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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 MEXICO

Compare Iceland and Mexico 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.

Mexico
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
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Mexico Population Pyramid
155,150,814
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Iceland ICELAND   Mexico MEXICO
  Iceland ICELAND   Mexico MEXICO
       
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
  
55.7
59.0
57.3
67
68
68
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
59.5
64.1
61.7
73
72
75
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
63.5
70.2
66.8
75
67
70
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
68.1
73.8
70.9
55
60
56
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
72.4
77.2
74.8
37
43
36
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
72.8
78.4
75.6
50
45
47
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
73.1
78.9
76.0
67
64
64
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Mexico MEXICO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
73.1
78.9
67
64
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
73.1
78.9
67
64
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
74.3
79.9
66
62
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
74.4
80.0
66
62
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
74.5
80.0
66
62
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
74.7
80.2
65
62
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
75.2
80.3
65
60
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
75.7
80.5
60
59
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
76.2
80.7
59
59
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
76.8
80.9
57
59
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
77.5
81.3
53
58
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
78.3
81.7
47
56
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
79.3
82.3
47
55
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
80.5
83.1
45
54
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
81.9
84.1
46
51
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
83.7
85.4
42
49
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
85.6
87.1
44
46
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
88.0
89.1
42
44
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
91.1
91.7
16
20
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Mexico MEXICO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
92.41
121
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
2.70
175
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
6.21
128
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
14.13
112
5. Stroke
18.39
176
32.08
148
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
11.17
149
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
23.06
87
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
5.72
138
9. Suicide
11.15
59
5.29
136
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
19.44
118
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
9.65
69
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
3.80
90
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
1.28
173
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.13
115
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.06
107
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.18
93
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
71.86
17
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
36.72
33
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
5.75
84
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.05
154
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
1.51
174
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
7.28
101
23. Falls
3.23
143
2.13
170
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
2.39
50
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
5.77
96
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.06
153
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.88
77
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
14.30
110
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
9.09
25
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.40
145
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.53
116
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
7.31
45
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
12.86
111
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
24.62
76
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.13
172
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
5.14
12
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.53
96
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
4.31
100
39. Violence
1.08
149
25.30
16
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
1.53
103
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.42
106
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
1.16
5
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.24
68
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
2.20
102
45. Anemia
0.42
30
1.71
9
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
2.43
42
47. Drownings
0.36
179
1.42
131
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.10
46
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.29
143
50. Asthma
0.26
178
1.07
131
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Mexico MEXICO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
116,238
18.83
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
3,447
0.56
3. Stroke
141
7.03
39,790
6.44
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
7,349
1.19
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
29,123
4.72
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
24,816
4.02
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
6,871
1.11
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
7,494
1.21
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
7,380
1.20
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
1,567
0.25
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
12,175
1.97
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
4,510
0.73
13. Suicide
40
2.00
6,772
1.10
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
4,961
0.80
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
44,622
7.23
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
86,110
13.95
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
17,806
2.88
18. Falls
24
1.20
2,628
0.43
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
1,252
0.20
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
6,817
1.10
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
1,272
0.21
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
4,830
0.78
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
6,939
1.12
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
1,470
0.24
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
2,649
0.43
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
11,310
1.83
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
1,866
0.30
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
2,945
0.48
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
1,909
0.31
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
6,204
1.00
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
1,355
0.22
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
4,787
0.78
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
29,838
4.83
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
902
0.15
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
10,457
1.69
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
16,303
2.64
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
1,912
0.31
38. Anemia
4
0.20
2,182
0.35
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
1,415
0.23
40. Violence
4
0.20
32,450
5.26
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
7,163
1.16
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
295
0.05
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
2,734
0.44
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
3,029
0.49
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
531
0.09
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
2,552
0.41
47. Asthma
2
0.10
1,342
0.22
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
305
0.05
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
3,476
0.56
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
357
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Mexico MEXICO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
6.21
128
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
14.13
112
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
11.17
149
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
5.72
138
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
3.80
90
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.13
115
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.06
107
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
5.75
84
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.05
154
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
7.28
101
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
5.77
96
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.06
153
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.88
77
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.40
145
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.53
116
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.13
172
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.