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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 BELARUS

Compare Iceland and Belarus 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.

Belarus
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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Belarus Population Pyramid
8,634,216
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   Belarus BELARUS
  Iceland ICELAND   Belarus BELARUS
       
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
  
64.0
72.9
68.3
35
16
31
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
68.0
76.0
71.9
21
6
11
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
65.9
75.6
70.6
54
24
36
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
66.3
75.6
70.8
74
39
57
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
62.6
73.5
68.0
115
84
103
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
64.5
76.3
70.3
122
81
103
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
69.7
79.6
74.8
104
53
79
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Belarus BELARUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
70.0
79.9
123
63
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
70.0
79.9
125
64
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
70.0
79.9
129
64
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
70.1
80.0
131
64
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
70.3
80.1
136
64
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
70.5
80.2
136
65
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
70.9
80.3
138
64
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
71.4
80.5
139
64
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
72.2
80.9
143
64
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
73.2
81.3
145
63
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
74.4
81.8
144
63
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
76.0
82.5
143
64
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
78.1
83.3
140
68
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.6
84.5
132
68
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.3
85.9
125
73
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.3
88.0
116
74
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.8
90.6
96
70
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Belarus BELARUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
282.35
10
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
15.86
125
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
18.53
62
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
16.14
85
5. Stroke
18.39
176
88.08
87
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
13.60
126
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
12.05
159
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
17.05
12
9. Suicide
11.15
59
16.49
22
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
7.00
175
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
8.33
83
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
7.23
40
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
3.10
141
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.50
99
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.83
75
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
3.17
23
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
2.20
181
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
2.70
181
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
2.31
177
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
3.20
63
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
10.19
27
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
3.98
138
23. Falls
3.23
143
6.97
69
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
19.82
1
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
10.43
41
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.70
112
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.67
87
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
2.07
176
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
1.05
173
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
3.90
29
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.81
99
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
2.85
159
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
6.48
146
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
14.66
108
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
6.03
30
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.31
137
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.06
131
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
0.98
168
39. Violence
1.08
149
2.29
124
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
0.40
161
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
2.52
32
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.09
164
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.32
50
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
1.46
133
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
73
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
0.19
169
47. Drownings
0.36
179
4.91
27
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
69
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.29
141
50. Asthma
0.26
178
0.72
146
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Belarus BELARUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
53,186
48.88
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
3,530
3.24
3. Stroke
141
7.03
16,393
15.07
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
2,950
2.71
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
2,208
2.03
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
1,086
1.00
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
2,886
2.65
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
936
0.86
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
1,230
1.13
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
621
0.57
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
1,099
1.01
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
1,171
1.08
13. Suicide
40
2.00
2,004
1.84
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
672
0.62
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
480
0.44
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
373
0.34
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
367
0.34
18. Falls
24
1.20
952
0.87
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
493
0.45
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
363
0.33
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
295
0.27
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
554
0.51
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
1,690
1.55
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
389
0.36
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
1,361
1.25
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
429
0.39
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
141
0.13
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
2,761
2.54
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
272
0.25
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
52
0.05
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
2,078
1.91
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
303
0.28
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
901
0.83
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
391
0.36
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
722
0.66
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
202
0.19
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
116
0.11
38. Violence
4
0.20
255
0.23
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
15
0.01
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
31
0.03
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
235
0.22
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
42
0.04
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
311
0.29
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
64
0.06
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
25
0.02
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
122
0.11
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
1
0.00
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
13
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Belarus BELARUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
18.53
62
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
16.14
85
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
13.60
126
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
17.05
12
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
7.23
40
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.50
99
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.83
75
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
2.31
177
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
3.20
63
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
3.98
138
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
10.43
41
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.70
112
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.67
87
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
3.90
29
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.81
99
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
6.03
30
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.