44.5
44.9
44.7
184
184
184
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
44.5
44.9
184
184
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
59.6
62.7
181
178
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
60.7
63.9
180
177
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
61.2
64.6
180
175
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
61.6
65.5
181
175
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
62.7
66.7
180
173
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
64.0
67.9
178
175
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
65.5
69.1
175
176
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
67.0
70.3
174
180
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
68.6
71.6
176
184
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
70.4
72.9
178
187
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
72.2
74.3
182
190
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
74.4
76.1
186
191
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
76.8
78.0
191
191
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.5
80.4
191
192
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.5
83.2
192
192
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
85.9
86.4
192
191
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.7
90.1
190
191
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.8
94.0
189
188
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.6
102.7
190
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
328.64
7
  
68.80
155
2 Diarrhoeal diseases
170.62
3
  
1.95
119
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
164.51
20
  
23.69
125
4 Stroke
109.47
83
  
36.89
160
5 Hypertension
77.47
12
  
3.67
183
6 Maternal Conditions
76.91
1
  
0.15
151
7 War
74.05
4
  
0.00
192
8 Tuberculosis
63.78
25
  
0.41
170
9 Kidney Disease
53.30
3
  
3.23
185
10 Liver Disease
47.66
6
  
9.48
96
11 Lung Disease
36.74
62
  
21.47
98
12 Birth Trauma
30.77
1
  
0.64
166
13 Drug Use
29.06
1
  
2.14
27
14 Low Birth Weight
27.10
11
  
3.39
144
15 Diabetes Mellitus
26.31
101
  
5.04
185
16 Road Traffic Accidents
25.07
48
  
4.77
180
17 Endocrine Disorders
23.54
6
  
3.13
147
18 Other Injuries
21.94
35
  
5.54
170
19 Inflammatory/Heart
21.92
5
  
2.97
152
20 Malnutrition
18.58
5
  
0.07
172
21 Stomach Cancer
17.07
20
  
4.81
130
22 Other Neoplasms
14.81
2
  
2.95
92
23 Meningitis
14.65
28
  
0.41
149
24 Congenital Anomalies
14.28
3
  
3.68
164
25 Breast Cancer
14.16
119
  
23.62
20
26 Asthma
11.09
56
  
1.09
153
27 Oesophagus Cancer
9.75
19
  
7.62
30
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
9.41
7
  
0.90
140
29 Tetanus
8.98
2
  
0.00
192
30 Hepatitis B
7.69
5
  
0.07
177
31 Lymphomas
7.53
31
  
7.35
36
32 Drownings
7.52
24
  
0.35
187
33 Lung Cancers
7.23
126
  
30.98
18
34 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.55
100
  
15.49
33
35 Leukemia
5.31
28
  
4.39
63
36 Falls
4.88
64
  
3.51
109
37 Bladder Cancer
4.25
29
  
4.27
28
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.11
79
  
2.54
123
39 Anaemia
4.10
69
  
0.15
171
40 Suicide
4.09
153
  
6.90
101
41 Fires
3.95
63
  
0.45
158
42 Liver Cancer
3.83
142
  
3.07
164
43 Hepatitis C
3.78
3
  
0.23
107
44 Measles
3.72
15
  
0.00
97
45 Poisonings
3.60
65
  
2.81
89
46 Epilepsy
3.13
61
  
1.57
104
47 Upper Respiratory
2.94
22
  
0.07
144
48 Violence
2.75
119
  
1.14
160
49 Cervical Cancer
2.61
135
  
1.38
161
50 Pancreas Cancer
2.33
115
  
6.81
39
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
74,783
20.37
  
37,348
8.00
2 Diarrhoeal diseases
65,835
17.93
  
3,081
0.66
3 Coronary Heart Disease
31,227
8.51
  
92,299
19.77
4 Maternal Conditions
17,678
4.82
  
81
0.02
5 Birth Trauma
17,157
4.67
  
262
0.06
6 Low Birth Weight
15,113
4.12
  
1,386
0.30
