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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece
GREECE		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
75.5
80.6
78.0
17
20
18
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
77.2
82.5
79.8
18
19
17
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Greece
GREECE		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
77.2
82.5
18
19
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
78.9
84.2
26
21
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
79.0
84.2
25
21
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
79.0
84.2
26
22
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
79.2
84.3
26
22
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
79.5
84.4
23
21
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
79.8
84.5
24
21
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
80.1
84.6
23
21
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
80.3
84.7
24
22
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
80.7
84.9
24
22
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
81.2
85.1
22
22
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
81.8
85.5
23
22
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
82.7
85.9
22
24
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.9
86.4
21
28
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.2
87.0
26
38
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.9
87.9
26
45
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.0
89.3
31
61
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.7
91.5
43
80
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.0
94.6
44
89
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.8
98.4
46
117
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
102.8
58
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece
GREECE		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
61.65
132
  
36.89
160
2 Coronary Heart Disease
60.33
163
  
68.80
155
3 Lung Cancers
31.16
16
  
30.98
18
4 Breast Cancer
19.95
49
  
23.62
20
5 Road Traffic Accidents
13.81
108
  
4.77
180
6 Upper Respiratory
13.50
2
  
0.07
144
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.26
62
  
15.49
33
8 Lung Disease
8.44
166
  
21.47
98
9 Kidney Disease
8.07
141
  
3.23
185
10 Leukemia
7.16
2
  
4.39
63
11 Liver Cancer
7.07
80
  
3.07
164
12 Stomach Cancer
6.97
90
  
4.81
130
13 Pancreas Cancer
6.90
38
  
6.81
39
14 Prostate Cancer
6.83
83
  
8.21
58
15 Hypertension
5.38
174
  
3.67
183
16 Bladder Cancer
5.05
13
  
4.27
28
17 Diabetes Mellitus
5.01
186
  
5.04
185
18 Lymphomas
4.51
114
  
7.35
36
19 Liver Disease
4.33
167
  
9.48
96
20 Influenza & Pneumonia
4.16
189
  
23.69
125
21 Falls
2.98
122
  
3.51
109
22 Poisonings
2.83
88
  
2.81
89
23 Endocrine Disorders
2.78
149
  
3.13
147
24 Congenital Anomalies
2.69
183
  
3.68
164
25 Suicide
2.62
170
  
6.90
101
26 Ovary Cancer
2.53
72
  
3.96
20
27 Other Injuries
2.44
187
  
5.54
170
28 Low Birth Weight
2.07
157
  
3.39
144
29 Drownings
2.07
130
  
0.35
187
30 Skin Cancers
1.98
52
  
2.74
32
31 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.80
149
  
17.08
14
32 Parkinson Disease
1.64
103
  
3.48
8
33 Oral Cancer
1.58
164
  
2.39
113
34 Uterin Cancer
1.40
73
  
1.53
64
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.33
155
  
2.54
123
36 Violence
1.21
155
  
1.14
160
37 Cervical Cancer
1.03
175
  
1.38
161
38 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
163
  
7.62
30
39 Multiple Sclerosis
0.61
33
  
1.33
4
40 Fires
0.59
149
  
0.45
158
41 Epilepsy
0.44
181
  
1.57
104
42 Hepatitis C
0.39
78
  
0.23
107
43 Meningitis
0.36
158
  
0.41
149
44 Tuberculosis
0.36
171
  
0.41
170
45 Alcohol
0.29
162
  
1.10
76
46 Inflammatory/Heart
0.25
190
  
2.97
152
47 Birth Trauma
0.20
187
  
0.64
166
48 Skin Disease
0.15
177
  
1.50
104
49 Hepatitis B
0.15
151
  
0.07
177
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.14
153
  
0.67
68
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Greece
GREECE		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
15,274
21.96
  
