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Estonia
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 Estonia and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
Estonia Population Pyramid
1,158,412
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%
Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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
  Estonia ESTONIA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Estonia ESTONIA   Gambia GAMBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.7
72.6
68.5
34
18
29
 
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
65.7
74.4
70.0
41
18
28
 
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
64.2
74.2
69.1
69
35
54
 
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
64.6
74.6
69.5
90
53
71
 
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
65.4
76.1
70.8
101
48
85
 
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
70.6
80.2
75.6
76
34
45
 
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
74.7
82.6
78.9
53
32
37
 
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
82.6
53
32
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
74.7
82.6
53
32
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
74.9
82.8
58
34
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
74.9
82.8
58
34
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
75.0
82.9
58
34
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
75.1
82.9
60
34
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
75.3
83.0
62
34
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
75.5
83.1
65
34
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
75.7
83.3
66
34
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
76.0
83.4
70
34
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
76.4
83.7
72
34
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
77.0
84.0
71
33
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
78.0
84.5
68
33
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
79.3
85.0
65
35
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
80.8
85.7
66
35
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
82.9
86.5
59
36
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
85.4
87.9
48
33
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
87.9
89.4
45
33
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
90.8
91.4
38
34
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
80.39
133
142.59
53
2. Hypertension
66.42
3
22.89
68
3. Stroke
31.23
150
108.94
59
4. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
6.08
156
5. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
3.62
150
6. Liver Disease
17.29
99
33.48
48
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
1.05
183
8. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
4.44
182
9. Suicide
11.96
52
9.64
77
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.46
159
113.77
18
11. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
1.43
178
12. Inflammatory/Heart
8.86
38
6.44
58
13. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
0.54
179
14. Alcohol
7.73
10
1.23
103
15. Lymphomas
6.80
22
0.74
181
16. Lung Disease
6.59
181
29.40
54
17. Other Injuries
6.52
107
11.81
46
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.85
163
19.89
49
19. Drug Use
5.73
6
2.38
34
20. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
0.44
183
21. Diabetes Mellitus
5.04
168
37.65
66
22. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
25.76
23
23. Kidney Disease
4.73
171
32.04
48
24. Falls
4.63
109
9.85
22
25. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
0.01
181
26. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
30.83
3
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
0.48
177
28. Leukemia
3.75
84
0.09
183
29. Road Traffic Accidents
3.70
164
51.34
8
30. Other Neoplasms
3.60
25
0.42
95
31. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
0.44
181
32. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
0.23
180
33. HIV/AIDS
2.77
94
70.82
17
34. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
0.01
177
35. Endocrine Disorders
2.51
131
11.17
16
36. Epilepsy
2.41
48
2.78
36
37. Fires
2.17
71
3.83
32
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.15
104
6.56
37
39. Parkinson's Disease
2.13
158
6.31
18
40. Congenital Anomalies
1.98
176
6.72
59
41. Violence
1.84
134
11.94
43
42. Drownings
1.67
125
2.58
84
43. Skin Disease
0.83
118
2.12
59
44. Asthma
0.77
143
15.88
35
45. Low Birth Weight
0.76
173
9.17
43
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.75
131
2.55
52
47. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
19
0.24
63
48. Tuberculosis
0.62
137
28.42
38
49. Birth Trauma
0.54
150
10.44
21
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.49
54
0.25
104
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Estonia ESTONIA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
3,009
22.53
1,007
7.83
2. Hypertension
2,700
20.22
172
1.34
3. Stroke
1,116
8.36
802
6.24
4. Lung Cancers
657
4.92
34
0.26
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
527
3.95
11
0.09
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
349
2.61
1,340
10.42
7. Liver Disease
328
2.46
323
2.51
8. Prostate Cancer
298
2.23
21
0.16
9. Stomach Cancer
290
2.17
14
0.11
10. Pancreas Cancer
268
2.01
6
0.05
11. Breast Cancer
260
1.95
26
0.20
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
229
1.71
89
0.69
13. Lung Disease
229
1.71
206
1.60
14. Inflammatory/Heart
217
1.62
59
0.46
15. Lymphomas
213
1.60
12
0.09
16. Suicide
197
1.48
113
0.88
17. Kidney Disease
176
1.32
266
2.07
18. Alcohol
148
1.11
12
0.09
19. Diabetes Mellitus
146
1.09
290
2.25
20. Other Injuries
141
1.06
194
1.51
21. Leukemia
126
0.94
2
0.02
22. Bladder Cancer
126
0.94
4
0.03
23. Other Neoplasms
123
0.92
3
0.02
24. Falls
119
0.89
83
0.65
25. Oral Cancer
110
0.82
0
0.00
26. Liver Cancer
107
0.80
377
2.93
27. Oesophagus Cancer
99
0.74
5
0.04
28. Ovary Cancer
87
0.65
2
0.02
29. Parkinson's Disease
82
0.61
34
0.26
30. Skin Cancers
79
0.59
0
0.00
31. Drug Use
75
0.56
28
0.22
32. Cervical Cancer
68
0.51
145
1.13
33. Endocrine Disorders
66
0.49
230
1.79
34. Uterin Cancer
60
0.45
1
0.01
35. Road Traffic Accidents
59
0.44
695
5.40
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
55
0.41
56
0.44
37. Epilepsy
45
0.34
43
0.33
38. Fires
41
0.31
67
0.52
39. HIV/AIDS
40
0.30
1,125
8.75
40. Drownings
30
0.22
69
0.54
41. Skin Disease
29
0.22
19
0.15
42. Violence
28
0.21
195
1.52
43. Congenital Anomalies
25
0.19
383
2.98
44. Asthma
24
0.18
134
1.04
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.16
24
0.19
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
17
0.13
2
0.02
47. Tuberculosis
16
0.12
445
3.46
48. Multiple Sclerosis
16
0.12
3
0.02
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
12
0.09
0
0.00
50. Osteoarthritis
10
0.07
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
6.08
156
2. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
3.62
150
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
1.05
183
4. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
4.44
182
5. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
1.43
178
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
0.54
179
7. Lymphomas
6.80
22
0.74
181
8. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
0.44
183
9. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
25.76
23
10. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
0.01
181
11. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
30.83
3
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
0.48
177
13. Leukemia
3.75
84
0.09
183
14. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
0.44
181
15. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
0.23
180
16. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
0.01
177
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.