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Solomon Islands
COUNTRY #1
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SOLOMON ISLANDS VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Solomon Islands 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
Solomon Islands Population Pyramid
1,290,214
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
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
50.4
49.6
93
98
96
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
53.9
55.4
54.6
97
104
99
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
57.9
59.3
58.6
106
120
112
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
57.0
57.8
57.4
134
143
139
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
64.5
67.2
65.8
105
121
115
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
67.0
69.8
68.3
107
123
116
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
62.9
67.9
65.2
150
146
150
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.9
67.9
150
146
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
62.9
67.9
150
146
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
64.3
69.1
170
166
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
64.4
69.2
171
169
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
64.5
69.3
171
170
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
64.9
69.6
172
171
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
65.5
69.9
171
171
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
66.3
70.3
171
171
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
67.2
70.8
169
172
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
68.2
71.4
169
176
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
69.4
72.2
169
176
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
70.9
73.3
169
177
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
72.7
74.6
169
177
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
74.7
76.3
169
177
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
77.1
78.1
167
177
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
79.7
80.2
165
177
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
82.5
82.8
164
177
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
85.6
85.7
162
173
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
88.9
89.0
166
173
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
285.85
8
83.76
128
2. Stroke
207.65
4
80.50
93
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
97.70
29
83.23
40
4. Diabetes Mellitus
91.11
12
74.67
16
5. Lung Disease
67.86
11
31.41
47
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
64.19
21
33.37
46
7. Malaria
32.22
30
0.14
56
8. Asthma
24.35
12
13.63
45
9. Hypertension
23.22
67
33.86
36
10. Liver Disease
20.65
88
18.41
95
11. Road Traffic Accidents
20.40
74
22.70
61
12. Cervical Cancer
17.62
45
20.99
37
13. Suicide
17.37
20
23.49
8
14. Kidney Disease
16.49
119
35.72
35
15. Falls
15.42
6
2.99
150
16. Liver Cancer
15.26
14
5.46
87
17. Breast Cancer
14.95
118
18.21
76
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
13.45
6
2.04
70
19. Drownings
13.24
3
4.06
44
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
12.68
149
16.44
118
21. Other Injuries
11.38
51
10.77
57
22. Lung Cancers
9.65
106
18.34
64
23. Tuberculosis
9.42
69
39.83
26
24. Ovary Cancer
9.01
2
3.85
115
25. Prostate Cancer
7.87
141
35.20
22
26. Maternal Conditions
7.76
39
2.65
62
27. Parkinson's Disease
7.47
10
3.36
130
28. Dengue
7.45
1
0.00
171
29. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.52
128
8.90
89
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.29
41
4.52
65
31. Congenital Anomalies
5.34
103
6.23
83
32. Malnutrition
5.16
54
4.41
56
33. Violence
4.48
92
37.54
8
34. Uterin Cancer
4.33
26
2.15
99
35. Inflammatory/Heart
4.22
104
12.75
17
36. Low Birth Weight
4.04
104
7.16
63
37. Leukemia
3.76
83
3.34
108
38. Endocrine Disorders
3.63
86
11.70
14
39. Birth Trauma
3.30
80
3.36
78
40. Skin Disease
2.81
32
2.91
30
41. Fires
2.65
60
6.64
4
42. Poisonings
2.65
28
1.62
54
43. Stomach Cancer
2.63
166
3.68
137
44. Lymphomas
2.41
163
6.08
39
45. Syphilis
2.19
7
1.56
17
46. Oral Cancer
2.06
129
3.18
80
47. Epilepsy
1.85
78
3.28
22
48. Alcohol
1.81
67
1.93
61
49. Meningitis
1.79
65
6.74
41
50. Pancreas Cancer
1.31
161
4.98
65
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
975
21.40
32,739
7.20
2. Stroke
670
14.71
30,693
6.75
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
371
8.14
39,341
8.65
4. Diabetes Mellitus
322
7.07
30,188
6.64
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
218
4.78
15,843
3.49
6. Lung Disease
209
4.59
11,895
2.62
7. Malaria
146
3.20
83
0.02
8. Road Traffic Accidents
111
2.44
13,014
2.86
9. Suicide
98
2.15
13,774
3.03
10. Liver Disease
89
1.95
9,013
1.98
11. Drownings
80
1.76
2,403
0.53
12. Asthma
78
1.71
5,966
1.31
13. Hypertension
76
1.67
12,789
2.81
14. Low Birth Weight
65
1.43
6,250
1.37
15. Kidney Disease
64
1.40
15,302
3.37
16. Congenital Anomalies
63
1.38
4,351
0.96
17. Liver Cancer
60
1.32
2,383
0.52
18. Other Injuries
60
1.32
6,014
1.32
19. Rheumatic Heart Disease
59
1.29
1,015
0.22
20. Falls
55
1.21
1,399
0.31
21. Birth Trauma
51
1.12
3,004
0.66
22. Maternal Conditions
46
1.01
1,700
0.37
23. Tuberculosis
45
0.99
21,965
4.83
24. Dengue
41
0.90
0
0.00
25. Cervical Cancer
41
0.90
5,555
1.22
26. Breast Cancer
34
0.75
4,533
1.00
27. Lung Cancers
33
0.72
7,705
1.70
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
32
0.70
4,676
1.03
29. Syphilis
28
0.61
1,130
0.25
30. Violence
26
0.57
21,000
4.62
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23
0.50
3,587
0.79
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
22
0.48
1,894
0.42
33. Parkinson's Disease
21
0.46
1,077
0.24
34. Ovary Cancer
21
0.46
951
0.21
35. Leukemia
20
0.44
1,464
0.32
36. Malnutrition
19
0.42
2,381
0.52
37. Inflammatory/Heart
17
0.37
5,408
1.19
38. Poisonings
15
0.33
975
0.21
39. Endocrine Disorders
15
0.33
5,890
1.30
40. Fires
14
0.31
3,618
0.80
41. Meningitis
13
0.29
3,660
0.81
42. Lymphomas
13
0.29
2,818
0.62
43. Prostate Cancer
13
0.29
4,374
0.96
44. Stomach Cancer
12
0.26
1,535
0.34
45. Epilepsy
11
0.24
1,870
0.41
46. Skin Disease
10
0.22
1,101
0.24
47. Uterin Cancer
9
0.20
512
0.11
48. Alcohol
9
0.20
987
0.22
49. Oral Cancer
8
0.18
1,406
0.31
50. Pertussis
7
0.15
1,142
0.25
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
17.62
45
20.99
37
2. Liver Cancer
15.26
14
5.46
87
3. Breast Cancer
14.95
118
18.21
76
4. Lung Cancers
9.65
106
18.34
64
5. Ovary Cancer
9.01
2
3.85
115
6. Prostate Cancer
7.87
141
35.20
22
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.52
128
8.90
89
8. Uterin Cancer
4.33
26
2.15
99
9. Leukemia
3.76
83
3.34
108
10. Stomach Cancer
2.63
166
3.68
137
11. Lymphomas
2.41
163
6.08
39
12. Oral Cancer
2.06
129
3.18
80
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.31
161
4.98
65
14. Bladder Cancer
1.27
142
2.19
83
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.31
180
8.50
16
16. Skin Cancers
0.00
182
2.47
53
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.