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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia
ZAMBIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
38.9
40.3
39.6
182
184
184
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
50.8
53.3
52.0
172
172
172
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Zambia
ZAMBIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
50.8
53.3
172
172
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
54.7
58.6
189
188
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
55.6
59.4
189
187
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
56.2
60.0
189
187
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
56.9
60.6
189
188
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
57.9
61.7
189
189
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
59.4
63.5
189
189
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
61.2
65.7
189
188
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
63.6
68.3
189
189
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
66.3
71.0
189
189
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
69.0
73.1
191
182
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
71.6
74.9
190
178
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
74.2
76.8
190
177
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
76.8
78.7
191
175
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.5
80.9
191
174
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.6
83.6
189
173
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.0
86.7
189
173
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.8
90.2
187
182
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.8
94.1
189
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia
ZAMBIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
404.58
7
  
0.40
137
2 Stroke
168.38
11
  
36.89
160
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
162.02
22
  
23.69
125
4 Coronary Heart Disease
141.33
55
  
68.80
155
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
92.17
24
  
1.95
119
6 Diabetes Mellitus
62.12
26
  
5.04
185
7 Malaria
55.15
18
  
0.01
104
8 Lung Disease
49.23
20
  
21.47
98
9 Violence
48.10
6
  
1.14
160
10 Road Traffic Accidents
37.94
11
  
4.77
180
11 Other Injuries
34.85
10
  
5.54
170
12 Asthma
33.90
1
  
1.09
153
13 Kidney Disease
30.79
19
  
3.23
185
14 Tuberculosis
30.18
56
  
0.41
170
15 Maternal Conditions
25.57
19
  
0.15
151
16 Hypertension
24.33
108
  
3.67
183
17 Cervical Cancer
21.80
3
  
1.38
161
18 Low Birth Weight
21.78
29
  
3.39
144
19 Schistosomiasis
21.56
2
  
0.00
64
20 Endocrine Disorders
21.48
8
  
3.13
147
21 Birth Trauma
20.90
17
  
0.64
166
22 Suicide
18.87
17
  
6.90
101
23 Inflammatory/Heart
17.53
14
  
2.97
152
24 Meningitis
16.64
24
  
0.41
149
25 Breast Cancer
13.47
127
  
23.62
20
26 Prostate Cancer
13.39
19
  
8.21
58
27 Epilepsy
13.16
3
  
1.57
104
28 Drownings
12.40
3
  
0.35
187
29 Poisonings
11.85
13
  
2.81
89
30 Malnutrition
10.63
28
  
0.07
172
31 Liver Disease
10.14
84
  
9.48
96
32 Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.57
15
  
2.54
123
33 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.49
39
  
17.08
14
34 Oesophagus Cancer
9.16
22
  
7.62
30
35 Anaemia
8.38
20
  
0.15
171
36 Congenital Anomalies
8.07
36
  
3.68
164
37 Fires
6.35
17
  
0.45
158
38 Falls
5.73
48
  
3.51
109
39 Skin Disease
5.39
25
  
1.50
104
40 Other Neoplasms
5.37
22
  
2.95
92
41 Lymphomas
5.34
93
  
7.35
36
42 Liver Cancer
4.70
123
  
3.07
164
43 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.29
144
  
15.49
33
44 Trypanosomiasis
4.25
19
  
0.00
192
45 Stomach Cancer
4.12
147
  
4.81
130
46 Upper Respiratory
2.98
20
  
0.07
144
47 Syphilis
2.63
27
  
0.00
147
48 Bladder Cancer
2.58
87
  
4.27
28
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.41
51
  
0.90
140
50 Oral Cancer
2.35
115
  
2.39
113
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Zambia
ZAMBIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
40,884
24.01
  
