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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India
INDIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
61.4
63.6
62.5
121
126
126
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
65.5
67.6
66.5
118
130
126
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  India
INDIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
65.5
67.6
118
130
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
68.2
72.0
132
137
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
68.6
72.4
129
137
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
68.9
72.7
126
136
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
69.3
73.2
127
136
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
69.8
73.7
130
134
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
70.3
74.2
130
134
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
70.9
74.6
130
132
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
71.7
75.1
130
132
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
72.5
75.6
131
135
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
73.6
76.3
128
138
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
74.8
77.0
130
146
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
76.2
78.1
139
150
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
78.2
79.8
138
145
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.6
81.8
138
144
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.6
84.5
124
130
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.8
87.4
124
123
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.4
90.7
114
117
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.3
94.4
97
108
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.4
98.5
99
96
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.8
102.9
110
91
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India
INDIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
165.79
37
  
68.80
155
2 Lung Disease
142.09
1
  
21.47
98
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
132.70
11
  
1.95
119
4 Stroke
116.41
77
  
36.89
160
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
68.04
67
  
23.69
125
6 Tuberculosis
28.83
58
  
0.41
170
7 Hypertension
24.44
107
  
3.67
183
8 Diabetes Mellitus
23.83
108
  
5.04
185
9 Liver Disease
23.59
27
  
9.48
96
10 Falls
23.48
1
  
3.51
109
11 Kidney Disease
21.79
66
  
3.23
185
12 Other Injuries
19.93
44
  
5.54
170
13 Suicide
19.05
16
  
6.90
101
14 Road Traffic Accidents
18.65
77
  
4.77
180
15 Low Birth Weight
17.15
47
  
3.39
144
16 HIV/AIDS
16.78
67
  
0.40
137
17 Birth Trauma
13.20
49
  
0.64
166
18 Peptic Ulcer Disease
12.37
5
  
2.54
123
19 Breast Cancer
12.26
147
  
23.62
20
20 Oral Cancer
10.69
8
  
2.39
113
21 Cervical Cancer
8.15
62
  
1.38
161
22 Meningitis
8.07
45
  
0.41
149
23 Asthma
7.54
71
  
1.09
153
24 Measles
7.22
8
  
0.00
97
25 Lung Cancers
6.49
136
  
30.98
18
26 Pertussis
5.93
19
  
0.02
106
27 Drownings
5.92
46
  
0.35
187
28 Epilepsy
5.67
43
  
1.57
104
29 Oesophagus Cancer
5.34
44
  
7.62
30
30 Maternal Conditions
5.22
56
  
0.15
151
31 Fires
5.11
33
  
0.45
158
32 Violence
4.76
100
  
1.14
160
33 Congenital Anomalies
4.67
141
  
3.68
164
34 Endocrine Disorders
4.63
117
  
3.13
147
35 Hepatitis B
4.15
14
  
0.07
177
36 Stomach Cancer
3.98
152
  
4.81
130
37 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.18
173
  
15.49
33
38 Prostatic Hypertrophy
3.16
1
  
0.12
153
39 Alzheimers/Dementia
3.11
116
  
17.08
14
40 Lymphomas
3.02
155
  
7.35
36
41 Syphilis
2.96
22
  
0.00
147
42 Leukemia
2.62
145
  
4.39
63
43 Tetanus
2.50
14
  
0.00
192
44 Ovary Cancer
2.27
87
  
3.96
20
45 Liver Cancer
2.26
181
  
3.07
164
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.25
58
  
0.90
140
47 Malnutrition
2.09
99
  
0.07
172
48 Malaria
1.84
53
  
0.01
104
49 Hepatitis C
1.68
15
  
0.23
107
50 Other Neoplasms
1.61
144
  
2.95
92
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  India
INDIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
1,249,587
13.88
  
92,299
19.77
2 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,086,093
12.06
  
