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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
53.5
58.9
56.1
150
145
148
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
50.1
48.3
49.2
176
180
178
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
50.1
48.3
176
180
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
58.9
58.9
183
187
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
59.2
59.3
184
188
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
59.4
59.6
184
189
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
59.8
60.1
184
189
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
60.6
61.9
184
188
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
61.7
65.1
184
185
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
63.6
68.9
184
180
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
65.9
71.7
184
167
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
68.5
73.5
178
164
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
71.1
75.2
169
156
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
73.5
77.0
153
146
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
76.1
78.8
143
136
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
78.5
80.6
128
127
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.4
82.9
112
114
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.2
85.4
101
100
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.6
88.8
79
77
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.1
92.1
70
56
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.8
95.6
56
42
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.8
99.2
46
37
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.3
58
33
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
555.73
4
  
0.40
137
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
140.42
27
  
23.69
125
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
84.56
27
  
1.95
119
4 Stroke
83.42
105
  
36.89
160
5 Coronary Heart Disease
71.02
151
  
68.80
155
6 Diabetes Mellitus
66.67
18
  
5.04
185
7 Hypertension
45.13
39
  
3.67
183
8 Tuberculosis
44.39
40
  
0.41
170
9 Violence
29.07
17
  
1.14
160
10 Lung Disease
27.77
80
  
21.47
98
11 Breast Cancer
23.38
22
  
23.62
20
12 Road Traffic Accidents
20.17
72
  
4.77
180
13 Lung Cancers
19.56
66
  
30.98
18
14 Meningitis
18.30
20
  
0.41
149
15 Oesophagus Cancer
18.22
4
  
7.62
30
16 Asthma
16.43
31
  
1.09
153
17 Low Birth Weight
15.18
57
  
3.39
144
18 Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.18
49
  
15.49
33
19 Inflammatory/Heart
11.34
63
  
2.97
152
20 Anaemia
11.20
9
  
0.15
171
21 Liver Cancer
11.09
36
  
3.07
164
22 Kidney Disease
10.39
122
  
3.23
185
23 Prostate Cancer
9.55
44
  
8.21
58
24 Endocrine Disorders
9.29
77
  
3.13
147
25 Cervical Cancer
8.96
53
  
1.38
161
26 Birth Trauma
8.67
62
  
0.64
166
27 Maternal Conditions
8.08
50
  
0.15
151
28 Suicide
7.38
94
  
6.90
101
29 Malnutrition
7.15
54
  
0.07
172
30 Lymphomas
7.01
43
  
7.35
36
31 Other Injuries
6.79
151
  
5.54
170
32 Alzheimers/Dementia
6.62
80
  
17.08
14
33 Epilepsy
6.53
39
  
1.57
104
34 Oral Cancer
5.83
26
  
2.39
113
35 Pancreas Cancer
5.35
57
  
6.81
39
36 Congenital Anomalies
5.15
127
  
3.68
164
37 Fires
4.84
41
  
0.45
158
38 Skin Cancers
4.14
8
  
2.74
32
39 Schistosomiasis
4.13
35
  
0.00
64
40 Liver Disease
3.89
174
  
9.48
96
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.84
86
  
2.54
123
42 Bladder Cancer
3.56
52
  
4.27
28
43 Stomach Cancer
3.49
165
  
4.81
130
44 Skin Disease
3.22
78
  
1.50
104
45 Leukemia
3.14
128
  
4.39
63
46 Other Neoplasms
2.81
101
  
2.95
92
47 Upper Respiratory
2.67
26
  
0.07
144
48 Syphilis
2.39
33
  
0.00
147
49 Hepatitis B
2.11
42
  
0.07
177
50 Falls
2.03
152
  
3.51
109
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
262,997
44.07
  
266
0.06
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
52,985
8.88
  
37,348
8.00
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
35,567
5.96
  
3,081
0.66
4 Stroke
23,139
