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Guyana
COUNTRY #1
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GUYANA VS SRI LANKA

Compare Guyana and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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
Guyana Population Pyramid
824,958
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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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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
  Guyana GUYANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Guyana GUYANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
54.8
57.9
56.3
71
75
73
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
57.8
61.6
59.7
83
85
84
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
58.2
63.7
60.9
105
94
99
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
59.1
65.6
62.3
127
115
118
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
62.7
68.4
65.4
114
116
116
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
63.4
68.6
65.9
128
126
129
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
62.5
69.4
65.7
152
135
142
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.5
69.4
152
135
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
62.5
69.4
152
135
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
64.6
71.2
167
147
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
64.8
71.3
168
151
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
65.0
71.5
168
154
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
65.3
71.9
168
152
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
66.3
72.2
166
152
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
67.5
72.9
166
149
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
68.2
73.2
167
153
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
69.2
73.8
166
152
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
70.5
74.7
166
152
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
71.5
75.6
167
153
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
73.4
76.8
165
152
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
75.1
78.1
165
151
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
77.7
79.8
153
148
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
79.6
81.4
168
156
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
83.7
84.4
103
122
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
85.3
85.7
172
171
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
91.0
90.1
26
116
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192.95
31
101.31
106
2. Stroke
149.26
24
26.55
154
3. Diabetes Mellitus
82.60
14
47.34
45
4. Hypertension
45.77
18
4.08
161
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
42.19
65
20.42
113
6. Prostate Cancer
41.13
12
4.61
165
7. Suicide
40.85
2
12.89
42
8. HIV/AIDS
34.94
29
0.18
147
9. Kidney Disease
32.95
45
26.23
72
10. Liver Disease
26.93
68
4.96
160
11. Breast Cancer
25.59
23
9.49
165
12. Violence
25.46
14
2.36
122
13. Lung Disease
25.43
78
36.99
33
14. Endocrine Disorders
24.94
3
1.82
154
15. Cervical Cancer
24.77
25
5.15
125
16. Other Injuries
22.64
4
6.41
112
17. Road Traffic Accidents
22.39
63
18.07
82
18. Tuberculosis
18.83
52
3.45
95
19. Drownings
18.48
1
3.24
68
20. Anemia
14.15
1
1.74
8
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.69
18
1.83
165
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.32
96
3.43
175
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.61
26
0.15
183
24. Low Birth Weight
7.54
57
2.13
145
25. Congenital Anomalies
7.16
50
4.53
125
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.60
74
2.47
100
27. Other Neoplasms
5.49
10
0.33
130
28. Lung Cancers
5.31
135
6.56
126
29. Malnutrition
5.24
53
0.18
142
30. Birth Trauma
5.24
62
0.78
135
31. Stomach Cancer
4.88
110
4.94
107
32. Ovary Cancer
4.75
77
1.93
174
33. Lymphomas
4.43
105
3.88
126
34. Liver Cancer
4.07
126
4.05
128
35. Malaria
3.88
44
0.00
166
36. Maternal Conditions
3.59
53
0.50
110
37. Asthma
3.57
100
25.43
10
38. Uterin Cancer
3.50
36
1.40
144
39. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.28
171
27.62
14
40. Epilepsy
3.18
26
1.14
127
41. Leukemia
2.77
131
4.61
35
42. Oral Cancer
2.74
94
10.87
7
43. Pancreas Cancer
2.70
123
0.80
171
44. Fires
2.65
61
1.04
112
45. Drug Use
2.12
43
1.16
96
46. Meningitis
1.91
62
0.59
106
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.69
81
0.20
178
48. Falls
1.52
177
3.85
129
49. Parkinson's Disease
1.31
172
0.65
181
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.15
6
0.01
63
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guyana GUYANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,335
18.58
26,304
22.66
2. Stroke
1,022
14.22
6,805
5.86
3. Diabetes Mellitus
579
8.06
12,460
10.73
4. Hypertension
320
4.45
1,055
0.91
5. Suicide
315
4.38
2,977
2.56
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
302
4.20
5,117
4.41
7. HIV/AIDS
256
3.56
39
0.03
8. Kidney Disease
233
3.24
6,858
5.91
9. Liver Disease
197
2.74
1,303
1.12
10. Violence
194
2.70
499
0.43
11. Road Traffic Accidents
175
2.44
4,200
3.62
12. Endocrine Disorders
174
2.42
462
0.40
13. Lung Disease
174
2.42
9,456
8.15
14. Other Injuries
167
2.32
1,529
1.32
15. Drownings
145
2.02
731
0.63
16. Tuberculosis
137
1.91
769
0.66
17. Prostate Cancer
123
1.71
507
0.44
18. Anemia
99
1.38
445
0.38
19. Breast Cancer
96
1.34
1,383
1.19
20. Inflammatory/Heart
92
1.28
425
0.37
21. Cervical Cancer
91
1.27
762
0.66
22. Low Birth Weight
89
1.24
536
0.46
23. Congenital Anomalies
69
0.96
989
0.85
24. Birth Trauma
64
0.89
193
0.17
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
59
0.82
911
0.78
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
54
0.75
38
0.03
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
48
0.67
605
0.52
28. Other Neoplasms
40
0.56
86
0.07
29. Lung Cancers
38
0.53
1,775
1.53
30. Malnutrition
37
0.51
43
0.04
31. Stomach Cancer
34
0.47
1,321
1.14
32. Lymphomas
32
0.45
1,027
0.88
33. Malaria
30
0.42
0
0.00
34. Liver Cancer
29
0.40
1,090
0.94
35. Maternal Conditions
28
0.39
96
0.08
36. Asthma
25
0.35
6,471
5.57
37. Epilepsy
24
0.33
269
0.23
38. Alzheimers & Dementia
23
0.32
6,939
5.98
39. Leukemia
21
0.29
1,155
0.99
40. Oral Cancer
20
0.28
2,893
2.49
41. Pancreas Cancer
19
0.26
214
0.18
42. Fires
19
0.26
239
0.21
43. Ovary Cancer
18
0.25
281
0.24
44. Meningitis
17
0.24
146
0.13
45. Drug Use
16
0.22
257
0.22
46. Uterin Cancer
13
0.18
218
0.19
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
13
0.18
49
0.04
48. Falls
11
0.15
964
0.83
49. Parkinson's Disease
9
0.13
168
0.14
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
8
0.11
2
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
41.13
12
4.61
165
2. Breast Cancer
25.59
23
9.49
165
3. Cervical Cancer
24.77
25
5.15
125
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.32
96
3.43
175
5. Lung Cancers
5.31
135
6.56
126
6. Stomach Cancer
4.88
110
4.94
107
7. Ovary Cancer
4.75
77
1.93
174
8. Lymphomas
4.43
105
3.88
126
9. Liver Cancer
4.07
126
4.05
128
10. Uterin Cancer
3.50
36
1.40
144
11. Leukemia
2.77
131
4.61
35
12. Oral Cancer
2.74
94
10.87
7
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.70
123
0.80
171
14. Bladder Cancer
1.11
150
1.63
117
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.07
152
5.72
30
16. Skin Cancers
0.71
152
0.22
174
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.