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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland
ICELAND		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
11
22
14
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
3
22
12
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
77.1
80.9
79.0
4
16
9
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
78.6
83.0
80.8
8
11
10
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Iceland
ICELAND		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
78.6
83.0
8
11
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
81.4
84.7
2
14
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
81.5
84.7
2
14
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
81.5
84.7
2
14
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
81.6
84.7
2
15
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
81.8
84.8
2
15
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
82.0
84.9
2
15
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
82.2
84.9
2
16
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
82.3
85.1
2
15
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
82.6
85.2
2
16
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
82.9
85.5
3
16
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
83.3
85.8
3
17
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.9
86.2
5
20
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.7
86.9
7
20
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.7
87.8
10
21
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.3
89.1
17
22
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.2
91.0
21
17
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.8
93.3
38
18
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.0
96.1
44
17
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.8
99.5
46
16
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.4
58
20
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland
ICELAND		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
68.12
158
  
68.80
155
2 Lung Cancers
29.90
21
  
30.98
18
3 Stroke
28.69
179
  
36.89
160
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
25.10
2
  
17.08
14
5 Breast Cancer
20.81
38
  
23.62
20
6 Lung Disease
15.81
121
  
21.47
98
7 Suicide
12.93
39
  
6.90
101
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.00
65
  
15.49
33
9 Prostate Cancer
10.17
36
  
8.21
58
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
10.06
163
  
23.69
125
11 Pancreas Cancer
7.39
33
  
6.81
39
12 Other Injuries
6.59
156
  
5.54
170
13 Road Traffic Accidents
5.56
172
  
4.77
180
14 Diabetes Mellitus
5.17
184
  
5.04
185
15 Lymphomas
5.02
105
  
7.35
36
16 Falls
4.75
65
  
3.51
109
17 Stomach Cancer
4.39
140
  
4.81
130
18 Parkinson Disease
4.04
6
  
3.48
8
19 Leukemia
4.03
90
  
4.39
63
20 Hypertension
4.01
181
  
3.67
183
21 Oesophagus Cancer
4.00
64
  
7.62
30
22 Kidney Disease
3.92
180
  
3.23
185
23 Bladder Cancer
3.26
58
  
4.27
28
24 Ovary Cancer
3.12
48
  
3.96
20
25 Skin Cancers
3.01
23
  
2.74
32
26 Liver Cancer
2.61
174
  
3.07
164
27 Other Neoplasms
2.14
124
  
2.95
92
28 Liver Disease
1.88
189
  
9.48
96
29 Congenital Anomalies
1.85
190
  
3.68
164
30 Endocrine Disorders
1.79
169
  
3.13
147
31 Inflammatory/Heart
1.66
178
  
2.97
152
32 Oral Cancer
1.60
161
  
2.39
113
33 Poisonings
1.58
117
  
2.81
89
34 Uterin Cancer
1.42
72
  
1.53
64
35 Alcohol
1.21
65
  
1.10
76
36 Low Birth Weight
1.08
174
  
3.39
144
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.06
165
  
2.54
123
38 Multiple Sclerosis
0.91
10
  
1.33
4
39 Drownings
0.81
169
  
0.35
187
40 Birth Trauma
0.72
161
  
0.64
166
41 Epilepsy
0.69
171
  
1.57
104
42 Cervical Cancer
0.51
188
  
1.38
161
43 Violence
0.51
185
  
1.14
160
44 Tuberculosis
0.49
163
  
0.41
170
45 Malnutrition
0.44
130
  
0.07
172
46 Meningitis
0.41
150
  
0.41
149
47 Fires
0.39
165
  
0.45
158
48 Asthma
0.39
187
  
1.09
153
49 HIV/AIDS
0.35
141
  
0.40
137
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
182
  
0.90
140
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Iceland
ICELAND		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
367
23.05
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
158
9.92
  
