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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia
NAMIBIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
52.9
55.9
54.4
152
151
152
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
52.3
51.6
52.0
166
175
173
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Namibia
NAMIBIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
52.3
51.6
166
175
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
57.2
65.0
185
168
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
57.6
65.4
186
168
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
58.0
65.6
186
171
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
58.5
65.9
187
172
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
59.4
66.6
187
175
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
60.6
68.4
187
170
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
62.4
70.7
187
165
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
64.5
72.9
188
160
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
66.9
74.7
187
148
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
69.3
76.2
186
140
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
71.8
77.6
188
134
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
74.3
79.0
187
132
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.0
80.5
180
133
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.8
82.4
175
125
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.9
84.6
169
125
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.2
87.3
170
127
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.0
90.6
153
123
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.3
169
121
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.4
159
117
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia
NAMIBIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
375.38
8
  
0.40
137
2 Stroke
141.08
41
  
36.89
160
3 Coronary Heart Disease
127.65
74
  
68.80
155
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
95.58
50
  
23.69
125
5 Diabetes Mellitus
62.33
24
  
5.04
185
6 Road Traffic Accidents
53.41
1
  
4.77
180
7 Hypertension
40.39
50
  
3.67
183
8 Diarrhoeal diseases
36.69
52
  
1.95
119
9 Tuberculosis
35.13
47
  
0.41
170
10 Malaria
32.43
31
  
0.01
104
11 Violence
31.66
15
  
1.14
160
12 Kidney Disease
29.82
23
  
3.23
185
13 Other Injuries
26.98
22
  
5.54
170
14 Lung Disease
23.71
92
  
21.47
98
15 Suicide
22.31
9
  
6.90
101
16 Endocrine Disorders
19.55
19
  
3.13
147
17 Inflammatory/Heart
16.38
22
  
2.97
152
18 Low Birth Weight
15.57
53
  
3.39
144
19 Asthma
15.07
39
  
1.09
153
20 Schistosomiasis
12.93
7
  
0.00
64
21 Liver Disease
11.59
73
  
9.48
96
22 Breast Cancer
11.43
155
  
23.62
20
23 Falls
10.15
14
  
3.51
109
24 Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.63
14
  
2.54
123
25 Alzheimers/Dementia
8.54
59
  
17.08
14
26 Fires
8.20
7
  
0.45
158
27 Birth Trauma
7.21
72
  
0.64
166
28 Congenital Anomalies
6.36
94
  
3.68
164
29 Meningitis
6.20
53
  
0.41
149
30 Oral Cancer
5.97
24
  
2.39
113
31 Maternal Conditions
5.94
54
  
0.15
151
32 Prostate Cancer
5.76
109
  
8.21
58
33 Cervical Cancer
5.47
94
  
1.38
161
34 Other Neoplasms
5.18
30
  
2.95
92
35 Drownings
5.14
57
  
0.35
187
36 Anaemia
5.12
51
  
0.15
171
37 Epilepsy
5.04
47
  
1.57
104
38 Measles
5.03
12
  
0.00
97
39 Skin Disease
4.80
40
  
1.50
104
40 Malnutrition
4.14
75
  
0.07
172
41 Lung Cancers
3.45
154
  
30.98
18
42 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.05
177
  
15.49
33
43 Lymphomas
2.85
160
  
7.35
36
44 Oesophagus Cancer
2.44
104
  
7.62
30
45 Poisonings
2.42
99
  
2.81
89
46 Parkinson Disease
1.93
72
  
3.48
8
47 Pertussis
1.91
34
  
0.02
106
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.86
72
  
0.90
140
49 Liver Cancer
1.79
185
  
3.07
164
50 Leukemia
1.71
170
  
4.39
63
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Namibia
NAMIBIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
6,918
33.79
  
