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Japan
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Japan and Central African Republic 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.

Central African Republic
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
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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%
Central African Republic Population Pyramid
8,400,954
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
  Japan JAPAN   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  Japan JAPAN   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
 
36.2
41.2
38.7
159
146
156
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
 
40.2
45.2
42.6
160
148
154
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
 
45.1
50.4
47.7
157
147
153
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
 
47.3
52.5
49.8
165
159
163
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
 
44.9
47.1
46.0
177
178
178
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
 
47.9
50.5
49.2
181
181
181
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
 
50.2
56.3
53.1
182
182
182
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
50.2
56.3
182
182
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
50.2
56.3
182
182
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
56.9
62.8
181
182
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
57.3
63.3
181
182
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
57.6
63.5
181
182
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
58.4
64.0
181
182
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
59.2
64.6
181
182
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
60.1
65.4
181
182
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
61.0
66.4
181
182
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
62.3
67.7
182
182
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
64.0
69.2
182
182
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
66.1
70.9
182
182
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
68.6
72.8
182
182
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
71.3
74.9
182
182
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
74.4
77.1
183
182
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
77.7
79.6
183
182
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
81.2
82.5
182
179
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
84.9
85.7
179
170
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
88.8
89.3
169
169
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
161.58
39
2. Stroke
23.21
161
181.27
9
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
2.48
167
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
163.64
2
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
6.15
133
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
56.65
12
7. Suicide
12.24
49
22.96
10
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
3.43
140
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
26.45
19
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.95
145
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
17.60
91
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
35.36
36
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
5.31
94
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
26.97
36
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
21.36
7
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
52.83
8
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.93
81
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.08
64
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.54
89
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.27
146
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.09
117
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
18.81
41
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
7.72
39
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
14.01
11
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
4.47
71
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
46.52
13
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
4.02
58
28. Drownings
2.12
109
4.30
39
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
12.87
16
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.81
118
31. Falls
1.98
173
9.19
26
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.26
143
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
59.37
26
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
73.55
2
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
15.30
5
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
148.01
1
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
186.48
1
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
3.37
19
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.23
47
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.81
15
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
2.31
48
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.26
66
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
24.59
6
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
8.80
11
45. Asthma
0.36
174
38.64
4
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
1.36
22
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
1.33
81
48. Fires
0.33
161
4.94
11
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
14.93
4
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
81
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
2,900
5.48
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
3,284
6.20
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
5,231
9.88
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
47
0.09
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
956
1.80
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
116
0.22
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
204
0.39
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
65
0.12
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
710
1.34
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
37
0.07
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
117
0.22
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
621
1.17
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
585
1.10
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
119
0.22
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
344
0.65
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
5
0.01
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
1,153
2.18
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
67
0.13
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
156
0.29
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
48
0.09
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
423
0.80
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
23
0.04
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
181
0.34
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
88
0.17
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
202
0.38
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
91
0.17
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
270
0.51
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
1,252
2.36
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
1,141
2.15
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
64
0.12
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
1,790
3.38
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
230
0.43
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
20
0.04
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
4,704
8.88
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
317
0.60
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
48
0.09
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
4,684
8.84
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
15
0.03
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
194
0.37
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
776
1.47
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
6
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
761
1.44
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
691
1.30
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
43
0.08
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
119
0.22
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
33
0.06
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
142
0.27
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
44
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
2.48
167
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
6.15
133
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
3.43
140
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
26.45
19
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.95
145
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
5.31
94
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
26.97
36
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
4.93
81
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.08
64
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
2.54
89
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
3.09
117
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
18.81
41
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
4.02
58
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.81
118
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.26
143
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.26
66
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.