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HEALTH PROFILE: Yemen

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Yemen YEMEN POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Yemen
    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
    Yemen YEMEN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    64.4
    68.9
    136
    139
    Age 5
    68.7
    72.8
    137
    134
    Age 10
    69.1
    73.3
    136
    134
    Age 15
    69.5
    73.6
    137
    134
    Age 20
    69.9
    73.9
    137
    134
    Age 25
    70.7
    74.2
    129
    133
    Age 30
    71.3
    74.6
    123
    132
    Age 35
    71.9
    75.0
    122
    132
    Age 40
    72.6
    75.4
    122
    134
    Age 45
    73.3
    76.0
    122
    135
    Age 50
    74.2
    76.7
    123
    137
    Age 55
    75.3
    77.6
    123
    140
    Age 60
    76.8
    78.7
    124
    139
    Age 65
    78.6
    80.2
    120
    141
    Age 70
    80.8
    82.0
    121
    137
    Age 75
    83.4
    84.2
    121
    133
    Age 80
    86.3
    86.9
    121
    131
    Age 85
    89.6
    90.1
    119
    128
    Yemen YEMEN 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
    278.48
    14
    2. Stroke
    127.49
    32
    3. Hypertension
    52.65
    11
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    44.65
    63
    5. War
    43.23
    3
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    34.92
    36
    7. Lung Disease
    30.33
    49
    8. Kidney Disease
    22.46
    95
    9. Liver Disease
    21.23
    84
    10. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.18
    65
    11. Asthma
    17.56
    26
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    15.42
    120
    13. Breast Cancer
    14.77
    121
    14. Diarrhoeal diseases
    13.11
    64
    15. Low Birth Weight
    12.37
    16
    16. Violence
    10.22
    49
    17. Tuberculosis
    9.58
    68
    18. Other Injuries
    8.91
    78
    19. Congenital Anomalies
    8.06
    29
    20. Birth Trauma
    8.05
    39
    21. Stomach Cancer
    7.79
    67
    22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    107
    23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    7.19
    30
    24. Suicide
    7.06
    115
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.92
    24
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Malaria
    6.67
    41
    27. Measles
    6.60
    12
    28. Falls
    6.19
    82
    29. Lung Cancers
    4.89
    137
    30. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    102
    31. Malnutrition
    4.37
    57
    32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    4.35
    21
    33. Parkinson's Disease
    4.06
    95
    34. Fires
    4.01
    27
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.58
    121
    36. Leukemia
    3.41
    101
    37. Drownings
    3.37
    65
    38. Oral Cancer
    3.26
    77
    39. Meningitis
    3.13
    52
    40. Maternal Conditions
    3.12
    56
    41. Endocrine Disorders
    2.84
    118
    42. Pertussis
    2.74
    26
    43. Drug Use
    2.68
    29
    44. Pancreas Cancer
    2.35
    134
    45. Lymphomas
    2.30
    168
    46. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    166
    47. Hepatitis B
    2.02
    7
    48. Poisonings
    1.93
    46
    49. HIV/AIDS
    1.93
    107
    50. Epilepsy
    1.86
    77
    Yemen YEMEN TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30,158
    19.39
    2. Stroke
    13,570
    8.72
    3. War
    12,915
    8.30
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    11,978
    7.70
    5. Low Birth Weight
    8,810
    5.66
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    8,561
    5.50
    7. Birth Trauma
    5,939
    3.82
    8. Hypertension
    5,293
    3.40
    9. Diarrhoeal diseases
    4,372
    2.81
    10. Congenital Anomalies
    4,291
    2.76
    11. Lung Disease
    3,196
    2.05
    12. Measles
    3,019
    1.94
    13. Liver Disease
    2,891
    1.86
    14. Violence
    2,839
    1.83
    15. Kidney Disease
    2,679
    1.72
    16. Other Injuries
    2,225
    1.43
    17. Asthma
    2,106
    1.35
    18. Tuberculosis
    1,899
    1.22
    19. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,794
    1.15
    20. Malaria
    1,719
    1.11
    21. Suicide
    1,699
    1.09
    22. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,405
    0.90
    23. Pertussis
    1,239
    0.80
    24. Falls
    1,170
    0.75
    25. Drownings
    1,142
    0.73
      Deaths %
    26. Breast Cancer
    1,134
    0.73
    27. Malnutrition
    1,058
    0.68
    28. Meningitis
    1,018
    0.65
    29. Fires
    991
    0.64
    30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    913
    0.59
    31. Stomach Cancer
    902
    0.58
    32. Maternal Conditions
    890
    0.57
    33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    833
    0.54
    34. Leukemia
    776
    0.50
    35. Oesophagus Cancer
    765
    0.49
    36. Endocrine Disorders
    738
    0.47
    37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    707
    0.45
    38. Drug Use
    613
    0.39
    39. Liver Cancer
    609
    0.39
    40. Inflammatory/Heart
    585
    0.38
    41. Lung Cancers
    569
    0.37
    42. Oral Cancer
    547
    0.35
    43. Epilepsy
    539
    0.35
    44. Poisonings
    532
    0.34
    45. Lymphomas
    433
    0.28
    46. HIV/AIDS
    396
    0.25
    47. Tetanus
    395
    0.25
    48. Encephalitis
    369
    0.24
    49. Parkinson's Disease
    362
    0.23
    50. Hepatitis B
    299
    0.19
    Yemen YEMEN CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    14.77
    121
    2. Stomach Cancer
    7.79
    67
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    107
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.92
    24
    5. Lung Cancers
    4.89
    137
    6. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    102
    7. Leukemia
    3.41
    101
    8. Oral Cancer
    3.26
    77
      Rate World Rank
    9. Pancreas Cancer
    2.35
    134
    10. Lymphomas
    2.30
    168
    11. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    166
    12. Cervical Cancer
    1.52
    178
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.50
    129
    14. Prostate Cancer
    0.88
    183
    15. Skin Cancers
    0.81
    144
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.05
    181
    Yemen YEMEN HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    N/D
    181
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    34.0
    8.4
    64
    69
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    12.0
    22.0
    120
    99
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    4.20
    125
    Yemen YEMEN LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    34.5
    34.9
    34.7
    164
    167
    166
    1970
    38.5
    38.9
    38.7
    164
    167
    167
    1980
    46.9
    47.4
    47.1
    150
    158
    155
    1990
    53.8
    55.2
    54.5
    146
    150
    150
    2000
    59.5
    62.2
    60.8
    131
    131
    131
    2010
    63.1
    65.8
    64.4
    129
    135
    134
    2019
    64.4
    68.9
    66.6
    136
    139
    137
    Yemen YEMEN DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    30.399m
    49
    Sex Ratio M / F
    1.02
    39
    Population 0-14
    39.2%
    32
    Population 15-64
    58.0%
    157
    Population 65 +
    2.8%
    179
    Birth Rate / 1000
    24.64
    46
    Death Rate / 1000
    5.62
    150
    Fertility Rate
    3.10
    46
    Infant Mortality
    47.56
    29
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    67
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.04
    111
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.02
    54
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.84
    67
    Net Migration
    -0.19
    85
    Population Growth
    1.93%
    42
    Literacy Total
    70.1%
    145
    Literacy Male
    85.1%
    112
    Literacy Female
    55.0%
    137
    Unemployment
    27.0%
    17
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    66.6
    137
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    57.5
    143
    GDP per Capita USD
    $2,500
    167

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    11,945
    2,159
    4/1/24
    Yemen COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

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

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