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Central Africa
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central Africa
CENTRAL AFRICA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
36.2
41.2
38.7
159
146
156
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
40.2
45.2
42.6
160
148
154
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
45.1
50.4
47.7
157
147
153
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
47.3
52.5
49.8
165
159
163
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
42.5
46.3
44.4
176
175
176
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
48.5
51.0
49.7
177
176
177
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Central Africa
CENTRAL AFRICA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
48.5
51.0
177
176
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
59.5
58.1
182
189
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
60.4
59.2
182
189
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
61.0
59.9
182
188
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
61.4
60.7
182
187
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
62.1
61.9
182
188
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
63.1
63.5
182
189
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
64.6
65.8
182
187
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
66.5
68.3
180
189
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
68.5
70.6
178
190
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
70.6
72.5
176
191
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
72.7
74.3
175
190
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
74.9
76.2
172
190
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.2
78.2
174
188
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.8
80.5
175
190
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.7
83.3
181
189
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.1
86.5
178
190
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.8
90.2
187
182
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.8
94.1
189
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central Africa
CENTRAL AFRICA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
353.40
10
  
0.40
137
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
184.74
17
  
23.69
125
3 Stroke
162.46
18
  
36.89
160
4 Coronary Heart Disease
132.21
67
  
68.80
155
5 Malaria
117.29
3
  
0.01
104
6 Diarrhoeal diseases
101.36
20
  
1.95
119
7 Diabetes Mellitus
61.77
29
  
5.04
185
8 Tuberculosis
58.90
30
  
0.41
170
9 Lung Disease
45.53
31
  
21.47
98
10 Road Traffic Accidents
39.66
8
  
4.77
180
11 Violence
35.10
13
  
1.14
160
12 Maternal Conditions
33.54
14
  
0.15
151
13 Asthma
31.20
5
  
1.09
153
14 Hypertension
29.48
75
  
3.67
183
15 Low Birth Weight
28.64
9
  
3.39
144
16 Kidney Disease
27.89
32
  
3.23
185
17 Birth Trauma
23.85
10
  
0.64
166
18 Trypanosomiasis
22.54
4
  
0.00
192
19 Endocrine Disorders
20.09
16
  
3.13
147
20 Breast Cancer
17.59
85
  
23.62
20
21 Meningitis
17.25
23
  
0.41
149
22 Inflammatory/Heart
16.41
21
  
2.97
152
23 Other Injuries
14.54
77
  
5.54
170
24 Suicide
14.52
32
  
6.90
101
25 War
14.45
8
  
0.00
192
26 Schistosomiasis
12.93
8
  
0.00
64
27 Poisonings
11.50
14
  
2.81
89
28 Pertussis
10.98
6
  
0.02
106
29 Liver Cancer
10.44
42
  
3.07
164
30 Epilepsy
10.42
13
  
1.57
104
31 Malnutrition
9.74
32
  
0.07
172
32 Drownings
9.68
10
  
0.35
187
33 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.43
44
  
17.08
14
34 Congenital Anomalies
9.36
21
  
3.68
164
35 Anaemia
8.53
19
  
0.15
171
36 Liver Disease
8.53
106
  
9.48
96
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.46
22
  
2.54
123
38 Cervical Cancer
8.30
58
  
1.38
161
39 Prostate Cancer
7.33
71
  
8.21
58
40 Lymphomas
6.80
50
  
7.35
36
41 Fires
5.61
24
  
0.45
158
42 Falls
5.58
50
  
3.51
109
43 Skin Disease
5.46
23
  
1.50
104
44 Other Neoplasms
4.99
36
  
2.95
92
45 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.94
151
  
15.49
33
46 Leukemia
3.22
123
  
4.39
63
47 Oral Cancer
2.77
97
  
2.39
113
48 Syphilis
2.64
26
  
0.00
147
49 Ovary Cancer
2.63
67
  
3.96
20
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.25
57
  
0.90
140
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Central Africa
CENTRAL AFRICA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
12,157
18.90
  
