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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia
COLOMBIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
55.1
58.6
56.8
69
70
70
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
67.4
74.9
71.1
81
63
71
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
71.0
77.8
74.3
76
63
68
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Colombia
COLOMBIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
71.0
77.8
76
63
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
75.8
82.1
43
36
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
75.9
82.2
44
36
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
76.0
82.2
44
36
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
76.6
82.4
42
37
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
77.4
82.6
41
37
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
78.3
82.8
37
36
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
79.1
83.1
33
36
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
79.8
83.3
30
36
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
80.4
83.7
25
36
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
81.0
84.1
25
36
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
81.8
84.6
23
36
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
82.8
85.3
20
37
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.9
86.1
21
36
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.5
87.4
16
34
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.4
88.9
13
29
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
90.1
91.1
3
13
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.9
93.6
4
10
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
96.0
96.4
4
10
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.5
99.7
5
10
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.4
103.5
6
11
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia
COLOMBIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
85.79
129
  
68.80
155
2 Violence
44.77
8
  
1.14
160
3 Stroke
42.20
155
  
36.89
160
4 Lung Disease
29.09
77
  
21.47
98
5 Diabetes Mellitus
21.88
119
  
5.04
185
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
19.36
140
  
23.69
125
7 Road Traffic Accidents
17.95
79
  
4.77
180
8 Hypertension
15.73
140
  
3.67
183
9 Stomach Cancer
15.41
26
  
4.81
130
10 War
14.09
9
  
0.00
192
11 Lung Cancers
12.94
93
  
30.98
18
12 Breast Cancer
11.04
160
  
23.62
20
13 Kidney Disease
9.22
132
  
3.23
185
14 Prostate Cancer
8.08
63
  
8.21
58
15 HIV/AIDS
7.48
77
  
0.40
137
16 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.21
94
  
15.49
33
17 Low Birth Weight
7.08
111
  
3.39
144
18 Congenital Anomalies
6.94
68
  
3.68
164
19 Other Injuries
6.66
155
  
5.54
170
20 Cervical Cancer
6.04
86
  
1.38
161
21 Suicide
5.97
117
  
6.90
101
22 Liver Disease
5.84
147
  
9.48
96
23 Liver Cancer
5.63
97
  
3.07
164
24 Malnutrition
4.98
65
  
0.07
172
25 Lymphomas
4.44
120
  
7.35
36
26 Leukemia
4.03
88
  
4.39
63
27 Other Neoplasms
3.80
63
  
2.95
92
28 Pancreas Cancer
3.74
87
  
6.81
39
29 Tuberculosis
3.74
113
  
0.41
170
30 Falls
3.61
104
  
3.51
109
31 Inflammatory/Heart
3.61
131
  
2.97
152
32 Diarrhoeal diseases
3.23
109
  
1.95
119
33 Endocrine Disorders
3.20
144
  
3.13
147
34 Skin Disease
3.11
79
  
1.50
104
35 Birth Trauma
2.61
119
  
0.64
166
36 Drownings
2.51
116
  
0.35
187
37 Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
105
  
7.62
30
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.11
135
  
2.54
123
39 Ovary Cancer
2.09
102
  
3.96
20
40 Epilepsy
1.74
94
  
1.57
104
41 Oral Cancer
1.67
159
  
2.39
113
42 Maternal Conditions
1.42
93
  
0.15
151
43 Bladder Cancer
1.36
141
  
4.27
28
44 Asthma
1.31
144
  
1.09
153
45 Meningitis
1.26
111
  
0.41
149
46 Skin Cancers
1.09
104
  
2.74
32
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.79
145
  
0.90
140
48 Anaemia
0.78
127
  
0.15
171
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
0.68
173
  
17.08
14
50 Syphilis
0.66
65
  
0.00
147
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Colombia
COLOMBIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
27,673
16.08
  
