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Bhutan
COUNTRY #1
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
BHUTAN VS JAMAICA

Compare Bhutan and Jamaica 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.

Jamaica
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
Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Jamaica JAMAICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
  
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
  
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
  
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
  
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
  
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
2010
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
  
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
2019
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
  
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Jamaica JAMAICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
74.4
79
108
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age
72.0
74.4
79
108
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age 5
74.3
76.3
67
105
75.5
78.6
50
78
Age 10
74.4
76.4
64
105
75.6
78.7
51
77
Age 15
74.7
76.7
63
104
75.7
78.8
51
77
Age 20
75.0
76.8
63
104
75.9
78.9
51
78
Age 25
75.2
77.0
64
104
76.1
79.1
53
77
Age 30
75.5
77.1
64
104
76.4
79.3
54
76
Age 35
75.8
77.4
64
104
76.7
79.6
53
74
Age 40
76.1
77.6
64
103
77.1
80.0
51
73
Age 45
76.5
78.0
68
103
77.6
80.4
49
71
Age 50
77.1
78.5
70
103
78.2
81.0
52
69
Age 55
77.9
79.1
73
103
79.0
81.8
53
64
Age 60
78.9
80.0
75
104
80.1
82.6
55
61
Age 65
80.3
81.1
75
104
81.4
83.8
52
58
Age 70
82.0
82.5
78
108
83.1
85.2
54
54
Age 75
84.2
84.4
81
118
85.4
86.9
50
50
Age 80
86.8
86.9
82
130
88.1
89.1
40
42
Age 85
90.0
90.1
80
119
91.1
91.5
20
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Jamaica JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117.54
84
49.69
162
2. Lung Disease
87.76
4
13.20
151
3. Stroke
60.70
117
70.26
104
4. Diabetes Mellitus
27.56
94
61.66
24
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.08
92
11.23
153
6. Liver Disease
26.66
70
4.80
162
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
26.23
55
1.06
133
8. Kidney Disease
24.53
78
23.98
84
9. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
7.00
77
10. Tuberculosis
18.33
53
0.24
157
11. Falls
17.91
4
2.34
167
12. Road Traffic Accidents
17.35
85
14.23
101
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.73
112
15.09
133
14. Asthma
12.98
49
2.02
115
15. Hypertension
12.74
117
18.75
89
16. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.92
9
0.85
127
17. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
22.18
32
18. HIV/AIDS
8.08
64
25.41
38
19. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
14.66
78
20. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
2.28
95
21. Low Birth Weight
7.39
59
6.72
67
22. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
1.87
141
23. Other Injuries
6.45
108
2.77
173
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.37
39
2.47
92
25. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
3.14
161
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.36
102
4.63
124
27. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
5.85
38
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.20
43
3.69
118
29. Suicide
5.07
142
2.28
175
30. Birth Trauma
4.78
68
1.82
96
31. Encephalitis
4.26
2
0.43
90
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
13.25
39
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
3.62
94
34. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
25.54
24
35. Drownings
2.83
76
0.34
182
36. Leukemia
2.69
136
4.13
63
37. Meningitis
2.45
56
0.49
116
38. Violence
2.26
126
47.92
4
39. Epilepsy
2.00
69
1.48
101
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.66
158
5.56
60
41. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
0.29
168
42. Syphilis
1.37
26
0.02
127
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.24
179
4.11
112
44. Skin Disease
1.19
106
4.13
19
45. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
53.37
3
46. Fires
1.13
106
0.47
145
47. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
1.77
108
48. Maternal Conditions
1.04
83
1.15
81
49. Drug Use
0.97
117
0.40
169
50. Alcohol
0.92
123
0.24
169
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
702
17.06
1,726
9.88
2. Lung Disease
524
12.73
452
2.59
3. Stroke
360
8.75
2,415
13.82
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
177
4.30
393
2.25
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
169
4.11
35
0.20
6. Liver Disease
166
4.03
155
0.89
7. Diabetes Mellitus
164
3.99
2,077
11.88
8. Kidney Disease
149
3.62
793
4.54
9. Tuberculosis
138
3.35
8
0.05
10. Road Traffic Accidents
123
2.99
444
2.54
11. Stomach Cancer
118
2.87
231
1.32
12. Falls
111
2.70
82
0.47
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
105
2.55
587
3.36
14. Low Birth Weight
79
1.92
241
1.38
15. Asthma
78
1.90
65
0.37
16. Hypertension
77
1.87
651
3.73
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
68
1.65
27
0.15
18. HIV/AIDS
58
1.41
757
4.33
19. Birth Trauma
51
1.24
65
0.37
20. Congenital Anomalies
50
1.22
139
0.80
21. Lung Cancers
44
1.07
472
2.70
22. Oesophagus Cancer
44
1.07
74
0.42
23. Oral Cancer
43
1.04
59
0.34
24. Other Injuries
43
1.04
91
0.52
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
39
0.95
82
0.47
26. Liver Cancer
35
0.85
101
0.58
27. Suicide
35
0.85
70
0.40
28. Parkinson's Disease
31
0.75
132
0.76
29. Cervical Cancer
30
0.73
358
2.05
30. Encephalitis
28
0.68
13
0.07
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24
0.58
436
2.49
32. Pancreas Cancer
20
0.49
119
0.68
33. Drownings
20
0.49
10
0.06
34. Leukemia
19
0.46
129
0.74
35. Violence
18
0.44
1,484
8.49
36. Meningitis
17
0.41
16
0.09
37. Epilepsy
14
0.34
46
0.26
38. Ovary Cancer
14
0.34
97
0.56
39. Endocrine Disorders
11
0.27
176
1.01
40. Syphilis
11
0.27
1
0.01
41. Maternal Conditions
9
0.22
35
0.20
42. Skin Cancers
9
0.22
10
0.06
43. Fires
8
0.19
16
0.09
44. Inflammatory/Heart
8
0.19
133
0.76
45. Breast Cancer
8
0.19
413
2.36
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
13
0.07
47. Skin Disease
7
0.17
145
0.83
48. Alcohol
6
0.15
7
0.04
49. Bladder Cancer
6
0.15
60
0.34
50. Appendicitis
5
0.12
9
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
7.00
77
2. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
22.18
32
3. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
14.66
78
4. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
2.28
95
5. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
1.87
141
6. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
3.14
161
7. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
5.85
38
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
13.25
39
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
3.62
94
10. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
25.54
24
11. Leukemia
2.69
136
4.13
63
12. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
0.29
168
13. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
53.37
3
14. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
1.77
108
15. Lymphomas
0.81
180
7.87
10
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
182
6.42
8
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.