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Greece
COUNTRY #1
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GREECE VS ERITREA

Compare Greece 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
Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
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Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Eritrea ERITREA
  Greece GREECE   Eritrea ERITREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
  
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
  
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
  
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
  
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
2000
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
  
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
2010
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
  
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
2019
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
  
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Eritrea ERITREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
83.6
27
23
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age
78.6
83.6
27
23
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age 5
79.0
83.9
30
25
64.2
69.5
171
162
Age 10
79.0
83.9
30
25
64.4
69.7
170
166
Age 15
79.0
83.9
30
25
64.7
69.9
170
167
Age 20
79.1
84.0
30
26
65.1
70.1
170
167
Age 25
79.3
84.0
30
26
65.7
70.5
170
168
Age 30
79.4
84.1
31
26
66.3
70.9
170
169
Age 35
79.6
84.2
32
26
67.0
71.4
171
169
Age 40
79.8
84.3
32
27
67.9
72.1
172
169
Age 45
80.1
84.4
33
27
69.0
72.9
173
173
Age 50
80.5
84.7
32
27
70.4
74.0
173
173
Age 55
81.1
85.0
33
27
72.1
75.3
173
173
Age 60
82.1
85.5
33
28
74.1
76.8
174
174
Age 65
83.4
86.1
31
27
76.6
78.6
173
173
Age 70
84.8
86.8
25
29
79.3
80.7
173
173
Age 75
86.7
87.9
18
32
82.3
83.2
170
171
Age 80
88.7
89.1
14
41
85.5
86.2
164
165
Age 85
91.2
90.9
14
59
89.1
89.5
162
167
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Eritrea ERITREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63.02
148
119.40
80
2. Stroke
35.72
144
139.66
28
3. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
3.27
154
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.43
121
152.35
5
5. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
28.19
15
6. Lung Disease
13.43
149
36.46
34
7. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
6.95
146
8. Kidney Disease
12.11
134
30.38
57
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
5.79
136
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.74
156
20.70
39
11. Hypertension
7.48
146
52.22
13
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
1.05
166
13. Road Traffic Accidents
6.68
140
54.13
5
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.56
16
4.91
52
15. Other Injuries
6.19
117
21.49
6
16. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
2.50
170
17. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
3.56
151
18. Leukemia
5.01
18
6.26
4
19. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
2.26
78
20. Lymphomas
4.87
84
6.91
19
21. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
7.50
10
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.49
173
51.06
37
23. Liver Disease
3.87
173
61.76
5
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.67
117
5.74
71
25. Suicide
3.63
156
17.26
21
26. Falls
3.05
146
8.77
36
27. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
1.73
126
28. Endocrine Disorders
2.60
127
3.00
111
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.37
171
6.40
71
30. Low Birth Weight
2.25
143
6.60
69
31. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
12.74
69
32. Drownings
2.08
114
3.38
64
33. Drug Use
1.95
47
1.45
70
34. Other Neoplasms
1.91
54
0.32
133
35. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
3.62
63
36. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
1.58
112
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.60
129
7.36
28
38. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
4.30
43
39. Epilepsy
0.99
136
3.11
27
40. Violence
0.86
160
13.64
33
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
20
0.19
95
42. Fires
0.54
137
5.00
10
43. HIV/AIDS
0.38
129
10.85
57
44. Alcohol
0.33
158
2.33
52
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.29
171
3.69
30
46. Birth Trauma
0.28
174
7.37
46
47. Tuberculosis
0.25
154
21.74
50
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.25
108
0.66
28
49. Hepatitis B
0.24
91
1.30
23
50. Meningitis
0.21
155
15.42
14
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Greece GREECE   Eritrea ERITREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,124
20.92
2,154
8.48
2. Stroke
14,077
13.94
2,564
10.09
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,282
8.20
3,277
12.90
4. Lung Cancers
7,355
7.28
62
0.24
5. Lung Disease
5,526
5.47
662
2.61
6. Kidney Disease
4,759
4.71
578
2.27
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,940
3.90
310
1.22
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,264
3.23
113
0.44
9. Hypertension
2,922
2.89
926
3.64
10. Parkinson's Disease
2,646
2.62
85
0.33
11. Breast Cancer
2,520
2.50
311
1.22
12. Prostate Cancer
2,023
2.00
54
0.21
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,904
1.89
20
0.08
14. Liver Cancer
1,566
1.55
69
0.27
15. Bladder Cancer
1,551
1.54
42
0.17
16. Stomach Cancer
1,535
1.52
48
0.19
17. Other Injuries
1,453
1.44
540
2.13
18. Leukemia
1,354
1.34
144
0.57
19. Lymphomas
1,268
1.26
147
0.58
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,266
1.25
944
3.71
21. Falls
1,245
1.23
168
0.66
22. Road Traffic Accidents
870
0.86
1,326
5.22
23. Liver Disease
809
0.80
1,215
4.78
24. Inflammatory/Heart
725
0.72
123
0.48
25. Other Neoplasms
679
0.67
6
0.02
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
611
0.61
147
0.58
27. Ovary Cancer
557
0.55
79
0.31
28. Suicide
533
0.53
382
1.50
29. Endocrine Disorders
526
0.52
71
0.28
30. Oral Cancer
440
0.44
71
0.28
31. Skin Cancers
438
0.43
30
0.12
32. Drownings
435
0.43
118
0.46
33. Uterin Cancer
373
0.37
18
0.07
34. Epilepsy
249
0.25
81
0.32
35. Oesophagus Cancer
246
0.24
81
0.32
36. Cervical Cancer
243
0.24
132
0.52
37. Drug Use
193
0.19
36
0.14
38. Congenital Anomalies
174
0.17
432
1.70
39. Fires
146
0.14
132
0.52
40. Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.13
4
0.02
41. Low Birth Weight
127
0.13
531
2.09
42. Violence
104
0.10
384
1.51
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.10
77
0.30
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
95
0.09
2,292
9.02
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
67
0.07
12
0.05
46. Tuberculosis
66
0.07
543
2.14
47. Hepatitis B
56
0.06
28
0.11
48. Skin Disease
56
0.06
45
0.18
49. Alcohol
50
0.05
45
0.18
50. HIV/AIDS
47
0.05
308
1.21
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Eritrea ERITREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
3.27
154
2. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
28.19
15
3. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
6.95
146
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
5.79
136
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
1.05
166
6. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
2.50
170
7. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
3.56
151
8. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
2.26
78
9. Leukemia
5.01
18
6.26
4
10. Lymphomas
4.87
84
6.91
19
11. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
7.50
10
12. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
1.73
126
13. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
12.74
69
14. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
3.62
63
15. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
1.58
112
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
4.30
43
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.