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Peru
COUNTRY #1
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PERU VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Peru and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
Peru Population Pyramid
40,373,987
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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Peru PERU   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.7
49.3
48.0
102
101
101
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
52.4
55.6
53.9
103
102
103
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
58.3
62.4
60.3
102
103
103
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
63.5
68.2
65.8
104
104
105
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
68.9
73.9
71.4
70
79
75
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
71.2
76.3
73.7
71
79
73
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
78.5
81.3
79.9
31
39
32
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.5
81.3
31
39
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
78.5
81.3
31
39
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
79.5
82.3
25
35
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
79.6
82.4
24
35
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
79.7
82.5
24
35
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
79.9
82.6
24
35
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
80.3
82.8
22
35
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
80.6
82.9
20
35
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
81.0
83.1
19
35
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
81.4
83.3
18
35
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
81.8
83.6
13
35
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
82.3
84.0
13
35
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
82.9
84.4
9
34
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
83.7
85.1
8
33
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
84.6
85.8
8
34
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
85.8
86.9
6
28
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
87.3
88.2
3
23
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
89.3
89.8
1
17
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
91.5
91.8
7
18
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.20
64
83.23
40
2. Coronary Heart Disease
39.96
173
83.76
128
3. Stroke
22.60
162
80.50
93
4. Kidney Disease
21.30
102
35.72
35
5. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
35.20
22
6. Liver Disease
19.25
91
18.41
95
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.23
123
16.44
118
8. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
3.68
137
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.36
110
22.70
61
10. Diabetes Mellitus
13.28
133
74.67
16
11. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
18.21
76
12. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
20.99
37
13. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
18.34
64
14. Violence
9.14
57
37.54
8
15. Other Injuries
8.67
80
10.77
57
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
8.90
89
17. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
5.46
87
18. Lung Disease
7.23
178
31.41
47
19. Tuberculosis
7.14
75
39.83
26
20. Lymphomas
6.79
23
6.08
39
21. Leukemia
5.62
12
3.34
108
22. Congenital Anomalies
5.17
109
6.23
83
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
4.98
65
24. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
3.85
115
25. Falls
3.81
132
2.99
150
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.64
120
3.36
130
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.31
89
33.37
46
28. Low Birth Weight
3.18
120
7.16
63
29. Hypertension
3.06
165
33.86
36
30. Malnutrition
2.94
70
4.41
56
31. Suicide
2.73
166
23.49
8
32. HIV/AIDS
2.59
98
121.35
9
33. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
2.47
53
34. Drug Use
1.92
48
1.52
67
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.79
123
4.52
65
36. Drownings
1.78
122
4.06
44
37. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
2.15
99
38. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
3.18
80
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.46
175
12.75
17
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.41
164
11.70
14
41. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
2.19
83
42. Birth Trauma
1.18
115
3.36
78
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
8.50
16
44. Maternal Conditions
1.04
82
2.65
62
45. Alcohol
0.98
119
1.93
61
46. Encephalitis
0.85
34
0.43
87
47. Pertussis
0.81
70
1.79
48
48. Epilepsy
0.79
157
3.28
22
49. Fires
0.72
125
6.64
4
50. Asthma
0.62
153
13.63
45
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Peru PERU   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
15,326
12.49
39,341
8.65
2. Coronary Heart Disease
13,769
11.22
32,739
7.20
3. Stroke
7,722
6.29
30,693
6.75
4. Kidney Disease
7,234
5.90
15,302
3.37
5. Liver Disease
6,375
5.20
9,013
1.98
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,811
4.74
4,676
1.03
7. Stomach Cancer
5,072
4.13
1,535
0.34
8. Diabetes Mellitus
4,437
3.62
30,188
6.64
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,414
3.60
13,014
2.86
10. Lung Cancers
3,169
2.58
7,705
1.70
11. Prostate Cancer
3,167
2.58
4,374
0.96
12. Violence
3,013
2.46
21,000
4.62
13. Other Injuries
2,876
2.34
6,014
1.32
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,642
2.15
3,587
0.79
15. Lung Disease
2,519
2.05
11,895
2.62
16. Liver Cancer
2,476
2.02
2,383
0.52
17. Tuberculosis
2,377
1.94
21,965
4.83
18. Lymphomas
2,254
1.84
2,818
0.62
19. Congenital Anomalies
1,997
1.63
4,351
0.96
20. Breast Cancer
1,969
1.60
4,533
1.00
21. Cervical Cancer
1,924
1.57
5,555
1.22
22. Leukemia
1,850
1.51
1,464
0.32
23. Pancreas Cancer
1,607
1.31
2,007
0.44
24. Low Birth Weight
1,475
1.20
6,250
1.37
25. Falls
1,285
1.05
1,399
0.31
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,270
1.04
1,077
0.24
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,108
0.90
15,843
3.49
28. Hypertension
1,061
0.86
12,789
2.81
29. Malnutrition
1,006
0.82
2,381
0.52
30. Suicide
903
0.74
13,774
3.03
31. HIV/AIDS
849
0.69
71,996
15.84
32. Skin Cancers
786
0.64
993
0.22
33. Ovary Cancer
713
0.58
951
0.21
34. Drug Use
635
0.52
770
0.17
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
609
0.50
1,894
0.42
36. Drownings
584
0.48
2,403
0.53
37. Birth Trauma
537
0.44
3,004
0.66
38. Oral Cancer
519
0.42
1,406
0.31
39. Inflammatory/Heart
494
0.40
5,408
1.19
40. Endocrine Disorders
474
0.39
5,890
1.30
41. Bladder Cancer
463
0.38
829
0.18
42. Oesophagus Cancer
394
0.32
3,486
0.77
43. Maternal Conditions
345
0.28
1,700
0.37
44. Alcohol
321
0.26
987
0.22
45. Uterin Cancer
304
0.25
512
0.11
46. Encephalitis
281
0.23
234
0.05
47. Epilepsy
262
0.21
1,870
0.41
48. Pertussis
260
0.21
1,142
0.25
49. Fires
239
0.19
3,618
0.80
50. Asthma
208
0.17
5,966
1.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
35.20
22
2. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
3.68
137
3. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
18.21
76
4. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
20.99
37
5. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
18.34
64
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
8.90
89
7. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
5.46
87
8. Lymphomas
6.79
23
6.08
39
9. Leukemia
5.62
12
3.34
108
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
4.98
65
11. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
3.85
115
12. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
2.47
53
13. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
2.15
99
14. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
3.18
80
15. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
2.19
83
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
8.50
16
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.