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Saint Lucia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Saint Lucia 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
Saint Lucia Population Pyramid
182,127
Gabon Population Pyramid
3,809,049
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Gabon GABON
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Gabon GABON
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
55.1
58.5
56.8
70
71
71
 
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
1970
60.5
64.1
62.3
68
71
69
 
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
1990
68.7
73.3
71.0
46
67
53
 
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
2000
69.6
73.5
71.6
60
85
73
 
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
2010
71.6
76.9
74.2
67
72
66
 
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
2019
71.3
77.7
74.3
85
81
82
 
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Gabon GABON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.3
77.7
85
81
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age
71.3
77.7
85
81
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age 5
73.1
79.3
83
70
66.6
72.5
153
137
Age 10
73.2
79.4
84
70
67.0
72.8
155
136
Age 15
73.3
79.5
84
70
67.4
73.1
155
137
Age 20
73.5
79.6
82
70
67.8
73.3
155
137
Age 25
74.0
79.8
81
68
68.3
73.6
156
137
Age 30
74.5
79.9
76
68
68.8
74.0
158
137
Age 35
75.1
80.2
76
68
69.3
74.5
159
137
Age 40
75.6
80.5
76
66
70.0
75.2
161
136
Age 45
76.2
80.9
74
62
70.8
76.0
163
133
Age 50
77.0
81.4
72
61
72.0
77.0
163
127
Age 55
78.0
82.1
70
58
73.4
78.1
164
122
Age 60
79.2
82.9
69
58
75.2
79.3
163
117
Age 65
80.7
83.9
69
55
77.3
80.7
165
114
Age 70
82.3
85.2
69
55
79.7
82.3
164
115
Age 75
84.5
86.7
71
54
82.6
84.4
162
120
Age 80
86.8
88.4
79
57
85.7
86.9
157
129
Age 85
89.6
90.5
117
74
89.2
90.0
154
138
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Gabon GABON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
76.66
98
94.08
79
2. Coronary Heart Disease
60.16
150
107.54
94
3. Diabetes Mellitus
59.14
27
64.41
22
4. Prostate Cancer
46.15
9
20.47
61
5. Kidney Disease
34.17
41
37.95
27
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.43
89
73.73
46
7. Road Traffic Accidents
27.06
55
28.47
53
8. Breast Cancer
22.47
39
13.28
131
9. Lung Disease
21.32
96
23.69
84
10. Hypertension
21.09
77
44.80
19
11. Violence
18.65
21
9.80
53
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.12
103
20.55
40
13. Liver Disease
15.59
105
35.26
43
14. Inflammatory/Heart
13.71
12
8.92
37
15. Low Birth Weight
11.00
29
8.92
45
16. Cervical Cancer
10.57
81
14.89
56
17. Endocrine Disorders
9.99
20
6.74
42
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.43
85
3.54
174
19. Stomach Cancer
9.38
48
2.73
165
20. Lung Cancers
8.35
111
8.18
114
21. Suicide
6.85
118
13.11
40
22. Other Injuries
6.74
103
9.28
73
23. Skin Disease
6.62
11
2.01
65
24. Lymphomas
5.94
46
2.32
166
25. Parkinson's Disease
5.38
39
5.55
33
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.16
110
6.38
72
27. Drownings
4.88
28
1.96
117
28. Alcohol
4.33
24
1.49
84
29. Asthma
4.32
93
8.68
69
30. Falls
4.11
123
7.99
51
31. Epilepsy
3.52
13
2.20
54
32. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
103
2.05
140
33. Malnutrition
3.01
68
6.07
45
34. Ovary Cancer
2.75
154
4.13
101
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.24
99
3.48
76
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.89
107
21.09
57
37. Uterin Cancer
1.88
113
3.26
45
38. Leukemia
1.85
155
1.42
162
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.80
77
1.78
78
40. Birth Trauma
1.76
98
6.57
52
41. Liver Cancer
1.64
180
3.71
143
42. Fires
1.51
92
2.62
62
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
127
2.91
76
44. Oral Cancer
1.36
165
6.76
19
45. Tuberculosis
1.24
120
113.96
4
46. Maternal Conditions
0.95
87
6.80
41
47. Drug Use
0.92
123
2.27
40
48. Other Neoplasms
0.80
64
0.54
83
49. Meningitis
0.70
98
5.91
44
50. Encephalitis
0.56
69
0.38
96
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Gabon GABON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
188
14.24
896
6.77
2. Coronary Heart Disease
149
11.29
1,019
7.70
3. Diabetes Mellitus
140
10.61
643
4.86
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.06
384
2.90
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
66
5.00
966
7.30
6. Prostate Cancer
56
4.24
80
0.60
7. Road Traffic Accidents
55
4.17
518
3.91
8. Lung Disease
53
4.02
215
1.62
9. Hypertension
52
3.94
412
3.11
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
48
3.64
152
1.15
11. Violence
37
2.80
184
1.39
12. Liver Disease
35
2.65
416
3.14
13. Inflammatory/Heart
31
2.35
101
0.76
14. Breast Cancer
25
1.89
92
0.70
15. Stomach Cancer
22
1.67
32
0.24
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.59
43
0.32
17. Endocrine Disorders
20
1.52
98
0.74
18. Lung Cancers
19
1.44
87
0.66
19. Low Birth Weight
17
1.29
494
3.73
20. Skin Disease
16
1.21
22
0.17
21. Other Injuries
15
1.14
140
1.06
22. Suicide
14
1.06
183
1.38
23. Parkinson's Disease
14
1.06
47
0.36
24. Lymphomas
13
0.98
32
0.24
25. Cervical Cancer
12
0.91
96
0.73
26. Falls
11
0.83
84
0.63
27. Asthma
10
0.76
90
0.68
28. Alcohol
9
0.68
19
0.14
29. Drownings
9
0.68
42
0.32
30. Congenital Anomalies
8
0.61
285
2.15
31. Pancreas Cancer
8
0.61
21
0.16
32. Epilepsy
7
0.53
37
0.28
33. Malnutrition
7
0.53
78
0.59
34. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.38
318
2.40
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.38
36
0.27
36. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.30
20
0.15
37. Liver Cancer
4
0.30
53
0.40
38. Leukemia
4
0.30
17
0.13
39. Tuberculosis
3
0.23
1,819
13.74
40. Ovary Cancer
3
0.23
27
0.20
41. Oesophagus Cancer
3
0.23
35
0.26
42. Birth Trauma
3
0.23
362
2.73
43. Fires
3
0.23
39
0.29
44. Oral Cancer
3
0.23
69
0.52
45. Other Neoplasms
2
0.15
5
0.04
46. Drug Use
2
0.15
34
0.26
47. Maternal Conditions
2
0.15
145
1.10
48. Uterin Cancer
2
0.15
19
0.14
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
113
0.85
50. Encephalitis
1
0.08
7
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Gabon GABON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
46.15
9
20.47
61
2. Breast Cancer
22.47
39
13.28
131
3. Cervical Cancer
10.57
81
14.89
56
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.43
85
3.54
174
5. Stomach Cancer
9.38
48
2.73
165
6. Lung Cancers
8.35
111
8.18
114
7. Lymphomas
5.94
46
2.32
166
8. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
103
2.05
140
9. Ovary Cancer
2.75
154
4.13
101
10. Uterin Cancer
1.88
113
3.26
45
11. Leukemia
1.85
155
1.42
162
12. Liver Cancer
1.64
180
3.71
143
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
127
2.91
76
14. Oral Cancer
1.36
165
6.76
19
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
181
3.19
24
16. Bladder Cancer
0.00
183
3.39
46
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.