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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 EGYPT

Compare Iceland and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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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Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
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   Egypt EGYPT
  Iceland ICELAND   Egypt EGYPT
       
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
  
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
268.11
15
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
13.14
148
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
8.02
115
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
6.17
154
5. Stroke
18.39
176
65.24
110
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
24.04
33
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
20.69
100
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
4.35
156
9. Suicide
11.15
59
3.41
158
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
25.25
99
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
4.29
144
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.11
83
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
4.12
91
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
11.00
2
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
5.11
61
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
0.13
183
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
27.97
92
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
32.58
46
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
34.11
2
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.39
132
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
3.07
135
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
1.68
175
23. Falls
3.23
143
2.57
161
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
0.17
176
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
2.54
168
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
8.13
2
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
4.53
42
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
34.03
35
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
2.96
113
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.19
154
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.52
117
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
7.73
38
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
11.77
116
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
93.37
1
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.16
170
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.17
171
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
0.48
179
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
6.01
80
39. Violence
1.08
149
4.42
93
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
3.36
79
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.20
151
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.04
179
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.22
77
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
1.89
119
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
96
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
0.35
155
47. Drownings
0.36
179
1.09
146
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
93
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.78
92
50. Asthma
0.26
178
10.51
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
173,871
32.40
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
6,975
1.30
3. Stroke
141
7.03
43,839
8.17
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
5,677
1.06
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
13,393
2.50
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
20,694
3.86
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
3,083
0.57
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
1,282
0.24
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
9,180
1.71
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
2,391
0.45
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
3,819
0.71
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
2,906
0.54
13. Suicide
40
2.00
3,022
0.56
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
7,539
1.40
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
21,087
3.93
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
19,131
3.57
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
21,094
3.93
18. Falls
24
1.20
2,019
0.38
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
951
0.18
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
24,512
4.57
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
5,133
0.96
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
3,763
0.70
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
1,844
0.34
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
116
0.02
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
2,489
0.46
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
1,944
0.36
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
2,372
0.44
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
141
0.03
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
1,013
0.19
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
116
0.02
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
60,122
11.20
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
625
0.12
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
793
0.15
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
422
0.08
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
10,141
1.89
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
12,163
2.27
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
451
0.08
38. Violence
4
0.20
4,165
0.78
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
26
0.00
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
219
0.04
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
1,339
0.25
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
213
0.04
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
195
0.04
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
11,391
2.12
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
6,109
1.14
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
7,104
1.32
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
97
0.02
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
3,692
0.69
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
8.02
115
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
6.17
154
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
24.04
33
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
4.35
156
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.11
83
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
11.00
2
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
5.11
61
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
34.11
2
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.39
132
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
1.68
175
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
2.54
168
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
8.13
2
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
4.53
42
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.19
154
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.52
117
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.16
170
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.