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Japan
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 Japan and Madagascar 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.

Madagascar
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%
Madagascar Population Pyramid
54,048,131
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   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Japan JAPAN   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
       
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
 
39.5
40.6
40.1
145
149
147
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
 
43.3
44.9
44.1
144
150
147
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
 
47.2
49.2
48.1
149
151
150
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
 
49.9
52.3
51.1
157
161
158
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
 
56.7
59.1
57.9
138
144
141
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
 
61.8
64.8
63.3
137
138
137
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
 
64.1
66.6
65.4
138
153
146
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
64.1
66.6
138
153
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
64.1
66.6
138
153
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
67.7
69.7
143
161
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
68.4
70.4
143
160
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
68.9
70.8
140
160
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
69.2
71.0
141
160
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
69.7
71.4
140
160
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
70.2
71.8
140
161
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
70.7
72.3
140
163
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
71.4
73.0
143
163
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
72.2
73.8
142
165
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
73.3
74.7
143
167
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
74.6
75.9
142
169
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
76.2
77.3
140
168
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
78.2
79.1
139
167
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
80.5
81.1
136
166
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
83.2
83.6
131
160
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.2
86.5
125
158
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.5
89.8
127
149
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
118.09
83
2. Stroke
23.21
161
160.51
17
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
1.15
179
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
87.02
36
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
5.25
148
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
38.84
30
7. Suicide
12.24
49
9.18
85
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
3.26
148
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
8.32
173
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
0.59
178
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
14.65
136
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
18.76
112
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
6.77
59
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
24.24
49
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
11.29
52
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
36.32
39
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.99
120
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
1.81
175
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
8.67
14
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.22
157
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.03
152
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
40.84
13
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
5.69
96
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
2.54
130
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
3.02
143
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
42.06
20
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
5.16
36
28. Drownings
2.12
109
2.63
82
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
6.62
56
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.52
138
31. Falls
1.98
173
5.26
98
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.14
88
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
29.31
90
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
58.73
5
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
3.79
72
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
61.19
14
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
61.22
24
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.90
74
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.10
88
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.45
67
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
1.47
98
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
3.69
18
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
22.42
8
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
4.00
26
45. Asthma
0.36
174
17.92
25
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.62
57
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.39
172
48. Fires
0.33
161
3.01
49
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
7.61
56
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
125
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
12,388
7.55
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
17,964
10.95
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
14,605
8.90
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
147
0.09
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
3,957
2.41
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
606
0.37
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
1,120
0.68
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
367
0.22
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
2,202
1.34
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
80
0.05
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
933
0.57
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
2,359
1.44
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
1,476
0.90
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
675
0.41
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
629
0.38
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
24
0.01
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
4,803
2.93
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
266
0.16
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
996
0.61
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
1,080
0.66
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
463
0.28
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
286
0.17
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
653
0.40
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
401
0.24
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
825
0.50
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
697
0.42
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
1,046
0.64
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
6,208
3.78
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
3,278
2.00
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
135
0.08
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
7,880
4.80
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
3,028
1.85
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
95
0.06
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
11,606
7.08
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
495
0.30
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
187
0.11
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
11,085
6.76
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
47
0.03
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
627
0.38
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
3,380
2.06
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
16
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
2,507
1.53
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
4,236
2.58
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
467
0.28
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
385
0.23
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
98
0.06
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
661
0.40
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
58
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
1.15
179
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
5.25
148
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
3.26
148
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
8.32
173
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
0.59
178
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
6.77
59
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
24.24
49
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.99
120
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
1.81
175
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
8.67
14
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.03
152
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
40.84
13
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
5.16
36
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.52
138
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.14
88
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
3.69
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.