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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana
GUYANA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
54.8
57.9
56.3
71
75
73
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
57.8
61.6
59.7
83
85
84
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
58.2
63.7
60.9
105
94
99
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
59.1
65.6
62.3
127
115
118
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
59.8
66.1
62.9
129
121
123
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
62.9
70.7
66.7
126
121
124
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Guyana
GUYANA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
62.9
70.7
126
121
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
68.2
72.7
132
134
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
68.4
72.9
133
134
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
68.7
73.1
132
133
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
69.2
73.4
130
133
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
69.8
73.8
130
133
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
70.7
74.5
127
129
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
71.6
75.1
122
129
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
72.5
75.9
118
128
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
73.6
76.8
114
124
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
74.8
77.8
110
119
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
76.2
78.9
104
115
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
77.9
80.7
99
104
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.8
82.5
91
89
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
82.2
84.6
79
76
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.8
87.0
74
63
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.5
89.4
83
58
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.8
92.2
82
52
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.4
95.4
91
52
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.4
99.0
99
53
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.8
103.2
110
48
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana
GUYANA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
151.35
50
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
118.58
68
  
36.89
160
3 Diabetes Mellitus
86.80
5
  
5.04
185
4 HIV/AIDS
53.01
36
  
0.40
137
5 Hypertension
50.11
32
  
3.67
183
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
33.24
97
  
23.69
125
7 Suicide
32.54
1
  
6.90
101
8 Road Traffic Accidents
29.05
36
  
4.77
180
9 Liver Disease
28.15
22
  
9.48
96
10 Violence
23.56
29
  
1.14
160
11 Tuberculosis
18.18
74
  
0.41
170
12 Breast Cancer
18.10
79
  
23.62
20
13 Prostate Cancer
15.74
17
  
8.21
58
14 Other Injuries
14.43
78
  
5.54
170
15 Endocrine Disorders
12.98
61
  
3.13
147
16 Diarrhoeal diseases
12.17
71
  
1.95
119
17 Low Birth Weight
12.11
80
  
3.39
144
18 Cervical Cancer
11.81
30
  
1.38
161
19 Kidney Disease
10.94
120
  
3.23
185
20 Anaemia
9.04
16
  
0.15
171
21 Drownings
8.83
18
  
0.35
187
22 Congenital Anomalies
8.11
35
  
3.68
164
23 Inflammatory/Heart
8.04
79
  
2.97
152
24 Malnutrition
7.80
46
  
0.07
172
25 Lung Disease
7.69
170
  
21.47
98
26 Birth Trauma
6.71
74
  
0.64
166
27 Stomach Cancer
6.22
102
  
4.81
130
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.94
57
  
2.54
123
29 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
120
  
15.49
33
30 Malaria
5.30
45
  
0.01
104
31 Other Neoplasms
5.18
31
  
2.95
92
32 Asthma
4.85
88
  
1.09
153
33 Lung Cancers
4.76
146
  
30.98
18
34 Maternal Conditions
4.76
58
  
0.15
151
35 Liver Cancer
4.65
125
  
3.07
164
36 Falls
4.27
86
  
3.51
109
37 Epilepsy
3.59
56
  
1.57
104
38 Pancreas Cancer
3.28
99
  
6.81
39
39 Lymphomas
2.24
176
  
7.35
36
40 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.05
144
  
17.08
14
41 Leukemia
2.01
162
  
4.39
63
42 Parkinson Disease
1.95
67
  
3.48
8
43 Oral Cancer
1.90
148
  
2.39
113
44 Ovary Cancer
1.88
119
  
3.96
20
45 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.72
8
  
0.12
153
46 Alcohol
1.65
48
  
1.10
76
47 Meningitis
1.42
105
  
0.41
149
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.35
101
  
0.90
140
49 Hepatitis B
1.34
63
  
0.07
177
50 Uterin Cancer
1.16
86
  
1.53
64
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Guyana
GUYANA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
924
16.41
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
714
12.68
  
