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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States
UNITED STATES		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
74.4
79.8
77.0
28
28
26
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
75.8
80.8
78.2
26
31
29
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  United States
UNITED STATES		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
75.8
80.8
26
31
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
77.7
82.5
35
34
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
77.7
82.6
35
33
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
77.8
82.6
35
33
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
78.0
82.7
34
34
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
78.4
82.9
33
33
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
78.7
83.0
31
34
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
79.1
83.2
33
34
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
79.4
83.4
32
35
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
79.9
83.7
33
36
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
80.6
84.2
32
35
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
81.4
84.8
31
35
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
82.5
85.5
26
31
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.7
86.4
25
28
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.3
87.6
19
24
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.2
89.1
19
22
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.4
90.9
18
21
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.2
93.3
18
18
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.4
96.1
18
17
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.0
99.4
25
22
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.2
103.4
21
20
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States
UNITED STATES		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
80.48
135
  
68.80
155
2 Lung Cancers
35.38
9
  
30.98
18
3 Stroke
25.36
186
  
36.89
160
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
24.84
3
  
17.08
14
5 Lung Disease
24.32
90
  
21.47
98
6 Breast Cancer
18.80
61
  
23.62
20
7 Diabetes Mellitus
15.16
138
  
5.04
185
8 Road Traffic Accidents
13.88
107
  
4.77
180
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.63
56
  
15.49
33
10 Hypertension
11.40
152
  
3.67
183
11 Suicide
10.27
63
  
6.90
101
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
9.69
168
  
23.69
125
13 Kidney Disease
9.25
131
  
3.23
185
14 Poisonings
8.93
19
  
2.81
89
15 Lymphomas
7.85
21
  
7.35
36
16 Pancreas Cancer
7.40
32
  
6.81
39
17 Liver Disease
7.35
123
  
9.48
96
18 Endocrine Disorders
7.12
91
  
3.13
147
19 Inflammatory/Heart
6.85
88
  
2.97
152
20 Violence
6.47
92
  
1.14
160
21 Other Injuries
6.21
164
  
5.54
170
22 Prostate Cancer
6.05
103
  
8.21
58
23 Leukemia
5.32
27
  
4.39
63
24 Falls
4.36
80
  
3.51
109
25 Congenital Anomalies
4.28
148
  
3.68
164
26 Liver Cancer
3.93
139
  
3.07
164
27 Parkinson Disease
3.45
9
  
3.48
8
28 Oesophagus Cancer
3.43
79
  
7.62
30
29 HIV/AIDS
3.35
95
  
0.40
137
30 Ovary Cancer
3.24
41
  
3.96
20
31 Low Birth Weight
3.15
147
  
3.39
144
32 Bladder Cancer
3.02
73
  
4.27
28
33 Other Neoplasms
2.88
97
  
2.95
92
34 Skin Cancers
2.79
29
  
2.74
32
35 Stomach Cancer
2.76
170
  
4.81
130
36 Oral Cancer
2.06
134
  
2.39
113
37 Uterin Cancer
1.82
43
  
1.53
64
38 Hepatitis C
1.68
14
  
0.23
107
39 Alcohol
1.60
49
  
1.10
76
40 Drug Use
1.45
37
  
2.14
27
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.22
133
  
1.95
119
42 Drownings
1.16
160
  
0.35
187
43 Cervical Cancer
1.13
171
  
1.38
161
44 Fires
0.94
122
  
0.45
158
45 Birth Trauma
0.91
155
  
0.64
166
46 Multiple Sclerosis
0.90
12
  
1.33
4
47 Asthma
0.87
169
  
1.09
153
48 Skin Disease
0.78
134
  
1.50
104
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.63
158
  
0.90
140
50 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
183
  
2.54
123
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  United States
UNITED STATES		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
445,864
21.42
  
