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New Zealand
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 New Zealand and Eritrea 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.

Eritrea
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
New Zealand Population Pyramid
5,607,793
Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
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
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Eritrea ERITREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
73.9
71.2
6
9
7
 
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
1970
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
 
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
1980
70.0
75.8
72.8
21
21
22
 
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
1990
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
 
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
2000
75.9
81.2
78.6
10
11
11
 
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
2010
79.0
82.8
80.9
9
18
13
 
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
2019
80.4
83.5
82.0
15
24
16
 
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Eritrea ERITREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.5
15
24
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age
80.4
83.5
15
24
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age 5
80.8
83.9
14
24
64.2
69.5
171
162
Age 10
80.8
83.9
14
24
64.4
69.7
170
166
Age 15
80.9
83.9
14
24
64.7
69.9
170
167
Age 20
81.0
84.0
13
24
65.1
70.1
170
167
Age 25
81.2
84.1
12
24
65.7
70.5
170
168
Age 30
81.4
84.2
12
24
66.3
70.9
170
169
Age 35
81.6
84.3
12
24
67.0
71.4
171
169
Age 40
81.8
84.5
11
24
67.9
72.1
172
169
Age 45
82.1
84.6
9
22
69.0
72.9
173
173
Age 50
82.5
84.9
7
20
70.4
74.0
173
173
Age 55
83.1
85.3
6
20
72.1
75.3
173
173
Age 60
83.8
85.8
6
19
74.1
76.8
174
174
Age 65
84.6
86.4
7
18
76.6
78.6
173
173
Age 70
85.7
87.2
9
20
79.3
80.7
173
173
Age 75
87.0
88.2
9
21
82.3
83.2
170
171
Age 80
88.8
89.6
12
23
85.5
86.2
164
165
Age 85
91.1
91.5
19
24
89.1
89.5
162
167
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Eritrea ERITREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
49.59
163
119.40
80
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
24.84
16
20.70
39
3. Stroke
22.24
165
139.66
28
4. Lung Cancers
21.61
43
3.27
154
5. Lung Disease
18.17
111
36.46
34
6. Breast Cancer
17.60
84
28.19
15
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.22
19
5.79
136
8. Prostate Cancer
15.97
90
6.95
146
9. Suicide
10.30
68
17.26
21
10. Road Traffic Accidents
8.83
127
54.13
5
11. Diabetes Mellitus
8.34
152
51.06
37
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.08
166
152.35
5
13. Skin Cancers
6.63
3
1.58
112
14. Lymphomas
6.60
25
6.91
19
15. Pancreas Cancer
6.18
54
1.05
166
16. Falls
5.65
92
8.77
36
17. Ovary Cancer
4.63
81
7.50
10
18. Leukemia
4.49
43
6.26
4
19. Kidney Disease
4.19
176
30.38
57
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.07
115
5.74
71
21. Endocrine Disorders
3.95
82
3.00
111
22. Stomach Cancer
3.82
133
2.50
170
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.49
147
6.40
71
24. Liver Cancer
3.48
153
3.56
151
25. Other Injuries
3.23
168
21.49
6
26. Uterin Cancer
3.21
47
1.73
126
27. Parkinson's Disease
3.16
138
4.91
52
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.13
64
4.30
43
29. Hypertension
3.04
166
52.22
13
30. Bladder Cancer
2.70
66
2.26
78
31. Other Neoplasms
2.42
44
0.32
133
32. Liver Disease
2.07
181
61.76
5
