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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal
PORTUGAL		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
60.7
66.3
63.4
52
43
48
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
64.2
70.8
67.4
51
43
45
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
67.9
75.1
71.4
36
29
30
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
70.2
77.3
73.7
38
28
33
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
73.2
80.0
76.5
34
25
31
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
75.1
81.9
78.4
31
26
28
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Portugal
PORTUGAL		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
75.1
81.9
31
26
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
77.7
83.8
35
26
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
77.7
83.8
35
27
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
77.8
83.8
35
27
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
77.9
83.9
35
26
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
78.1
84.0
35
26
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
78.3
84.1
37
26
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
78.5
84.2
39
26
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
78.9
84.4
39
26
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
79.3
84.6
40
26
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
80.0
84.9
36
26
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
80.8
85.4
37
25
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
81.8
85.8
38
26
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.0
86.4
39
28
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.3
87.2
41
35
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.0
88.2
49
39
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.2
89.8
58
49
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.1
92.0
70
61
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.5
95.0
82
69
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.5
98.7
88
77
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
103.0
85
77
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal
PORTUGAL		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
62.70
131
  
36.89
160
2 Coronary Heart Disease
43.82
184
  
68.80
155
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
23.61
126
  
23.69
125
4 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.08
12
  
15.49
33
5 Lung Cancers
19.65
64
  
30.98
18
6 Diabetes Mellitus
19.32
126
  
5.04
185
7 Breast Cancer
18.15
78
  
23.62
20
8 Stomach Cancer
14.66
29
  
4.81
130
9 Lung Disease
10.54
154
  
21.47
98
10 Road Traffic Accidents
10.04
140
  
4.77
180
11 Liver Disease
9.51
94
  
9.48
96
12 Kidney Disease
8.52
136
  
3.23
185
13 Prostate Cancer
8.07
64
  
8.21
58
14 Suicide
7.46
92
  
6.90
101
15 HIV/AIDS
7.36
78
  
0.40
137
16 Hypertension
6.95
164
  
3.67
183
17 Lymphomas
6.88
47
  
7.35
36
18 Alzheimers/Dementia
6.43
82
  
17.08
14
19 Pancreas Cancer
5.91
50
  
6.81
39
20 Other Injuries
5.37
171
  
5.54
170
21 Oral Cancer
5.27
33
  
2.39
113
22 Endocrine Disorders
5.26
109
  
3.13
147
23 Leukemia
4.65
52
  
4.39
63
24 Liver Cancer
4.53
127
  
3.07
164
25 Bladder Cancer
3.97
37
  
4.27
28
26 Oesophagus Cancer
3.79
71
  
7.62
30
27 Inflammatory/Heart
3.20
142
  
2.97
152
28 Other Neoplasms
2.93
96
  
2.95
92
29 Congenital Anomalies
2.73
182
  
3.68
164
30 Cervical Cancer
2.57
136
  
1.38
161
31 Falls
2.51
135
  
3.51
109
32 Skin Cancers
2.22
41
  
2.74
32
33 Ovary Cancer
2.10
101
  
3.96
20
34 Parkinson Disease
1.98
62
  
3.48
8
35 Violence
1.54
143
  
1.14
160
36 Tuberculosis
1.38
147
  
0.41
170
37 Uterin Cancer
1.28
79
  
1.53
64
38 Drug Use
1.26
46
  
2.14
27
39 Alcohol
1.11
74
  
1.10
76
40 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.04
166
  
2.54
123
41 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.90
140
  
0.90
140
42 Low Birth Weight
0.89
182
  
3.39
144
43 Birth Trauma
0.84
157
  
0.64
166
44 Epilepsy
0.78
167
  
1.57
104
45 Drownings
0.67
177
  
0.35
187
46 Asthma
0.56
183
  
1.09
153
47 Anaemia
0.53
141
  
0.15
171
48 Fires
0.47
155
  
0.45
158
49 Multiple Sclerosis
0.35
49
  
1.33
4
50 Hepatitis C
0.31
90
  
0.23
107
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Portugal
PORTUGAL		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
15,977
19.78
  
