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HEALTH PROFILE: Japan

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Japan JAPAN POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
    Japan JAPAN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    Japan JAPAN TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    Japan JAPAN TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
      Deaths %
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    Japan JAPAN CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
      Rate World Rank
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    Japan JAPAN HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    10.1
    37
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    28.3
    8.1
    80
    71
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    4.8
    3.7
    147
    188
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    6.04
    52
    Japan JAPAN LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    Japan JAPAN DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    124.687m
    11
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.94
    167
    Population 0-14
    12.5%
    191
    Population 15-64
    58.3%
    154
    Population 65 +
    29.2%
    2
    Birth Rate / 1000
    6.95
    188
    Death Rate / 1000
    11.59
    18
    Fertility Rate
    1.38
    188
    Infant Mortality
    1.92
    188
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.06
    39
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.06
    42
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.00
    97
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.78
    103
    Net Migration
    0.75
    49
    Population Growth
    -0.37%
    180
    Literacy Total
    99.0%
    37
    Literacy Male
    N/D
    N/D
    Literacy Female
    N/D
    N/D
    Unemployment
    2.4%
    166
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    84.3
    1
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    74.1
    1
    GDP per Capita USD
    $41,400
    29

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    33,803,572
    74,694
    4/1/24
    Japan COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Japan causes.

     
     
    Japan COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Japan COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.