266
0.06
2 Malaria
8,336
12.96
  
5
0.00
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
7,280
11.32
  
37,348
8.00
4 Diarrhoeal diseases
4,923
7.65
  
3,081
0.66
5 Stroke
3,408
5.30
  
55,919
11.98
6 Coronary Heart Disease
2,756
4.28
  
92,299
19.77
7 Low Birth Weight
2,135
3.32
  
1,386
0.30
8 Tuberculosis
2,007
3.12
  
443
0.09
9 Birth Trauma
1,779
2.77
  
262
0.06
10 Road Traffic Accidents
1,369
2.13
  
3,073
0.66
11 Diabetes Mellitus
1,342
2.09
  
6,682
1.43
12 Maternal Conditions
1,333
2.07
  
81
0.02
13 Violence
1,240
1.93
  
703
0.15
14 Lung Disease
968
1.50
  
29,069
6.23
15 Meningitis
909
1.41
  
278
0.06
16 Trypanosomiasis
888
1.38
  
0
0.00
17 Pertussis
818
1.27
  
6
0.00
18 Asthma
771
1.20
  
1,260
0.27
19 Kidney Disease
645
1.00
  
4,804
1.03
20 Congenital Anomalies
638
0.99
  
1,950
0.42
21 Hypertension
610
0.95
  
5,191
1.11
22 Other Injuries
570
0.89
  
6,029
1.29
23 Malnutrition
511
0.79
  
85
0.02
24 War
501
0.78
  
0
0.00
25 Endocrine Disorders
493
0.77
  
3,056
0.65
26 Suicide
432
0.67
  
4,660
1.00
27 Inflammatory/Heart
391
0.61
  
3,014
0.65
28 Schistosomiasis
373
0.58
  
1
0.00
29 Drownings
365
0.57
  
233
0.05
30 Poisonings
363
0.56
  
1,805
0.39
31 Epilepsy
314
0.49
  
1,201
0.26
32 Liver Cancer
284
0.44
  
3,470
0.74
33 Breast Cancer
237
0.37
  
14,343
3.07
34 Anaemia
234
0.36
  
260
0.06
35 Fires
223
0.35
  
380
0.08
36 Liver Disease
205
0.32
  
7,767
1.66
37 Cervical Cancer
201
0.31
  
1,322
0.28
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
197
0.31
  
3,294
0.71
39 Lymphomas
190
0.30
  
8,744
1.87
40 Alzheimers/Dementia
166
0.26
  
29,116
6.24
41 Prostate Cancer
151
0.23
  
11,508
2.46
42 Syphilis
149
0.23
  
3
0.00
43 Falls
144
0.22
  
4,450
0.95
44 Other Neoplasms
130
0.20
  
3,829
0.82
45 Skin Disease
122
0.19
  
2,188
0.47
46 Leukemia
101
0.16
  
5,077
1.09
47 Colon-Rectum Cancers
96
0.15
  
18,951
4.06
48 Tetanus
90
0.14
  
0
0.00
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
74
0.12
  
1,204
0.26
50 Ovary Cancer
67
0.10
  
4,366
0.94
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central Africa
CENTRAL AFRICA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
17.59
85
  
23.62
20
2 Liver Cancer
10.44
42
  
3.07
164
3 Cervical Cancer
8.30
58
  
1.38
161
4 Prostate Cancer
7.33
71
  
8.21
58
5 Lymphomas
6.80
50
  
7.35
36
6 Other Neoplasms
4.99
36
  
2.95
92
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.94
151
  
15.49
33
8 Leukemia
3.22
123
  
4.39
63
9 Oral Cancer
2.77
97
  
2.39
113
10 Ovary Cancer
2.63
67
  
3.96
20
11 Oesophagus Cancer
2.13
114
  
7.62
30
12 Stomach Cancer
2.01
185
  
4.81
130
13 Lung Cancers
1.83
180
  
30.98
18
14 Pancreas Cancer
1.15
161
  
6.81
39
15 Bladder Cancer
1.03
159
  
4.27
28
16 Skin Cancers
0.93
116
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.40
164
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Central Africa
CENTRAL AFRICA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
4,511,488
117
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
40.9 %
39
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
55.0 %
160
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
4.1 %
121
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
32.75
40
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
17.84
10
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
4.14
41
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
80.62
21
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.99
128
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.63
174
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.49
81
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
48.6
173
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
64.8
158
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
33.5
168
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
8.0
77
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
49.7
177
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
42.0
182
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$700
186
  
$36,600
23
 

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