55,919
11.98
2 Coronary Heart Disease
10,422
12.90
  
92,299
19.77
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
6,154
7.62
  
37,348
8.00
4 Diabetes Mellitus
4,691
5.81
  
6,682
1.43
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,278
5.30
  
18,951
4.06
6 Lung Cancers
3,687
4.56
  
35,845
7.68
7 Stomach Cancer
2,956
3.66
  
6,006
1.29
8 Lung Disease
2,690
3.33
  
29,069
6.23
9 Kidney Disease
2,191
2.71
  
4,804
1.03
10 Prostate Cancer
2,042
2.53
  
11,508
2.46
11 Breast Cancer
1,896
2.35
  
14,343
3.07
12 Hypertension
1,839
2.28
  
5,191
1.11
13 Alzheimers/Dementia
1,685
2.09
  
29,116
6.24
14 Liver Disease
1,537
1.90
  
7,767
1.66
15 Lymphomas
1,333
1.65
  
8,744
1.87
16 Road Traffic Accidents
1,275
1.58
  
3,073
0.66
17 Suicide
1,233
1.53
  
4,660
1.00
18 Pancreas Cancer
1,226
1.52
  
7,954
1.70
19 Endocrine Disorders
1,103
1.37
  
3,056
0.65
20 Other Injuries
986
1.22
  
6,029
1.29
21 Bladder Cancer
923
1.14
  
5,842
1.25
22 HIV/AIDS
894
1.11
  
266
0.06
23 Liver Cancer
893
1.11
  
3,470
0.74
24 Leukemia
888
1.10
  
5,077
1.09
25 Oral Cancer
841
1.04
  
2,428
0.52
26 Oesophagus Cancer
660
0.82
  
8,762
1.88
27 Inflammatory/Heart
637
0.79
  
3,014
0.65
28 Other Neoplasms
636
0.79
  
3,829
0.82
29 Parkinson Disease
516
0.64
  
5,348
1.15
30 Falls
516
0.64
  
4,450
0.95
31 Cervical Cancer
446
0.55
  
1,322
0.28
32 Skin Cancers
439
0.54
  
2,947
0.63
33 Ovary Cancer
407
0.50
  
4,366
0.94
34 Uterin Cancer
280
0.35
  
1,852
0.40
35 Tuberculosis
267
0.33
  
443
0.09
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
233
0.29
  
3,294
0.71
37 Congenital Anomalies
213
0.26
  
1,950
0.42
38 Rheumatic Heart Disease
194
0.24
  
1,204
0.26
39 Violence
180
0.22
  
703
0.15
40 Alcohol
167
0.21
  
862
0.18
41 Drug Use
146
0.18
  
1,247
0.27
42 Anaemia
138
0.17
  
260
0.06
43 Epilepsy
133
0.16
  
1,201
0.26
44 Asthma
122
0.15
  
1,260
0.27
45 Fires
94
0.12
  
380
0.08
46 Drownings
82
0.10
  
233
0.05
47 Diarrhoeal diseases
60
0.07
  
3,081
0.66
48 Malnutrition
56
0.07
  
85
0.02
49 Multiple Sclerosis
54
0.07
  
1,206
0.26
50 Low Birth Weight
54
0.07
  
1,386
0.30
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal
PORTUGAL		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.08
12
  
15.49
33
2 Lung Cancers
19.65
64
  
30.98
18
3 Breast Cancer
18.15
78
  
23.62
20
4 Stomach Cancer
14.66
29
  
4.81
130
5 Prostate Cancer
8.07
64
  
8.21
58
6 Lymphomas
6.88
47
  
7.35
36
7 Pancreas Cancer
5.91
50
  
6.81
39
8 Oral Cancer
5.27
33
  
2.39
113
9 Leukemia
4.65
52
  
4.39
63
10 Liver Cancer
4.53
127
  
3.07
164
11 Bladder Cancer
3.97
37
  
4.27
28
12 Oesophagus Cancer
3.79
71
  
7.62
30
13 Other Neoplasms
2.93
96
  
2.95
92
14 Cervical Cancer
2.57
136
  
1.38
161
15 Skin Cancers
2.22
41
  
2.74
32
16 Ovary Cancer
2.10
101
  
3.96
20
17 Uterin Cancer
1.28
79
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Portugal
PORTUGAL		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
10,707,924
73
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.95
168
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
16.3 %
160
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
66.1 %
82
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
17.6 %
12
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.29
164
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.68
52
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.49
160
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.78
168
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.07
24
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.09
9
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.99
128
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.70
144
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
3.14
19
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.28
152
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
93.3
80
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
95.5
71
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
91.3
80
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
7.6
85
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
78.4
28
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
71.0
30
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$22,000
41
  
$36,600
23
 

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