266
0.06
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
18,122
10.64
  
37,348
8.00
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
14,331
8.42
  
3,081
0.66
4 Malaria
13,063
7.67
  
5
0.00
5 Stroke
8,294
4.87
  
55,919
11.98
6 Coronary Heart Disease
6,869
4.03
  
92,299
19.77
7 Low Birth Weight
5,648
3.32
  
1,386
0.30
8 Birth Trauma
5,418
3.18
  
262
0.06
9 Violence
4,710
2.77
  
703
0.15
10 Other Injuries
4,344
2.55
  
6,029
1.29
11 Road Traffic Accidents
3,526
2.07
  
3,073
0.66
12 Diabetes Mellitus
3,165
1.86
  
6,682
1.43
13 Tuberculosis
2,783
1.63
  
443
0.09
14 Meningitis
2,746
1.61
  
278
0.06
15 Maternal Conditions
2,605
1.53
  
81
0.02
16 Lung Disease
2,459
1.44
  
29,069
6.23
17 Asthma
2,091
1.23
  
1,260
0.27
18 Malnutrition
1,930
1.13
  
85
0.02
19 Kidney Disease
1,819
1.07
  
4,804
1.03
20 Congenital Anomalies
1,813
1.06
  
1,950
0.42
21 Schistosomiasis
1,587
0.93
  
1
0.00
22 Suicide
1,526
0.90
  
4,660
1.00
23 Endocrine Disorders
1,392
0.82
  
3,056
0.65
24 Cervical Cancer
1,276
0.75
  
1,322
0.28
25 Drownings
1,213
0.71
  
233
0.05
26 Hypertension
1,162
0.68
  
5,191
1.11
27 Epilepsy
1,090
0.64
  
1,201
0.26
28 Inflammatory/Heart
1,083
0.64
  
3,014
0.65
29 Poisonings
1,012
0.59
  
1,805
0.39
30 Fires
881
0.52
  
380
0.08
31 Anaemia
813
0.48
  
260
0.06
32 Prostate Cancer
618
0.36
  
11,508
2.46
33 Liver Disease
598
0.35
  
7,767
1.66
34 Pertussis
569
0.33
  
6
0.00
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
555
0.33
  
3,294
0.71
36 Upper Respiratory
516
0.30
  
56
0.01
37 Syphilis
511
0.30
  
3
0.00
38 Oesophagus Cancer
495
0.29
  
8,762
1.88
39 Lymphomas
483
0.28
  
8,744
1.87
40 Vitamin A Deficiency
482
0.28
  
0
0.00
41 Trypanosomiasis
453
0.27
  
0
0.00
42 Measles
425
0.25
  
2
0.00
43 Falls
403
0.24
  
4,450
0.95
44 Breast Cancer
401
0.24
  
14,343
3.07
45 Alzheimers/Dementia
378
0.22
  
29,116
6.24
46 Other Neoplasms
360
0.21
  
3,829
0.82
47 Liver Cancer
288
0.17
  
3,470
0.74
48 Skin Disease
283
0.17
  
2,188
0.47
49 Colon-Rectum Cancers
239
0.14
  
18,951
4.06
50 Stomach Cancer
231
0.14
  
6,006
1.29
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia
ZAMBIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Cervical Cancer
21.80
3
  
1.38
161
2 Breast Cancer
13.47
127
  
23.62
20
3 Prostate Cancer
13.39
19
  
8.21
58
4 Oesophagus Cancer
9.16
22
  
7.62
30
5 Other Neoplasms
5.37
22
  
2.95
92
6 Lymphomas
5.34
93
  
7.35
36
7 Liver Cancer
4.70
123
  
3.07
164
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.29
144
  
15.49
33
9 Stomach Cancer
4.12
147
  
4.81
130
10 Bladder Cancer
2.58
87
  
4.27
28
11 Oral Cancer
2.35
115
  
2.39
113
12 Ovary Cancer
1.97
109
  
3.96
20
13 Lung Cancers
1.71
184
  
30.98
18
14 Leukemia
1.57
176
  
4.39
63
15 Pancreas Cancer
1.26
155
  
6.81
39
16 Skin Cancers
1.22
93
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.51
143
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Zambia
ZAMBIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
11,862,740
69
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
45.1 %
14
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
52.6 %
177
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.3 %
188
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
40.24
17
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
21.34
5
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
5.15
23
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
101.20
9
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.70
144
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-2.59
125
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.63
72
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
80.6
127
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
86.8
117
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
74.8
123
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
50.0
7
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
52.0
172
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
38.0
189
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$1,500
165
  
$36,600
23
 

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