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HEALTH PROFILE: Jordan

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Jordan JORDAN POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Jordan
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    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
    Jordan JORDAN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    77.0
    78.8
    35
    66
    Age 5
    78.4
    80.0
    35
    61
    Age 10
    78.5
    80.1
    35
    61
    Age 15
    78.7
    80.2
    35
    59
    Age 20
    78.8
    80.3
    35
    59
    Age 25
    79.0
    80.3
    36
    59
    Age 30
    79.1
    80.4
    37
    61
    Age 35
    79.3
    80.5
    37
    62
    Age 40
    79.5
    80.7
    38
    62
    Age 45
    79.8
    80.9
    38
    63
    Age 50
    80.2
    81.1
    38
    67
    Age 55
    80.8
    81.5
    38
    69
    Age 60
    81.6
    82.1
    38
    72
    Age 65
    82.7
    83.0
    38
    74
    Age 70
    84.2
    84.2
    38
    74
    Age 75
    86.0
    85.8
    37
    77
    Age 80
    88.4
    87.9
    23
    79
    Age 85
    91.0
    90.4
    24
    89
    Jordan JORDAN 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
    98.90
    111
    2. Stroke
    62.96
    115
    3. Diabetes Mellitus
    34.57
    77
    4. Hypertension
    33.16
    37
    5. Kidney Disease
    30.36
    58
    6. Breast Cancer
    21.02
    43
    7. Road Traffic Accidents
    19.68
    78
    8. Lung Cancers
    19.34
    55
    9. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.53
    93
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    15.14
    136
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.85
    63
    12. Lung Disease
    9.42
    169
    13. Liver Disease
    9.16
    132
    14. Congenital Anomalies
    6.89
    54
    15. Prostate Cancer
    6.59
    149
    16. Stomach Cancer
    6.24
    89
    17. Leukemia
    6.03
    8
    18. Low Birth Weight
    5.49
    85
    19. Lymphomas
    5.31
    70
    20. Ovary Cancer
    4.47
    90
    21. Bladder Cancer
    4.28
    18
    22. Pancreas Cancer
    4.20
    82
    23. Parkinson's Disease
    3.88
    106
    24. Liver Cancer
    3.51
    152
    25. Other Injuries
    3.30
    165
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Violence
    2.89
    114
    27. Falls
    2.84
    155
    28. Uterin Cancer
    2.66
    74
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    2.34
    138
    30. Oral Cancer
    2.26
    118
    31. Asthma
    2.17
    111
    32. Cervical Cancer
    2.00
    166
    33. Suicide
    1.98
    179
    34. Fires
    1.91
    77
    35. Birth Trauma
    1.77
    97
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.66
    110
    37. Drug Use
    1.64
    64
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.46
    135
    39. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.25
    178
    40. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.09
    151
    41. Skin Disease
    0.95
    113
    42. Drownings
    0.94
    150
    43. Meningitis
    0.89
    85
    44. Skin Cancers
    0.64
    155
    45. Epilepsy
    0.55
    174
    46. Maternal Conditions
    0.51
    109
    47. Poisonings
    0.49
    98
    48. Pertussis
    0.46
    79
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.38
    166
    50. Syphilis
    0.35
    71
    Jordan JORDAN TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    4,856
    18.60
    2. Stroke
    2,908
    11.14
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    1,717
    6.58
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,684
    6.45
    5. Hypertension
    1,532
    5.87
    6. Kidney Disease
    1,494
    5.72
    7. Lung Cancers
    1,059
    4.06
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    937
    3.59
    9. Congenital Anomalies
    934
    3.58
    10. Low Birth Weight
    857
    3.28
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    706
    2.70
    12. Breast Cancer
    686
    2.63
    13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    616
    2.36
    14. Liver Disease
    494
    1.89
    15. Lung Disease
    444
    1.70
    16. Leukemia
    370
    1.42
    17. Stomach Cancer
    365
    1.40
    18. Lymphomas
    323
    1.24
    19. Other Injuries
    294
    1.13
    20. Birth Trauma
    271
    1.04
    21. Violence
    269
    1.03
    22. Pancreas Cancer
    245
    0.94
    23. Bladder Cancer
    213
    0.82
    24. Falls
    191
    0.73
    25. Liver Cancer
    186
    0.71
      Deaths %
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    180
    0.69
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    169
    0.65
    28. Suicide
    165
    0.63
    29. Fires
    153
    0.59
    30. Diarrhoeal diseases
    152
    0.58
    31. Oral Cancer
    143
    0.55
    32. Ovary Cancer
    139
    0.53
    33. Prostate Cancer
    131
    0.50
    34. Drug Use
    115
    0.44
    35. Asthma
    114
    0.44
    36. Drownings
    107
    0.41
    37. Meningitis
    78
    0.30
    38. Uterin Cancer
    74
    0.28
    39. Inflammatory/Heart
    74
    0.28
    40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    67
    0.26
    41. Cervical Cancer
    64
    0.25
    42. Oesophagus Cancer
    63
    0.24
    43. Pertussis
    55
    0.21
    44. Maternal Conditions
    53
    0.20
    45. Syphilis
    52
    0.20
    46. Epilepsy
    49
    0.19
    47. Poisonings
    47
    0.18
    48. Skin Disease
    42
    0.16
    49. Skin Cancers
    38
    0.15
    50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    22
    0.08
    Jordan JORDAN CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    21.02
    43
    2. Lung Cancers
    19.34
    55
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.85
    63
    4. Prostate Cancer
    6.59
    149
    5. Stomach Cancer
    6.24
    89
    6. Leukemia
    6.03
    8
    7. Lymphomas
    5.31
    70
    8. Ovary Cancer
    4.47
    90
      Rate World Rank
    9. Bladder Cancer
    4.28
    18
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    4.20
    82
    11. Liver Cancer
    3.51
    152
    12. Uterin Cancer
    2.66
    74
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.26
    118
    14. Cervical Cancer
    2.00
    166
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.09
    151
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.64
    155
    Jordan JORDAN HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    0.5
    169
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    57.4
    12.7
    4
    51
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    28.2
    43.1
    20
    12
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    4.15
    127
    Jordan JORDAN LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    46.0
    48.5
    47.2
    105
    106
    104
    1970
    53.0
    56.3
    54.6
    101
    99
    100
    1980
    60.9
    64.7
    62.7
    90
    91
    90
    1990
    65.5
    69.0
    67.2
    86
    98
    93
    2000
    70.4
    73.3
    71.7
    52
    88
    69
    2010
    71.9
    75.1
    73.4
    61
    93
    80
    2019
    77.0
    78.8
    77.9
    35
    66
    45
    Jordan JORDAN DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    10.91m
    84
    Sex Ratio M / F
    1.11
    8
    Population 0-14
    33.1%
    53
    Population 15-64
    63.3%
    127
    Population 65 +
    3.7%
    153
    Birth Rate / 1000
    22.58
    52
    Death Rate / 1000
    3.45
    186
    Fertility Rate
    3.00
    48
    Infant Mortality
    14.25
    104
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.06
    43
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.06
    35
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.15
    9
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.96
    15
    Net Migration
    -11.17
    188
    Population Growth
    0.82%
    108
    Literacy Total
    98.2%
    61
    Literacy Male
    98.6%
    46
    Literacy Female
    97.8%
    46
    Unemployment
    19.1%
    28
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    77.9
    45
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    67.6
    47
    GDP per Capita USD
    $9,800
    111

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    1,746,997
    14,122
    4/1/24
    Jordan COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

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

     
     
    Jordan COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Jordan 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.