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Iceland
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
ICELAND VS BAHAMAS

Compare Iceland and Bahamas 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.

Bahamas
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
Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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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Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
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
  Iceland ICELAND   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Iceland ICELAND   Bahamas BAHAMAS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Bahamas BAHAMAS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
70.7
77.4
115
94
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
70.8
77.5
115
94
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
70.9
77.6
114
94
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
71.3
77.8
113
93
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
71.9
78.0
110
93
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
72.6
78.4
102
92
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
73.5
78.8
97
91
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
74.4
79.3
90
86
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
75.4
79.9
85
82
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
76.5
80.6
80
75
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
77.7
81.4
77
71
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
79.1
82.4
70
66
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
80.8
83.6
67
61
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
82.8
85.0
61
57
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
85.0
86.6
61
56
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
87.5
88.7
56
52
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
90.2
91.3
64
38
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Bahamas BAHAMAS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
89.11
124
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
16.83
110
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
7.39
119
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
44.70
10
5. Stroke
18.39
176
60.37
118
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
30.82
10
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
9.23
170
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
11.03
61
9. Suicide
11.15
59
3.37
159
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
27.39
90
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
16.64
13
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.66
125
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
4.97
49
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.37
30
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.61
82
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
0.62
149
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
40.27
61
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
30.95
52
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
3.07
163
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
2.12
105
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
11.79
20
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
8.93
90
23. Falls
3.23
143
4.97
103
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
4.67
20
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
4.71
120
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.62
174
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.45
143
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
53.15
10
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
16.00
7
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
6.41
9
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.23
173
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
4.13
133
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
7.42
134
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
16.20
103
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
0.83
179
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.87
63
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.91
73
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
3.70
109
39. Violence
1.08
149
36.36
10
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
1.47
107
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.16
155
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.44
68
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.35
46
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
2.69
90
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
70
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
7.42
9
47. Drownings
0.36
179
6.38
17
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
66
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.61
105
50. Asthma
0.26
178
2.16
112
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
334
14.26
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
53
2.26
3. Stroke
141
7.03
224
9.56
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
29
1.24
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
33
1.41
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
98
4.18
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
42
1.79
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
65
2.78
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
69
2.95
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
17
0.73
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
67
2.86
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
10
0.43
13. Suicide
40
2.00
14
0.60
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
25
1.07
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
120
5.12
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
154
6.58
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
198
8.45
18. Falls
24
1.20
18
0.77
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
9
0.38
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
12
0.51
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
2
0.09
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
10
0.43
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
18
0.77
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
2
0.09
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
47
2.01
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
10
0.43
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
62
2.65
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
20
0.85
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
1
0.04
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
3
0.13
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
67
2.86
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
21
0.90
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
3
0.13
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
14
0.60
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
30
1.28
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
16
0.68
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
8
0.34
38. Violence
4
0.20
148
6.32
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
2
0.09
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
27
1.15
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
10
0.43
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
2
0.09
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
1
0.04
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
16
0.68
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
6
0.26
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
9
0.38
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
0
0.00
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
5
0.21
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
7.39
119
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
44.70
10
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
30.82
10
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
11.03
61
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.66
125
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.37
30
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.61
82
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
3.07
163
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
2.12
105
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
8.93
90
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
4.71
120
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.62
174
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.45
143
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
6.41
9
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.23
173
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
0.83
179
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.