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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China
CHINA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
69.9
73.0
71.4
58
84
67
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
72.5
76.8
74.5
60
77
64
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  China
CHINA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
72.5
76.8
60
77
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
74.4
78.5
57
78
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
74.5
78.6
56
78
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
74.6
78.7
57
78
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
74.8
78.8
59
78
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
75.1
78.9
62
78
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
75.4
79.1
62
79
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
75.7
79.2
66
82
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
76.0
79.5
67
79
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
76.4
79.8
69
80
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
77.0
80.2
72
84
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
77.8
80.8
73
86
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
78.9
81.5
74
87
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
80.3
82.4
76
92
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
82.2
83.7
79
94
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.4
85.5
89
96
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.2
87.9
97
101
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.5
90.8
104
110
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.2
94.4
108
108
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.3
98.4
119
117
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.8
102.8
110
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China
CHINA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
161.86
20
  
36.89
160
2 Lung Disease
99.93
2
  
21.47
98
3 Coronary Heart Disease
79.72
137
  
68.80
155
4 Lung Cancers
33.52
12
  
30.98
18
5 Liver Cancer
26.97
7
  
3.07
164
6 Stomach Cancer
25.95
3
  
4.81
130
7 Road Traffic Accidents
20.75
67
  
4.77
180
8 Other Injuries
15.83
71
  
5.54
170
9 Hypertension
15.83
139
  
3.67
183
10 Oesophagus Cancer
15.55
6
  
7.62
30
11 Influenza & Pneumonia
14.91
152
  
23.69
125
12 Diabetes Mellitus
13.42
146
  
5.04
185
13 Suicide
12.13
43
  
6.90
101
14 Tuberculosis
11.41
84
  
0.41
170
15 Falls
8.84
18
  
3.51
109
16 Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.43
80
  
15.49
33
17 Liver Disease
8.12
114
  
9.48
96
18 Inflammatory/Heart
6.67
90
  
2.97
152
19 Birth Trauma
6.62
75
  
0.64
166
20 Breast Cancer
6.43
183
  
23.62
20
21 Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.37
11
  
0.90
140
22 Drownings
6.19
40
  
0.35
187
23 Kidney Disease
6.12
155
  
3.23
185
24 Low Birth Weight
5.97
121
  
3.39
144
25 Congenital Anomalies
4.76
138
  
3.68
164
26 Leukemia
4.09
82
  
4.39
63
27 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.60
91
  
2.54
123
28 Alzheimers/Dementia
3.19
112
  
17.08
14
29 Poisonings
3.16
77
  
2.81
89
30 Pancreas Cancer
3.01
105
  
6.81
39
31 Oral Cancer
2.54
104
  
2.39
113
32 Other Neoplasms
2.53
110
  
2.95
92
33 Cervical Cancer
2.44
139
  
1.38
161
34 Hepatitis B
2.38
34
  
0.07
177
35 HIV/AIDS
2.28
103
  
0.40
137
36 Lymphomas
1.91
183
  
7.35
36
37 Parkinson Disease
1.73
97
  
3.48
8
38 Endocrine Disorders
1.67
171
  
3.13
147
39 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.65
125
  
1.95
119
40 Bladder Cancer
1.63
121
  
4.27
28
41 Violence
1.54
142
  
1.14
160
42 Epilepsy
1.48
110
  
1.57
104
43 Uterin Cancer
1.36
76
  
1.53
64
44 Asthma
1.30
145
  
1.09
153
45 Prostate Cancer
1.16
178
  
8.21
58
46 Upper Respiratory
1.14
65
  
0.07
144
47 Meningitis
1.08
121
  
0.41
149
48 Hepatitis C
1.02
34
  
0.23
107
49 Malnutrition
0.90
114
  
0.07
172
50 Fires
0.87
128
  
0.45
158
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  China
CHINA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
2,125,802
23.92
  
