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Bahamas
COUNTRY #1
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BAHAMAS VS UNITED STATES

Compare Bahamas and United States health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

United States
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
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United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   United States UNITED STATES
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
  
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
  
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
  
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
  
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
  
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
  
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
  
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
76.6
101
94
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
69.9
76.6
101
94
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
70.7
77.4
115
94
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
70.8
77.5
115
94
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
70.9
77.6
114
94
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
71.3
77.8
113
93
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
71.9
78.0
110
93
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
72.6
78.4
102
92
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
73.5
78.8
97
91
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
74.4
79.3
90
86
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
75.4
79.9
85
82
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
76.5
80.6
80
75
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
77.7
81.4
77
71
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
79.1
82.4
70
66
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
80.8
83.6
67
61
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
82.8
85.0
61
57
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
85.0
86.6
61
56
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
87.5
88.7
56
52
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
90.2
91.3
64
38
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
89.11
124
73.49
142
2. Stroke
60.37
118
22.27
164
3. Hypertension
53.15
10
10.26
133
4. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
11.64
126
5. Diabetes Mellitus
40.27
61
10.58
144
6. Violence
36.36
10
6.00
81
7. HIV/AIDS
32.20
32
1.37
113
8. Kidney Disease
30.95
52
13.08
127
9. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
15.93
105
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.39
90
8.86
163
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.83
110
33.26
8
12. Other Injuries
16.64
13
5.11
130
13. Liver Disease
16.20
103
8.98
134
14. Endocrine Disorders
16.00
7
8.22
28
15. Inflammatory/Heart
11.79
20
5.64
73
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
10.28
71
17. Lung Disease
9.23
170
28.49
60
18. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
2.77
151
19. Road Traffic Accidents
7.42
134
11.10
120
20. Skin Disease
7.42
9
0.86
115
21. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
25.54
24
22. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
3.11
50
23. Drownings
6.38
17
1.19
140
24. Lymphomas
6.37
30
6.36
31
25. Falls
4.97
103
5.68
90
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.97
49
4.55
68
27. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
2.24
173
28. Alcohol
4.67
20
3.50
28
29. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
4.70
79
30. Congenital Anomalies
4.13
133
3.78
140
31. Low Birth Weight
3.70
109
2.37
138
32. Suicide
3.37
159
14.51
31
33. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
4.69
110
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.69
90
0.55
170
35. Fires
2.66
59
0.73
124
36. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
7.26
36
37. Leukemia
2.45
143
4.43
49
38. Asthma
2.16
112
0.84
141
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
3.04
71
40. Epilepsy
1.91
73
0.78
159
41. Maternal Conditions
1.63
75
0.26
129
42. Birth Trauma
1.47
107
0.42
157
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.45
115
1.55
114
44. Malnutrition
1.19
94
0.90
104
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
112
0.55
152
46. Other Neoplasms
0.87
63
2.68
37
47. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
2.01
132
48. Drug Use
0.62
149
21.28
1
49. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
2.84
61
50. Meningitis
0.61
105
0.15
166
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
334
14.26
504,904
20.15
2. Stroke
224
9.56
158,520
6.33
3. Hypertension
198
8.45
65,960
2.63
4. Diabetes Mellitus
154
6.58
61,418
2.45
5. Violence
148
6.32
18,976
0.76
6. HIV/AIDS
134
5.72
5,660
0.23
7. Kidney Disease
120
5.12
85,861
3.43
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
98
4.18
60,317
2.41
9. Breast Cancer
69
2.95
48,671
1.94
10. Other Injuries
67
2.86
25,997
1.04
11. Liver Disease
67
2.86
43,402
1.73
12. Prostate Cancer
65
2.78
35,612
1.42
13. Endocrine Disorders
62
2.65
46,985
1.87
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
53
2.26
287,198
11.46
15. Inflammatory/Heart
47
2.01
32,529
1.30
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42
1.79
61,827
2.47
17. Lung Disease
33
1.41
195,387
7.80
18. Road Traffic Accidents
30
1.28
41,694
1.66
19. Lung Cancers
29
1.24
155,533
6.21
20. Skin Disease
27
1.15
5,409
0.22
21. Drownings
26
1.11
4,070
0.16
22. Lymphomas
25
1.07
40,281
1.61
23. Cervical Cancer
21
0.90
6,984
0.28
24. Alcohol
20
0.85
14,659
0.58
25. Falls
18
0.77
40,418
1.61
26. Stomach Cancer
18
0.77
13,077
0.52
27. Parkinson's Disease
17
0.73
34,491
1.38
28. Low Birth Weight
16
0.68
6,924
0.28
29. Congenital Anomalies
16
0.68
11,762
0.47
30. Suicide
14
0.60
53,099
2.12
31. Uterin Cancer
14
0.60
10,063
0.40
32. Liver Cancer
12
0.51
27,064
1.08
33. Ovary Cancer
10
0.43
14,591
0.58
34. Leukemia
10
0.43
26,966
1.08
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10
0.43
3,461
0.14
36. Pancreas Cancer
10
0.43
44,293
1.77
37. Fires
10
0.43
3,183
0.13
38. Asthma
9
0.38
3,818
0.15
39. Oesophagus Cancer
9
0.38
17,829
0.71
40. Epilepsy
8
0.34
3,162
0.13
41. Maternal Conditions
6
0.26
779
0.03
42. Birth Trauma
6
0.26
1,233
0.05
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.21
9,955
0.40
44. Malnutrition
4
0.17
6,762
0.27
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.17
3,646
0.15
46. Oral Cancer
3
0.13
11,555
0.46
47. Other Neoplasms
3
0.13
17,743
0.71
48. Encephalitis
2
0.09
25
0.00
49. Drug Use
2
0.09
74,435
2.97
50. Meningitis
2
0.09
606
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
11.64
126
2. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
15.93
105
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
10.28
71
4. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
2.77
151
5. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
25.54
24
6. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
3.11
50
7. Lymphomas
6.37
30
6.36
31
8. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
2.24
173
9. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
4.70
79
10. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
4.69
110
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
7.26
36
12. Leukemia
2.45
143
4.43
49
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
3.04
71
14. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
2.01
132
15. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
2.84
61
16. Skin Cancers
0.23
173
2.36
57
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.