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Eritrea
COUNTRY #1
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ERITREA VS ICELAND

Compare Eritrea and Iceland 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.

Iceland
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
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Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Iceland ICELAND
  Eritrea ERITREA   Iceland ICELAND
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
  
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
  
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
  
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
  
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.3
67.1
159
151
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
61.3
67.1
159
151
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
64.2
69.5
171
162
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
64.4
69.7
170
166
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
64.7
69.9
170
167
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
65.1
70.1
170
167
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
65.7
70.5
170
168
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
66.3
70.9
170
169
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
67.0
71.4
171
169
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
67.9
72.1
172
169
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
69.0
72.9
173
173
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
70.4
74.0
173
173
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
72.1
75.3
173
173
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
74.1
76.8
174
174
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
76.6
78.6
173
173
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
79.3
80.7
173
173
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
82.3
83.2
170
171
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
85.5
86.2
164
165
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
89.1
89.5
162
167
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
152.35
5
9.67
161
2. Stroke
139.66
28
18.39
176
3. Coronary Heart Disease
119.40
80
54.46
157
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
102.04
5
0.16
176
5. Liver Disease
61.76
5
1.72
183
6. Road Traffic Accidents
54.13
5
1.78
178
7. Hypertension
52.22
13
2.87
168
8. Diabetes Mellitus
51.06
37
4.22
176
9. Lung Disease
36.46
34
17.98
117
10. Kidney Disease
30.38
57
4.00
177
11. Breast Cancer
28.19
15
18.02
78
12. Malnutrition
26.52
3
0.06
166
13. Tuberculosis
21.74
50
0.00
183
14. Other Injuries
21.49
6
7.88
87
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.70
39
35.59
5
16. Maternal Conditions
17.51
10
0.11
142
17. Suicide
17.26
21
11.15
59
18. Asthma
16.35
34
0.26
178
19. Meningitis
15.42
14
0.30
140
20. Malaria
13.87
38
0.00
113
21. Violence
13.64
33
1.08
149
22. Cervical Cancer
12.74
69
3.29
142
23. HIV/AIDS
10.85
57
0.09
158
24. Falls
8.77
36
3.23
143
25. Ovary Cancer
7.50
10
5.09
62
26. Birth Trauma
7.37
46
1.05
121
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.36
28
0.47
178
28. Prostate Cancer
6.95
146
18.78
71
29. Lymphomas
6.91
19
5.87
49
30. Low Birth Weight
6.60
69
1.13
164
31. Congenital Anomalies
6.40
71
1.96
177
32. Leukemia
6.26
4
2.88
125
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.79
136
12.15
49
34. Inflammatory/Heart
5.74
71
3.42
124
35. Fires
5.00
10
0.09
181
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.91
52
7.15
12
37. Poisonings
4.38
6
0.64
86
38. Oesophagus Cancer
4.30
43
3.70
50
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.69
30
0.19
180
40. Schistosomiasis
3.64
6
0.00
119
41. Oral Cancer
3.62
63
1.55
158
42. Liver Cancer
3.56
151
3.82
140
43. Drownings
3.38
64
0.36
179
44. Lung Cancers
3.27
154
21.77
41
45. Epilepsy
3.11
27
1.27
116
46. Endocrine Disorders
3.00
111
2.31
139
47. Stomach Cancer
2.50
170
3.12
154
48. Alcohol
2.33
52
3.14
32
49. Bladder Cancer
2.26
78
3.04
53
50. Skin Disease
2.17
55
0.39
150
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Eritrea ERITREA   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,277
12.90
82
4.09
2. Stroke
2,564
10.09
141
7.03
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,292
9.02
1
0.05
4. Coronary Heart Disease
2,154
8.48
403
20.10
5. Road Traffic Accidents
1,326
5.22
7
0.35
6. Liver Disease
1,215
4.78
9
0.45
7. Diabetes Mellitus
944
3.71
30
1.50
8. Hypertension
926
3.64
24
1.20
9. Lung Disease
662
2.61
129
6.43
10. Malnutrition
660
2.60
1
0.05
11. Birth Trauma
616
2.42
2
0.10
12. Kidney Disease
578
2.27
33
1.65
13. Maternal Conditions
544
2.14
0
0.00
14. Tuberculosis
543
2.14
0
0.00
15. Other Injuries
540
2.13
50
2.49
16. Low Birth Weight
531
2.09
3
0.15
17. Malaria
437
1.72
0
0.00
18. Congenital Anomalies
432
1.70
7
0.35
19. Meningitis
404
1.59
1
0.05
20. Violence
384
1.51
4
0.20
21. Suicide
382
1.50
40
2.00
22. Asthma
326
1.28
2
0.10
23. Breast Cancer
311
1.22
53
2.64
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
310
1.22
295
14.71
25. HIV/AIDS
308
1.21
0
0.00
26. Falls
168
0.66
24
1.20
27. Lymphomas
147
0.58
37
1.85
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
147
0.58
3
0.15
29. Leukemia
144
0.57
19
0.95
30. Cervical Cancer
132
0.52
9
0.45
31. Fires
132
0.52
1
0.05
32. Inflammatory/Heart
123
0.48
16
0.80
33. Drownings
118
0.46
1
0.05
34. Poisonings
114
0.45
3
0.15
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
113
0.44
73
3.64
36. Pertussis
90
0.35
0
0.00
37. Parkinson's Disease
85
0.33
53
2.64
38. Oesophagus Cancer
81
0.32
23
1.15
39. Epilepsy
81
0.32
5
0.25
40. Ovary Cancer
79
0.31
16
0.80
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
77
0.30
1
0.05
42. Schistosomiasis
73
0.29
0
0.00
43. Endocrine Disorders
71
0.28
16
0.80
44. Oral Cancer
71
0.28
9
0.45
45. Liver Cancer
69
0.27
22
1.10
46. Lung Cancers
62
0.24
134
6.68
47. Prostate Cancer
54
0.21
61
3.04
48. Stomach Cancer
48
0.19
18
0.90
49. Skin Disease
45
0.18
3
0.15
50. Alcohol
45
0.18
14
0.70
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
28.19
15
18.02
78
2. Cervical Cancer
12.74
69
3.29
142
3. Ovary Cancer
7.50
10
5.09
62
4. Prostate Cancer
6.95
146
18.78
71
5. Lymphomas
6.91
19
5.87
49
6. Leukemia
6.26
4
2.88
125
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.79
136
12.15
49
8. Oesophagus Cancer
4.30
43
3.70
50
9. Oral Cancer
3.62
63
1.55
158
10. Liver Cancer
3.56
151
3.82
140
11. Lung Cancers
3.27
154
21.77
41
12. Stomach Cancer
2.50
170
3.12
154
13. Bladder Cancer
2.26
78
3.04
53
14. Uterin Cancer
1.73
126
2.12
102
15. Skin Cancers
1.58
112
2.01
85
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.05
166
7.25
37
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.