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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia
AUSTRALIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
67.8
74.0
70.8
11
8
10
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
67.8
74.4
71.0
22
18
19
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.9
78.0
74.3
14
9
10
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
74.0
80.2
77.0
8
8
5
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
76.6
82.0
79.2
8
7
5
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
79.3
84.3
81.7
2
5
3
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Australia
AUSTRALIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
79.3
84.3
2
5
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
81.1
85.6
4
9
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
81.1
85.6
4
9
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
81.2
85.6
4
9
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
81.3
85.7
4
9
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
81.5
85.8
4
9
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
81.8
85.9
4
9
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
82.0
86.0
3
9
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
82.2
86.1
3
9
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
82.5
86.3
3
9
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
82.9
86.6
3
9
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
83.4
86.9
2
9
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
84.1
87.4
2
8
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.9
88.0
3
8
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
86.1
88.8
4
7
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.6
89.8
8
8
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.6
91.3
11
10
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.2
93.4
18
16
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.3
96.0
23
19
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.0
99.4
25
22
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.1
103.3
35
33
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia
AUSTRALIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
60.34
162
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
28.39
180
  
36.89
160
3 Lung Cancers
23.03
49
  
30.98
18
4 Breast Cancer
18.24
76
  
23.62
20
5 Alzheimers/Dementia
15.34
17
  
17.08
14
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.01
51
  
15.49
33
7 Lung Disease
12.83
137
  
21.47
98
8 Diabetes Mellitus
9.93
162
  
5.04
185
9 Prostate Cancer
8.77
51
  
8.21
58
10 Suicide
7.76
87
  
6.90
101
11 Lymphomas
7.50
32
  
7.35
36
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
6.99
180
  
23.69
125
13 Other Injuries
6.88
149
  
5.54
170
14 Road Traffic Accidents
6.75
162
  
4.77
180
15 Pancreas Cancer
6.22
47
  
6.81
39
16 Kidney Disease
5.95
156
  
3.23
185
17 Skin Cancers
5.79
4
  
2.74
32
18 Endocrine Disorders
5.17
110
  
3.13
147
19 Leukemia
5.07
35
  
4.39
63
20 Oesophagus Cancer
3.93
67
  
7.62
30
21 Stomach Cancer
3.81
157
  
4.81
130
22 Liver Disease
3.74
177
  
9.48
96
23 Hypertension
3.57
186
  
3.67
183
24 Inflammatory/Heart
3.54
134
  
2.97
152
25 Liver Cancer
3.43
152
  
3.07
164
26 Congenital Anomalies
3.17
172
  
3.68
164
27 Falls
3.15
119
  
3.51
109
28 Poisonings
2.97
82
  
2.81
89
29 Other Neoplasms
2.94
95
  
2.95
92
30 Bladder Cancer
2.76
81
  
4.27
28
31 Ovary Cancer
2.52
73
  
3.96
20
32 Parkinson Disease
2.42
35
  
3.48
8
33 Oral Cancer
2.21
124
  
2.39
113
34 Violence
1.25
153
  
1.14
160
35 Epilepsy
1.25
132
  
1.57
104
36 Asthma
1.21
150
  
1.09
153
37 Low Birth Weight
1.17
171
  
3.39
144
38 Uterin Cancer
1.08
93
  
1.53
64
39 Cervical Cancer
0.98
179
  
1.38
161
40 Drownings
0.93
164
  
0.35
187
41 Alcohol
0.89
101
  
1.10
76
42 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.82
143
  
0.90
140
43 Skin Disease
0.81
133
  
1.50
104
44 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
175
  
2.54
123
45 Birth Trauma
0.56
171
  
0.64
166
46 Drug Use
0.48
77
  
2.14
27
47 Multiple Sclerosis
0.46
41
  
1.33
4
48 HIV/AIDS
0.44
134
  
0.40
137
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.44
98
  
0.67
68
50 Fires
0.30
174
  
0.45
158
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Australia
AUSTRALIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
24,905
21.91
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
12,347
10.86
  