3.88
  
55,919
11.98
5 Coronary Heart Disease
20,506
3.44
  
92,299
19.77
6 Diabetes Mellitus
19,530
3.27
  
6,682
1.43
7 Tuberculosis
19,523
3.27
  
443
0.09
8 Violence
13,572
2.27
  
703
0.15
9 Hypertension
12,463
2.09
  
5,191
1.11
10 Low Birth Weight
8,969
1.50
  
1,386
0.30
11 Road Traffic Accidents
8,646
1.45
  
3,073
0.66
12 Meningitis
8,403
1.41
  
278
0.06
13 Lung Disease
8,120
1.36
  
29,069
6.23
14 Oesophagus Cancer
6,095
1.02
  
8,762
1.88
15 Lung Cancers
5,880
0.99
  
35,845
7.68
16 Asthma
5,145
0.86
  
1,260
0.27
17 Birth Trauma
5,123
0.86
  
262
0.06
18 Anaemia
4,775
0.80
  
260
0.06
19 Maternal Conditions
4,516
0.76
  
81
0.02
20 Breast Cancer
4,286
0.72
  
14,343
3.07
21 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,750
0.63
  
18,951
4.06
22 Inflammatory/Heart
3,460
0.58
  
3,014
0.65
23 Liver Cancer
3,459
0.58
  
3,470
0.74
24 Malnutrition
3,427
0.57
  
85
0.02
25 Endocrine Disorders
3,244
0.54
  
3,056
0.65
26 Suicide
3,131
0.52
  
4,660
1.00
27 Kidney Disease
3,058
0.51
  
4,804
1.03
28 Cervical Cancer
3,027
0.51
  
1,322
0.28
29 Congenital Anomalies
2,898
0.49
  
1,950
0.42
30 Other Injuries
2,821
0.47
  
6,029
1.29
31 Lymphomas
2,578
0.43
  
8,744
1.87
32 Epilepsy
2,464
0.41
  
1,201
0.26
33 Prostate Cancer
2,451
0.41
  
11,508
2.46
34 Fires
1,985
0.33
  
380
0.08
35 Oral Cancer
1,896
0.32
  
2,428
0.52
36 Schistosomiasis
1,707
0.29
  
1
0.00
37 Pancreas Cancer
1,567
0.26
  
7,954
1.70
38 Alzheimers/Dementia
1,504
0.25
  
29,116
6.24
39 Liver Disease
1,340
0.22
  
7,767
1.66
40 Skin Cancers
1,329
0.22
  
2,947
0.63
41 Syphilis
1,274
0.21
  
3
0.00
42 Upper Respiratory
1,196
0.20
  
56
0.01
43 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,188
0.20
  
3,294
0.71
44 Leukemia
1,161
0.19
  
5,077
1.09
45 Stomach Cancer
1,021
0.17
  
6,006
1.29
46 Bladder Cancer
971
0.16
  
5,842
1.25
47 Hepatitis B
969
0.16
  
57
0.01
48 Skin Disease
922
0.15
  
2,188
0.47
49 Other Neoplasms
893
0.15
  
3,829
0.82
50 Falls
666
0.11
  
4,450
0.95
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
23.38
22
  
23.62
20
2 Lung Cancers
19.56
66
  
30.98
18
3 Oesophagus Cancer
18.22
4
  
7.62
30
4 Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.18
49
  
15.49
33
5 Liver Cancer
11.09
36
  
3.07
164
6 Prostate Cancer
9.55
44
  
8.21
58
7 Cervical Cancer
8.96
53
  
1.38
161
8 Lymphomas
7.01
43
  
7.35
36
9 Oral Cancer
5.83
26
  
2.39
113
10 Pancreas Cancer
5.35
57
  
6.81
39
11 Skin Cancers
4.14
8
  
2.74
32
12 Bladder Cancer
3.56
52
  
4.27
28
13 Stomach Cancer
3.49
165
  
4.81
130
14 Leukemia
3.14
128
  
4.39
63
15 Other Neoplasms
2.81
101
  
2.95
92
16 Ovary Cancer
1.88
122
  
3.96
20
17 Uterin Cancer
1.64
55
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
49,052,489
24
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
28.9 %
97
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
65.8 %
88
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
5.4 %
98
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
19.93
91
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
16.99
12
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.38
96
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
44.42
56
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.02
190
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.00
191
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.69
148
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.13
77
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.28
152
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
86.4
114
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
87.0
113
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
85.7
103
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
21.7
26
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
49.2
178
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
48.0
164
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$10,000
81
  
$36,600
23
 

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