7 War
14,065
3.83
  
0
0.00
8 Stroke
11,391
3.10
  
55,919
11.98
9 Malnutrition
9,788
2.67
  
85
0.02
10 Tuberculosis
9,349
2.55
  
443
0.09
11 Other Injuries
7,049
1.92
  
6,029
1.29
12 Congenital Anomalies
7,020
1.91
  
1,950
0.42
13 Meningitis
6,960
1.90
  
278
0.06
14 Hypertension
6,627
1.81
  
5,191
1.11
15 Road Traffic Accidents
6,540
1.78
  
3,073
0.66
16 Kidney Disease
5,992
1.63
  
4,804
1.03
17 Liver Disease
5,220
1.42
  
7,767
1.66
18 Drug Use
5,084
1.38
  
1,247
0.27
19 Tetanus
3,497
0.95
  
0
0.00
20 Endocrine Disorders
3,186
0.87
  
3,056
0.65
21 Lung Disease
3,026
0.82
  
29,069
6.23
22 Drownings
2,983
0.81
  
233
0.05
23 Diabetes Mellitus
2,503
0.68
  
6,682
1.43
24 Inflammatory/Heart
2,251
0.61
  
3,014
0.65
25 Asthma
2,160
0.59
  
1,260
0.27
26 Other Neoplasms
2,026
0.55
  
3,829
0.82
27 Measles
2,024
0.55
  
2
0.00
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,847
0.50
  
1,204
0.26
29 Anaemia
1,656
0.45
  
260
0.06
30 Stomach Cancer
1,604
0.44
  
6,006
1.29
31 Falls
1,539
0.42
  
4,450
0.95
32 Upper Respiratory
1,495
0.41
  
56
0.01
33 Hepatitis B
1,410
0.38
  
57
0.01
34 Fires
1,226
0.33
  
380
0.08
35 Lymphomas
1,177
0.32
  
8,744
1.87
36 Pertussis
1,093
0.30
  
6
0.00
37 Leukemia
1,055
0.29
  
5,077
1.09
38 Suicide
1,018
0.28
  
4,660
1.00
39 Oesophagus Cancer
953
0.26
  
8,762
1.88
40 Poisonings
904
0.25
  
1,805
0.39
41 Syphilis
898
0.24
  
3
0.00
42 Breast Cancer
853
0.23
  
14,343
3.07
43 Epilepsy
836
0.23
  
1,201
0.26
44 Lung Cancers
737
0.20
  
35,845
7.68
45 Violence
712
0.19
  
703
0.15
46 Colon-Rectum Cancers
700
0.19
  
18,951
4.06
47 Hepatitis C
692
0.19
  
189
0.04
48 Leishmaniasis
454
0.12
  
1
0.00
49 Peptic Ulcer Disease
422
0.11
  
3,294
0.71
50 Liver Cancer
397
0.11
  
3,470
0.74
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
17.07
20
  
4.81
130
2 Other Neoplasms
14.81
2
  
2.95
92
3 Breast Cancer
14.16
119
  
23.62
20
4 Oesophagus Cancer
9.75
19
  
7.62
30
5 Lymphomas
7.53
31
  
7.35
36
6 Lung Cancers
7.23
126
  
30.98
18
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.55
100
  
15.49
33
8 Leukemia
5.31
28
  
4.39
63
9 Bladder Cancer
4.25
29
  
4.27
28
10 Liver Cancer
3.83
142
  
3.07
164
11 Cervical Cancer
2.61
135
  
1.38
161
12 Pancreas Cancer
2.33
115
  
6.81
39
13 Oral Cancer
1.98
141
  
2.39
113
14 Prostate Cancer
1.79
171
  
8.21
58
15 Skin Cancers
1.76
64
  
2.74
32
16 Ovary Cancer
1.01
178
  
3.96
20
17 Uterin Cancer
0.79
114
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
33,609,937
37
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.05
19
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
44.5 %
17
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
53.0 %
174
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.4 %
186
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
45.46
4
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
19.18
8
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
6.53
4
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
151.95
3
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.05
28
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.93
26
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
21.00
2
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.63
24
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
28.1
187
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
43.1
177
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
12.6
181
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
40.0
13
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
44.7
184
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
36.0
190
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$800
182
  
$36,600
23
 

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