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HEALTH PROFILE: United Kingdom

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United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    United Kingdom
    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
    United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    79.8
    83.0
    19
    31
    Age 5
    80.2
    83.3
    19
    30
    Age 10
    80.2
    83.3
    19
    30
    Age 15
    80.2
    83.4
    19
    30
    Age 20
    80.3
    83.4
    20
    31
    Age 25
    80.4
    83.5
    21
    31
    Age 30
    80.6
    83.6
    22
    31
    Age 35
    80.8
    83.7
    23
    31
    Age 40
    81.0
    83.8
    22
    31
    Age 45
    81.3
    84.0
    21
    30
    Age 50
    81.8
    84.3
    21
    30
    Age 55
    82.3
    84.7
    22
    31
    Age 60
    83.0
    85.2
    21
    31
    Age 65
    83.9
    85.9
    18
    31
    Age 70
    85.0
    86.8
    20
    31
    Age 75
    86.5
    87.9
    22
    31
    Age 80
    88.4
    89.4
    21
    32
    Age 85
    90.7
    91.3
    40
    40
    United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM 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
    43.08
    168
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    42.70
    2
    3. Lung Cancers
    24.68
    29
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    20.37
    114
    5. Stroke
    20.17
    169
    6. Lung Disease
    19.80
    107
    7. Breast Cancer
    17.64
    82
    8. Prostate Cancer
    16.66
    82
    9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.09
    50
    10. Liver Disease
    7.90
    142
    11. Suicide
    6.88
    116
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    6.20
    52
    13. Lymphomas
    6.17
    37
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.08
    28
    15. Ovary Cancer
    5.61
    45
    16. Parkinson's Disease
    4.31
    80
    17. Falls
    4.31
    120
    18. Drug Use
    4.16
    16
    19. Liver Cancer
    3.64
    146
    20. Other Injuries
    3.64
    157
    21. Diabetes Mellitus
    3.59
    178
    22. Leukemia
    3.55
    93
    23. Bladder Cancer
    3.54
    40
    24. Stomach Cancer
    3.32
    143
    25. Congenital Anomalies
    3.07
    155
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Uterin Cancer
    2.98
    56
    27. Hypertension
    2.97
    167
    28. Kidney Disease
    2.86
    179
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    2.84
    119
    30. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.81
    173
    31. Skin Cancers
    2.62
    46
    32. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.47
    151
    33. Oral Cancer
    2.46
    105
    34. Low Birth Weight
    2.42
    135
    35. Other Neoplasms
    2.38
    45
    36. Cervical Cancer
    2.01
    165
    37. Alcohol
    1.76
    69
    38. Multiple Sclerosis
    1.58
    1
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.34
    138
    40. Epilepsy
    1.31
    114
    41. Violence
    1.22
    144
    42. Skin Disease
    1.20
    105
    43. Asthma
    0.86
    140
    44. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.86
    147
    45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.59
    38
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.54
    153
    47. Drownings
    0.40
    178
    48. Birth Trauma
    0.35
    168
    49. Fires
    0.32
    162
    50. Hepatitis C
    0.29
    38
    United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Alzheimers & Dementia
    98,135
    19.17
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    71,728
    14.01
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    40,540
    7.92
    4. Stroke
    37,626
    7.35
    5. Lung Cancers
    35,715
    6.98
    6. Lung Disease
    32,896
    6.43
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    18,446
    3.60
    8. Prostate Cancer
    13,289
    2.60
    9. Breast Cancer
    12,718
    2.48
    10. Lymphomas
    9,350
    1.83
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    8,995
    1.76
    12. Oesophagus Cancer
    8,727
    1.70
    13. Parkinson's Disease
    8,573
    1.67
    14. Liver Disease
    7,666
    1.50
    15. Falls
    7,618
    1.49
    16. Bladder Cancer
    6,133
    1.20
    17. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,842
    1.14
    18. Kidney Disease
    5,471
    1.07
    19. Other Injuries
    5,464
    1.07
    20. Suicide
    5,325
    1.04
    21. Liver Cancer
    5,237
    1.02
    22. Leukemia
    5,211
    1.02
    23. Hypertension
    5,208
    1.02
    24. Stomach Cancer
    4,999
    0.98
    25. Ovary Cancer
    4,019
    0.79
      Deaths %
    26. Other Neoplasms
    3,986
    0.78
    27. Skin Cancers
    3,727
    0.73
    28. Endocrine Disorders
    3,297
    0.64
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    3,126
    0.61
    30. Oral Cancer
    3,109
    0.61
    31. Drug Use
    2,824
    0.55
    32. Uterin Cancer
    2,346
    0.46
    33. Road Traffic Accidents
    2,169
    0.42
    34. Skin Disease
    2,134
    0.42
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    2,127
    0.42
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,090
    0.41
    37. Multiple Sclerosis
    1,856
    0.36
    38. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,599
    0.31
    39. Alcohol
    1,555
    0.30
    40. Low Birth Weight
    1,313
    0.26
    41. Asthma
    1,302
    0.25
    42. Epilepsy
    1,193
    0.23
    43. Cervical Cancer
    1,099
    0.21
    44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    1,014
    0.20
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    876
    0.17
    46. Violence
    868
    0.17
    47. Tuberculosis
    351
    0.07
    48. Fires
    334
    0.07
    49. Drownings
    301
    0.06
    50. Anemia
    277
    0.05
    United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    24.68
    29
    2. Breast Cancer
    17.64
    82
    3. Prostate Cancer
    16.66
    82
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.09
    50
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    6.20
    52
    6. Lymphomas
    6.17
    37
    7. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.08
    28
    8. Ovary Cancer
    5.61
    45
      Rate World Rank
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.64
    146
    10. Leukemia
    3.55
    93
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.54
    40
    12. Stomach Cancer
    3.32
    143
    13. Uterin Cancer
    2.98
    56
    14. Skin Cancers
    2.62
    46
    15. Oral Cancer
    2.46
    105
    16. Cervical Cancer
    2.01
    165
    United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    11.4
    21
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    16.2
    12.5
    130
    52
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    26.9
    28.6
    24
    53
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    6.94
    17
    United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    68.2
    74.2
    71.1
    9
    4
    9
    1970
    68.9
    75.2
    72.0
    13
    9
    9
    1980
    70.7
    76.8
    73.7
    16
    14
    17
    1990
    73.1
    78.8
    75.9
    17
    16
    16
    2000
    75.3
    80.1
    77.8
    18
    23
    20
    2010
    78.1
    82.2
    80.2
    15
    26
    21
    2019
    79.8
    83.0
    81.4
    19
    31
    25
    United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    67.081m
    22
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.99
    84
    Population 0-14
    17.6%
    148
    Population 15-64
    63.9%
    121
    Population 65 +
    18.5%
    29
    Birth Rate / 1000
    10.79
    153
    Death Rate / 1000
    9.07
    52
    Fertility Rate
    1.86
    123
    Infant Mortality
    4.27
    159
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    90
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.05
    88
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.03
    49
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.82
    76
    Net Migration
    2.47
    30
    Population Growth
    0.48%
    138
    Literacy Total
    99.0%
    40
    Literacy Male
    N/D
    N/D
    Literacy Female
    N/D
    N/D
    Unemployment
    3.2%
    152
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    81.4
    25
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    70.1
    28
    GDP per Capita USD
    $41,600
    28

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    24,910,387
    232,112
    4/1/24
    United Kingdom COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

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

     
     
    United Kingdom COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    United Kingdom 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.