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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands
NETHERLANDS		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
71.5
75.4
73.4
1
2
2
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
70.8
76.5
73.6
4
3
3
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
72.5
79.2
75.7
4
1
2
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
73.8
80.1
76.9
10
9
7
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
75.5
80.6
78.0
17
20
18
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
76.9
82.3
79.6
19
22
20
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Netherlands
NETHERLANDS		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
76.9
82.3
19
22
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
79.8
84.0
17
25
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
79.9
84.0
17
25
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
79.9
84.0
17
25
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
80.0
84.1
17
25
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
80.1
84.1
19
25
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
80.2
84.2
19
25
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
80.4
84.3
19
25
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
80.5
84.4
22
26
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
80.8
84.6
22
26
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
81.1
85.0
24
25
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
81.6
85.4
27
25
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
82.3
86.0
29
23
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.3
86.8
34
22
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.6
87.7
37
23
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.3
88.8
41
32
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.5
90.4
48
34
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.3
92.6
55
40
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.7
95.5
65
47
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.6
99.0
72
53
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
103.1
85
60
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands
NETHERLANDS		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
39.79
187
  
68.80
155
2 Lung Cancers
36.59
7
  
30.98
18
3 Stroke
27.28
183
  
36.89
160
4 Breast Cancer
25.40
12
  
23.62
20
5 Alzheimers/Dementia
21.41
5
  
17.08
14
6 Lung Disease
18.96
109
  
21.47
98
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.01
18
  
15.49
33
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
16.61
146
  
23.69
125
9 Diabetes Mellitus
10.10
161
  
5.04
185
10 Pancreas Cancer
8.49
18
  
6.81
39
11 Prostate Cancer
8.10
62
  
8.21
58
12 Suicide
7.45
93
  
6.90
101
13 Lymphomas
6.81
49
  
7.35
36
14 Oesophagus Cancer
6.23
41
  
7.62
30
15 Stomach Cancer
5.42
121
  
4.81
130
16 Leukemia
4.69
50
  
4.39
63
17 Kidney Disease
4.47
172
  
3.23
185
18 Other Injuries
4.15
180
  
5.54
170
19 Bladder Cancer
4.09
34
  
4.27
28
20 Inflammatory/Heart
4.00
124
  
2.97
152
21 Falls
4.00
92
  
3.51
109
22 Road Traffic Accidents
3.97
185
  
4.77
180
23 Ovary Cancer
3.77
23
  
3.96
20
24 Other Neoplasms
3.57
72
  
2.95
92
25 Endocrine Disorders
3.52
134
  
3.13
147
26 Liver Disease
3.44
178
  
9.48
96
27 Skin Cancers
3.36
19
  
2.74
32
28 Congenital Anomalies
3.31
170
  
3.68
164
29 Parkinson Disease
3.24
12
  
3.48
8
30 Hypertension
3.11
189
  
3.67
183
31 Oral Cancer
2.33
118
  
2.39
113
32 Liver Cancer
2.28
180
  
3.07
164
33 Uterin Cancer
1.50
66
  
1.53
64
34 Epilepsy
1.21
135
  
1.57
104
35 Cervical Cancer
1.07
173
  
1.38
161
36 Skin Disease
1.05
118
  
1.50
104
37 Violence
0.92
167
  
1.14
160
38 Alcohol
0.87
103
  
1.10
76
39 Poisonings
0.85
141
  
2.81
89
40 Low Birth Weight
0.84
184
  
3.39
144
41 Birth Trauma
0.75
159
  
0.64
166
42 Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
22
  
1.33
4
43 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.67
180
  
2.54
123
44 Anaemia
0.59
139
  
0.15
171
45 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.51
154
  
1.95
119
46 Drownings
0.42
186
  
0.35
187
47 Osteoarthritis
0.38
54
  
0.19
77
48 HIV/AIDS
0.30
142
  
0.40
137
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.29
125
  
0.67
68
50 Fires
0.29
177
  
0.45
158
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Netherlands
NETHERLANDS		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
12,742
12.85
  