55,919
11.98
3 Alzheimers/Dementia
150
9.42
  
29,116
6.24
4 Lung Cancers
131
8.23
  
35,845
7.68
5 Lung Disease
85
5.34
  
29,069
6.23
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
62
3.89
  
37,348
8.00
7 Prostate Cancer
54
3.39
  
11,508
2.46
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
53
3.33
  
18,951
4.06
9 Breast Cancer
45
2.83
  
14,343
3.07
10 Suicide
44
2.76
  
4,660
1.00
11 Pancreas Cancer
33
2.07
  
7,954
1.70
12 Other Injuries
27
1.70
  
6,029
1.29
13 Diabetes Mellitus
27
1.70
  
6,682
1.43
14 Falls
26
1.63
  
4,450
0.95
15 Lymphomas
24
1.51
  
8,744
1.87
16 Parkinson Disease
23
1.44
  
5,348
1.15
17 Hypertension
23
1.44
  
5,191
1.11
18 Kidney Disease
21
1.32
  
4,804
1.03
19 Stomach Cancer
20
1.26
  
6,006
1.29
20 Leukemia
19
1.19
  
5,077
1.09
21 Road Traffic Accidents
19
1.19
  
3,073
0.66
22 Oesophagus Cancer
18
1.13
  
8,762
1.88
23 Bladder Cancer
17
1.07
  
5,842
1.25
24 Ovary Cancer
13
0.82
  
4,366
0.94
25 Skin Cancers
13
0.82
  
2,947
0.63
26 Liver Cancer
12
0.75
  
3,470
0.74
27 Other Neoplasms
11
0.69
  
3,829
0.82
28 Liver Disease
7
0.44
  
7,767
1.66
29 Inflammatory/Heart
7
0.44
  
3,014
0.65
30 Endocrine Disorders
7
0.44
  
3,056
0.65
31 Oral Cancer
7
0.44
  
2,428
0.52
32 Uterin Cancer
6
0.38
  
1,852
0.40
33 Congenital Anomalies
6
0.38
  
1,950
0.42
34 Poisonings
5
0.31
  
1,805
0.39
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.31
  
3,294
0.71
36 Alcohol
5
0.31
  
862
0.18
37 Multiple Sclerosis
4
0.25
  
1,206
0.26
38 Drownings
3
0.19
  
233
0.05
39 Malnutrition
3
0.19
  
85
0.02
40 Low Birth Weight
3
0.19
  
1,386
0.30
41 Tuberculosis
3
0.19
  
443
0.09
42 Violence
2
0.13
  
703
0.15
43 Fires
2
0.13
  
380
0.08
44 Rheumatoid Arthritis
2
0.13
  
905
0.19
45 Asthma
2
0.13
  
1,260
0.27
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.13
  
1,204
0.26
47 Epilepsy
2
0.13
  
1,201
0.26
48 Depression
2
0.13
  
150
0.03
49 Cervical Cancer
2
0.13
  
1,322
0.28
50 Birth Trauma
2
0.13
  
262
0.06
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland
ICELAND		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
29.90
21
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
20.81
38
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.00
65
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
10.17
36
  
8.21
58
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.39
33
  
6.81
39
6 Lymphomas
5.02
105
  
7.35
36
7 Stomach Cancer
4.39
140
  
4.81
130
8 Leukemia
4.03
90
  
4.39
63
9 Oesophagus Cancer
4.00
64
  
7.62
30
10 Bladder Cancer
3.26
58
  
4.27
28
11 Ovary Cancer
3.12
48
  
3.96
20
12 Skin Cancers
3.01
23
  
2.74
32
13 Liver Cancer
2.61
174
  
3.07
164
14 Other Neoplasms
2.14
124
  
2.95
92
15 Oral Cancer
1.60
161
  
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.42
72
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
0.51
188
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Iceland
ICELAND		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
306,694
169
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
20.7 %
140
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
67.1 %
64
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
12.2 %
45
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
13.43
140
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
6.85
122
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.90
129
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
3.23
187
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.83
61
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
0.83
46
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.74
128
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
1.6
160
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.8
10
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.0
9
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$39,900
14
  
$36,600
23
 

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