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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan
JAPAN		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
77.7
84.6
81.1
1
1
1
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
78.9
85.7
82.2
3
1
1
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Japan
JAPAN		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
78.9
85.7
3
1
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
80.9
87.7
6
1
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
80.9
87.8
6
1
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
81.0
87.8
6
1
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
81.1
87.9
6
1
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
81.2
88.0
6
1
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
81.4
88.1
6
1
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
81.6
88.2
6
1
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
81.8
88.3
6
1
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
82.1
88.5
6
1
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
82.5
88.8
6
1
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
83.1
89.1
6
1
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
84.0
89.5
3
1
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.9
90.0
3
1
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
86.2
90.7
2
1
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.7
91.5
4
1
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.7
92.8
8
2
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.3
94.5
14
3
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.4
96.8
18
6
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.0
99.8
25
7
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.2
103.6
21
8
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan
JAPAN		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
36.71
161
  
36.89
160
2 Coronary Heart Disease
31.17
190
  
68.80
155
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
29.63
105
  
23.69
125
4 Lung Cancers
21.34
53
  
30.98
18
5 Suicide
19.80
14
  
6.90
101
6 Stomach Cancer
16.81
21
  
4.81
130
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.66
39
  
15.49
33
8 Liver Cancer
11.13
35
  
3.07
164
9 Breast Cancer
10.50
165
  
23.62
20
10 Pancreas Cancer
8.63
16
  
6.81
39
11 Kidney Disease
6.86
147
  
3.23
185
12 Other Injuries
6.15
165
  
5.54
170
13 Liver Disease
5.50
157
  
9.48
96
14 Lymphomas
4.55
113
  
7.35
36
15 Diabetes Mellitus
4.53
188
  
5.04
185
16 Oesophagus Cancer
4.31
58
  
7.62
30
17 Lung Disease
4.03
185
  
21.47
98
18 Road Traffic Accidents
3.81
189
  
4.77
180
19 Other Neoplasms
3.27
83
  
2.95
92
20 Leukemia
3.14
127
  
4.39
63
21 Prostate Cancer
2.72
160
  
8.21
58
22 Congenital Anomalies
2.61
185
  
3.68
164
23 Endocrine Disorders
2.61
155
  
3.13
147
24 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.49
130
  
17.08
14
25 Oral Cancer
2.47
106
  
2.39
113
26 Falls
2.45
136
  
3.51
109
27 Drownings
2.41
120
  
0.35
187
28 Inflammatory/Heart
2.37
165
  
2.97
152
29 Ovary Cancer
1.95
112
  
3.96
20
30 Bladder Cancer
1.87
108
  
4.27
28
31 Hypertension
1.65
191
  
3.67
183
32 Hepatitis C
1.61
17
  
0.23
107
33 Cervical Cancer
1.54
154
  
1.38
161
34 Parkinson Disease
1.23
120
  
3.48
8
35 Tuberculosis
1.05
154
  
0.41
170
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.99
167
  
2.54
123
37 Uterin Cancer
0.91
105
  
1.53
64
38 Asthma
0.75
176
  
1.09
153
39 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.66
147
  
1.95
119
40 Fires
0.65
144
  
0.45
158
41 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.64
156
  
0.90
140
42 Poisonings
0.62
158
  
2.81
89
43 Malnutrition
0.53
124
  
0.07
172
44 Skin Cancers
0.48
156
  
2.74
32
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
94
  
0.67
68
46 Violence
0.43
187
  
1.14
160
47 Hepatitis B
0.41
105
  
0.07
177
48 Birth Trauma
0.41
182
  
0.64
166
49 Low Birth Weight
0.39
191
  
3.39
144
50 Epilepsy
0.37
185
  
1.57
104
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Japan
JAPAN		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
133,534
14.88
  