266
0.06
2 Stroke
1,470
7.18
  
55,919
11.98
3 Coronary Heart Disease
1,325
6.47
  
92,299
19.77
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,169
5.71
  
37,348
8.00
5 Road Traffic Accidents
958
4.68
  
3,073
0.66
6 Diabetes Mellitus
662
3.23
  
6,682
1.43
7 Malaria
616
3.01
  
5
0.00
8 Violence
603
2.95
  
703
0.15
9 Tuberculosis
538
2.63
  
443
0.09
10 Diarrhoeal diseases
501
2.45
  
3,081
0.66
11 Low Birth Weight
490
2.39
  
1,386
0.30
12 Other Injuries
427
2.09
  
6,029
1.29
13 Hypertension
415
2.03
  
5,191
1.11
14 Suicide
348
1.70
  
4,660
1.00
15 Kidney Disease
342
1.67
  
4,804
1.03
16 Lung Disease
249
1.22
  
29,069
6.23
17 Birth Trauma
227
1.11
  
262
0.06
18 Endocrine Disorders
226
1.10
  
3,056
0.65
19 Schistosomiasis
203
0.99
  
1
0.00
20 Inflammatory/Heart
189
0.92
  
3,014
0.65
21 Asthma
179
0.87
  
1,260
0.27
22 Congenital Anomalies
178
0.87
  
1,950
0.42
23 Measles
158
0.77
  
2
0.00
24 Liver Disease
139
0.68
  
7,767
1.66
25 Fires
134
0.65
  
380
0.08
26 Falls
132
0.64
  
4,450
0.95
27 Meningitis
123
0.60
  
278
0.06
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
114
0.56
  
3,294
0.71
29 Maternal Conditions
110
0.54
  
81
0.02
30 Drownings
109
0.53
  
233
0.05
31 Malnutrition
78
0.38
  
85
0.02
32 Alzheimers/Dementia
75
0.37
  
29,116
6.24
33 Epilepsy
73
0.36
  
1,201
0.26
34 Breast Cancer
72
0.35
  
14,343
3.07
35 Anaemia
65
0.32
  
260
0.06
36 Other Neoplasms
64
0.31
  
3,829
0.82
37 Cervical Cancer
63
0.31
  
1,322
0.28
38 Oral Cancer
61
0.30
  
2,428
0.52
39 Pertussis
60
0.29
  
6
0.00
40 Prostate Cancer
55
0.27
  
11,508
2.46
41 Skin Disease
51
0.25
  
2,188
0.47
42 Poisonings
43
0.21
  
1,805
0.39
43 Lung Cancers
38
0.19
  
35,845
7.68
44 Lymphomas
37
0.18
  
8,744
1.87
45 Colon-Rectum Cancers
34
0.17
  
18,951
4.06
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
29
0.14
  
1,204
0.26
47 Oesophagus Cancer
26
0.13
  
8,762
1.88
48 Trypanosomiasis
24
0.12
  
0
0.00
49 Leukemia
24
0.12
  
5,077
1.09
50 Liver Cancer
21
0.10
  
3,470
0.74
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia
NAMIBIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
11.43
155
  
23.62
20
2 Oral Cancer
5.97
24
  
2.39
113
3 Prostate Cancer
5.76
109
  
8.21
58
4 Cervical Cancer
5.47
94
  
1.38
161
5 Other Neoplasms
5.18
30
  
2.95
92
6 Lung Cancers
3.45
154
  
30.98
18
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.05
177
  
15.49
33
8 Lymphomas
2.85
160
  
7.35
36
9 Oesophagus Cancer
2.44
104
  
7.62
30
10 Liver Cancer
1.79
185
  
3.07
164
11 Leukemia
1.71
170
  
4.39
63
12 Stomach Cancer
1.30
191
  
4.81
130
13 Ovary Cancer
1.30
170
  
3.96
20
14 Skin Cancers
1.29
90
  
2.74
32
15 Bladder Cancer
1.18
149
  
4.27
28
16 Pancreas Cancer
0.57
181
  
6.81
39
17 Uterin Cancer
0.31
175
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Namibia
NAMIBIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
2,108,665
138
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.01
56
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
35.9 %
61
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
60.2 %
130
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.9 %
130
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
22.51
76
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
13.30
29
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.69
77
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
45.51
52
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
158
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.81
72
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
0.30
56
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.95
116
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
85.0
117
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
86.8
117
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
83.5
107
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
5.0
117
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
52.0
173
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
50.0
160
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$5,400
109
  
$36,600
23
 

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