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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
67.0
74.7
70.8
86
66
76
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
73.2
77.5
75.3
53
64
58
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
73.2
77.5
53
64
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
67.5
78.5
136
78
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
67.7
78.7
140
76
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
68.1
79.0
139
74
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
68.6
79.2
138
72
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
69.9
79.4
127
70
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
71.1
79.6
120
70
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
72.5
79.9
107
69
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
73.7
80.1
96
70
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
74.6
80.4
94
72
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
75.5
80.7
91
75
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
76.6
81.2
92
77
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
77.9
81.9
99
82
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.5
82.8
103
85
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.5
84.1
107
87
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.0
85.9
109
87
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.7
88.0
128
97
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.1
90.9
139
102
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.3
169
121
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
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
  Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 War
164.38
2
  
0.00
192
2 Coronary Heart Disease
84.52
131
  
68.80
155
3 Hypertension
55.07
28
  
3.67
183
4 Lung Disease
50.54
17
  
21.47
98
5 Stroke
42.84
153
  
36.89
160
6 Other Injuries
39.27
7
  
5.54
170
7 Diabetes Mellitus
38.21
83
  
5.04
185
8 Kidney Disease
20.92
71
  
3.23
185
9 Influenza & Pneumonia
20.85
135
  
23.69
125
10 Liver Disease
15.44
55
  
9.48
96
11 Breast Cancer
14.90
113
  
23.62
20
12 Asthma
12.54
50
  
1.09
153
13 Oral Cancer
11.75
6
  
2.39
113
14 Suicide
11.63
48
  
6.90
101
15 Road Traffic Accidents
11.46
125
  
4.77
180
16 Tuberculosis
10.09
90
  
0.41
170
17 Oesophagus Cancer
9.12
23
  
7.62
30
18 Congenital Anomalies
7.75
41
  
3.68
164
19 Low Birth Weight
7.35
108
  
3.39
144
20 Lung Cancers
7.17
127
  
30.98
18
21 Diarrhoeal diseases
5.69
90
  
1.95
119
22 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.65
118
  
15.49
33
23 Lymphomas
5.34
94
  
7.35
36
24 Leukemia
5.16
32
  
4.39
63
25 Cervical Cancer
3.95
118
  
1.38
161
26 Alcohol
3.81
22
  
1.10
76
27 Ovary Cancer
3.74
24
  
3.96
20
28 Anaemia
3.72
71
  
0.15
171
29 Upper Respiratory
3.49
17
  
0.07
144
30 Epilepsy
3.46
57
  
1.57
104
31 Violence
3.21
110
  
1.14
160
32 Birth Trauma
2.69
117
  
0.64
166
33 Prostate Cancer
2.00
168
  
8.21
58
34 Stomach Cancer
1.83
187
  
4.81
130
35 Endocrine Disorders
1.73
170
  
3.13
147
36 Meningitis
1.68
102
  
0.41
149
37 Liver Cancer
1.66
186
  
3.07
164
38 Drownings
1.59
144
  
0.35
187
39 Parkinson Disease
1.28
118
  
3.48
8
40 Falls
1.18
169
  
3.51
109
41 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.17
160
  
17.08
14
42 Uterin Cancer
1.11
89
  
1.53
64
43 Dengue
1.08
10
  
0.00
192
44 Bladder Cancer
0.80
165
  
4.27
28
45 Skin Disease
0.74
136
  
1.50
104
46 Maternal Conditions
0.71
112
  
0.15
151
47 Pancreas Cancer
0.65
179
  
6.81
39
48 HIV/AIDS
0.64
123
  
0.40
137
49 Malnutrition
0.54
123
  
0.07
172
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.42
175
  
0.90
140
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 War
33,014
24.17
  
0
0.00
2 Coronary Heart Disease
15,961
11.69
  
92,299
19.77
3 Hypertension
10,123
7.41
  
5,191
1.11
4 Lung Disease
9,324
6.83
  
29,069
6.23
5 Stroke
7,945
5.82
  
55,919
11.98
6 Other Injuries
