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France
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 France and New Zealand 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.

New Zealand
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
France Population Pyramid
67,586,729
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%
New Zealand Population Pyramid
5,607,793
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
  France FRANCE   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  France FRANCE   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.0
73.6
70.2
16
10
13
 
68.7
73.9
71.2
6
9
7
1970
68.4
75.8
72.0
17
8
8
 
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
1980
70.2
78.4
74.2
19
8
11
 
70.0
75.8
72.8
21
21
22
1990
72.8
80.9
76.7
19
2
10
 
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
2000
75.0
82.7
78.8
20
2
10
 
75.9
81.2
78.6
10
11
11
2010
78.0
84.6
81.3
18
4
10
 
79.0
82.8
80.9
9
18
13
2019
79.8
85.1
82.5
20
6
11
 
80.4
83.5
82.0
15
24
16
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
85.1
20
6
80.4
83.5
15
24
Age
79.8
85.1
20
6
80.4
83.5
15
24
Age 5
80.2
85.4
20
5
80.8
83.9
14
24
Age 10
80.2
85.5
20
5
80.8
83.9
14
24
Age 15
80.2
85.5
20
5
80.9
83.9
14
24
Age 20
80.3
85.5
19
5
81.0
84.0
13
24
Age 25
80.4
85.6
19
5
81.2
84.1
12
24
Age 30
80.6
85.7
21
5
81.4
84.2
12
24
Age 35
80.8
85.7
21
5
81.6
84.3
12
24
Age 40
81.0
85.9
21
5
81.8
84.5
11
24
Age 45
81.3
86.0
22
5
82.1
84.6
9
22
Age 50
81.8
86.3
22
5
82.5
84.9
7
20
Age 55
82.3
86.7
21
5
83.1
85.3
6
20
Age 60
83.3
87.2
17
5
83.8
85.8
6
19
Age 65
84.5
87.8
10
4
84.6
86.4
7
18
Age 70
85.8
88.5
7
4
85.7
87.2
9
20
Age 75
87.3
89.4
5
3
87.0
88.2
9
21
Age 80
89.0
90.5
9
6
88.8
89.6
12
23
Age 85
91.1
91.9
15
16
91.1
91.5
19
24
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.17
182
49.59
163
2. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
21.61
43
3. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
17.60
84
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.19
64
24.84
16
5. Stroke
16.74
181
22.24
165
6. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
15.97
90
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
16.22
19
8. Suicide
9.65
76
10.30
68
9. Lung Disease
8.62
172
18.17
111
10. Other Injuries
8.36
82
3.23
168
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
6.18
54
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.06
167
8.08
166
13. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
3.48
153
14. Liver Disease
6.54
154
2.07
181
15. Lymphomas
6.05
40
6.60
25
16. Diabetes Mellitus
5.71
165
8.34
152
17. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
4.63
81
18. Kidney Disease
4.86
169
4.19
176
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
65
3.95
82
20. Leukemia
4.65
33
4.49
43
21. Road Traffic Accidents
4.60
156
8.83
127
22. Other Neoplasms
4.55
18
2.42
44
23. Falls
3.99
125
5.65
92
24. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
1.93
136
25. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
3.82
133
26. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
2.70
66
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
3.13
64
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.35
128
4.07
115
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.31
132
3.16
138
30. Alcohol
3.29
30
0.75
128
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.19
154
3.49
147
32. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
3.21
47
33. Hypertension
2.64
170
3.04
166
34. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
1.65
176
35. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
6.63
3
36. Drug Use
1.71
60
1.38
74
37. Malnutrition
1.52
88
0.13
149
38. Epilepsy
1.42
107
0.97
139
39. Low Birth Weight
1.29
162
1.87
149
40. Drownings
0.91
151
1.17
142
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
146
0.76
149
42. Violence
0.80
162
1.20
146
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
140
1.33
98
44. Skin Disease
0.67
127
1.10
108
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.65
25
0.52
33
46. Asthma
0.62
152
1.03
133
47. Birth Trauma
0.60
144
0.34
169
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.49
177
0.68
165
49. Schizophrenia
0.46
9
0.11
45
50. HIV/AIDS
0.45
125
0.18
148
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  France FRANCE   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63,181
13.22
5,095
18.16
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
53,157
11.12
3,032
10.81
3. Stroke
36,354
7.60
2,378
8.47
4. Lung Cancers
35,657
7.46
1,873
6.67
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,854
4.57
1,495
5.33
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,771
4.14
920
3.28
7. Lung Disease
18,232
3.81
1,815
6.47
8. Breast Cancer
15,536
3.25
737
2.63
9. Other Injuries
15,119
3.16
218
0.78
10. Pancreas Cancer
12,360
2.59
543
1.94
11. Kidney Disease
11,477
2.40
432
1.54
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10,912
2.28
769
2.74
13. Prostate Cancer
10,873
2.27
739
2.63
14. Lymphomas
10,067
2.11
608
2.17
15. Liver Cancer
9,573
2.00
288
1.03
16. Suicide
8,961
1.87
528
1.88
17. Other Neoplasms
8,771
1.83
245
0.87
18. Falls
8,284
1.73
627
2.23
19. Endocrine Disorders
8,086
1.69
325
1.16
20. Parkinson's Disease
7,570
1.58
353
1.26
21. Leukemia
7,457
1.56
391
1.39
22. Liver Disease
7,382
1.54
158
0.56
23. Hypertension
7,109
1.49
327
1.17
24. Bladder Cancer
6,566
1.37
267
0.95
25. Inflammatory/Heart
6,065
1.27
313
1.12
26. Stomach Cancer
5,530
1.16
323
1.15
27. Oral Cancer
4,676
0.98
164
0.58
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4,673
0.98
279
0.99
29. Malnutrition
4,212
0.88
14
0.05
30. Ovary Cancer
3,964
0.83
207
0.74
31. Road Traffic Accidents
3,339
0.70
458
1.63
32. Skin Cancers
3,256
0.68
612
2.18
33. Alcohol
3,189
0.67
51
0.18
34. Uterin Cancer
2,721
0.57
145
0.52
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,012
0.42
176
0.63
36. Drug Use
1,881
0.39
69
0.25
37. Epilepsy
1,865
0.39
55
0.20
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,807
0.38
81
0.29
39. Skin Disease
1,598
0.33
118
0.42
40. Cervical Cancer
1,574
0.33
61
0.22
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,384
0.29
113
0.40
42. Asthma
1,039
0.22
91
0.32
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
986
0.21
70
0.25
44. Anemia
973
0.20
17
0.06
45. Drownings
868
0.18
54
0.19
46. Multiple Sclerosis
752
0.16
43
0.15
47. Low Birth Weight
651
0.14
78
0.28
48. Schizophrenia
647
0.14
8
0.03
49. Violence
538
0.11
57
0.20
50. Tuberculosis
435
0.09
17
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
21.61
43
2. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
17.60
84
3. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
15.97
90
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
16.22
19
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
6.18
54
6. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
3.48
153
7. Lymphomas
6.05
40
6.60
25
8. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
4.63
81
9. Leukemia
4.65
33
4.49
43
10. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
1.93
136
11. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
3.82
133
12. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
2.70
66
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
3.13
64
14. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
3.21
47
15. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
1.65
176
16. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
6.63
3
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.