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HEALTH PROFILE: Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka SRI LANKA POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Sri Lanka
    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
    Sri Lanka SRI LANKA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    73.8
    79.8
    61
    52
    Age 5
    74.4
    80.3
    64
    53
    Age 10
    74.4
    80.4
    65
    53
    Age 15
    74.5
    80.4
    65
    54
    Age 20
    74.7
    80.6
    64
    54
    Age 25
    75.1
    80.7
    67
    54
    Age 30
    75.3
    80.9
    68
    54
    Age 35
    75.6
    81.0
    71
    55
    Age 40
    75.8
    81.1
    74
    55
    Age 45
    76.2
    81.4
    77
    56
    Age 50
    76.7
    81.6
    76
    57
    Age 55
    77.6
    82.1
    79
    59
    Age 60
    78.6
    82.6
    79
    60
    Age 65
    80.1
    83.4
    79
    66
    Age 70
    81.5
    84.2
    93
    73
    Age 75
    83.8
    85.8
    96
    76
    Age 80
    87.0
    88.3
    74
    62
    Age 85
    90.8
    91.2
    35
    44
    Sri Lanka SRI LANKA 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
    101.31
    106
    2. Diabetes Mellitus
    47.34
    45
    3. Lung Disease
    36.99
    33
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    27.62
    14
    5. Stroke
    26.55
    154
    6. Kidney Disease
    26.23
    72
    7. Asthma
    25.43
    10
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    20.42
    113
    9. Road Traffic Accidents
    18.07
    82
    10. Suicide
    12.89
    42
    11. Oral Cancer
    10.87
    7
    12. Breast Cancer
    9.49
    165
    13. Lung Cancers
    6.56
    126
    14. Other Injuries
    6.41
    112
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.72
    30
    16. Cervical Cancer
    5.15
    125
    17. Liver Disease
    4.96
    160
    18. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    107
    19. Prostate Cancer
    4.61
    165
    20. Leukemia
    4.61
    35
    21. Congenital Anomalies
    4.53
    125
    22. Hypertension
    4.08
    161
    23. Liver Cancer
    4.05
    128
    24. Lymphomas
    3.88
    126
    25. Falls
    3.85
    129
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Tuberculosis
    3.45
    95
    27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3.43
    175
    28. Drownings
    3.24
    68
    29. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.47
    100
    30. Violence
    2.36
    122
    31. Low Birth Weight
    2.13
    145
    32. Ovary Cancer
    1.93
    174
    33. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.83
    165
    34. Endocrine Disorders
    1.82
    154
    35. Anemia
    1.74
    8
    36. Bladder Cancer
    1.63
    117
    37. Uterin Cancer
    1.40
    144
    38. War
    1.35
    16
    39. Drug Use
    1.16
    96
    40. Skin Disease
    1.14
    107
    41. Epilepsy
    1.14
    127
    42. Fires
    1.04
    112
    43. Pancreas Cancer
    0.80
    171
    44. Birth Trauma
    0.78
    135
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    0.65
    181
    46. Dengue
    0.60
    12
    47. Meningitis
    0.59
    106
    48. Maternal Conditions
    0.50
    110
    49. Poisonings
    0.39
    113
    50. Alcohol
    0.33
    159
    Sri Lanka SRI LANKA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    26,304
    22.66
    2. Diabetes Mellitus
    12,460
    10.73
    3. Lung Disease
    9,456
    8.15
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    6,939
    5.98
    5. Kidney Disease
    6,858
    5.91
    6. Stroke
    6,805
    5.86
    7. Asthma
    6,471
    5.57
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,117
    4.41
    9. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,200
    3.62
    10. Suicide
    2,977
    2.56
    11. Oral Cancer
    2,893
    2.49
    12. Lung Cancers
    1,775
    1.53
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,544
    1.33
    14. Other Injuries
    1,529
    1.32
    15. Breast Cancer
    1,383
    1.19
    16. Stomach Cancer
    1,321
    1.14
    17. Liver Disease
    1,303
    1.12
    18. Leukemia
    1,155
    0.99
    19. Liver Cancer
    1,090
    0.94
    20. Hypertension
    1,055
    0.91
    21. Lymphomas
    1,027
    0.88
    22. Congenital Anomalies
    989
    0.85
    23. Falls
    964
    0.83
    24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    911
    0.78
    25. Tuberculosis
    769
    0.66
      Deaths %
    26. Cervical Cancer
    762
    0.66
    27. Drownings
    731
    0.63
    28. Diarrhoeal diseases
    605
    0.52
    29. Low Birth Weight
    536
    0.46
    30. Prostate Cancer
    507
    0.44
    31. Violence
    499
    0.43
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    462
    0.40
    33. Anemia
    445
    0.38
    34. Bladder Cancer
    432
    0.37
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    425
    0.37
    36. Skin Disease
    293
    0.25
    37. Ovary Cancer
    281
    0.24
    38. War
    280
    0.24
    39. Epilepsy
    269
    0.23
    40. Drug Use
    257
    0.22
    41. Fires
    239
    0.21
    42. Uterin Cancer
    218
    0.19
    43. Pancreas Cancer
    214
    0.18
    44. Birth Trauma
    193
    0.17
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    168
    0.14
    46. Meningitis
    146
    0.13
    47. Dengue
    131
    0.11
    48. Maternal Conditions
    96
    0.08
    49. Poisonings
    93
    0.08
    50. Other Neoplasms
    86
    0.07
    Sri Lanka SRI LANKA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Oral Cancer
    10.87
    7
    2. Breast Cancer
    9.49
    165
    3. Lung Cancers
    6.56
    126
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.72
    30
    5. Cervical Cancer
    5.15
    125
    6. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    107
    7. Prostate Cancer
    4.61
    165
    8. Leukemia
    4.61
    35
      Rate World Rank
    9. Liver Cancer
    4.05
    128
    10. Lymphomas
    3.88
    126
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3.43
    175
    12. Ovary Cancer
    1.93
    174
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.63
    117
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.40
    144
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    0.80
    171
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.22
    174
    Sri Lanka SRI LANKA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    2.9
    128
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    43.7
    2.9
    30
    113
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    2.9
    7.3
    174
    177
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    4.36
    120
    Sri Lanka SRI LANKA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    62.1
    62.1
    62.1
    43
    59
    54
    1970
    63.7
    66.2
    64.9
    54
    64
    61
    1980
    65.7
    70.4
    68.0
    55
    66
    60
    1990
    66.9
    73.5
    70.1
    61
    63
    62
    2000
    68.2
    75.1
    71.5
    78
    65
    74
    2010
    70.9
    78.1
    74.5
    72
    50
    62
    2019
    73.8
    79.8
    76.9
    61
    52
    54
    Sri Lanka SRI LANKA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    23.044m
    57
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.95
    161
    Population 0-14
    23.1%
    113
    Population 15-64
    66.3%
    70
    Population 65 +
    10.6%
    68
    Birth Rate / 1000
    13.80
    121
    Death Rate / 1000
    6.49
    117
    Fertility Rate
    2.00
    105
    Infant Mortality
    8.36
    138
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.04
    129
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.04
    97
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.97
    139
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.73
    139
    Net Migration
    -1.24
    126
    Population Growth
    0.63%
    131
    Literacy Total
    92.3%
    103
    Literacy Male
    93.0%
    88
    Literacy Female
    91.6%
    85
    Unemployment
    4.8%
    127
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    76.9
    54
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    67.0
    54
    GDP per Capita USD
    $12,500
    91

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    672,754
    16,897
    4/1/24
    Sri Lanka COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

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

     
     
    Sri Lanka COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Sri Lanka 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.