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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

Compare Iceland and Viet Nam 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.

Viet Nam
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
Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Iceland ICELAND   Viet Nam VIET NAM
       
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
 
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
 
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
 
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
 
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
 
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
 
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
71.2
79.4
103
69
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
71.3
79.4
107
69
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
71.4
79.5
108
69
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
71.7
79.6
108
69
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
72.0
79.7
108
69
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
72.4
79.9
109
69
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
72.7
80.0
110
69
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
73.1
80.2
112
69
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
73.7
80.5
114
70
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
74.5
80.9
115
71
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
75.5
81.4
116
74
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
76.9
82.0
117
73
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
78.6
82.9
121
76
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.7
84.1
125
79
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.2
85.7
130
80
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.1
87.8
129
87
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.4
90.4
132
83
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Viet Nam VIET NAM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
86.67
125
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
23.72
20
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
21.48
46
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
4.61
166
5. Stroke
18.39
176
155.75
20
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
11.36
148
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
34.16
39
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
8.23
98
9. Suicide
11.15
59
7.22
112
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
25.84
97
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
5.34
126
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.92
167
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
5.18
44
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
2.94
151
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
1.62
178
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.31
83
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
33.78
78
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
24.12
83
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
24.37
7
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
2.23
97
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
4.93
88
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
4.34
134
23. Falls
3.23
143
13.80
10
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
0.82
127
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
15.13
9
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.90
160
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
4.93
22
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
18.94
88
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
2.08
149
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.12
103
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.46
165
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
6.59
63
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
29.81
50
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
23.34
81
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
7.03
18
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.33
127
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
0.58
171
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
5.69
84
39. Violence
1.08
149
1.81
136
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
1.86
94
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.79
76
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.23
117
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.13
132
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
0.86
155
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
180
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
1.34
102
47. Drownings
0.36
179
5.36
24
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
180
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.64
102
50. Asthma
0.26
178
7.89
73
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
91,939
13.41
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
29,307
4.27
3. Stroke
141
7.03
159,032
23.20
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
21,294
3.11
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
35,875
5.23
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
27,836
4.06
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
8,258
1.20
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
1,911
0.28
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
6,187
0.90
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
5,338
0.78
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
5,539
0.81
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
929
0.14
13. Suicide
40
2.00
7,249
1.06
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
2,964
0.43
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
25,251
3.68
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
33,860
4.94
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
19,880
2.90
18. Falls
24
1.20
15,427
2.25
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
2,265
0.33
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
24,995
3.65
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
896
0.13
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
4,899
0.71
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
15,134
2.21
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
1,366
0.20
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
5,357
0.78
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
864
0.13
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
2,082
0.30
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
867
0.13
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
467
0.07
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
325
0.05
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
23,900
3.49
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
2,391
0.35
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
7,088
1.03
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
1,159
0.17
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
29,475
4.30
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
7,064
1.03
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
583
0.09
38. Violence
4
0.20
1,785
0.26
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
224
0.03
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
1,515
0.22
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
957
0.14
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
135
0.02
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
832
0.12
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
7,132
1.04
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
2,340
0.34
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
8,150
1.19
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
78
0.01
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
4,390
0.64
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
21.48
46
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
4.61
166
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
11.36
148
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
8.23
98
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.92
167
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
2.94
151
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
1.62
178
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
24.37
7
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
2.23
97
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
4.34
134
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
15.13
9
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.90
160
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
4.93
22
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.12
103
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.46
165
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
7.03
18
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.