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Poland
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 Poland and Syria 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.

Syria
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
Poland Population Pyramid
33,294,573
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Syria SYRIA
  Poland POLAND   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.9
70.6
67.7
33
31
34
 
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
66.6
73.3
69.9
29
29
31
 
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
66.0
74.4
70.1
52
33
46
 
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
66.5
75.5
70.9
70
40
55
 
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
69.5
77.9
73.7
64
38
44
 
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
72.1
80.4
76.3
58
33
41
 
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
74.5
81.9
78.3
54
35
42
 
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.5
81.9
54
35
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
74.5
81.9
54
35
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
74.9
82.2
60
36
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
74.9
82.3
60
36
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
74.9
82.3
60
36
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
75.1
82.4
61
36
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
75.3
82.4
61
36
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
75.5
82.5
62
36
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
75.8
82.6
63
37
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
76.2
82.7
63
37
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
76.6
82.9
65
38
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
77.3
83.2
65
38
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
78.2
83.7
64
39
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
79.5
84.3
61
39
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
81.2
85.2
60
39
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
83.2
86.3
52
39
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
85.3
87.6
54
39
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
87.8
89.2
52
37
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
90.6
91.3
43
35
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
125.44
72
279.54
12
2. Stroke
37.09
141
79.31
95
3. Lung Cancers
34.89
6
18.90
59
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.64
105
21.72
107
5. Prostate Cancer
19.88
67
9.82
134
6. Breast Cancer
18.79
67
31.59
9
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.53
9
11.27
58
8. Lung Disease
15.56
137
16.00
132
9. Liver Disease
14.35
110
15.66
104
10. Other Neoplasms
11.05
1
0.20
165
11. Diabetes Mellitus
10.67
143
15.00
124
12. Alcohol
9.80
8
0.39
152
13. Suicide
9.30
83
2.11
177
14. Road Traffic Accidents
8.18
131
16.75
87
15. Stomach Cancer
7.91
64
6.43
84
16. Ovary Cancer
7.50
11
5.40
55
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
38
3.71
92
18. Falls
5.99
84
3.00
148
19. Bladder Cancer
5.63
5
7.53
3
20. Lymphomas
5.60
59
7.40
15
21. Hypertension
5.31
155
7.33
147
22. Cervical Cancer
5.18
123
3.07
144
23. Inflammatory/Heart
5.12
84
2.72
146
24. Oral Cancer
5.03
37
2.45
106
25. Kidney Disease
4.69
173
22.22
96
26. Leukemia
4.63
34
6.15
5
27. Other Injuries
4.61
139
3.62
158
28. Uterin Cancer
4.52
24
2.56
79
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.07
68
0.75
162
30. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.73
169
17.14
102
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.40
148
8.06
30
32. Liver Cancer
3.10
162
3.43
154
33. Skin Cancers
2.72
42
2.74
41
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
86
0.88
163
35. Low Birth Weight
2.08
147
5.18
86
36. Epilepsy
2.07
62
0.59
170
37. Parkinson's Disease
1.65
166
3.99
96
38. Drownings
1.39
132
1.21
137
39. Endocrine Disorders
1.38
166
2.96
114
40. Tuberculosis
1.00
128
0.19
163
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.89
141
10.38
67
42. Fires
0.85
120
1.16
103
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.82
16
0.11
146
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.71
138
1.52
92
45. Drug Use
0.69
142
1.89
51
46. Asthma
0.67
150
9.65
67
47. Violence
0.66
171
2.84
116
48. Skin Disease
0.59
135
0.07
181
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
61
0.06
172
50. Poisonings
0.46
103
0.66
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Poland POLAND   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117,700
32.99
28,203
34.16
2. Stroke
32,693
9.16
8,088
9.80
3. Lung Cancers
25,781
7.23
2,048
2.48
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,998
5.60
2,958
3.58
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14,610
4.09
1,224
1.48
6. Lung Disease
13,677
3.83
1,601
1.94
7. Other Neoplasms
9,256
2.59
21
0.03
8. Diabetes Mellitus
8,947
2.51
1,534
1.86
9. Breast Cancer
7,967
2.23
1,953
2.37
10. Liver Disease
7,912
2.22
1,720
2.08
11. Prostate Cancer
6,489
1.82
404
0.49
12. Stomach Cancer
5,910
1.66
725
0.88
13. Pancreas Cancer
5,430
1.52
411
0.50
14. Alcohol
5,238
1.47
51
0.06
15. Hypertension
4,937
1.38
707
0.86
16. Falls
4,712
1.32
383
0.46
17. Bladder Cancer
4,700
1.32
757
0.92
18. Suicide
4,282
1.20
333
0.40
19. Lymphomas
4,141
1.16
827
1.00
20. Kidney Disease
4,065
1.14
2,329
2.82
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,701
1.04
1,551
1.88
22. Road Traffic Accidents
3,555
1.00
2,550
3.09
23. Inflammatory/Heart
3,495
0.98
337
0.41
24. Leukemia
3,456
0.97
796
0.96
25. Oral Cancer
3,377
0.95
289
0.35
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,091
0.87
79
0.10
27. Ovary Cancer
2,929
0.82
328
0.40
28. Other Injuries
2,527
0.71
521
0.63
29. Liver Cancer
2,290
0.64
366
0.44
30. Uterin Cancer
2,163
0.61
146
0.18
31. Skin Cancers
2,155
0.60
276
0.33
32. Cervical Cancer
1,907
0.53
188
0.23
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1,803
0.51
97
0.12
34. Parkinson's Disease
1,500
0.42
367
0.44
35. Epilepsy
1,145
0.32
92
0.11
36. Congenital Anomalies
916
0.26
2,077
2.52
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
839
0.24
2,156
2.61
38. Endocrine Disorders
831
0.23
418
0.51
39. Drownings
636
0.18
215
0.26
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
612
0.17
197
0.24
41. Tuberculosis
597
0.17
23
0.03
42. Low Birth Weight
579
0.16
1,652
2.00
43. Asthma
540
0.15
1,052
1.27
44. Multiple Sclerosis
502
0.14
14
0.02
45. Fires
474
0.13
179
0.22
46. Skin Disease
469
0.13
8
0.01
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
369
0.10
7
0.01
48. Drug Use
321
0.09
249
0.30
49. Violence
294
0.08
444
0.54
50. Malnutrition
291
0.08
73
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
34.89
6
18.90
59
2. Prostate Cancer
19.88
67
9.82
134
3. Breast Cancer
18.79
67
31.59
9
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.53
9
11.27
58
5. Stomach Cancer
7.91
64
6.43
84
6. Ovary Cancer
7.50
11
5.40
55
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
38
3.71
92
8. Bladder Cancer
5.63
5
7.53
3
9. Lymphomas
5.60
59
7.40
15
10. Cervical Cancer
5.18
123
3.07
144
11. Oral Cancer
5.03
37
2.45
106
12. Leukemia
4.63
34
6.15
5
13. Uterin Cancer
4.52
24
2.56
79
14. Liver Cancer
3.10
162
3.43
154
15. Skin Cancers
2.72
42
2.74
41
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
86
0.88
163
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.