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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica
JAMAICA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
69.7
74.6
72.1
59
70
61
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
71.8
75.3
73.5
70
92
82
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Jamaica
JAMAICA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
71.8
75.3
70
92
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
72.1
77.2
88
100
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
72.2
77.3
88
100
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
72.3
77.4
88
101
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
72.7
77.5
88
101
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
73.8
77.8
78
98
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
74.8
78.1
72
97
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
75.7
78.5
66
92
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
76.6
79.0
56
89
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
77.5
79.5
53
88
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
78.5
80.3
50
82
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
79.6
81.0
52
82
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
80.7
81.9
52
82
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
82.4
83.2
48
74
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.2
84.5
47
77
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.6
86.2
37
78
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.5
88.9
48
73
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.1
91.9
70
66
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.5
95.3
82
54
  
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
  Jamaica
JAMAICA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
110.74
96
  
68.80
155
2 HIV/AIDS
64.49
31
  
0.40
137
3 Stroke
62.88
129
  
36.89
160
4 Violence
52.92
4
  
1.14
160
5 Lung Disease
39.34
53
  
21.47
98
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
35.77
93
  
23.69
125
7 Diabetes Mellitus
31.57
95
  
5.04
185
8 Hypertension
25.81
99
  
3.67
183
9 Breast Cancer
24.77
16
  
23.62
20
10 Stomach Cancer
16.62
22
  
4.81
130
11 Lung Cancers
16.17
78
  
30.98
18
12 Road Traffic Accidents
14.75
98
  
4.77
180
13 Cervical Cancer
11.79
31
  
1.38
161
14 Prostate Cancer
11.29
28
  
8.21
58
15 Malnutrition
10.72
27
  
0.07
172
16 Low Birth Weight
10.22
93
  
3.39
144
17 Diarrhoeal diseases
10.05
75
  
1.95
119
18 Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.73
73
  
15.49
33
19 Kidney Disease
8.93
134
  
3.23
185
20 Congenital Anomalies
7.21
59
  
3.68
164
21 Liver Disease
7.01
127
  
9.48
96
22 Other Injuries
6.98
146
  
5.54
170
23 Lymphomas
5.52
85
  
7.35
36
24 Inflammatory/Heart
5.14
102
  
2.97
152
25 Suicide
4.92
132
  
6.90
101
26 Pancreas Cancer
4.73
63
  
6.81
39
27 Liver Cancer
4.36
132
  
3.07
164
28 Endocrine Disorders
4.31
122
  
3.13
147
29 Birth Trauma
3.90
97
  
0.64
166
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.77
89
  
2.54
123
31 Skin Disease
3.61
72
  
1.50
104
32 Falls
3.56
106
  
3.51
109
33 Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
82
  
7.62
30
34 Uterin Cancer
3.27
9
  
1.53
64
35 Other Neoplasms
3.03
90
  
2.95
92
36 Bladder Cancer
2.87
79
  
4.27
28
37 Leukemia
2.59
147
  
4.39
63
38 Meningitis
2.42
91
  
0.41
149
39 Drownings
2.40
121
  
0.35
187
40 Asthma
2.40
125
  
1.09
153
41 Oral Cancer
2.17
126
  
2.39
113
42 Anaemia
2.14
90
  
0.15
171
43 Maternal Conditions
1.82
83
  
0.15
151
44 Epilepsy
1.71
96
  
1.57
104
45 Ovary Cancer
1.62
142
  
3.96
20
46 Fires
1.22
112
  
0.45
158
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.09
120
  
0.90
140
48 Tuberculosis
1.05
153
  
0.41
170
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
0.80
170
  
17.08
14
50 Appendicitis
0.78
16
  
0.13
129
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Jamaica
JAMAICA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
3,108
17.24
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
1,779
9.87
  
