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Netherlands
COUNTRY #1
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NETHERLANDS VS GABON

Compare Netherlands and Gabon 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.

Gabon
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
Netherlands Population Pyramid
17,165,370
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Gabon Population Pyramid
3,809,049
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Gabon GABON
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Gabon GABON
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.5
75.4
73.4
1
2
2
  
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
1970
70.8
76.5
73.6
4
3
3
  
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
1980
72.5
79.2
75.7
4
1
2
  
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
1990
73.8
80.1
76.9
10
9
7
  
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
2000
75.5
80.6
78.1
14
20
17
  
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
2010
78.7
82.7
80.8
13
20
14
  
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
2019
80.4
83.1
81.8
13
29
19
  
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Gabon GABON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.1
13
29
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age
80.4
83.1
13
29
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age 5
80.8
83.5
15
29
66.6
72.5
153
137
Age 10
80.8
83.5
15
29
67.0
72.8
155
136
Age 15
80.8
83.5
15
29
67.4
73.1
155
137
Age 20
80.9
83.6
15
29
67.8
73.3
155
137
Age 25
81.0
83.6
15
30
68.3
73.6
156
137
Age 30
81.1
83.7
15
30
68.8
74.0
158
137
Age 35
81.2
83.7
14
30
69.3
74.5
159
137
Age 40
81.4
83.9
16
30
70.0
75.2
161
136
Age 45
81.6
84.0
18
32
70.8
76.0
163
133
Age 50
81.9
84.2
17
32
72.0
77.0
163
127
Age 55
82.4
84.6
20
32
73.4
78.1
164
122
Age 60
83.0
85.1
20
32
75.2
79.3
163
117
Age 65
83.8
85.9
20
33
77.3
80.7
165
114
Age 70
85.0
86.7
23
32
79.7
82.3
164
115
Age 75
86.5
87.9
26
34
82.6
84.4
162
120
Age 80
88.2
89.3
31
36
85.7
86.9
157
129
Age 85
90.6
91.2
44
50
89.2
90.0
154
138
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Gabon GABON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
38.44
175
107.54
94
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.78
7
20.55
40
3. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
8.18
114
4. Lung Disease
21.59
93
23.69
84
5. Stroke
20.66
167
94.08
79
6. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
13.28
131
7. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
20.47
61
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
3.54
174
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.84
160
73.73
46
10. Suicide
9.27
84
13.11
40
11. Falls
8.22
46
7.99
51
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
2.05
140
13. Lymphomas
6.40
28
2.32
166
14. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
2.91
76
15. Diabetes Mellitus
5.62
166
64.41
22
16. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
4.13
101
17. Kidney Disease
5.19
164
37.95
27
18. Parkinson's Disease
4.43
72
5.55
33
19. Other Neoplasms
4.24
20
0.54
83
20. Leukemia
4.14
62
1.42
162
21. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
2.73
165
22. Other Injuries
3.51
160
9.28
73
23. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
3.39
46
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.26
101
6.74
42
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.22
153
6.38
72
26. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
3.71
143
27. Liver Disease
3.02
174
35.26
43
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.02
136
8.92
37
29. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
3.19
24
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.83
172
28.47
53
31. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
3.26
45
32. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
6.76
19
33. Alcohol
2.12
56
1.49
84
34. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
14.89
56
35. Hypertension
1.62
180
44.80
19
36. Low Birth Weight
1.38
158
8.92
45
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.18
128
21.09
57
38. Epilepsy
1.13
128
2.20
54
39. Drug Use
1.03
115
2.27
40
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
9
0.12
139
41. Birth Trauma
0.61
143
6.57
52
42. Skin Disease
0.60
133
2.01
65
43. Violence
0.58
174
9.80
53
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.50
157
1.78
78
45. Drownings
0.48
171
1.96
117
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
60
0.64
31
47. Anemia
0.46
26
0.00
102
48. Osteoarthritis
0.42
7
0.00
97
49. Asthma
0.39
171
8.68
69
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.31
181
3.48
76
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Gabon GABON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
18,148
14.31
152
1.15
2. Coronary Heart Disease
17,601
13.87
1,019
7.70
3. Lung Cancers
10,980
8.66
87
0.66
4. Stroke
9,707
7.65
896
6.77
5. Lung Disease
9,567
7.54
215
1.62
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,829
4.60
43
0.32
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,946
3.90
966
7.30
8. Falls
4,131
3.26
84
0.63
9. Breast Cancer
3,535
2.79
92
0.70
10. Prostate Cancer
3,265
2.57
80
0.60
11. Pancreas Cancer
2,995
2.36
21
0.16
12. Kidney Disease
2,530
1.99
384
2.90
13. Lymphomas
2,511
1.98
32
0.24
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,386
1.88
643
4.86
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2,145
1.69
35
0.26
16. Parkinson's Disease
2,120
1.67
47
0.36
17. Suicide
2,025
1.60
183
1.38
18. Other Neoplasms
1,831
1.44
5
0.04
19. Other Injuries
1,648
1.30
140
1.06
20. Leukemia
1,578
1.24
17
0.13
21. Bladder Cancer
1,471
1.16
35
0.26
22. Stomach Cancer
1,361
1.07
32
0.24
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,201
0.95
101
0.76
24. Liver Cancer
1,163
0.92
53
0.40
25. Ovary Cancer
1,067
0.84
27
0.20
26. Endocrine Disorders
1,055
0.83
98
0.74
27. Skin Cancers
1,024
0.81
34
0.26
28. Liver Disease
936
0.74
416
3.14
29. Hypertension
818
0.64
412
3.11
30. Oral Cancer
768
0.61
69
0.52
31. Road Traffic Accidents
681
0.54
518
3.91
32. Alcohol
612
0.48
19
0.14
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
584
0.46
318
2.40
34. Uterin Cancer
566
0.45
19
0.14
35. Congenital Anomalies
544
0.43
285
2.15
36. Multiple Sclerosis
295
0.23
2
0.02
37. Skin Disease
295
0.23
22
0.17
38. Epilepsy
289
0.23
37
0.28
39. Cervical Cancer
266
0.21
96
0.73
40. Anemia
249
0.20
0
0.00
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
238
0.19
20
0.15
42. Drug Use
231
0.18
34
0.26
43. Osteoarthritis
220
0.17
0
0.00
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
214
0.17
6
0.05
45. Low Birth Weight
167
0.13
494
3.73
46. Asthma
165
0.13
90
0.68
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
130
0.10
36
0.27
48. Violence
107
0.08
184
1.39
49. Drownings
98
0.08
42
0.32
50. Schizophrenia
96
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Gabon GABON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
8.18
114
2. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
13.28
131
3. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
20.47
61
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
3.54
174
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
2.05
140
6. Lymphomas
6.40
28
2.32
166
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
2.91
76
8. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
4.13
101
9. Leukemia
4.14
62
1.42
162
10. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
2.73
165
11. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
3.39
46
12. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
3.71
143
13. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
3.19
24
14. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
3.26
45
15. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
6.76
19
16. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
14.89
56
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.