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Gambia
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
GAMBIA VS MYANMAR

Compare Gambia and Myanmar 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.

Myanmar
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
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%
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Myanmar Population Pyramid
62,253,423
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
  Gambia GAMBIA   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Myanmar MYANMAR
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
  
42.4
45.4
43.9
126
127
125
1970
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
  
49.8
53.6
51.7
120
115
117
1980
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
  
55.4
59.4
57.3
121
119
118
1990
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
  
57.0
61.1
59.0
133
129
132
2000
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
  
60.2
64.1
62.1
126
127
130
2010
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
  
63.5
67.3
65.4
127
133
131
2019
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
  
65.9
72.2
69.1
133
121
126
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Myanmar MYANMAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.4
67.7
144
148
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age
63.4
67.7
144
148
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age 5
67.2
71.0
149
151
69.3
75.2
133
115
Age 10
67.5
71.3
149
152
69.4
75.3
135
115
Age 15
67.8
71.5
147
152
69.6
75.5
136
115
Age 20
68.2
71.8
149
154
69.9
75.6
136
115
Age 25
68.6
72.1
150
154
70.4
75.9
135
115
Age 30
69.1
72.5
151
156
70.8
76.1
134
114
Age 35
69.7
73.1
151
157
71.3
76.4
134
114
Age 40
70.4
73.8
149
155
71.8
76.8
134
112
Age 45
71.5
74.6
149
155
72.5
77.3
135
111
Age 50
72.7
75.6
150
154
73.4
77.9
138
111
Age 55
74.1
76.7
149
153
74.7
78.7
138
108
Age 60
75.8
78.0
148
154
76.2
79.6
139
107
Age 65
77.8
79.6
148
153
78.1
80.9
143
107
Age 70
80.2
81.5
146
152
80.3
82.4
140
110
Age 75
83.0
83.8
143
153
83.0
84.5
142
112
Age 80
86.0
86.6
141
155
86.0
87.0
139
120
Age 85
89.3
89.7
147
155
89.4
90.1
135
121
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Myanmar MYANMAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.59
53
90.33
123
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
113.77
18
40.28
67
3. Stroke
108.94
59
185.28
7
4. HIV/AIDS
70.82
17
13.93
50
5. Road Traffic Accidents
51.34
8
20.94
71
6. Malaria
46.43
15
0.21
53
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
41.12
43
17.00
61
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.65
66
48.14
42
9. Liver Disease
33.48
48
33.29
50
10. Kidney Disease
32.04
48
23.48
89
11. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
10.79
27
12. Lung Disease
29.40
54
73.61
9
13. Tuberculosis
28.42
38
38.12
27
14. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
14.20
59
15. Hypertension
22.89
68
20.51
79
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.89
49
17.12
104
17. Maternal Conditions
18.68
8
3.00
58
18. Asthma
15.88
35
24.48
11
19. Meningitis
13.27
23
1.01
79
20. Violence
11.94
43
3.92
102
21. Other Injuries
11.81
46
5.48
124
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.17
16
2.91
116
23. Birth Trauma
10.44
21
7.82
43
24. Falls
9.85
22
13.85
9
25. Suicide
9.64
77
2.96
162
26. Low Birth Weight
9.17
43
8.91
46
27. Malnutrition
7.13
39
2.65
78
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.72
59
5.25
108
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.56
37
6.05
47
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.44
58
4.16
110
31. Parkinson's Disease
6.31
18
4.36
78
32. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
2.63
177
33. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
11.49
147
34. Fires
3.83
32
0.47
144
35. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
16.58
74
36. Epilepsy
2.78
36
1.02
134
37. Drownings
2.58
84
4.24
40
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.55
52
2.00
71
39. Poisonings
2.48
34
1.44
60
40. Drug Use
2.38
34
0.84
128
41. Schistosomiasis
2.34
17
0.00
142
42. Pertussis
2.22
39
2.43
32
43. Skin Disease
2.12
59
2.02
63
44. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
11.58
26
45. Alcohol
1.23
103
0.63
134
46. Hepatitis B
1.06
36
0.19
103
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
6.75
122
48. Syphilis
0.97
38
0.45
62
49. Encephalitis
0.84
37
0.35
102
50. Lymphomas
0.74
181
3.11
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gambia GAMBIA   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,340
10.42
16,726
4.64
2. HIV/AIDS
1,125
8.75
7,707
2.14
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,007
7.83
34,871
9.67
4. Stroke
802
6.24
71,440
19.81
5. Birth Trauma
754
5.86
6,169
1.71
6. Road Traffic Accidents
695
5.40
11,004
3.05
7. Malaria
674
5.24
109
0.03
8. Low Birth Weight
662
5.15
7,125
1.98
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
626
4.87
7,237
2.01
10. Tuberculosis
445
3.46
19,299
5.35
11. Congenital Anomalies
383
2.98
3,679
1.02
12. Liver Cancer
377
2.93
5,215
1.45
13. Maternal Conditions
345
2.68
1,681
0.47
14. Liver Disease
323
2.51
17,143
4.75
15. Diabetes Mellitus
290
2.25
19,944
5.53
16. Kidney Disease
266
2.07
9,924
2.75
17. Endocrine Disorders
230
1.79
1,265
0.35
18. Meningitis
229
1.78
550
0.15
19. Lung Disease
206
1.60
26,531
7.36
20. Violence
195
1.52
2,124
0.59
21. Other Injuries
194
1.51
2,762
0.77
22. Hypertension
172
1.34
7,843
2.18
23. Cervical Cancer
145
1.13
3,945
1.09
24. Asthma
134
1.04
9,557
2.65
25. Suicide
113
0.88
1,565
0.43
26. Malnutrition
110
0.86
945
0.26
27. Pertussis
99
0.77
1,244
0.35
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
89
0.69
5,082
1.41
29. Falls
83
0.65
5,686
1.58
30. Drownings
69
0.54
2,212
0.61
31. Fires
67
0.52
227
0.06
32. Inflammatory/Heart
59
0.46
1,702
0.47
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
56
0.44
2,558
0.71
34. Syphilis
55
0.43
305
0.08
35. Epilepsy
43
0.33
524
0.15
36. Poisonings
42
0.33
728
0.20
37. Lung Cancers
34
0.26
7,558
2.10
38. Parkinson's Disease
34
0.26
1,450
0.40
39. Drug Use
28
0.22
411
0.11
40. Breast Cancer
26
0.20
3,192
0.89
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
24
0.19
893
0.25
42. Schistosomiasis
23
0.18
0
0.00
43. Prostate Cancer
21
0.16
338
0.09
44. Skin Disease
19
0.15
734
0.20
45. Tetanus
18
0.14
426
0.12
46. Encephalitis
14
0.11
171
0.05
47. Stomach Cancer
14
0.11
5,343
1.48
48. Hepatitis B
14
0.11
93
0.03
49. Measles
13
0.10
4,465
1.24
50. Alcohol
12
0.09
324
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
10.79
27
2. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
14.20
59
3. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
2.63
177
4. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
11.49
147
5. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
16.58
74
6. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
11.58
26
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
6.75
122
8. Lymphomas
0.74
181
3.11
142
9. Pancreas Cancer
0.54
179
1.68
149
10. Oesophagus Cancer
0.48
177
6.70
25
11. Ovary Cancer
0.44
183
3.69
122
12. Bladder Cancer
0.44
181
1.46
130
13. Uterin Cancer
0.23
180
0.94
163
14. Leukemia
0.09
183
3.05
119
15. Skin Cancers
0.01
177
2.27
64
16. Oral Cancer
0.01
181
8.77
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.