7,919
5.80
  
6,029
1.29
7 Diabetes Mellitus
7,085
5.19
  
6,682
1.43
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
4,024
2.95
  
37,348
8.00
9 Kidney Disease
4,007
2.93
  
4,804
1.03
10 Liver Disease
3,170
2.32
  
7,767
1.66
11 Suicide
2,380
1.74
  
4,660
1.00
12 Asthma
2,349
1.72
  
1,260
0.27
13 Oral Cancer
2,339
1.71
  
2,428
0.52
14 Road Traffic Accidents
2,333
1.71
  
3,073
0.66
15 Tuberculosis
2,057
1.51
  
443
0.09
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1,845
1.35
  
8,762
1.88
17 Breast Cancer
1,624
1.19
  
14,343
3.07
18 Congenital Anomalies
1,557
1.14
  
1,950
0.42
19 Low Birth Weight
1,491
1.09
  
1,386
0.30
20 Lung Cancers
1,458
1.07
  
35,845
7.68
21 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,125
0.82
  
18,951
4.06
22 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,069
0.78
  
3,081
0.66
23 Lymphomas
1,065
0.78
  
8,744
1.87
24 Leukemia
1,029
0.75
  
5,077
1.09
25 Cervical Cancer
814
0.60
  
1,322
0.28
26 Alcohol
778
0.57
  
862
0.18
27 Ovary Cancer
771
0.56
  
4,366
0.94
28 Anaemia
710
0.52
  
260
0.06
29 Epilepsy
668
0.49
  
1,201
0.26
30 Violence
656
0.48
  
703
0.15
31 Upper Respiratory
655
0.48
  
56
0.01
32 Birth Trauma
546
0.40
  
262
0.06
33 Prostate Cancer
378
0.28
  
11,508
2.46
34 Stomach Cancer
373
0.27
  
6,006
1.29
35 Liver Cancer
333
0.24
  
3,470
0.74
36 Drownings
327
0.24
  
233
0.05
37 Meningitis
325
0.24
  
278
0.06
38 Endocrine Disorders
323
0.24
  
3,056
0.65
39 Falls
240
0.18
  
4,450
0.95
40 Parkinson Disease
232
0.17
  
5,348
1.15
41 Uterin Cancer
229
0.17
  
1,852
0.40
42 Alzheimers/Dementia
209
0.15
  
29,116
6.24
43 Dengue
196
0.14
  
0
0.00
44 Bladder Cancer
157
0.11
  
5,842
1.25
45 Maternal Conditions
141
0.10
  
81
0.02
46 Skin Disease
141
0.10
  
2,188
0.47
47 Pancreas Cancer
133
0.10
  
7,954
1.70
48 HIV/AIDS
130
0.10
  
266
0.06
49 Malnutrition
104
0.08
  
85
0.02
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
82
0.06
  
1,204
0.26
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
14.90
113
  
23.62
20
2 Oral Cancer
11.75
6
  
2.39
113
3 Oesophagus Cancer
9.12
23
  
7.62
30
4 Lung Cancers
7.17
127
  
30.98
18
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.65
118
  
15.49
33
6 Lymphomas
5.34
94
  
7.35
36
7 Leukemia
5.16
32
  
4.39
63
8 Cervical Cancer
3.95
118
  
1.38
161
9 Ovary Cancer
3.74
24
  
3.96
20
10 Prostate Cancer
2.00
168
  
8.21
58
11 Stomach Cancer
1.83
187
  
4.81
130
12 Liver Cancer
1.66
186
  
3.07
164
13 Uterin Cancer
1.11
89
  
1.53
64
14 Bladder Cancer
0.80
165
  
4.27
28
15 Pancreas Cancer
0.65
179
  
6.81
39
16 Skin Cancers
0.36
167
  
2.74
32
17 Other Neoplasms
0.20
187
  
2.95
92
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
21,324,791
52
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
23.9 %
124
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
68.0 %
47
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
8.1 %
64
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
16.26
120
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
6.13
136
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.99
119
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
18.57
107
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.96
164
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.87
43
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-1.09
103
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.90
119
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
90.7
95
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
92.3
97
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
89.1
91
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
5.2
116
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
75.3
58
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
63.0
91
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$4,300
122
  
$36,600
23
 

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