55,919
11.98
3 Lung Cancers
7,732
6.80
  
35,845
7.68
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
7,323
6.44
  
29,116
6.24
5 Lung Disease
5,093
4.48
  
29,069
6.23
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,534
3.99
  
18,951
4.06
7 Diabetes Mellitus
3,871
3.41
  
6,682
1.43
8 Prostate Cancer
3,500
3.08
  
11,508
2.46
9 Breast Cancer
3,126
2.75
  
14,343
3.07
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
3,104
2.73
  
37,348
8.00
11 Lymphomas
2,668
2.35
  
8,744
1.87
12 Kidney Disease
2,549
2.24
  
4,804
1.03
13 Pancreas Cancer
2,171
1.91
  
7,954
1.70
14 Other Injuries
2,066
1.82
  
6,029
1.29
15 Skin Cancers
1,958
1.72
  
2,947
0.63
16 Endocrine Disorders
1,854
1.63
  
3,056
0.65
17 Suicide
1,809
1.59
  
4,660
1.00
18 Leukemia
1,717
1.51
  
5,077
1.09
19 Hypertension
1,624
1.43
  
5,191
1.11
20 Road Traffic Accidents
1,465
1.29
  
3,073
0.66
21 Oesophagus Cancer
1,358
1.19
  
8,762
1.88
22 Stomach Cancer
1,329
1.17
  
6,006
1.29
23 Falls
1,307
1.15
  
4,450
0.95
24 Inflammatory/Heart
1,179
1.04
  
3,014
0.65
25 Liver Cancer
1,129
0.99
  
3,470
0.74
26 Other Neoplasms
1,115
0.98
  
3,829
0.82
27 Bladder Cancer
1,076
0.95
  
5,842
1.25
28 Liver Disease
1,063
0.94
  
7,767
1.66
29 Parkinson Disease
1,056
0.93
  
5,348
1.15
30 Ovary Cancer
838
0.74
  
4,366
0.94
31 Oral Cancer
702
0.62
  
2,428
0.52
32 Poisonings
688
0.61
  
1,805
0.39
33 Congenital Anomalies
589
0.52
  
1,950
0.42
34 Asthma
438
0.39
  
1,260
0.27
35 Uterin Cancer
381
0.34
  
1,852
0.40
36 Skin Disease
351
0.31
  
2,188
0.47
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
329
0.29
  
3,294
0.71
38 Epilepsy
308
0.27
  
1,201
0.26
39 Rheumatic Heart Disease
302
0.27
  
1,204
0.26
40 Cervical Cancer
301
0.26
  
1,322
0.28
41 Alcohol
264
0.23
  
862
0.18
42 Violence
261
0.23
  
703
0.15
43 Drownings
195
0.17
  
233
0.05
44 Low Birth Weight
176
0.15
  
1,386
0.30
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
174
0.15
  
905
0.19
46 Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.12
  
1,206
0.26
47 Anaemia
128
0.11
  
260
0.06
48 HIV/AIDS
107
0.09
  
266
0.06
49 Drug Use
98
0.09
  
1,247
0.27
50 Osteoarthritis
86
0.08
  
322
0.07
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia
AUSTRALIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
23.03
49
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
18.24
76
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.01
51
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
8.77
51
  
8.21
58
5 Lymphomas
7.50
32
  
7.35
36
6 Pancreas Cancer
6.22
47
  
6.81
39
7 Skin Cancers
5.79
4
  
2.74
32
8 Leukemia
5.07
35
  
4.39
63
9 Oesophagus Cancer
3.93
67
  
7.62
30
10 Stomach Cancer
3.81
157
  
4.81
130
11 Liver Cancer
3.43
152
  
3.07
164
12 Other Neoplasms
2.94
95
  
2.95
92
13 Bladder Cancer
2.76
81
  
4.27
28
14 Ovary Cancer
2.52
73
  
3.96
20
15 Oral Cancer
2.21
124
  
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.08
93
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
0.98
179
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Australia
AUSTRALIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
21,262,641
53
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
18.6 %
149
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
67.9 %
49
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
13.5 %
37
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
12.47
146
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
6.74
125
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.78
142
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.75
169
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.84
58
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
6.23
9
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.20
99
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
4.5
124
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
81.7
3
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.0
9
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$38,100
18
  
$36,600
23
 

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