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Canada
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

Compare Canada and Eritrea 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.

Eritrea
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
Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Eritrea ERITREA
  Canada CANADA   Eritrea ERITREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
 
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
 
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
 
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
 
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
2000
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
 
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
2010
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
 
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
2019
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
 
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Eritrea ERITREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
84.1
14
16
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age
80.4
84.1
14
16
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age 5
80.8
84.4
13
14
64.2
69.5
171
162
Age 10
80.8
84.4
13
14
64.4
69.7
170
166
Age 15
80.9
84.5
13
14
64.7
69.9
170
167
Age 20
81.0
84.6
12
14
65.1
70.1
170
167
Age 25
81.2
84.7
11
14
65.7
70.5
170
168
Age 30
81.5
84.8
11
14
66.3
70.9
170
169
Age 35
81.7
84.9
10
13
67.0
71.4
171
169
Age 40
82.0
85.0
7
12
67.9
72.1
172
169
Age 45
82.3
85.2
6
12
69.0
72.9
173
173
Age 50
82.7
85.5
6
13
70.4
74.0
173
173
Age 55
83.1
85.9
5
13
72.1
75.3
173
173
Age 60
83.8
86.4
4
12
74.1
76.8
174
174
Age 65
84.8
87.1
3
10
76.6
78.6
173
173
Age 70
85.9
87.9
3
9
79.3
80.7
173
173
Age 75
87.4
89.0
2
8
82.3
83.2
170
171
Age 80
89.2
90.4
2
9
85.5
86.2
164
165
Age 85
91.6
92.2
5
9
89.1
89.5
162
167
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Eritrea ERITREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
45.15
166
119.40
80
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.87
13
20.70
39
3. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
3.27
154
4. Lung Disease
15.91
133
36.46
34
5. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
28.19
15
6. Stroke
15.12
182
139.66
28
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
5.79
136
8. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
6.95
146
9. Suicide
10.34
67
17.26
21
10. Drug Use
8.70
2
1.45
70
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.69
169
152.35
5
12. Diabetes Mellitus
7.22
156
51.06
37
13. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
1.05
166
14. Lymphomas
6.52
26
6.91
19
15. Liver Disease
5.73
159
61.76
5
16. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
7.50
10
17. Falls
5.07
101
8.77
36
18. Kidney Disease
4.99
168
30.38
57
19. Road Traffic Accidents
4.58
157
54.13
5
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.41
77
3.00
111
21. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
3.56
151
22. Leukemia
4.06
67
6.26
4
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.46
128
4.91
52
24. Other Injuries
3.35
164
21.49
6
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
4.30
43
26. Congenital Anomalies
2.99
156
6.40
71
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.94
141
5.74
71
28. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.73
126
29. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
2.26
78
30. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
2.50
170
31. Hypertension
2.79
169
52.22
13
32. Alcohol
2.76
44
2.33
52
33. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.58
112
34. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
3.62
63
35. Other Neoplasms
1.99
51
0.32
133
36. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
12.74
69
37. Low Birth Weight
1.90
148
6.60
69
38. Violence
1.60
139
13.64
33
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.09
6
0.19
95
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.90
140
102.04
5
41. Epilepsy
0.81
153
3.11
27
42. Skin Disease
0.76
122
2.17
55
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
135
3.69
30
44. Drownings
0.71
160
3.38
64
45. Birth Trauma
0.65
140
7.37
46
46. Hepatitis C
0.60
15
0.32
34
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
172
7.36
28
48. Fires
0.41
153
5.00
10
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.38
80
0.66
28
50. Asthma
0.37
173
16.35
34
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Canada CANADA   Eritrea ERITREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,063
17.18
2,154
8.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,970
13.28
310
1.22
3. Lung Cancers
20,937
8.98
62
0.24
4. Lung Disease
14,212
6.09
662
2.61
5. Stroke
14,159
6.07
2,564
10.09
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,651
4.14
113
0.44
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,431
3.19
3,277
12.90
8. Breast Cancer
5,910
2.53
311
1.22
9. Diabetes Mellitus
5,718
2.45
944
3.71
10. Lymphomas
5,146
2.21
147
0.58
11. Pancreas Cancer
5,057
2.17
20
0.08
12. Falls
4,829
2.07
168
0.66
13. Prostate Cancer
4,711
2.02
54
0.21
14. Kidney Disease
4,578
1.96
578
2.27
15. Suicide
4,417
1.89
382
1.50
16. Drug Use
3,686
1.58
36
0.14
17. Liver Disease
3,624
1.55
1,215
4.78
18. Parkinson's Disease
3,359
1.44
85
0.33
19. Endocrine Disorders
3,233
1.39
71
0.28
20. Liver Cancer
3,113
1.33
69
0.27
21. Leukemia
3,098
1.33
144
0.57
22. Hypertension
2,563
1.10
926
3.64
23. Bladder Cancer
2,521
1.08
42
0.17
24. Other Injuries
2,392
1.03
540
2.13
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,230
0.96
81
0.32
26. Stomach Cancer
2,177
0.93
48
0.19
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,060
0.88
123
0.48
28. Road Traffic Accidents
1,998
0.86
1,326
5.22
29. Ovary Cancer
1,902
0.82
79
0.31
30. Skin Cancers
1,756
0.75
30
0.12
31. Other Neoplasms
1,679
0.72
6
0.02
32. Oral Cancer
1,592
0.68
71
0.28
33. Alcohol
1,491
0.64
45
0.18
34. Uterin Cancer
1,183
0.51
18
0.07
35. Congenital Anomalies
1,081
0.46
432
1.70
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
840
0.36
2,292
9.02
37. Multiple Sclerosis
692
0.30
4
0.02
38. Skin Disease
679
0.29
45
0.18
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
636
0.27
77
0.30
40. Violence
605
0.26
384
1.51
41. Cervical Cancer
578
0.25
132
0.52
42. Low Birth Weight
553
0.24
531
2.09
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.19
147
0.58
44. Epilepsy
384
0.16
81
0.32
45. Hepatitis C
363
0.16
6
0.02
46. Anemia
343
0.15
0
0.00
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
322
0.14
12
0.05
48. Drownings
283
0.12
118
0.46
49. Asthma
262
0.11
326
1.28
50. Birth Trauma
193
0.08
616
2.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Eritrea ERITREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
3.27
154
2. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
28.19
15
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
5.79
136
4. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
6.95
146
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
1.05
166
6. Lymphomas
6.52
26
6.91
19
7. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
7.50
10
8. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
3.56
151
9. Leukemia
4.06
67
6.26
4
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
4.30
43
11. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.73
126
12. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
2.26
78
13. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
2.50
170
14. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.58
112
15. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
3.62
63
16. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
12.74
69
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.