92,299
19.77
2 Violence
20,323
11.81
  
703
0.15
3 Stroke
13,802
8.02
  
55,919
11.98
4 Lung Disease
9,090
5.28
  
29,069
6.23
5 Road Traffic Accidents
7,586
4.41
  
3,073
0.66
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
7,122
4.14
  
37,348
8.00
7 Diabetes Mellitus
7,110
4.13
  
6,682
1.43
8 War
6,208
3.61
  
0
0.00
9 Stomach Cancer
5,073
2.95
  
6,006
1.29
10 Hypertension
4,974
2.89
  
5,191
1.11
11 Lung Cancers
4,180
2.43
  
35,845
7.68
12 Low Birth Weight
3,606
2.10
  
1,386
0.30
13 Congenital Anomalies
3,498
2.03
  
1,950
0.42
14 HIV/AIDS
3,266
1.90
  
266
0.06
15 Kidney Disease
3,096
1.80
  
4,804
1.03
16 Other Injuries
2,775
1.61
  
6,029
1.29
17 Suicide
2,622
1.52
  
4,660
1.00
18 Prostate Cancer
2,482
1.44
  
11,508
2.46
19 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,388
1.39
  
18,951
4.06
20 Cervical Cancer
2,154
1.25
  
1,322
0.28
21 Breast Cancer
2,120
1.23
  
14,343
3.07
22 Liver Disease
1,993
1.16
  
7,767
1.66
23 Malnutrition
1,985
1.15
  
85
0.02
24 Liver Cancer
1,838
1.07
  
3,470
0.74
25 Leukemia
1,560
0.91
  
5,077
1.09
26 Lymphomas
1,540
0.90
  
8,744
1.87
27 Tuberculosis
1,431
0.83
  
443
0.09
28 Falls
1,354
0.79
  
4,450
0.95
29 Other Neoplasms
1,336
0.78
  
3,829
0.82
30 Birth Trauma
1,328
0.77
  
262
0.06
31 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,318
0.77
  
3,081
0.66
32 Inflammatory/Heart
1,258
0.73
  
3,014
0.65
33 Pancreas Cancer
1,213
0.71
  
7,954
1.70
34 Endocrine Disorders
1,196
0.70
  
3,056
0.65
35 Drownings
1,158
0.67
  
233
0.05
36 Skin Disease
1,024
0.60
  
2,188
0.47
37 Oesophagus Cancer
761
0.44
  
8,762
1.88
38 Epilepsy
743
0.43
  
1,201
0.26
39 Ovary Cancer
730
0.42
  
4,366
0.94
40 Peptic Ulcer Disease
688
0.40
  
3,294
0.71
41 Maternal Conditions
668
0.39
  
81
0.02
42 Oral Cancer
548
0.32
  
2,428
0.52
43 Meningitis
540
0.31
  
278
0.06
44 Asthma
477
0.28
  
1,260
0.27
45 Bladder Cancer
431
0.25
  
5,842
1.25
46 Skin Cancers
372
0.22
  
2,947
0.63
47 Syphilis
332
0.19
  
3
0.00
48 Anaemia
297
0.17
  
260
0.06
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
288
0.17
  
1,204
0.26
50 Upper Respiratory
218
0.13
  
56
0.01
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia
COLOMBIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
15.41
26
  
4.81
130
2 Lung Cancers
12.94
93
  
30.98
18
3 Breast Cancer
11.04
160
  
23.62
20
4 Prostate Cancer
8.08
63
  
8.21
58
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.21
94
  
15.49
33
6 Cervical Cancer
6.04
86
  
1.38
161
7 Liver Cancer
5.63
97
  
3.07
164
8 Lymphomas
4.44
120
  
7.35
36
9 Leukemia
4.03
88
  
4.39
63
10 Other Neoplasms
3.80
63
  
2.95
92
11 Pancreas Cancer
3.74
87
  
6.81
39
12 Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
105
  
7.62
30
13 Ovary Cancer
2.09
102
  
3.96
20
14 Oral Cancer
1.67
159
  
2.39
113
15 Bladder Cancer
1.36
141
  
4.27
28
16 Skin Cancers
1.09
104
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.50
146
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Colombia
COLOMBIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
45,644,023
28
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
153
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
28.9 %
97
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
65.4 %
91
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
5.6 %
93
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
19.57
97
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
5.54
152
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.46
91
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
18.90
104
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
158
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.95
169
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.75
113
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.26
81
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.38
87
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
90.4
97
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
90.1
105
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
90.7
83
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
11.8
54
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
74.3
68
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
66.0
63
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$8,900
88
  
$36,600
23
 

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