92,299
19.77
2 Lung Cancers
10,254
10.34
  
35,845
7.68
3 Stroke
9,387
9.47
  
55,919
11.98
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
8,321
8.39
  
29,116
6.24
5 Lung Disease
6,359
6.41
  
29,069
6.23
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
6,042
6.09
  
37,348
8.00
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,423
5.47
  
18,951
4.06
8 Breast Cancer
3,764
3.80
  
14,343
3.07
9 Diabetes Mellitus
3,288
3.32
  
6,682
1.43
10 Prostate Cancer
2,676
2.70
  
11,508
2.46
11 Pancreas Cancer
2,456
2.48
  
7,954
1.70
12 Lymphomas
1,991
2.01
  
8,744
1.87
13 Oesophagus Cancer
1,738
1.75
  
8,762
1.88
14 Kidney Disease
1,605
1.62
  
4,804
1.03
15 Stomach Cancer
1,590
1.60
  
6,006
1.29
16 Suicide
1,468
1.48
  
4,660
1.00
17 Other Injuries
1,369
1.38
  
6,029
1.29
18 Falls
1,348
1.36
  
4,450
0.95
19 Bladder Cancer
1,305
1.32
  
5,842
1.25
20 Leukemia
1,286
1.30
  
5,077
1.09
21 Inflammatory/Heart
1,245
1.26
  
3,014
0.65
22 Other Neoplasms
1,154
1.16
  
3,829
0.82
23 Parkinson Disease
1,150
1.16
  
5,348
1.15
24 Ovary Cancer
1,051
1.06
  
4,366
0.94
25 Hypertension
1,051
1.06
  
5,191
1.11
26 Endocrine Disorders
997
1.01
  
3,056
0.65
27 Skin Cancers
857
0.86
  
2,947
0.63
28 Liver Disease
852
0.86
  
7,767
1.66
29 Road Traffic Accidents
732
0.74
  
3,073
0.66
30 Liver Cancer
647
0.65
  
3,470
0.74
31 Oral Cancer
624
0.63
  
2,428
0.52
32 Congenital Anomalies
470
0.47
  
1,950
0.42
33 Uterin Cancer
441
0.44
  
1,852
0.40
34 Skin Disease
380
0.38
  
2,188
0.47
35 Cervical Cancer
273
0.28
  
1,322
0.28
36 Epilepsy
264
0.27
  
1,201
0.26
37 Anaemia
225
0.23
  
260
0.06
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
220
0.22
  
3,294
0.71
39 Alcohol
212
0.21
  
862
0.18
40 Multiple Sclerosis
186
0.19
  
1,206
0.26
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
175
0.18
  
3,081
0.66
42 Poisonings
155
0.16
  
1,805
0.39
43 Violence
152
0.15
  
703
0.15
44 Osteoarthritis
136
0.14
  
322
0.07
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
99
0.10
  
905
0.19
46 Low Birth Weight
92
0.09
  
1,386
0.30
47 Malnutrition
89
0.09
  
85
0.02
48 Birth Trauma
81
0.08
  
262
0.06
49 Drownings
78
0.08
  
233
0.05
50 Asthma
71
0.07
  
1,260
0.27
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands
NETHERLANDS		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
36.59
7
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
25.40
12
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.01
18
  
15.49
33
4 Pancreas Cancer
8.49
18
  
6.81
39
5 Prostate Cancer
8.10
62
  
8.21
58
6 Lymphomas
6.81
49
  
7.35
36
7 Oesophagus Cancer
6.23
41
  
7.62
30
8 Stomach Cancer
5.42
121
  
4.81
130
9 Leukemia
4.69
50
  
4.39
63
10 Bladder Cancer
4.09
34
  
4.27
28
11 Ovary Cancer
3.77
23
  
3.96
20
12 Other Neoplasms
3.57
72
  
2.95
92
13 Skin Cancers
3.36
19
  
2.74
32
14 Oral Cancer
2.33
118
  
2.39
113
15 Liver Cancer
2.28
180
  
3.07
164
16 Uterin Cancer
1.50
66
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.07
173
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Netherlands
NETHERLANDS		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
16,715,999
57
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
17.4 %
155
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
67.7 %
52
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
14.9 %
30
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.40
159
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
8.74
81
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.66
153
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.73
170
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.76
105
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
2.46
23
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.41
141
 
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
4.5
124
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
79.6
20
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
73.0
20
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$40,300
12
  
$36,600
23
 

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