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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Marshall Islands
MARSHALL ISLANDS		        
  		     
       
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
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
68.8
73.3
71.0
45
68
52
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
62.8
67.8
65.2
115
118
118
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
69.4
73.7
71.5
90
108
98
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Marshall Islands
MARSHALL ISLANDS		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
69.4
73.7
90
108
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
61.4
62.6
170
179
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
61.6
63.0
174
181
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
61.7
63.2
175
181
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
62.2
63.5
175
182
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
63.3
63.9
173
184
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
64.2
64.3
175
186
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
65.1
65.0
179
190
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
66.3
65.9
182
193
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
67.7
67.0
184
193
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
69.1
68.0
190
193
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
71.1
70.0
192
193
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
73.5
72.2
192
193
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
75.4
74.2
193
193
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.6
79.7
104
193
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.0
85.1
49
112
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.1
88.6
25
80
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.4
92.0
8
61
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.7
95.5
7
47
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.3
99.2
8
37
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.3
103.3
9
33
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Marshall Islands
MARSHALL ISLANDS		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
240.37
1
  
36.89
160
2 Coronary Heart Disease
237.74
13
  
68.80
155
3 Diabetes Mellitus
98.66
4
  
5.04
185
4 Hypertension
96.65
5
  
3.67
183
5 Lung Disease
95.26
4
  
21.47
98
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
78.22
61
  
23.69
125
7 Kidney Disease
60.58
2
  
3.23
185
8 Endocrine Disorders
29.45
2
  
3.13
147
9 Other Injuries
22.80
30
  
5.54
170
10 Breast Cancer
19.45
56
  
23.62
20
11 Tuberculosis
16.22
77
  
0.41
170
12 Malnutrition
14.91
11
  
0.07
172
13 Liver Cancer
14.07
28
  
3.07
164
14 Lung Cancers
13.59
91
  
30.98
18
15 Anaemia
13.25
5
  
0.15
171
16 Liver Disease
12.88
66
  
9.48
96
17 Asthma
11.74
53
  
1.09
153
18 Low Birth Weight
11.49
84
  
3.39
144
19 Cervical Cancer
11.25
35
  
1.38
161
20 Suicide
10.89
57
  
6.90
101
21 Diarrhoeal diseases
9.97
77
  
1.95
119
22 Drownings
9.93
8
  
0.35
187
23 Meningitis
9.80
37
  
0.41
149
24 Congenital Anomalies
9.46
19
  
3.68
164
25 Poisonings
8.86
20
  
2.81
89
26 Stomach Cancer
8.23
73
  
4.81
130
27 Skin Disease
8.22
10
  
1.50
104
28 Fires
7.47
10
  
0.45
158
29 Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.11
40
  
2.54
123
30 Prostate Cancer
6.78
85
  
8.21
58
31 Ovary Cancer
6.60
3
  
3.96
20
32 Leukemia
6.34
7
  
4.39
63
33 Inflammatory/Heart
5.85
97
  
2.97
152
34 Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.74
23
  
0.90
140
35 Birth Trauma
4.27
90
  
0.64
166
36 Alzheimers/Dementia
4.14
101
  
17.08
14
37 Epilepsy
3.78
53
  
1.57
104
38 Road Traffic Accidents
3.78
190
  
4.77
180
39 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
158
  
15.49
33
40 Other Neoplasms
3.69
67
  
2.95
92
41 Maternal Conditions
3.46
62
  
0.15
151
42 Lymphomas
3.13
153
  
7.35
36
43 Oral Cancer
3.03
89
  
2.39
113
44 Parkinson Disease
2.79
18
  
3.48
8
45 Violence
2.45
123
  
1.14
160
46 Uterin Cancer
2.18
35
  
1.53
64
47 Pancreas Cancer
1.88
127
  
6.81
39
48 Skin Cancers
1.88
57
  
2.74
32
49 Oesophagus Cancer
1.40
147
  
7.62
30
50 Schizophrenia
1.15
7
  
0.06
144
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Marshall Islands
MARSHALL ISLANDS		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
102
18.41
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
98
17.69
  
