Iron deficiency

Facts you should know about Iron deficiency :

• 0.04% of total deaths around the world are due to Iron deficiency
• Generally, deaths due to Iron deficiency are seen in age group of 5-14 years
• Tonga's 0.0028% population dies due to Iron deficiency
• India is highest in terms of number of deaths with average 6560 per year
• In Year 2016, 20950 people died due to Iron deficiency (around the world), out of which 31.31% are in India
• 196 deaths are seen in age group of Under 5 years
• 18996 deaths are seen in age group of 5-14 years
• 18996 deaths are seen in age group of 15-49 years
• 480 deaths are seen in age group of 50-69 years
• 1054 deaths are seen in age group of 70+ years

This research was last updated on .
Source and Reference of this Data

This below graph represents Top 10 countries with highest number of deaths due to Iron deficiency



This below table represents number of deaths in all countries due to Iron deficiency :

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Rank	Country	Count
1	India	6560
2	Pakistan	1982
3	Indonesia	978
4	Nigeria	968
5	Democratic Republic of Congo	839
6	Ethiopia	608
7	Tanzania	517
8	Bangladesh	450
9	Afghanistan	435
10	China	352
11	Myanmar	346
12	Cote d'Ivoire	291
13	Niger	289
14	Ghana	274
15	Chad	268
16	Sudan	262
17	Cameroon	251
18	Mali	245
19	Yemen	231
20	Burkina Faso	222
21	Mozambique	215
22	Madagascar	213
23	Somalia	190
24	Senegal	185
25	Papua New Guinea	168
26	Uganda	167
27	Guinea	167
28	Malawi	149
29	Kenya	148
30	South Sudan	147
31	Nepal	142
32	Philippines	139
33	Sierra Leone	134
34	Italy	118
35	Brazil	117
36	Angola	110
37	Egypt	106
38	Benin	99
39	Burundi	90
40	Mexico	80
41	Central African Republic	77
42	Zimbabwe	76
43	South Africa	67
44	Zambia	66
45	Iraq	66
46	Rwanda	66
47	Haiti	59
48	Togo	49
49	North Korea	48
50	Algeria	48
51	Liberia	46
52	Eritrea	45
53	United States	45
54	Morocco	43
55	Russia	43
56	Mauritania	41
57	Spain	40
58	Peru	40
59	Vietnam	38
60	Congo	38
61	Bolivia	38
62	Laos	30
63	Guatemala	26
64	Gambia	25
65	United Arab Emirates	25
66	Guinea-Bissau	24
67	France	23
68	Germany	23
69	Argentina	22
70	Iran	20
71	Malaysia	18
72	Japan	17
73	Uzbekistan	17
74	Venezuela	16
75	Cambodia	16
76	Turkey	15
77	Colombia	15
78	Thailand	14
79	Tajikistan	13
80	Honduras	12
81	Ecuador	12
82	United Kingdom	9
83	Ukraine	8
84	Sri Lanka	8
85	Gabon	8
86	Portugal	8
87	Djibouti	7
88	Azerbaijan	7
89	Lesotho	7
90	Poland	7
91	Dominican Republic	6
92	South Korea	6
93	Oman	6
94	Timor	6
95	Syria	6
96	Paraguay	5
97	Mongolia	5
98	Kazakhstan	5
99	Taiwan	5
100	Kyrgyzstan	5
101	Nicaragua	5
102	Tunisia	4
103	Saudi Arabia	4
104	Jordan	4
105	Canada	4
106	Chile	4
107	Netherlands	3
108	Bhutan	3
109	Palestine	3
110	Austria	3
111	Romania	3
112	Australia	3
113	Tonga	3
114	Namibia	3
115	Solomon Islands	3
116	Comoros	3
117	Equatorial Guinea	2
118	Cuba	2
119	Turkmenistan	2
120	Czech Republic	2
121	Panama	2
122	Libya	2
123	El Salvador	2
124	Georgia	2
125	Belarus	2
126	Belgium	2
127	Israel	2
128	Hungary	2
129	Switzerland	1
130	Serbia	1
131	Jamaica	1
132	Armenia	1
133	Botswana	1
134	Norway	1
135	Swaziland	1
136	Bulgaria	1
137	Vanuatu	1
138	Denmark	1
139	Lebanon	1
140	Costa Rica	1
141	Sweden	1
142	Guyana	1
143	Ireland	1
144	Greece	1
145	Puerto Rico	1
146	Moldova	1
147	Mauritius	1
148	Fiji	1
149	Slovakia	1
150	Croatia	1
151	Sao Tome and Principe	1
152	Uruguay	1
153	Lithuania	1
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
156	Kuwait	0
157	Finland	0
158	Albania	0
159	Kiribati	0
160	Maldives	0
161	Latvia	0
162	New Zealand	0
163	Cape Verde	0
164	Qatar	0
165	Suriname	0
166	Cyprus	0
167	Macedonia	0
168	Singapore	0
169	Estonia	0
170	Micronesia	0
171	Slovenia	0
172	Bahrain	0
173	Marshall Islands	0
174	Samoa	0
175	Brunei	0
176	Belize	0
177	Samoa	0
178	Barbados	0
179	Bahamas	0
180	Saint Lucia	0
181	Mariana Islnads	0
182	Montenegro	0
183	Seychelles	0
184	Guam	0
185	Luxembourg	0
186	Malta	0
187	Antigua and Barbuda	0
188	Grenada	0
189	Dominica	0
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
191	Iceland	0
192	United States Virgin Islands	0
193	Andorra	0
194	Greenland	0
195	Bermuda	0