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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
    United States UNITED STATES LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    76.3
    80.7
    41
    42
    Age 5
    76.8
    81.2
    42
    45
    Age 10
    76.9
    81.2
    43
    45
    Age 15
    76.9
    81.3
    43
    45
    Age 20
    77.1
    81.4
    43
    45
    Age 25
    77.5
    81.5
    43
    45
    Age 30
    77.9
    81.7
    41
    45
    Age 35
    78.3
    81.9
    41
    43
    Age 40
    78.8
    82.2
    40
    43
    Age 45
    79.3
    82.5
    40
    42
    Age 50
    79.9
    83.0
    41
    41
    Age 55
    80.7
    83.6
    40
    40
    Age 60
    81.8
    84.4
    37
    38
    Age 65
    83.1
    85.3
    34
    38
    Age 70
    84.6
    86.4
    32
    38
    Age 75
    86.5
    87.7
    23
    35
    Age 80
    88.6
    89.4
    18
    27
    Age 85
    91.1
    91.5
    22
    30
    United States UNITED STATES 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
    73.49
    142
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    33.26
    8
    3. Lung Disease
    28.49
    60
    4. Lung Cancers
    25.54
    24
    5. Stroke
    22.27
    164
    6. Drug Use
    21.28
    1
    7. Breast Cancer
    15.93
    105
    8. Suicide
    14.51
    31
    9. Kidney Disease
    13.08
    127
    10. Prostate Cancer
    11.64
    126
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    11.10
    120
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    10.58
    144
    13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.28
    71
    14. Hypertension
    10.26
    133
    15. Liver Disease
    8.98
    134
    16. Influenza and Pneumonia
    8.86
    163
    17. Endocrine Disorders
    8.22
    28
    18. Pancreas Cancer
    7.26
    36
    19. Lymphomas
    6.36
    31
    20. Violence
    6.00
    81
    21. Falls
    5.68
    90
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.64
    73
    23. Other Injuries
    5.11
    130
    24. Ovary Cancer
    4.70
    79
    25. Liver Cancer
    4.69
    110
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    4.55
    68
    27. Leukemia
    4.43
    49
    28. Congenital Anomalies
    3.78
    140
    29. Alcohol
    3.50
    28
    30. Uterin Cancer
    3.11
    50
    31. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.04
    71
    32. Bladder Cancer
    2.84
    61
    33. Cervical Cancer
    2.77
    151
    34. Other Neoplasms
    2.68
    37
    35. Low Birth Weight
    2.37
    138
    36. Skin Cancers
    2.36
    57
    37. Stomach Cancer
    2.24
    173
    38. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    132
    39. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.55
    114
    40. HIV/AIDS
    1.37
    113
    41. Drownings
    1.19
    140
    42. Hepatitis C
    1.13
    5
    43. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.97
    8
    44. Malnutrition
    0.90
    104
    45. Skin Disease
    0.86
    115
    46. Asthma
    0.84
    141
    47. Epilepsy
    0.78
    159
    48. Fires
    0.73
    124
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.55
    152
    50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.55
    170
    United States UNITED STATES TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    504,904
    20.15
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    287,198
    11.46
    3. Lung Disease
    195,387
    7.80
    4. Stroke
    158,520
    6.33
    5. Lung Cancers
    155,533
    6.21
    6. Kidney Disease
    85,861
    3.43
    7. Drug Use
    74,435
    2.97
    8. Hypertension
    65,960
    2.63
    9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    61,827
    2.47
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    61,418
    2.45
    11. Influenza and Pneumonia
    60,317
    2.41
    12. Suicide
    53,099
    2.12
    13. Breast Cancer
    48,671
    1.94
    14. Endocrine Disorders
    46,985
    1.87
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    44,293
    1.77
    16. Liver Disease
    43,402
    1.73
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    41,694
    1.66
    18. Falls
    40,418
    1.61
    19. Lymphomas
    40,281
    1.61
    20. Prostate Cancer
    35,612
    1.42
    21. Parkinson's Disease
    34,491
    1.38
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    32,529
    1.30
    23. Liver Cancer
    27,064
    1.08
    24. Leukemia
    26,966
    1.08
    25. Other Injuries
    25,997
    1.04
      Deaths %
    26. Bladder Cancer
    19,622
    0.78
    27. Violence
    18,976
    0.76
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    17,829
    0.71
    29. Other Neoplasms
    17,743
    0.71
    30. Alcohol
    14,659
    0.58
    31. Ovary Cancer
    14,591
    0.58
    32. Skin Cancers
    14,311
    0.57
    33. Stomach Cancer
    13,077
    0.52
    34. Congenital Anomalies
    11,762
    0.47
    35. Oral Cancer
    11,555
    0.46
    36. Uterin Cancer
    10,063
    0.40
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    9,955
    0.40
    38. Cervical Cancer
    6,984
    0.28
    39. Low Birth Weight
    6,924
    0.28
    40. Malnutrition
    6,762
    0.27
    41. Hepatitis C
    5,684
    0.23
    42. HIV/AIDS
    5,660
    0.23
    43. Skin Disease
    5,409
    0.22
    44. Multiple Sclerosis
    5,059
    0.20
    45. Drownings
    4,070
    0.16
    46. Asthma
    3,818
    0.15
    47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3,646
    0.15
    48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3,461
    0.14
    49. Fires
    3,183
    0.13
    50. Epilepsy
    3,162
    0.13
    United States UNITED STATES CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    25.54
    24
    2. Breast Cancer
    15.93
    105
    3. Prostate Cancer
    11.64
    126
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.28
    71
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.26
    36
    6. Lymphomas
    6.36
    31
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.70
    79
    8. Liver Cancer
    4.69
    110
      Rate World Rank
    9. Leukemia
    4.43
    49
    10. Uterin Cancer
    3.11
    50
    11. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.04
    71
    12. Bladder Cancer
    2.84
    61
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.77
    151
    14. Skin Cancers
    2.36
    57
    15. Stomach Cancer
    2.24
    173
    16. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    132
    United States UNITED STATES HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    10.0
    39
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    27.5
    16.5
    86
    43
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    35.5
    37.0
    11
    23
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    6.98
    16
    United States UNITED STATES LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    66.6
    73.1
    69.8
    23
    15
    16
    1970
    67.1
    74.7
    70.8
    24
    12
    21
    1980
    70.0
    77.5
    73.7
    22
    11
    18
    1990
    71.8
    78.8
    75.2
    29
    17
    21
    2000
    74.0
    79.5
    76.8
    28
    29
    28
    2010
    76.2
    81.1
    78.7
    30
    30
    30
    2019
    76.3
    80.7
    78.5
    41
    42
    40
    United States UNITED STATES DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    334.998m
    3
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.97
    117
    Population 0-14
    18.5%
    140
    Population 15-64
    64.7%
    102
    Population 65 +
    16.9%
    36
    Birth Rate / 1000
    12.28
    135
    Death Rate / 1000
    8.38
    62
    Fertility Rate
    1.84
    125
    Infant Mortality
    5.22
    153
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    89
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.04
    101
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.00
    94
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.81
    87
    Net Migration
    3.03
    26
    Population Growth
    0.70%
    121
    Literacy Total
    99.0%
    47
    Literacy Male
    N/D
    N/D
    Literacy Female
    N/D
    N/D
    Unemployment
    3.9%
    139
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    78.5
    40
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    66.1
    69
    GDP per Capita USD
    $60,200
    11

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    111,765,841
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    4/1/24
    United States COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

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

     
     
    United States COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    United States COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
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    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
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