55,919
11.98
3 Diabetes Mellitus
40
7.22
  
6,682
1.43
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
37
6.68
  
37,348
8.00
5 Hypertension
37
6.68
  
5,191
1.11
6 Lung Disease
36
6.50
  
29,069
6.23
7 Kidney Disease
27
4.87
  
4,804
1.03
8 Other Injuries
14
2.53
  
6,029
1.29
9 Endocrine Disorders
13
2.35
  
3,056
0.65
10 Low Birth Weight
8
1.44
  
1,386
0.30
11 Asthma
7
1.26
  
1,260
0.27
12 Malnutrition
7
1.26
  
85
0.02
13 Tuberculosis
7
1.26
  
443
0.09
14 Drownings
6
1.08
  
233
0.05
15 Congenital Anomalies
6
1.08
  
1,950
0.42
16 Liver Disease
6
1.08
  
7,767
1.66
17 Cervical Cancer
6
1.08
  
1,322
0.28
18 Liver Cancer
6
1.08
  
3,470
0.74
19 Anaemia
6
1.08
  
260
0.06
20 Diarrhoeal diseases
6
1.08
  
3,081
0.66
21 Suicide
5
0.90
  
4,660
1.00
22 Poisonings
5
0.90
  
1,805
0.39
23 Breast Cancer
5
0.90
  
14,343
3.07
24 Lung Cancers
5
0.90
  
35,845
7.68
25 Meningitis
5
0.90
  
278
0.06
26 Ovary Cancer
4
0.72
  
4,366
0.94
27 Leukemia
4
0.72
  
5,077
1.09
28 Skin Disease
4
0.72
  
2,188
0.47
29 Fires
4
0.72
  
380
0.08
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.54
  
3,294
0.71
31 Inflammatory/Heart
3
0.54
  
3,014
0.65
32 Stomach Cancer
3
0.54
  
6,006
1.29
33 Birth Trauma
3
0.54
  
262
0.06
34 Violence
2
0.36
  
703
0.15
35 Road Traffic Accidents
2
0.36
  
3,073
0.66
36 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.36
  
1,204
0.26
37 Alzheimers/Dementia
2
0.36
  
29,116
6.24
38 Epilepsy
2
0.36
  
1,201
0.26
39 Other Neoplasms
2
0.36
  
3,829
0.82
40 Prostate Cancer
2
0.36
  
11,508
2.46
41 Maternal Conditions
2
0.36
  
81
0.02
42 Parkinson Disease
1
0.18
  
5,348
1.15
43 Schizophrenia
1
0.18
  
80
0.02
44 Lymphomas
1
0.18
  
8,744
1.87
45 Uterin Cancer
1
0.18
  
1,852
0.40
46 Skin Cancers
1
0.18
  
2,947
0.63
47 Pancreas Cancer
1
0.18
  
7,954
1.70
48 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1
0.18
  
18,951
4.06
49 Oesophagus Cancer
1
0.18
  
8,762
1.88
50 Oral Cancer
1
0.18
  
2,428
0.52
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Marshall Islands
MARSHALL ISLANDS		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
19.45
56
  
23.62
20
2 Liver Cancer
14.07
28
  
3.07
164
3 Lung Cancers
13.59
91
  
30.98
18
4 Cervical Cancer
11.25
35
  
1.38
161
5 Stomach Cancer
8.23
73
  
4.81
130
6 Prostate Cancer
6.78
85
  
8.21
58
7 Ovary Cancer
6.60
3
  
3.96
20
8 Leukemia
6.34
7
  
4.39
63
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
158
  
15.49
33
10 Other Neoplasms
3.69
67
  
2.95
92
11 Lymphomas
3.13
153
  
7.35
36
12 Oral Cancer
3.03
89
  
2.39
113
13 Uterin Cancer
2.18
35
  
1.53
64
14 Pancreas Cancer
1.88
127
  
6.81
39
15 Skin Cancers
1.88
57
  
2.74
32
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1.40
147
  
7.62
30
17 Bladder Cancer
0.75
168
  
4.27
28
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Marshall Islands
MARSHALL ISLANDS		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
64,522
184
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.04
26
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
38.6 %
48
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
58.5 %
142
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.9 %
166
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
30.70
43
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
4.49
174
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
3.59
52
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
25.45
83
 
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
1.05
28
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.94
22
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-5.41
141
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.08
43
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
93.7
78
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
93.6
86
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
93.7
72
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
36.0
14
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
71.5
98
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
52.0
150
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,500
141
  
$36,600
23
 

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