55,919
11.98
2 Lung Disease
1,287,089
14.48
  
29,069
6.23
3 Coronary Heart Disease
1,040,692
11.71
  
92,299
19.77
4 Lung Cancers
460,856
5.19
  
35,845
7.68
5 Liver Cancer
380,491
4.28
  
3,470
0.74
6 Stomach Cancer
354,829
3.99
  
6,006
1.29
7 Road Traffic Accidents
292,481
3.29
  
3,073
0.66
8 Oesophagus Cancer
212,537
2.39
  
8,762
1.88
9 Other Injuries
209,836
2.36
  
6,029
1.29
10 Hypertension
205,689
2.31
  
5,191
1.11
11 Diabetes Mellitus
179,701
2.02
  
6,682
1.43
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
172,539
1.94
  
37,348
8.00
13 Suicide
170,143
1.91
  
4,660
1.00
14 Tuberculosis
158,260
1.78
  
443
0.09
15 Falls
116,568
1.31
  
4,450
0.95
16 Colon-Rectum Cancers
115,155
1.30
  
18,951
4.06
17 Liver Disease
113,162
1.27
  
7,767
1.66
18 Inflammatory/Heart
85,900
0.97
  
3,014
0.65
19 Rheumatic Heart Disease
85,829
0.97
  
1,204
0.26
20 Kidney Disease
83,491
0.94
  
4,804
1.03
21 Drownings
76,746
0.86
  
233
0.05
22 Birth Trauma
65,566
0.74
  
262
0.06
23 Low Birth Weight
59,117
0.67
  
1,386
0.30
24 Leukemia
55,565
0.63
  
5,077
1.09
25 Congenital Anomalies
50,652
0.57
  
1,950
0.42
26 Peptic Ulcer Disease
47,876
0.54
  
3,294
0.71
27 Breast Cancer
46,491
0.52
  
14,343
3.07
28 Poisonings
43,938
0.49
  
1,805
0.39
29 Pancreas Cancer
41,194
0.46
  
7,954
1.70
30 Alzheimers/Dementia
40,477
0.46
  
29,116
6.24
31 Oral Cancer
35,808
0.40
  
2,428
0.52
32 Cervical Cancer
34,709
0.39
  
1,322
0.28
33 Other Neoplasms
34,091
0.38
  
3,829
0.82
34 HIV/AIDS
33,951
0.38
  
266
0.06
35 Hepatitis B
33,814
0.38
  
57
0.01
36 Lymphomas
26,519
0.30
  
8,744
1.87
37 Parkinson Disease
22,553
0.25
  
5,348
1.15
38 Bladder Cancer
21,807
0.25
  
5,842
1.25
39 Violence
21,592
0.24
  
703
0.15
40 Endocrine Disorders
20,916
0.24
  
3,056
0.65
41 Asthma
19,335
0.22
  
1,260
0.27
42 Uterin Cancer
19,273
0.22
  
1,852
0.40
43 Epilepsy
19,239
0.22
  
1,201
0.26
44 Diarrhoeal diseases
18,156
0.20
  
3,081
0.66
45 Prostate Cancer
15,413
0.17
  
11,508
2.46
46 Hepatitis C
14,384
0.16
  
189
0.04
47 Upper Respiratory
12,929
0.15
  
56
0.01
48 Ovary Cancer
11,835
0.13
  
4,366
0.94
49 Meningitis
11,792
0.13
  
278
0.06
50 Malnutrition
11,660
0.13
  
85
0.02
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China
CHINA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
33.52
12
  
30.98
18
2 Liver Cancer
26.97
7
  
3.07
164
3 Stomach Cancer
25.95
3
  
4.81
130
4 Oesophagus Cancer
15.55
6
  
7.62
30
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.43
80
  
15.49
33
6 Breast Cancer
6.43
183
  
23.62
20
7 Leukemia
4.09
82
  
4.39
63
8 Pancreas Cancer
3.01
105
  
6.81
39
9 Oral Cancer
2.54
104
  
2.39
113
10 Other Neoplasms
2.53
110
  
2.95
92
11 Cervical Cancer
2.44
139
  
1.38
161
12 Lymphomas
1.91
183
  
7.35
36
13 Bladder Cancer
1.63
121
  
4.27
28
14 Uterin Cancer
1.36
76
  
1.53
64
15 Prostate Cancer
1.16
178
  
8.21
58
16 Ovary Cancer
0.84
185
  
3.96
20
17 Skin Cancers
0.57
150
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  China
CHINA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
1,338,612,968
1
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.06
16
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
19.8 %
143
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
72.1 %
10
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
8.1 %
64
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
14.00
136
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
7.06
113
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.79
139
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
20.25
101
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.10
6
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.13
4
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.06
21
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.91
31
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.39
86
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.66
129
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
90.9
93
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
95.1
75
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
86.5
101
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
4.0
129
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
74.5
64
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
66.0
63
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$6,000
105
  
$36,600
23
 

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