33. Oral Cancer
1.93
136
3.62
63
34. Low Birth Weight
1.87
149
6.60
69
35. Cervical Cancer
1.65
176
12.74
69
36. Drug Use
1.38
74
1.45
70
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.33
98
3.69
30
38. Violence
1.20
146
13.64
33
39. Drownings
1.17
142
3.38
64
40. Skin Disease
1.10
108
2.17
55
41. Asthma
1.03
133
16.35
34
42. Epilepsy
0.97
139
3.11
27
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.76
149
102.04
5
44. Alcohol
0.75
128
2.33
52
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.68
165
7.36
28
46. Multiple Sclerosis
0.52
33
0.19
95
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
58
0.66
28
48. Hepatitis C
0.44
22
0.32
34
49. Birth Trauma
0.34
169
7.37
46
50. Fires
0.29
164
5.00
10
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,095
18.16
2,154
8.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,032
10.81
310
1.22
3. Stroke
2,378
8.47
2,564
10.09
4. Lung Cancers
1,873
6.67
62
0.24
5. Lung Disease
1,815
6.47
662
2.61
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,495
5.33
113
0.44
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
920
3.28
3,277
12.90
8. Diabetes Mellitus
769
2.74
944
3.71
9. Prostate Cancer
739
2.63
54
0.21
10. Breast Cancer
737
2.63
311
1.22
11. Falls
627
2.23
168
0.66
12. Skin Cancers
612
2.18
30
0.12
13. Lymphomas
608
2.17
147
0.58
14. Pancreas Cancer
543
1.94
20
0.08
15. Suicide
528
1.88
382
1.50
16. Road Traffic Accidents
458
1.63
1,326
5.22
17. Kidney Disease
432
1.54
578
2.27
18. Leukemia
391
1.39
144
0.57
19. Parkinson's Disease
353
1.26
85
0.33
20. Hypertension
327
1.17
926
3.64
21. Endocrine Disorders
325
1.16
71
0.28
22. Stomach Cancer
323
1.15
48
0.19
23. Inflammatory/Heart
313
1.12
123
0.48
24. Liver Cancer
288
1.03
69
0.27
25. Oesophagus Cancer
279
0.99
81
0.32
26. Bladder Cancer
267
0.95
42
0.17
27. Other Neoplasms
245
0.87
6
0.02
28. Other Injuries
218
0.78
540
2.13
29. Ovary Cancer
207
0.74
79
0.31
30. Congenital Anomalies
176
0.63
432
1.70
31. Oral Cancer
164
0.58
71
0.28
32. Liver Disease
158
0.56
1,215
4.78
33. Uterin Cancer
145
0.52
18
0.07
34. Skin Disease
118
0.42
45
0.18
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
113
0.40
77
0.30
36. Asthma
91
0.32
326
1.28
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
81
0.29
2,292
9.02
38. Low Birth Weight
78
0.28
531
2.09
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
70
0.25
147
0.58
40. Drug Use
69
0.25
36
0.14
41. Cervical Cancer
61
0.22
132
0.52
42. Violence
57
0.20
384
1.51
43. Epilepsy
55
0.20
81
0.32
44. Drownings
54
0.19
118
0.46
45. Alcohol
51
0.18
45
0.18
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
47
0.17
12
0.05
47. Multiple Sclerosis
43
0.15
4
0.02
48. Hepatitis C
30
0.11
6
0.02
49. Osteoarthritis
24
0.09
0
0.00
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
22
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.61
43
3.27
154
2. Breast Cancer
17.60
84
28.19
15
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.22
19
5.79
136
4. Prostate Cancer
15.97
90
6.95
146
5. Skin Cancers
6.63
3
1.58
112
6. Lymphomas
6.60
25
6.91
19
7. Pancreas Cancer
6.18
54
1.05
166
8. Ovary Cancer
4.63
81
7.50
10
9. Leukemia
4.49
43
6.26
4
10. Stomach Cancer
3.82
133
2.50
170
11. Liver Cancer
3.48
153
3.56
151
12. Uterin Cancer
3.21
47
1.73
126
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.13
64
4.30
43
14. Bladder Cancer
2.70
66
2.26
78
15. Oral Cancer
1.93
136
3.62
63
16. Cervical Cancer
1.65
176
12.74
69
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.