3,081
0.66
3 Lung Disease
989,907
11.00
  
29,069
6.23
4 Stroke
829,072
9.21
  
55,919
11.98
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
670,648
7.45
  
37,348
8.00
6 Tuberculosis
279,671
3.11
  
443
0.09
7 Low Birth Weight
246,792
2.74
  
1,386
0.30
8 Suicide
214,895
2.39
  
4,660
1.00
9 Liver Disease
208,185
2.31
  
7,767
1.66
10 Road Traffic Accidents
197,135
2.19
  
3,073
0.66
11 Other Injuries
195,686
2.17
  
6,029
1.29
12 Birth Trauma
189,934
2.11
  
262
0.06
13 HIV/AIDS
184,935
2.05
  
266
0.06
14 Diabetes Mellitus
176,692
1.96
  
6,682
1.43
15 Kidney Disease
176,152
1.96
  
4,804
1.03
16 Falls
174,491
1.94
  
4,450
0.95
17 Hypertension
167,898
1.86
  
5,191
1.11
18 Peptic Ulcer Disease
108,392
1.20
  
3,294
0.71
19 Measles
102,795
1.14
  
2
0.00
20 Oral Cancer
89,411
0.99
  
2,428
0.52
21 Meningitis
87,896
0.98
  
278
0.06
22 Pertussis
85,390
0.95
  
6
0.00
23 Cervical Cancer
72,825
0.81
  
1,322
0.28
24 Drownings
69,891
0.78
  
233
0.05
25 Asthma
69,807
0.78
  
1,260
0.27
26 Congenital Anomalies
66,100
0.73
  
1,950
0.42
27 Maternal Conditions
62,783
0.70
  
81
0.02
28 Epilepsy
61,595
0.68
  
1,201
0.26
29 Fires
53,874
0.60
  
380
0.08
30 Breast Cancer
53,592
0.60
  
14,343
3.07
31 Lung Cancers
52,269
0.58
  
35,845
7.68
32 Violence
51,828
0.58
  
703
0.15
33 Oesophagus Cancer
43,351
0.48
  
8,762
1.88
34 Hepatitis B
41,171
0.46
  
57
0.01
35 Endocrine Disorders
40,257
0.45
  
3,056
0.65
36 Syphilis
34,046
0.38
  
3
0.00
37 Stomach Cancer
33,564
0.37
  
6,006
1.29
38 Tetanus
28,667
0.32
  
0
0.00
39 Leukemia
26,282
0.29
  
5,077
1.09
40 Lymphomas
25,771
0.29
  
8,744
1.87
41 Colon-Rectum Cancers
25,690
0.29
  
18,951
4.06
42 Rheumatic Heart Disease
25,251
0.28
  
1,204
0.26
43 Malnutrition
23,316
0.26
  
85
0.02
44 Malaria
22,785
0.25
  
5
0.00
45 Prostatic Hypertrophy
21,319
0.24
  
193
0.04
46 Ovary Cancer
19,558
0.22
  
4,366
0.94
47 Alzheimers/Dementia
18,439
0.20
  
29,116
6.24
48 Liver Cancer
18,043
0.20
  
3,470
0.74
49 Hepatitis C
16,806
0.19
  
189
0.04
50 Drug Use
14,893
0.17
  
1,247
0.27
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India
INDIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
12.26
147
  
23.62
20
2 Oral Cancer
10.69
8
  
2.39
113
3 Cervical Cancer
8.15
62
  
1.38
161
4 Lung Cancers
6.49
136
  
30.98
18
5 Oesophagus Cancer
5.34
44
  
7.62
30
6 Stomach Cancer
3.98
152
  
4.81
130
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.18
173
  
15.49
33
8 Lymphomas
3.02
155
  
7.35
36
9 Leukemia
2.62
145
  
4.39
63
10 Ovary Cancer
2.27
87
  
3.96
20
11 Liver Cancer
2.26
181
  
3.07
164
12 Other Neoplasms
1.61
144
  
2.95
92
13 Prostate Cancer
1.41
175
  
8.21
58
14 Bladder Cancer
1.09
155
  
4.27
28
15 Pancreas Cancer
0.98
169
  
6.81
39
16 Uterin Cancer
0.61
129
  
1.53
64
17 Skin Cancers
0.16
182
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  India
INDIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
1,166,079,217
2
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.06
16
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
31.1 %
84
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
63.6 %
111
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
5.3 %
100
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
21.76
81
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
6.23
132
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.72
76
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
30.15
69
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.12
4
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.10
8
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.06
21
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.90
34
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.05
69
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.55
74
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
61.0
157
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
73.4
149
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
47.8
155
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.8
96
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
66.5
126
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
56.0
133
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,800
137
  
$36,600
23
 

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