55,919
11.98
3 Diabetes Mellitus
537
9.54
  
6,682
1.43
4 HIV/AIDS
393
6.98
  
266
0.06
5 Hypertension
304
5.40
  
5,191
1.11
6 Suicide
237
4.21
  
4,660
1.00
7 Road Traffic Accidents
210
3.73
  
3,073
0.66
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
208
3.69
  
37,348
8.00
9 Liver Disease
191
3.39
  
7,767
1.66
10 Violence
174
3.09
  
703
0.15
11 Tuberculosis
124
2.20
  
443
0.09
12 Other Injuries
100
1.78
  
6,029
1.29
13 Low Birth Weight
95
1.69
  
1,386
0.30
14 Prostate Cancer
90
1.60
  
11,508
2.46
15 Diarrhoeal diseases
86
1.53
  
3,081
0.66
16 Endocrine Disorders
81
1.44
  
3,056
0.65
17 Cervical Cancer
77
1.37
  
1,322
0.28
18 Kidney Disease
71
1.26
  
4,804
1.03
19 Drownings
66
1.17
  
233
0.05
20 Congenital Anomalies
64
1.14
  
1,950
0.42
21 Breast Cancer
59
1.05
  
14,343
3.07
22 Anaemia
57
1.01
  
260
0.06
23 Birth Trauma
53
0.94
  
262
0.06
24 Inflammatory/Heart
53
0.94
  
3,014
0.65
25 Malnutrition
49
0.87
  
85
0.02
26 Lung Disease
45
0.80
  
29,069
6.23
27 Stomach Cancer
40
0.71
  
6,006
1.29
28 Malaria
38
0.67
  
5
0.00
29 Peptic Ulcer Disease
37
0.66
  
3,294
0.71
30 Maternal Conditions
36
0.64
  
81
0.02
31 Other Neoplasms
36
0.64
  
3,829
0.82
32 Colon-Rectum Cancers
35
0.62
  
18,951
4.06
33 Asthma
31
0.55
  
1,260
0.27
34 Liver Cancer
30
0.53
  
3,470
0.74
35 Lung Cancers
30
0.53
  
35,845
7.68
36 Falls
30
0.53
  
4,450
0.95
37 Epilepsy
25
0.44
  
1,201
0.26
38 Pancreas Cancer
21
0.37
  
7,954
1.70
39 Lymphomas
16
0.28
  
8,744
1.87
40 Leukemia
15
0.27
  
5,077
1.09
41 Ovary Cancer
13
0.23
  
4,366
0.94
42 Alzheimers/Dementia
12
0.21
  
29,116
6.24
43 Alcohol
12
0.21
  
862
0.18
44 Oral Cancer
12
0.21
  
2,428
0.52
45 Meningitis
11
0.20
  
278
0.06
46 Parkinson Disease
11
0.20
  
5,348
1.15
47 Hepatitis B
10
0.18
  
57
0.01
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
10
0.18
  
1,204
0.26
49 Prostatic Hypertrophy
10
0.18
  
193
0.04
50 Fires
7
0.12
  
380
0.08
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana
GUYANA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
18.10
79
  
23.62
20
2 Prostate Cancer
15.74
17
  
8.21
58
3 Cervical Cancer
11.81
30
  
1.38
161
4 Stomach Cancer
6.22
102
  
4.81
130
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
120
  
15.49
33
6 Other Neoplasms
5.18
31
  
2.95
92
7 Lung Cancers
4.76
146
  
30.98
18
8 Liver Cancer
4.65
125
  
3.07
164
9 Pancreas Cancer
3.28
99
  
6.81
39
10 Lymphomas
2.24
176
  
7.35
36
11 Leukemia
2.01
162
  
4.39
63
12 Oral Cancer
1.90
148
  
2.39
113
13 Ovary Cancer
1.88
119
  
3.96
20
14 Uterin Cancer
1.16
86
  
1.53
64
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.97
166
  
7.62
30
16 Bladder Cancer
0.68
172
  
4.27
28
17 Skin Cancers
0.62
145
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Guyana
GUYANA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
772,298
153
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.01
56
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
25.7 %
116
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
68.7 %
43
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
5.5 %
95
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
17.56
108
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
8.31
94
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.03
116
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
29.65
72
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.72
131
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-7.44
146
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.18
157
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
98.8
45
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.1
31
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
98.5
43
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
11.0
57
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
66.7
124
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
53.0
147
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$3,900
129
  
$36,600
23
 

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