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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 NEW GUINEA

Compare Iceland and New Guinea 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.

New Guinea
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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New Guinea Population Pyramid
14,204,060
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Iceland ICELAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
       
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
  
37.8
39.7
38.7
151
154
152
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
42.8
44.7
43.7
149
151
149
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
49.5
53.8
51.6
141
137
138
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
52.3
57.8
55.0
151
144
144
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
56.7
61.3
58.9
139
133
136
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
59.5
64.3
61.8
148
142
145
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
63.4
67.4
65.3
145
149
148
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
63.4
67.4
145
149
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
63.4
67.4
145
149
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
66.6
70.2
154
157
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
66.9
70.5
157
159
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
67.1
70.7
160
161
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
67.5
70.9
160
161
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
68.0
71.3
161
161
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
68.5
71.8
161
162
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
69.1
72.3
161
162
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
69.9
73.1
164
162
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
70.9
73.9
162
163
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
72.1
75.0
161
163
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
73.6
76.2
161
164
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
75.4
77.6
159
163
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
77.5
79.3
157
163
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.0
81.3
154
161
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
82.9
83.8
148
157
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.0
86.6
146
156
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.4
89.8
143
146
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
152.96
47
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
14.47
138
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
13.71
82
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
21.28
54
5. Stroke
18.39
176
118.90
43
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
28.94
13
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
122.46
2
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
10.80
64
9. Suicide
11.15
59
3.57
157
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
41.97
66
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
8.96
77
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.21
136
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
6.12
20
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.83
21
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
5.99
34
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
0.20
180
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
96.77
10
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
13.07
128
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
12.14
22
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
4.59
38
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
4.35
97
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
21.97
33
23. Falls
3.23
143
13.87
8
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
1.41
87
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
10.61
36
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
2.00
96
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
4.25
57
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
25.98
53
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
2.76
123
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
3.18
48
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
9.28
1
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
6.28
80
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
14.45
99
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
10.10
127
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
12.56
2
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.37
113
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.37
111
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
8.64
49
39. Violence
1.08
149
12.19
39
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
7.75
44
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
1.50
58
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.12
155
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.08
171
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
6.32
40
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
145
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
2.76
33
47. Drownings
0.36
179
2.58
85
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
144
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
3.03
53
50. Asthma
0.26
178
47.57
2
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
6,835
12.17
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
343
0.61
3. Stroke
141
7.03
5,095
9.08
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
622
1.11
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
4,538
8.08
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
2,595
4.62
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
445
0.79
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
285
0.51
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
764
1.36
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
185
0.33
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
647
1.15
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
107
0.19
13. Suicide
40
2.00
259
0.46
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
353
0.63
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
687
1.22
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
4,533
8.07
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
1,096
1.95
18. Falls
24
1.20
502
0.89
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
199
0.35
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
644
1.15
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
82
0.15
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
253
0.45
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
447
0.80
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
13
0.02
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
229
0.41
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
179
0.32
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
153
0.27
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
93
0.17
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
417
0.74
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
15
0.03
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
624
1.11
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
665
1.18
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
580
1.03
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
81
0.14
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
1,105
1.97
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
951
1.69
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
111
0.20
38. Violence
4
0.20
969
1.73
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
5
0.01
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
126
0.22
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
301
0.54
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
5
0.01
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
121
0.22
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
1,661
2.96
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
1,504
2.68
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
1,842
3.28
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
8
0.01
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
2,295
4.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
13.71
82
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
21.28
54
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
28.94
13
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
10.80
64
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.21
136
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.83
21
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
5.99
34
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
12.14
22
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
4.59
38
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
21.97
33
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
10.61
36
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
2.00
96
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
4.25
57
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
3.18
48
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
9.28
1
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
12.56
2
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.