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Slovakia
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
SLOVAKIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Slovakia 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
Slovakia Population Pyramid
3,436,576
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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South Africa Population Pyramid
13,628,434
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
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
66.8
74.3
70.4
43
34
41
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
66.6
75.4
70.9
66
42
54
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
68.9
77.1
73.0
72
44
49
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
71.3
78.9
75.1
69
43
52
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
74.8
81.4
78.2
51
38
43
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.8
81.4
51
38
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
74.8
81.4
51
38
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
75.3
81.9
55
39
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
75.4
81.9
55
39
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
75.4
81.9
57
40
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
75.5
82.0
57
40
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
75.7
82.1
57
40
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
75.9
82.1
59
41
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
76.1
82.2
61
42
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
76.3
82.4
62
41
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
76.7
82.5
64
41
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
77.3
82.9
66
42
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
78.1
83.3
67
42
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
79.3
83.9
64
43
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
80.9
84.7
64
44
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
82.6
85.7
66
46
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
84.6
86.8
66
51
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
87.0
88.5
76
55
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
89.8
91.4
87
33
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
99.61
109
83.76
128
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
38.15
3
16.44
118
3. Stroke
35.90
143
80.50
93
4. Lung Cancers
25.91
23
18.34
64
5. Prostate Cancer
25.13
46
35.20
22
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24.87
1
8.90
89
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.20
115
83.23
40
8. Breast Cancer
18.97
65
18.21
76
9. Liver Disease
17.16
100
18.41
95
10. Falls
13.03
11
2.99
150
11. Lung Disease
10.88
165
31.41
47
12. Hypertension
9.84
134
33.86
36
13. Suicide
9.31
82
23.49
8
14. Pancreas Cancer
8.90
9
4.98
65
15. Stomach Cancer
8.29
59
3.68
137
16. Kidney Disease
8.06
149
35.72
35
17. Oral Cancer
7.93
10
3.18
80
18. Diabetes Mellitus
7.45
155
74.67
16
19. Lymphomas
7.42
14
6.08
39
20. Other Injuries
7.20
98
10.77
57
21. Ovary Cancer
6.38
26
3.85
115
22. Cervical Cancer
5.79
116
20.99
37
23. Road Traffic Accidents
5.28
153
22.70
61
24. Leukemia
4.79
27
3.34
108
25. Liver Cancer
4.70
108
5.46
87
26. Uterin Cancer
4.68
21
2.15
99
27. Bladder Cancer
4.61
14
2.19
83
28. Congenital Anomalies
4.13
132
6.23
83
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4.10
114
12.75
17
30. Skin Cancers
3.59
20
2.47
53
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.30
60
8.50
16
32. Alcohol
2.88
38
1.93
61
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.71
150
3.36
130
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.71
89
4.52
65
35. Low Birth Weight
2.38
137
7.16
63
36. Drownings
2.12
111
4.06
44
37. Epilepsy
2.06
63
3.28
22
38. Endocrine Disorders
1.93
152
11.70
14
39. Skin Disease
1.63
91
2.91
30
40. Other Neoplasms
0.96
62
0.65
75
41. Violence
0.91
157
37.54
8
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.68
141
2.04
70
43. Drug Use
0.68
144
1.52
67
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.64
26
0.22
80
45. Fires
0.51
140
6.64
4
46. Asthma
0.48
163
13.63
45
47. Poisonings
0.42
108
1.62
54
48. Meningitis
0.38
129
6.74
41
49. Birth Trauma
0.37
166
3.36
78
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.35
167
33.37
46
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,654
23.76
32,739
7.20
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,482
9.99
4,676
1.03
3. Stroke
3,756
8.38
30,693
6.75
4. Lung Cancers
2,562
5.71
7,705
1.70
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,528
5.64
3,587
0.79
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,024
4.51
39,341
8.65
7. Liver Disease
1,425
3.18
9,013
1.98
8. Falls
1,277
2.85
1,399
0.31
9. Lung Disease
1,121
2.50
11,895
2.62
10. Breast Cancer
1,071
2.39
4,533
1.00
11. Hypertension
1,034
2.31
12,789
2.81
12. Prostate Cancer
968
2.16
4,374
0.96
13. Pancreas Cancer
876
1.95
2,007
0.44
14. Kidney Disease
830
1.85
15,302
3.37
15. Stomach Cancer
827
1.84
1,535
0.34
16. Diabetes Mellitus
750
1.67
30,188
6.64
17. Lymphomas
736
1.64
2,818
0.62
18. Oral Cancer
716
1.60
1,406
0.31
19. Suicide
660
1.47
13,774
3.03
20. Other Injuries
554
1.24
6,014
1.32
21. Bladder Cancer
489
1.09
829
0.18
22. Liver Cancer
469
1.05
2,383
0.52
23. Leukemia
448
1.00
1,464
0.32
24. Skin Cancers
357
0.80
993
0.22
25. Inflammatory/Heart
339
0.76
5,408
1.19
26. Ovary Cancer
334
0.74
951
0.21
27. Road Traffic Accidents
331
0.74
13,014
2.86
28. Oesophagus Cancer
314
0.70
3,486
0.77
29. Parkinson's Disease
310
0.69
1,077
0.24
30. Uterin Cancer
280
0.62
512
0.11
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
274
0.61
1,894
0.42
32. Cervical Cancer
273
0.61
5,555
1.22
33. Alcohol
219
0.49
987
0.22
34. Skin Disease
170
0.38
1,101
0.24
35. Epilepsy
168
0.37
1,870
0.41
36. Congenital Anomalies
167
0.37
4,351
0.96
37. Endocrine Disorders
163
0.36
5,890
1.30
38. Drownings
144
0.32
2,403
0.53
39. Low Birth Weight
97
0.22
6,250
1.37
40. Other Neoplasms
93
0.21
267
0.06
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
70
0.16
1,015
0.22
42. Violence
59
0.13
21,000
4.62
43. Multiple Sclerosis
55
0.12
113
0.02
44. Asthma
47
0.10
5,966
1.31
45. Drug Use
45
0.10
770
0.17
46. Fires
39
0.09
3,618
0.80
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
34
0.08
15,843
3.49
48. Poisonings
30
0.07
975
0.21
49. Malnutrition
29
0.06
2,381
0.52
50. Tuberculosis
26
0.06
21,965
4.83
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.91
23
18.34
64
2. Prostate Cancer
25.13
46
35.20
22
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24.87
1
8.90
89
4. Breast Cancer
18.97
65
18.21
76
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.90
9
4.98
65
6. Stomach Cancer
8.29
59
3.68
137
7. Oral Cancer
7.93
10
3.18
80
8. Lymphomas
7.42
14
6.08
39
9. Ovary Cancer
6.38
26
3.85
115
10. Cervical Cancer
5.79
116
20.99
37
11. Leukemia
4.79
27
3.34
108
12. Liver Cancer
4.70
108
5.46
87
13. Uterin Cancer
4.68
21
2.15
99
14. Bladder Cancer
4.61
14
2.19
83
15. Skin Cancers
3.59
20
2.47
53
16. Oesophagus Cancer
3.30
60
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.