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HEALTH PROFILE: Tanzania

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Tanzania TANZANIA POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Tanzania
    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
    Tanzania TANZANIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    65.4
    69.3
    134
    136
    Age 5
    69.1
    72.6
    134
    136
    Age 10
    69.6
    73.1
    133
    135
    Age 15
    69.8
    73.3
    132
    135
    Age 20
    70.2
    73.6
    130
    135
    Age 25
    70.6
    73.9
    131
    135
    Age 30
    71.1
    74.3
    131
    135
    Age 35
    71.7
    74.8
    128
    133
    Age 40
    72.4
    75.4
    124
    133
    Age 45
    73.3
    76.1
    123
    131
    Age 50
    74.3
    76.9
    120
    130
    Age 55
    75.6
    77.9
    113
    126
    Age 60
    77.1
    79.1
    113
    127
    Age 65
    78.9
    80.5
    111
    119
    Age 70
    81.0
    82.3
    115
    117
    Age 75
    83.5
    84.5
    113
    109
    Age 80
    86.5
    87.2
    110
    105
    Age 85
    89.8
    90.4
    97
    92
    Tanzania TANZANIA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Stroke
    91.34
    83
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    76.15
    138
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    71.25
    48
    4. HIV/AIDS
    64.39
    19
    5. Tuberculosis
    60.37
    15
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    49.33
    10
    7. Malaria
    48.99
    10
    8. Diarrhoeal diseases
    46.84
    38
    9. Cervical Cancer
    46.71
    7
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    31.47
    87
    11. Hypertension
    31.31
    41
    12. Prostate Cancer
    29.39
    30
    13. Liver Disease
    26.48
    72
    14. Kidney Disease
    22.48
    94
    15. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.11
    81
    16. Lung Disease
    17.10
    126
    17. Maternal Conditions
    14.15
    16
    18. Malnutrition
    12.23
    22
    19. Violence
    10.35
    47
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    10.06
    11
    21. Other Injuries
    9.26
    74
    22. Birth Trauma
    9.12
    34
    23. Breast Cancer
    8.50
    171
    24. Suicide
    8.15
    96
    25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    106
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    7.48
    42
    27. Low Birth Weight
    7.48
    58
    28. Asthma
    7.03
    76
    29. Falls
    6.85
    70
    30. Oral Cancer
    6.73
    20
    31. Meningitis
    6.36
    43
    32. Stomach Cancer
    5.88
    94
    33. Liver Cancer
    5.65
    85
    34. Endocrine Disorders
    4.70
    69
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.21
    107
    36. Parkinson's Disease
    3.49
    124
    37. Skin Cancers
    3.42
    22
    38. Fires
    2.84
    53
    39. Bladder Cancer
    2.76
    63
    40. Pertussis
    2.58
    30
    41. Lymphomas
    2.46
    162
    42. Poisonings
    2.34
    38
    43. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    167
    44. Drownings
    2.22
    105
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.98
    110
    46. Uterin Cancer
    1.84
    117
    47. Epilepsy
    1.76
    83
    48. Syphilis
    1.75
    14
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.58
    86
    50. Drug Use
    1.48
    68
    Tanzania TANZANIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. HIV/AIDS
    27,402
    9.29
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26,028
    8.83
    3. Malaria
    21,758
    7.38
    4. Tuberculosis
    20,269
    6.87
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    18,054
    6.12
    6. Diarrhoeal diseases
    17,587
    5.96
    7. Stroke
    16,894
    5.73
    8. Birth Trauma
    15,086
    5.12
    9. Coronary Heart Disease
    13,215
    4.48
    10. Low Birth Weight
    12,173
    4.13
    11. Congenital Anomalies
    9,791
    3.32
    12. Maternal Conditions
    6,835
    2.32
    13. Liver Disease
    6,586
    2.23
    14. Cervical Cancer
    6,424
    2.18
    15. Diabetes Mellitus
    6,247
    2.12
    16. Malnutrition
    5,574
    1.89
    17. Hypertension
    5,209
    1.77
    18. Violence
    4,713
    1.60
    19. Kidney Disease
    4,547
    1.54
    20. Other Injuries
