Jordan - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 18.43
2010 15.05
2015 11.92
2019 10.01

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 11.88
2010 12.28
2015 13.07
2019 10.38

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 69.69
2010 72.67
2015 75.01
2019 79.61

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Jordan was 13.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 24.50 in 2001, while its lowest value was 13.40 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 24.50
2001 24.50
2002 24.20
2003 23.20
2004 23.20
2005 23.10
2006 22.10
2007 19.80
2008 17.90
2009 16.50
2010 15.40
2011 14.70
2012 14.40
2013 13.80
2014 13.60
2015 13.40
2016 13.40
2017 13.40
2018 13.60
2019 13.60

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Jordan was 17.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.30 in 2016.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 23.40
2001 22.80
2002 22.20
2003 21.30
2004 20.70
2005 20.50
2006 20.60
2007 20.20
2008 19.30
2009 18.90
2010 18.80
2011 18.00
2012 17.40
2013 16.90
2014 16.60
2015 16.40
2016 16.30
2017 16.70
2018 17.00
2019 17.00

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Jordan was 15.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.90 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.80 in 2016.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 23.90
2001 23.60
2002 23.20
2003 22.20
2004 22.00
2005 21.80
2006 21.30
2007 20.00
2008 18.60
2009 17.70
2010 17.10
2011 16.30
2012 15.90
2013 15.30
2014 15.10
2015 14.90
2016 14.80
2017 15.00
2018 15.20
2019 15.30

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 39.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 65.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 51.20

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Jordan was 0.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.20 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.40 in 2013.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.20
2001 1.20
2002 1.10
2003 1.10
2004 1.00
2005 0.90
2006 0.80
2007 0.80
2008 0.70
2009 0.60
2010 0.60
2011 0.50
2012 0.50
2013 0.40
2014 0.40
2015 0.40
2016 0.40
2017 0.40
2018 0.40
2019 0.50

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Jordan was 0.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.40 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.40 in 2013.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.40
2001 1.40
2002 1.30
2003 1.30
2004 1.20
2005 1.10
2006 0.90
2007 0.80
2008 0.70
2009 0.70
2010 0.60
2011 0.50
2012 0.50
2013 0.40
2014 0.40
2015 0.40
2016 0.40
2017 0.40
2018 0.40
2019 0.40

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Jordan was 0.500 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.400 in 2014.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.000
2001 1.000
2002 0.900
2003 0.900
2004 0.900
2005 0.800
2006 0.700
2007 0.700
2008 0.700
2009 0.600
2010 0.600
2011 0.500
2012 0.500
2013 0.500
2014 0.400
2015 0.400
2016 0.400
2017 0.400
2018 0.500
2019 0.500

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Jordan was 0.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.80 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.70 in 2011.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.80
2001 1.70
2002 1.60
2003 1.60
2004 1.60
2005 1.30
2006 1.20
2007 1.00
2008 0.90
2009 0.80
2010 0.80
2011 0.70
2012 0.70
2013 0.70
2014 0.70
2015 0.70
2016 0.70
2017 0.70
2018 0.70
2019 0.70

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Jordan was 2.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.20 in 2001 and a minimum value of 2.20 in 2013.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.20
2001 3.20
2002 3.00
2003 3.00
2004 2.90
2005 2.60
2006 2.50
2007 2.40
2008 2.40
2009 2.30
2010 2.30
2011 2.30
2012 2.30
2013 2.20
2014 2.20
2015 2.20
2016 2.30
2017 2.30
2018 2.40
2019 2.50

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Jordan was 1.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.50 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.50 in 2010.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.50
2001 2.40
2002 2.30
2003 2.30
2004 2.20
2005 2.00
2006 1.90
2007 1.70
2008 1.70
2009 1.60
2010 1.50
2011 1.50
2012 1.50
2013 1.50
2014 1.50
2015 1.50
2016 1.50
2017 1.50
2018 1.60
2019 1.60

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Jordan was 17.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.30 in 2011 and a minimum value of 17.00 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 23.20
2001 23.30
2002 23.40
2003 22.90
2004 22.80
2005 22.60
2006 22.30
2007 22.20
2008 21.90
2009 22.30
2010 22.40
2011 25.30
2012 23.70
2013 23.90
2014 23.90
2015 24.00
2016 24.10
2017 21.50
2018 17.60
2019 17.00

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 0.600

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors