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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland
SWITZERLAND		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
76.9
82.6
79.7
5
3
2
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
78.1
84.0
81.0
10
7
8
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Switzerland
SWITZERLAND		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
78.1
84.0
10
7
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
81.3
85.7
3
8
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
81.3
85.8
3
8
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
81.3
85.8
3
8
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
81.5
85.9
3
8
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
81.6
85.9
3
8
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
81.8
86.0
4
8
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
81.9
86.1
4
7
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
82.1
86.2
4
7
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
82.4
86.4
4
6
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
82.7
86.6
4
9
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
83.2
87.0
4
7
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.9
87.4
5
8
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.8
88.0
5
8
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
86.0
88.8
6
7
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.5
89.8
10
8
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.4
91.1
18
13
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.9
93.1
29
23
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.1
95.8
37
31
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.8
99.2
46
37
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.2
58
48
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland
SWITZERLAND		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
52.18
175
  
68.80
155
2 Lung Cancers
22.60
50
  
30.98
18
3 Stroke
21.96
188
  
36.89
160
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
20.02
6
  
17.08
14
5 Breast Cancer
18.26
75
  
23.62
20
6 Hypertension
12.57
150
  
3.67
183
7 Suicide
12.55
41
  
6.90
101
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.38
58
  
15.49
33
9 Lung Disease
9.92
158
  
21.47
98
10 Diabetes Mellitus
8.18
169
  
5.04
185
11 Prostate Cancer
7.73
67
  
8.21
58
12 Falls
7.50
24
  
3.51
109
13 Influenza & Pneumonia
7.34
177
  
23.69
125
14 Pancreas Cancer
7.10
36
  
6.81
39
15 Lymphomas
5.99
65
  
7.35
36
16 Liver Disease
5.60
155
  
9.48
96
17 Liver Cancer
4.72
121
  
3.07
164
18 Inflammatory/Heart
4.52
115
  
2.97
152
19 Stomach Cancer
4.05
150
  
4.81
130
20 Leukemia
3.88
99
  
4.39
63
21 Road Traffic Accidents
3.83
187
  
4.77
180
22 Congenital Anomalies
3.79
162
  
3.68
164
23 Oesophagus Cancer
3.49
76
  
7.62
30
24 Other Injuries
3.27
185
  
5.54
170
25 Oral Cancer
3.18
85
  
2.39
113
26 Ovary Cancer
3.00
57
  
3.96
20
27 Bladder Cancer
2.99
76
  
4.27
28
28 Parkinson Disease
2.97
15
  
3.48
8
29 Skin Cancers
2.87
27
  
2.74
32
30 Other Neoplasms
2.81
102
  
2.95
92
31 Endocrine Disorders
2.68
153
  
3.13
147
32 Kidney Disease
2.57
189
  
3.23
185
33 Poisonings
1.91
111
  
2.81
89
34 Drug Use
1.88
33
  
2.14
27
35 Alcohol
1.79
42
  
1.10
76
36 Uterin Cancer
1.55
62
  
1.53
64
37 Low Birth Weight
1.40
167
  
3.39
144
38 Multiple Sclerosis
0.89
14
  
1.33
4
39 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.86
171
  
2.54
123
40 Cervical Cancer
0.75
183
  
1.38
161
41 Violence
0.71
178
  
1.14
160
42 Epilepsy
0.68
173
  
1.57
104
43 Birth Trauma
0.68
164
  
0.64
166
44 HIV/AIDS
0.68
122
  
0.40
137
45 Drownings
0.61
181
  
0.35
187
46 Osteoarthritis
0.59
47
  
0.19
77
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.51
170
  
0.90
140
48 Asthma
0.50
185
  
1.09
153
49 Depression
0.49
10
  
0.09
76
50 Schizophrenia
0.48
64
  
0.06
144
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Switzerland
SWITZERLAND		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
9,804
19.91
  