55,919
11.98
2 Coronary Heart Disease
13,075
18.80
  
92,299
19.77
3 Lung Cancers
6,497
9.34
  
35,845
7.68
4 Upper Respiratory
3,287
4.73
  
56
0.01
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,568
3.69
  
18,951
4.06
6 Breast Cancer
2,196
3.16
  
14,343
3.07
7 Lung Disease
2,089
3.00
  
29,069
6.23
8 Kidney Disease
1,964
2.82
  
4,804
1.03
9 Prostate Cancer
1,713
2.46
  
11,508
2.46
10 Road Traffic Accidents
1,680
2.42
  
3,073
0.66
11 Liver Cancer
1,605
2.31
  
3,470
0.74
12 Leukemia
1,558
2.24
  
5,077
1.09
13 Stomach Cancer
1,518
2.18
  
6,006
1.29
14 Pancreas Cancer
1,483
2.13
  
7,954
1.70
15 Hypertension
1,339
1.93
  
5,191
1.11
16 Diabetes Mellitus
1,211
1.74
  
6,682
1.43
17 Bladder Cancer
1,202
1.73
  
5,842
1.25
18 Lymphomas
957
1.38
  
8,744
1.87
19 Influenza & Pneumonia
906
1.30
  
37,348
8.00
20 Liver Disease
813
1.17
  
7,767
1.66
21 Endocrine Disorders
538
0.77
  
3,056
0.65
22 Falls
510
0.73
  
4,450
0.95
23 Ovary Cancer
509
0.73
  
4,366
0.94
24 Alzheimers/Dementia
426
0.61
  
29,116
6.24
25 Parkinson Disease
420
0.60
  
5,348
1.15
26 Skin Cancers
392
0.56
  
2,947
0.63
27 Suicide
369
0.53
  
4,660
1.00
28 Drownings
355
0.51
  
233
0.05
29 Other Injuries
332
0.48
  
6,029
1.29
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
314
0.45
  
3,294
0.71
31 Uterin Cancer
314
0.45
  
1,852
0.40
32 Oral Cancer
312
0.45
  
2,428
0.52
33 Poisonings
293
0.42
  
1,805
0.39
34 Oesophagus Cancer
221
0.32
  
8,762
1.88
35 Cervical Cancer
190
0.27
  
1,322
0.28
36 Congenital Anomalies
166
0.24
  
1,950
0.42
37 Violence
149
0.21
  
703
0.15
38 Low Birth Weight
125
0.18
  
1,386
0.30
39 Multiple Sclerosis
99
0.14
  
1,206
0.26
40 Fires
98
0.14
  
380
0.08
41 Tuberculosis
78
0.11
  
443
0.09
42 Hepatitis C
68
0.10
  
189
0.04
43 Epilepsy
65
0.09
  
1,201
0.26
44 Meningitis
53
0.08
  
278
0.06
45 Inflammatory/Heart
46
0.07
  
3,014
0.65
46 Alcohol
40
0.06
  
862
0.18
47 Rheumatoid Arthritis
35
0.05
  
905
0.19
48 Skin Disease
32
0.05
  
2,188
0.47
49 Hepatitis B
26
0.04
  
57
0.01
50 HIV/AIDS
15
0.02
  
266
0.06
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece
GREECE		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
31.16
16
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
19.95
49
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.26
62
  
15.49
33
4 Leukemia
7.16
2
  
4.39
63
5 Liver Cancer
7.07
80
  
3.07
164
6 Stomach Cancer
6.97
90
  
4.81
130
7 Pancreas Cancer
6.90
38
  
6.81
39
8 Prostate Cancer
6.83
83
  
8.21
58
9 Bladder Cancer
5.05
13
  
4.27
28
10 Lymphomas
4.51
114
  
7.35
36
11 Ovary Cancer
2.53
72
  
3.96
20
12 Skin Cancers
1.98
52
  
2.74
32
13 Oral Cancer
1.58
164
  
2.39
113
14 Uterin Cancer
1.40
73
  
1.53
64
15 Cervical Cancer
1.03
175
  
1.38
161
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
163
  
7.62
30
17 Other Neoplasms
0.04
190
  
2.95
92
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Greece
GREECE		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
10,737,428
72
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
153
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
14.3 %
183
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
66.6 %
74
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
19.2 %
5
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
9.45
178
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.51
55
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.37
171
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
5.16
162
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.06
42
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.78
92
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
2.33
26
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.13
160
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
96.0
69
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
97.8
61
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
94.2
68
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
8.0
77
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
79.8
17
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
72.0
27
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$32,000
28
  
$36,600
23
 

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