92,299
19.77
2 Alzheimers/Dementia
172,765
8.30
  
29,116
6.24
3 Lung Cancers
165,402
7.95
  
35,845
7.68
4 Stroke
146,664
7.05
  
55,919
11.98
5 Lung Disease
130,808
6.29
  
29,069
6.23
6 Diabetes Mellitus
75,280
3.62
  
6,682
1.43
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
62,592
3.01
  
18,951
4.06
8 Hypertension
62,156
2.99
  
5,191
1.11
9 Influenza & Pneumonia
57,722
2.77
  
37,348
8.00
10 Kidney Disease
50,889
2.45
  
4,804
1.03
11 Breast Cancer
47,377
2.28
  
14,343
3.07
12 Road Traffic Accidents
45,154
2.17
  
3,073
0.66
13 Lymphomas
38,595
1.85
  
8,744
1.87
14 Pancreas Cancer
35,715
1.72
  
7,954
1.70
15 Suicide
35,441
1.70
  
4,660
1.00
16 Prostate Cancer
34,299
1.65
  
11,508
2.46
17 Inflammatory/Heart
33,885
1.63
  
3,014
0.65
18 Endocrine Disorders
33,697
1.62
  
3,056
0.65
19 Liver Disease
30,027
1.44
  
7,767
1.66
20 Poisonings
29,473
1.42
  
1,805
0.39
21 Other Injuries
25,827
1.24
  
6,029
1.29
22 Leukemia
25,443
1.22
  
5,077
1.09
23 Falls
24,337
1.17
  
4,450
0.95
24 Parkinson Disease
21,557
1.04
  
5,348
1.15
25 Violence
19,169
0.92
  
703
0.15
26 Liver Cancer
17,862
0.86
  
3,470
0.74
27 Bladder Cancer
16,279
0.78
  
5,842
1.25
28 Oesophagus Cancer
15,710
0.75
  
8,762
1.88
29 Ovary Cancer
15,254
0.73
  
4,366
0.94
30 Other Neoplasms
15,145
0.73
  
3,829
0.82
31 Stomach Cancer
13,230
0.64
  
6,006
1.29
32 Skin Cancers
13,036
0.63
  
2,947
0.63
33 Congenital Anomalies
11,835
0.57
  
1,950
0.42
34 HIV/AIDS
11,630
0.56
  
266
0.06
35 Oral Cancer
9,330
0.45
  
2,428
0.52
36 Uterin Cancer
8,638
0.42
  
1,852
0.40
37 Low Birth Weight
7,748
0.37
  
1,386
0.30
38 Diarrhoeal diseases
7,298
0.35
  
3,081
0.66
39 Hepatitis C
6,764
0.33
  
189
0.04
40 Alcohol
6,230
0.30
  
862
0.18
41 Drug Use
4,732
0.23
  
1,247
0.27
42 Cervical Cancer
4,564
0.22
  
1,322
0.28
43 Skin Disease
4,147
0.20
  
2,188
0.47
44 Multiple Sclerosis
3,738
0.18
  
1,206
0.26
45 Asthma
3,653
0.18
  
1,260
0.27
46 Drownings
3,599
0.17
  
233
0.05
47 Fires
3,463
0.17
  
380
0.08
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,401
0.16
  
1,204
0.26
49 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,209
0.15
  
3,294
0.71
50 Anaemia
3,059
0.15
  
260
0.06
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States
UNITED STATES		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
35.38
9
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
18.80
61
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.63
56
  
15.49
33
4 Lymphomas
7.85
21
  
7.35
36
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.40
32
  
6.81
39
6 Prostate Cancer
6.05
103
  
8.21
58
7 Leukemia
5.32
27
  
4.39
63
8 Liver Cancer
3.93
139
  
3.07
164
9 Oesophagus Cancer
3.43
79
  
7.62
30
10 Ovary Cancer
3.24
41
  
3.96
20
11 Bladder Cancer
3.02
73
  
4.27
28
12 Other Neoplasms
2.88
97
  
2.95
92
13 Skin Cancers
2.79
29
  
2.74
32
14 Stomach Cancer
2.76
170
  
4.81
130
15 Oral Cancer
2.06
134
  
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.82
43
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.13
171
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  United States
UNITED STATES		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
307,212,123
3
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
20.2 %
142
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
67.0 %
66
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
12.8 %
41
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
13.82
139
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
8.38
93
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.05
114
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
6.26
158
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.75
113
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
4.31
16
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.98
114
 
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
7.2
92
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
78.2
29
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
70.0
34
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$47,000
7
  
$36,600
23
 

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