92,299
19.77
2 Alzheimers/Dementia
4,378
8.89
  
29,116
6.24
3 Stroke
4,346
8.83
  
55,919
11.98
4 Lung Cancers
3,061
6.22
  
35,845
7.68
5 Hypertension
2,640
5.36
  
5,191
1.11
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,911
3.88
  
18,951
4.06
7 Lung Disease
1,779
3.61
  
29,069
6.23
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,494
3.03
  
37,348
8.00
9 Diabetes Mellitus
1,490
3.03
  
6,682
1.43
10 Prostate Cancer
1,406
2.86
  
11,508
2.46
11 Breast Cancer
1,394
2.83
  
14,343
3.07
12 Falls
1,354
2.75
  
4,450
0.95
13 Suicide
1,311
2.66
  
4,660
1.00
14 Pancreas Cancer
1,048
2.13
  
7,954
1.70
15 Lymphomas
945
1.92
  
8,744
1.87
16 Inflammatory/Heart
807
1.64
  
3,014
0.65
17 Liver Disease
677
1.38
  
7,767
1.66
18 Liver Cancer
658
1.34
  
3,470
0.74
19 Parkinson Disease
602
1.22
  
5,348
1.15
20 Stomach Cancer
596
1.21
  
6,006
1.29
21 Leukemia
561
1.14
  
5,077
1.09
22 Kidney Disease
526
1.07
  
4,804
1.03
23 Bladder Cancer
501
1.02
  
5,842
1.25
24 Other Neoplasms
498
1.01
  
3,829
0.82
25 Oesophagus Cancer
478
0.97
  
8,762
1.88
26 Ovary Cancer
425
0.86
  
4,366
0.94
27 Skin Cancers
417
0.85
  
2,947
0.63
28 Oral Cancer
406
0.82
  
2,428
0.52
29 Endocrine Disorders
375
0.76
  
3,056
0.65
30 Other Injuries
372
0.76
  
6,029
1.29
31 Road Traffic Accidents
339
0.69
  
3,073
0.66
32 Congenital Anomalies
242
0.49
  
1,950
0.42
33 Uterin Cancer
242
0.49
  
1,852
0.40
34 Alcohol
213
0.43
  
862
0.18
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
158
0.32
  
3,294
0.71
36 Poisonings
155
0.31
  
1,805
0.39
37 Drug Use
139
0.28
  
1,247
0.27
38 Osteoarthritis
122
0.25
  
322
0.07
39 Multiple Sclerosis
114
0.23
  
1,206
0.26
40 Depression
100
0.20
  
150
0.03
41 Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.20
  
1,204
0.26
42 Cervical Cancer
98
0.20
  
1,322
0.28
43 Asthma
91
0.18
  
1,260
0.27
44 Skin Disease
88
0.18
  
2,188
0.47
45 Epilepsy
83
0.17
  
1,201
0.26
46 Schizophrenia
74
0.15
  
80
0.02
47 HIV/AIDS
62
0.13
  
266
0.06
48 Anaemia
60
0.12
  
260
0.06
49 Low Birth Weight
58
0.12
  
1,386
0.30
50 Violence
56
0.11
  
703
0.15
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland
SWITZERLAND		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
22.60
50
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
18.26
75
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.38
58
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
7.73
67
  
8.21
58
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.10
36
  
6.81
39
6 Lymphomas
5.99
65
  
7.35
36
7 Liver Cancer
4.72
121
  
3.07
164
8 Stomach Cancer
4.05
150
  
4.81
130
9 Leukemia
3.88
99
  
4.39
63
10 Oesophagus Cancer
3.49
76
  
7.62
30
11 Oral Cancer
3.18
85
  
2.39
113
12 Ovary Cancer
3.00
57
  
3.96
20
13 Bladder Cancer
2.99
76
  
4.27
28
14 Skin Cancers
2.87
27
  
2.74
32
15 Other Neoplasms
2.81
102
  
2.95
92
16 Uterin Cancer
1.55
62
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
0.75
183
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Switzerland
SWITZERLAND		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
7,604,467
92
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
15.6 %
169
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
68.1 %
46
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
16.3 %
21
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
9.59
175
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
8.59
84
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.45
161
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.18
179
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.08
14
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.71
137
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
1.76
33
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.28
152
 
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
3.0
142
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
81.0
8
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
75.0
3
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$40,900
11
  
$36,600
23
 

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