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| Australia |
Australia has one of the lowest crude death rates, with just 6.5 deaths per 1,000 of the population. Infant mortality is one of the lowest too, with just 5 deaths per 1,000 lives births. Even though officially Australia has the 8th highest number of deaths relating to obesity, with 115, it is someway short to leaders US with 2,989 deaths. |
| Canada |
Canada enjoys one of the lowest mortality rates, with its crude death rate of 7.3 deaths per 1,000 of the population ranking at 108th in the world. The female mortality rate is 59.59 per 1,000 adult females (161st), male mortality rate of 97.04 per 1,000 adult males (167th) and infant mortality rate of 5 per 1,000 live births (162nd) are also amongst the lowest in the world. |
| Japan |
Japan has enjoys quite a low crude mortality rate, with 8.53 per 1,000 of the population in 2005, the 86th highest rate that year. Though methods of death many be varied, interestingly, the Japanese does not seem to have much luck when it comes to water. It has the 2nd highest number of deaths by drowning, with 8,072 deaths falling somewhat behind Russia's 16,833. Interestingly, Japan have the highest number of deaths by hot tap-water, with their 143 deaths far out-numbering 2nd-placed US with 55 deaths. |
| South Africa |
With a life expectancy at birth of just over 47 years, it can come as no surprise that South Africa has one of the highest mortality rates in the world, with 21.38 deaths per 1,000 people - a doubling of the death rate over 10 years. In fact, mortality rates amongst adult females show more than 630 in every 1,000 are expected to die before reaching 60; with mortality amongst adult males at more than 650. |
| United Kingdom |
The UK’s mortality rate has been decreasing in general over the decades, with 11.8 per 1,000 people in 1985 falling to 9.9 per 1,000 people by 2005. Infant mortality is amongst the lowest globally, at just 5 per 1,000, but there is not such good news for cliff walkers, as the UK the 10th highest number of deaths from falling from a cliff. |
| United States |
The crude death rate of the US has been steadily falling in recent decades, with the 2005 rate of 8.25 per 1,000 population falling from 8.8 per 1,000 a decade earlier. That said, the US has the highest number of deaths related to obesity (2,989) emphysema (16,700), eating disorders (218) and involving beds (450) in the world. |
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NOTES: These statistics are derived from official causes of death detailed on certificates of death by each country. Rather than being a true indicator of the number of deaths attributed to a particular cause, mortality statistics reveal more about a particular country's reporting processes.
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