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Seychelles
COUNTRY #1
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SEYCHELLES VS SRI LANKA

Compare Seychelles and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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
Seychelles Population Pyramid
104,561
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%
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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
67.2
73.5
70.3
60
64
59
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
67.7
76.4
71.8
86
46
67
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
68.3
77.3
72.4
97
64
96
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
70.0
77.1
73.3
96
88
93
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.0
77.1
96
88
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
70.0
77.1
96
88
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
71.1
78.2
108
90
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
71.1
78.2
109
90
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
71.3
78.3
109
90
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
71.5
78.4
111
90
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
71.9
78.5
111
90
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
72.3
78.7
110
90
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
72.8
78.9
109
90
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
73.3
79.2
108
88
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
74.0
79.6
106
87
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
74.9
80.1
105
86
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
76.0
80.8
102
85
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
77.5
81.5
98
87
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
79.2
82.5
99
87
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
81.4
83.7
97
88
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
83.6
85.3
112
94
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
86.5
87.6
101
92
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
89.8
90.4
89
93
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.13
116
101.31
106
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.92
49
20.42
113
3. Stroke
62.39
116
26.55
154
4. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
4.61
165
5. Kidney Disease
40.23
21
26.23
72
6. Hypertension
39.54
25
4.08
161
7. Liver Disease
28.12
60
4.96
160
8. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
9.49
165
9. Diabetes Mellitus
24.13
101
47.34
45
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
3.43
175
11. Lung Disease
21.51
95
36.99
33
12. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
6.56
126
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.22
100
27.62
14
14. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
5.15
125
15. Violence
13.66
32
2.36
122
16. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
10.87
7
17. Drownings
11.64
5
3.24
68
18. Road Traffic Accidents
10.94
121
18.07
82
19. Inflammatory/Heart
9.39
31
1.83
165
20. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
1.93
174
21. Lymphomas
8.01
8
3.88
126
22. Suicide
7.73
102
12.89
42
23. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
0.80
171
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.66
61
4.53
125
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.58
36
0.15
183
26. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
4.94
107
27. Leukemia
6.05
7
4.61
35
28. Asthma
5.89
81
25.43
10
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
5.82
78
2.47
100
30. Parkinson's Disease
5.80
26
0.65
181
31. Endocrine Disorders
5.70
57
1.82
154
32. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
4.05
128
33. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
5.72
30
34. Falls
5.28
97
3.85
129
35. Low Birth Weight
4.59
94
2.13
145
36. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
1.63
117
37. Other Injuries
4.16
149
6.41
112
38. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
1.40
144
39. Meningitis
2.26
59
0.59
106
40. Fires
1.74
81
1.04
112
41. Skin Disease
1.69
86
1.14
107
42. Malnutrition
1.59
87
0.18
142
43. Birth Trauma
1.52
104
0.78
135
44. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
0.22
174
45. Maternal Conditions
0.96
86
0.50
110
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.80
130
0.20
178
47. Encephalitis
0.79
41
0.05
138
48. Drug Use
0.78
133
1.16
96
49. Alcohol
0.56
140
0.33
159
50. Epilepsy
0.54
175
1.14
127
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104
14.75
26,304
22.66
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
75
10.64
5,117
4.41
3. Stroke
66
9.36
6,805
5.86
4. Kidney Disease
43
6.10
6,858
5.91
5. Hypertension
42
5.96
1,055
0.91
6. Liver Disease
31
4.40
1,303
1.12
7. Diabetes Mellitus
26
3.69
12,460
10.73
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
25
3.55
911
0.78
9. Lung Disease
22
3.12
9,456
8.15
10. Prostate Cancer
20
2.84
507
0.44
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
2.70
6,939
5.98
12. Lung Cancers
18
2.55
1,775
1.53
13. Breast Cancer
14
1.99
1,383
1.19
14. Violence
14
1.99
499
0.43
15. Oral Cancer
13
1.84
2,893
2.49
16. Drownings
12
1.70
731
0.63
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11
1.56
4,200
3.62
18. Inflammatory/Heart
10
1.42
425
0.37
19. Cervical Cancer
9
1.28
762
0.66
20. Lymphomas
8
1.13
1,027
0.88
21. Suicide
8
1.13
2,977
2.56
22. Stomach Cancer
7
0.99
1,321
1.14
23. Pancreas Cancer
7
0.99
214
0.18
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.99
38
0.03
25. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.99
989
0.85
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.85
605
0.52
27. Low Birth Weight
6
0.85
536
0.46
28. Oesophagus Cancer
6
0.85
1,544
1.33
29. Liver Cancer
6
0.85
1,090
0.94
30. Leukemia
6
0.85
1,155
0.99
31. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.85
462
0.40
32. Parkinson's Disease
6
0.85
168
0.14
33. Asthma
6
0.85
6,471
5.57
34. Falls
6
0.85
964
0.83
35. Ovary Cancer
5
0.71
281
0.24
36. Bladder Cancer
4
0.57
432
0.37
37. Other Injuries
4
0.57
1,529
1.32
38. Meningitis
2
0.28
146
0.13
39. Birth Trauma
2
0.28
193
0.17
40. Malnutrition
2
0.28
43
0.04
41. Uterin Cancer
2
0.28
218
0.19
42. Skin Disease
2
0.28
293
0.25
43. Fires
2
0.28
239
0.21
44. Encephalitis
1
0.14
10
0.01
45. Maternal Conditions
1
0.14
96
0.08
46. Skin Cancers
1
0.14
58
0.05
47. Alcohol
1
0.14
82
0.07
48. Drug Use
1
0.14
257
0.22
49. Epilepsy
1
0.14
269
0.23
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1
0.14
49
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
4.61
165
2. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
9.49
165
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
3.43
175
4. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
6.56
126
5. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
5.15
125
6. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
10.87
7
7. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
1.93
174
8. Lymphomas
8.01
8
3.88
126
9. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
0.80
171
10. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
4.94
107
11. Leukemia
6.05
7
4.61
35
12. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
4.05
128
13. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
5.72
30
14. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
1.63
117
15. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
1.40
144
16. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
0.22
174
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.