    4,270
    1.45
    21. Meningitis
    3,188
    1.08
    22. Lung Disease
    3,051
    1.03
    23. Pertussis
    2,774
    0.94
    24. Suicide
    2,474
    0.84
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    2,247
    0.76
      Deaths %
    26. Syphilis
    2,115
    0.72
    27. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2,048
    0.69
    28. Prostate Cancer
    1,819
    0.62
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    1,778
    0.60
    30. Asthma
    1,700
    0.58
    31. Oral Cancer
    1,646
    0.56
    32. Drownings
    1,642
    0.56
    33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,567
    0.53
    34. Falls
    1,533
    0.52
    35. Fires
    1,424
    0.48
    36. Liver Cancer
    1,413
    0.48
    37. Breast Cancer
    1,285
    0.44
    38. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,227
    0.42
    39. Stomach Cancer
    1,190
    0.40
    40. Poisonings
    1,170
    0.40
    41. Lymphomas
    805
    0.27
    42. Skin Cancers
    744
    0.25
    43. Epilepsy
    707
    0.24
    44. Bladder Cancer
    667
    0.23
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    513
    0.17
    46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    462
    0.16
    47. Leukemia
    416
    0.14
    48. Drug Use
    404
    0.14
    49. Tetanus
    402
    0.14
    50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    401
    0.14
    Tanzania TANZANIA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Cervical Cancer
    46.71
    7
    2. Prostate Cancer
    29.39
    30
    3. Oesophagus Cancer
    10.06
    11
    4. Breast Cancer
    8.50
    171
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    106
    6. Oral Cancer
    6.73
    20
    7. Stomach Cancer
    5.88
    94
    8. Liver Cancer
    5.65
    85
      Rate World Rank
    9. Skin Cancers
    3.42
    22
    10. Bladder Cancer
    2.76
    63
    11. Lymphomas
    2.46
    162
    12. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    167
    13. Uterin Cancer
    1.84
    117
    14. Leukemia
    1.24
    165
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    0.71
    174
    16. Lung Cancers
    0.60
    181
    Tanzania TANZANIA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    12.0
    18
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    12.4
    2.3
    151
    122
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    4.0
    12.7
    159
    147
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    3.70
    132
    Tanzania TANZANIA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    42.1
    45.5
    43.7
    129
    126
    127
    1970
    45.2
    48.6
    46.9
    136
    135
    136
    1980
    48.7
    52.0
    50.3
    143
    141
    142
    1990
    49.1
    52.8
    50.9
    160
    157
    160
    2000
    48.4
    50.0
    49.2
    166
    170
    167
    2010
    56.4
    58.6
    57.5
    161
    162
    161
    2019
    65.4
    69.3
    67.3
    134
    136
    135
    Tanzania TANZANIA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    62.093m
    24
    Sex Ratio M / F
    1.00
    62
    Population 0-14
    42.7%
    15
    Population 15-64
    54.2%
    179
    Population 65 +
    3.1%
    168
    Birth Rate / 1000
    33.30
    21
    Death Rate / 1000
    5.09
    162
    Fertility Rate
    4.45
    21
    Infant Mortality
    31.51
    53
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.03
    143
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.02
    152
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.00
    95
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.71
    149
    Net Migration
    -0.44
    104
    Population Growth
    2.81%
    11
    Literacy Total
    77.9%
    133
    Literacy Male
    83.2%
    118
    Literacy Female
    73.1%
    117
    Unemployment
    10.3%
    56
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    67.3
    135
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    58.5
    135
    GDP per Capita USD
    $2,600
    166

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    43,223
    846
    4/1/24
    Tanzania COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

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

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