55,919
11.98
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
123,302
13.74
  
37,348
8.00
3 Coronary Heart Disease
105,551
11.76
  
92,299
19.77
4 Lung Cancers
67,751
7.55
  
35,845
7.68
5 Stomach Cancer
52,426
5.84
  
6,006
1.29
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
45,607
5.08
  
18,951
4.06
7 Liver Cancer
34,093
3.80
  
3,470
0.74
8 Suicide
31,571
3.52
  
4,660
1.00
9 Kidney Disease
27,491
3.06
  
4,804
1.03
10 Pancreas Cancer
26,551
2.96
  
7,954
1.70
11 Other Injuries
18,279
2.04
  
6,029
1.29
12 Lung Disease
16,574
1.85
  
29,069
6.23
13 Diabetes Mellitus
14,957
1.67
  
6,682
1.43
14 Lymphomas
14,225
1.58
  
8,744
1.87
15 Liver Disease
13,384
1.49
  
7,767
1.66
16 Breast Cancer
12,528
1.40
  
14,343
3.07
17 Oesophagus Cancer
12,131
1.35
  
8,762
1.88
18 Alzheimers/Dementia
10,424
1.16
  
29,116
6.24
19 Other Neoplasms
10,383
1.16
  
3,829
0.82
20 Prostate Cancer
10,256
1.14
  
11,508
2.46
21 Endocrine Disorders
8,441
0.94
  
3,056
0.65
22 Leukemia
8,003
0.89
  
5,077
1.09
23 Falls
7,308
0.81
  
4,450
0.95
24 Inflammatory/Heart
7,270
0.81
  
3,014
0.65
25 Oral Cancer
6,879
0.77
  
2,428
0.52
26 Road Traffic Accidents
6,851
0.76
  
3,073
0.66
27 Bladder Cancer
6,791
0.76
  
5,842
1.25
28 Hypertension
6,732
0.75
  
5,191
1.11
29 Drownings
6,565
0.73
  
233
0.05
30 Hepatitis C
4,980
0.55
  
189
0.04
31 Parkinson Disease
4,854
0.54
  
5,348
1.15
32 Ovary Cancer
4,749
0.53
  
4,366
0.94
33 Tuberculosis
3,953
0.44
  
443
0.09
34 Cervical Cancer
3,563
0.40
  
1,322
0.28
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,435
0.38
  
3,294
0.71
36 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,593
0.29
  
1,204
0.26
37 Uterin Cancer
2,491
0.28
  
1,852
0.40
38 Asthma
2,473
0.28
  
1,260
0.27
39 Congenital Anomalies
2,332
0.26
  
1,950
0.42
40 Diarrhoeal diseases
2,306
0.26
  
3,081
0.66
41 Malnutrition
1,785
0.20
  
85
0.02
42 Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,692
0.19
  
905
0.19
43 Fires
1,486
0.17
  
380
0.08
44 Skin Cancers
1,429
0.16
  
2,947
0.63
45 Skin Disease
1,244
0.14
  
2,188
0.47
46 Hepatitis B
966
0.11
  
57
0.01
47 Poisonings
936
0.10
  
1,805
0.39
48 Anaemia
664
0.07
  
260
0.06
49 Epilepsy
632
0.07
  
1,201
0.26
50 Violence
573
0.06
  
703
0.15
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan
JAPAN		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
21.34
53
  
30.98
18
2 Stomach Cancer
16.81
21
  
4.81
130
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.66
39
  
15.49
33
4 Liver Cancer
11.13
35
  
3.07
164
5 Breast Cancer
10.50
165
  
23.62
20
6 Pancreas Cancer
8.63
16
  
6.81
39
7 Lymphomas
4.55
113
  
7.35
36
8 Oesophagus Cancer
4.31
58
  
7.62
30
9 Other Neoplasms
3.27
83
  
2.95
92
10 Leukemia
3.14
127
  
4.39
63
11 Prostate Cancer
2.72
160
  
8.21
58
12 Oral Cancer
2.47
106
  
2.39
113
13 Ovary Cancer
1.95
112
  
3.96
20
14 Bladder Cancer
1.87
108
  
4.27
28
15 Cervical Cancer
1.54
154
  
1.38
161
16 Uterin Cancer
0.91
105
  
1.53
64
17 Skin Cancers
0.48
156
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Japan
JAPAN		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
127,078,679
10
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.95
168
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
13.5 %
191
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
64.3 %
105
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
22.2 %
2
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
7.64
191
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
9.54
67
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.21
189
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
2.79
189
 
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
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.74
120
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
-0.19
178
 
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
4.2
126
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
82.2
1
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
76.0
1
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$34,200
26
  
$36,600
23
 

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