55,919
11.98
3 HIV/AIDS
1,609
8.93
  
266
0.06
4 Violence
1,376
7.63
  
703
0.15
5 Lung Disease
1,141
6.33
  
29,069
6.23
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,040
5.77
  
37,348
8.00
7 Diabetes Mellitus
845
4.69
  
6,682
1.43
8 Hypertension
758
4.20
  
5,191
1.11
9 Stomach Cancer
432
2.40
  
6,006
1.29
10 Lung Cancers
392
2.17
  
35,845
7.68
11 Road Traffic Accidents
381
2.11
  
3,073
0.66
12 Breast Cancer
316
1.75
  
14,343
3.07
13 Malnutrition
314
1.74
  
85
0.02
14 Prostate Cancer
302
1.68
  
11,508
2.46
15 Low Birth Weight
296
1.64
  
1,386
0.30
16 Cervical Cancer
292
1.62
  
1,322
0.28
17 Diarrhoeal diseases
289
1.60
  
3,081
0.66
18 Colon-Rectum Cancers
254
1.41
  
18,951
4.06
19 Kidney Disease
248
1.38
  
4,804
1.03
20 Congenital Anomalies
207
1.15
  
1,950
0.42
21 Other Injuries
190
1.05
  
6,029
1.29
22 Liver Disease
175
0.97
  
7,767
1.66
23 Inflammatory/Heart
141
0.78
  
3,014
0.65
24 Lymphomas
136
0.75
  
8,744
1.87
25 Suicide
127
0.70
  
4,660
1.00
26 Pancreas Cancer
120
0.67
  
7,954
1.70
27 Endocrine Disorders
119
0.66
  
3,056
0.65
28 Birth Trauma
113
0.63
  
262
0.06
29 Liver Cancer
110
0.61
  
3,470
0.74
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
107
0.59
  
3,294
0.71
31 Skin Disease
107
0.59
  
2,188
0.47
32 Falls
99
0.55
  
4,450
0.95
33 Oesophagus Cancer
85
0.47
  
8,762
1.88
34 Uterin Cancer
83
0.46
  
1,852
0.40
35 Other Neoplasms
79
0.44
  
3,829
0.82
36 Bladder Cancer
77
0.43
  
5,842
1.25
37 Leukemia
69
0.38
  
5,077
1.09
38 Drownings
66
0.37
  
233
0.05
39 Asthma
65
0.36
  
1,260
0.27
40 Meningitis
64
0.36
  
278
0.06
41 Anaemia
60
0.33
  
260
0.06
42 Oral Cancer
54
0.30
  
2,428
0.52
43 Maternal Conditions
48
0.27
  
81
0.02
44 Epilepsy
45
0.25
  
1,201
0.26
45 Ovary Cancer
40
0.22
  
4,366
0.94
46 Fires
34
0.19
  
380
0.08
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
28
0.16
  
1,204
0.26
48 Tuberculosis
26
0.14
  
443
0.09
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
25
0.14
  
29,116
6.24
50 Appendicitis
22
0.12
  
157
0.03
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica
JAMAICA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
24.77
16
  
23.62
20
2 Stomach Cancer
16.62
22
  
4.81
130
3 Lung Cancers
16.17
78
  
30.98
18
4 Cervical Cancer
11.79
31
  
1.38
161
5 Prostate Cancer
11.29
28
  
8.21
58
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.73
73
  
15.49
33
7 Lymphomas
5.52
85
  
7.35
36
8 Pancreas Cancer
4.73
63
  
6.81
39
9 Liver Cancer
4.36
132
  
3.07
164
10 Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
82
  
7.62
30
11 Uterin Cancer
3.27
9
  
1.53
64
12 Other Neoplasms
3.03
90
  
2.95
92
13 Bladder Cancer
2.87
79
  
4.27
28
14 Leukemia
2.59
147
  
4.39
63
15 Oral Cancer
2.17
126
  
2.39
113
16 Ovary Cancer
1.62
142
  
3.96
20
17 Skin Cancers
0.58
147
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Jamaica
JAMAICA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
2,825,928
134
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
31.4 %
81
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
61.1 %
126
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
7.5 %
70
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
19.68
96
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
6.43
127
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.25
103
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
15.22
118
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.97
152
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.81
72
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-5.70
144
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.76
127
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
87.9
107
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
84.1
123
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
91.6
79
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
10.1
59
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
73.5
82
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
64.0
82
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$7,400
97
  
$36,600
23
 

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