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Malaysia
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
MALAYSIA VS ICELAND

Compare Malaysia and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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
Malaysia Population Pyramid
40,550,371
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Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Iceland ICELAND
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
52.8
55.9
54.3
80
81
81
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
60.0
63.2
61.6
71
74
76
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
65.0
68.8
66.9
60
76
68
  
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
68.2
72.5
70.3
53
74
60
  
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
70.2
74.9
72.4
55
66
63
  
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
71.9
76.5
74.1
62
77
67
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
72.6
77.1
74.7
74
90
80
  
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.6
77.1
74
90
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
72.6
77.1
74
90
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
73.3
77.7
81
92
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
73.4
77.8
83
92
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
73.5
77.8
80
92
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
73.7
77.9
80
92
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
74.1
78.0
80
92
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
74.4
78.2
79
93
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
74.8
78.3
80
93
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
75.2
78.5
79
93
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
75.7
78.8
78
94
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
76.4
79.2
81
96
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
77.3
79.8
81
97
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
78.5
80.6
81
99
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
80.1
81.6
80
102
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
82.0
83.1
76
101
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
84.5
85.1
68
97
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
87.4
87.5
60
94
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
90.5
90.4
53
81
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
136.21
61
54.46
157
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
90.22
33
9.67
161
3. Stroke
81.65
92
18.39
176
4. Lung Disease
25.89
74
17.98
117
5. Kidney Disease
24.25
80
4.00
177
6. Road Traffic Accidents
22.76
60
1.78
178
7. Breast Cancer
20.80
44
18.02
78
8. Liver Disease
17.91
97
1.72
183
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.95
108
35.59
5
10. Lung Cancers
15.25
77
21.77
41
11. Diabetes Mellitus
14.82
126
4.22
176
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
31
12.15
49
13. HIV/AIDS
8.15
63
0.09
158
14. Skin Disease
7.90
7
0.39
150
15. Prostate Cancer
7.43
144
18.78
71
16. Other Injuries
7.39
95
7.88
87
17. Liver Cancer
6.96
57
3.82
140
18. Cervical Cancer
6.94
107
3.29
142
19. Falls
6.80
71
3.23
143
20. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.63
73
0.16
176
21. Oral Cancer
6.32
27
1.55
158
22. Suicide
5.77
130
11.15
59
23. Ovary Cancer
5.57
48
5.09
62
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.55
52
0.47
178
25. Stomach Cancer
5.36
101
3.12
154
26. Leukemia
4.58
38
2.88
125
27. Lymphomas
4.55
95
5.87
49
28. Parkinson's Disease
4.52
69
7.15
12
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4.18
108
3.42
124
30. Congenital Anomalies
4.04
136
1.96
177
31. Tuberculosis
3.87
90
0.00
183
32. Asthma
3.65
98
0.26
178
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
95
7.25
37
34. Endocrine Disorders
2.86
117
2.31
139
35. Drownings
2.63
83
0.36
179
36. Violence
2.62
118
1.08
149
37. Low Birth Weight
2.57
134
1.13
164
38. Hypertension
2.45
173
2.87
168
39. Uterin Cancer
2.44
84
2.12
102
40. Bladder Cancer
1.79
106
3.04
53
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.54
123
3.70
50
42. Encephalitis
1.50
10
0.00
182
43. Fires
1.15
104
0.09
181
44. Drug Use
1.09
106
4.41
12
45. Malnutrition
1.01
101
0.06
166
46. Other Neoplasms
1.00
61
1.53
57
47. Meningitis
1.00
80
0.30
140
48. Birth Trauma
0.92
126
1.05
121
49. Skin Cancers
0.91
139
2.01
85
50. Dengue
0.90
9
0.00
133
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,729
21.86
403
20.10
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
23,477
13.97
82
4.09
3. Stroke
21,592
12.85
141
7.03
4. Road Traffic Accidents
7,181
4.27
7
0.35
5. Lung Disease
6,633
3.95
129
6.43
6. Kidney Disease
6,629
3.95
33
1.65
7. Liver Disease
5,125
3.05
9
0.45
8. Lung Cancers
4,319
2.57
134
6.68
9. Diabetes Mellitus
4,107
2.44
30
1.50
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,996
2.38
295
14.71
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,832
2.28
73
3.64
12. Breast Cancer
3,071
1.83
53
2.64
13. HIV/AIDS
2,679
1.59
0
0.00
14. Other Injuries
2,222
1.32
50
2.49
15. Skin Disease
2,066
1.23
3
0.15
16. Liver Cancer
1,984
1.18
22
1.10
17. Oral Cancer
1,865
1.11
9
0.45
18. Falls
1,855
1.10
24
1.20
19. Suicide
1,823
1.09
40
2.00
20. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,773
1.06
1
0.05
21. Stomach Cancer
1,441
0.86
18
0.90
22. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,424
0.85
3
0.15
23. Leukemia
1,412
0.84
19
0.95
24. Congenital Anomalies
1,403
0.84
7
0.35
25. Lymphomas
1,321
0.79
37
1.85
26. Tuberculosis
1,227
0.73
0
0.00
27. Inflammatory/Heart
1,214
0.72
16
0.80
28. Parkinson's Disease
1,106
0.66
53
2.64
29. Low Birth Weight
1,020
0.61
3
0.15
30. Asthma
1,013
0.60
2
0.10
31. Cervical Cancer
1,010
0.60
9
0.45
32. Pancreas Cancer
994
0.59
43
2.14
33. Prostate Cancer
903
0.54
61
3.04
34. Violence
869
0.52
4
0.20
35. Ovary Cancer
827
0.49
16
0.80
36. Drownings
820
0.49
1
0.05
37. Endocrine Disorders
809
0.48
16
0.80
38. Hypertension
649
0.39
24
1.20
39. Bladder Cancer
467
0.28
20
1.00
40. Encephalitis
452
0.27
0
0.00
41. Oesophagus Cancer
435
0.26
23
1.15
42. Birth Trauma
359
0.21
2
0.10
43. Uterin Cancer
352
0.21
7
0.35
44. Fires
336
0.20
1
0.05
45. Drug Use
322
0.19
17
0.85
46. Meningitis
301
0.18
1
0.05
47. Dengue
280
0.17
0
0.00
48. Other Neoplasms
265
0.16
10
0.50
49. Malnutrition
249
0.15
1
0.05
50. Skin Cancers
247
0.15
13
0.65
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.80
44
18.02
78
2. Lung Cancers
15.25
77
21.77
41
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
31
12.15
49
4. Prostate Cancer
7.43
144
18.78
71
5. Liver Cancer
6.96
57
3.82
140
6. Cervical Cancer
6.94
107
3.29
142
7. Oral Cancer
6.32
27
1.55
158
8. Ovary Cancer
5.57
48
5.09
62
9. Stomach Cancer
5.36
101
3.12
154
10. Leukemia
4.58
38
2.88
125
11. Lymphomas
4.55
95
5.87
49
12. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
95
7.25
37
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
84
2.12
102
14. Bladder Cancer
1.79
106
3.04
53
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.54
123
3.70
50
16. Skin Cancers
0.91
139
2.01
85
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.