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South Africa
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
SOUTH AFRICA VS PHILIPPINES

Compare South Africa and Philippines 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.

Philippines
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
South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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Philippines Population Pyramid
144,488,171
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
  
51.6
55.3
53.4
85
83
85
1970
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
  
55.7
59.2
57.4
88
90
89
1980
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
  
59.4
63.3
61.3
95
97
96
1990
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
  
63.6
67.8
65.6
102
107
106
2000
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
  
63.9
69.9
66.8
110
113
111
2010
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
  
64.8
71.2
67.9
118
116
121
2019
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
  
67.4
73.6
70.4
124
113
119
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
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  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.2
68.3
154
145
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age
62.2
68.3
154
145
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age 5
64.6
70.5
168
153
69.6
75.5
125
113
Age 10
64.8
70.7
167
157
69.8
75.7
131
113
Age 15
65.0
70.8
167
158
69.9
75.8
131
113
Age 20
65.3
71.2
167
158
70.1
75.9
132
113
Age 25
66.0
71.8
167
157
70.4
76.1
133
113
Age 30
67.1
72.8
167
152
70.8
76.3
133
112
Age 35
68.5
74.1
165
141
71.3
76.6
133
111
Age 40
70.2
75.4
156
131
71.9
76.9
133
110
Age 45
71.9
76.8
147
118
72.6
77.4
134
110
Age 50
73.6
78.0
133
107
73.4
78.0
139
110
Age 55
75.5
79.2
119
101
74.6
78.7
140
109
Age 60
77.3
80.5
106
100
75.8
79.6
147
109
Age 65
79.4
82.0
91
96
77.6
80.7
155
112
Age 70
81.8
83.6
84
90
79.9
82.2
160
120
Age 75
84.1
85.4
82
88
82.3
83.7
169
158
Age 80
86.6
87.4
95
97
84.8
85.4
182
179
Age 85
89.6
90.1
115
122
86.8
87.4
183
182
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
121.35
9
0.19
146
2. Coronary Heart Disease
83.76
128
192.11
32
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
83.23
40
146.92
6
4. Stroke
80.50
93
104.08
66
5. Diabetes Mellitus
74.67
16
44.43
49
6. Tuberculosis
39.83
26
26.98
40
7. Violence
37.54
8
14.87
28
8. Kidney Disease
35.72
35
51.96
10
9. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
17.74
76
10. Hypertension
33.86
36
49.65
16
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
33.37
46
6.44
75
12. Lung Disease
31.41
47
51.31
14
13. Suicide
23.49
8
2.54
173
14. Road Traffic Accidents
22.70
61
13.42
109
15. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
6.78
110
16. Liver Disease
18.41
95
8.65
135
17. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
13.46
85
18. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
21.58
42
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.44
118
3.10
172
20. Asthma
13.63
45
15.56
36
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.75
17
4.37
96
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.70
14
15.28
8
23. Other Injuries
10.77
57
3.79
156
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
10.50
69
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
0.87
166
26. Low Birth Weight
7.16
63
6.40
72
27. Meningitis
6.74
41
0.97
81
28. Fires
6.64
4
0.64
128
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
83
5.74
95
30. Lymphomas
6.08
39
2.77
155
31. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
9.73
30
32. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
2.81
120
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.52
65
9.95
12
34. Malnutrition
4.41
56
6.71
42
35. Drownings
4.06
44
3.74
53
36. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
4.41
93
37. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
2.47
171
38. Birth Trauma
3.36
78
5.07
65
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.36
130
0.92
178
40. Leukemia
3.34
108
3.83
80
41. Epilepsy
3.28
22
1.10
129
42. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
3.74
62
43. Falls
2.99
150
5.41
95
44. Skin Disease
2.91
30
6.88
10
45. Maternal Conditions
2.65
62
1.87
72
46. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
0.52
161
47. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
0.82
164
48. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
1.71
128
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.04
70
1.81
75
50. Alcohol
1.93
61
0.45
144
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
71,996
15.84
204
0.03
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
39,341
8.65
93,807
13.91
3. Coronary Heart Disease
32,739
7.20
129,955
19.27
4. Stroke
30,693
6.75
74,167
11.00
5. Diabetes Mellitus
30,188
6.64
32,260
4.78
6. Tuberculosis
21,965
4.83
27,061
4.01
7. Violence
21,000
4.62
14,835
2.20
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,843
3.49
6,189
0.92
9. Kidney Disease
15,302
3.37
39,380
5.84
10. Suicide
13,774
3.03
2,325
0.34
11. Road Traffic Accidents
13,014
2.86
13,017
1.93
12. Hypertension
12,789
2.81
34,500
5.12
13. Lung Disease
11,895
2.62
32,559
4.83
14. Liver Disease
9,013
1.98
7,076
1.05
15. Lung Cancers
7,705
1.70
10,296
1.53
16. Low Birth Weight
6,250
1.37
10,141
1.50
17. Other Injuries
6,014
1.32
3,536
0.52
18. Asthma
5,966
1.31
11,404
1.69
19. Endocrine Disorders
5,890
1.30
10,464
1.55
20. Cervical Cancer
5,555
1.22
3,076
0.46
21. Inflammatory/Heart
5,408
1.19
3,545
0.53
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,676
1.03
2,010
0.30
23. Breast Cancer
4,533
1.00
9,802
1.45
24. Prostate Cancer
4,374
0.96
4,149
0.62
25. Congenital Anomalies
4,351
0.96
8,051
1.19
26. Meningitis
3,660
0.81
1,041
0.15
27. Fires
3,618
0.80
600
0.09
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,587
0.79
8,063
1.20
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,486
0.77
672
0.10
30. Birth Trauma
3,004
0.66
7,960
1.18
31. Lymphomas
2,818
0.62
2,279
0.34
32. Drownings
2,403
0.53
3,881
0.58
33. Liver Cancer
2,383
0.52
7,663
1.14
34. Malnutrition
2,381
0.52
4,311
0.64
35. Pancreas Cancer
2,007
0.44
2,121
0.31
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,894
0.42
6,865
1.02
37. Epilepsy
1,870
0.41
1,120
0.17
38. Maternal Conditions
1,700
0.37
2,042
0.30
39. Stomach Cancer
1,535
0.34
1,868
0.28
40. Leukemia
1,464
0.32
3,596
0.53
41. Oral Cancer
1,406
0.31
2,916
0.43
42. Falls
1,399
0.31
3,861
0.57
43. Pertussis
1,142
0.25
1,760
0.26
44. Syphilis
1,130
0.25
1,157
0.17
45. Skin Disease
1,101
0.24
4,229
0.63
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,077
0.24
594
0.09
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,015
0.22
1,807
0.27
48. Skin Cancers
993
0.22
368
0.05
49. Alcohol
987
0.22
401
0.06
50. Poisonings
975
0.21
226
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
17.74
76
2. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
6.78
110
3. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
13.46
85
4. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
21.58
42
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
10.50
69
6. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
0.87
166
7. Lymphomas
6.08
39
2.77
155
8. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
9.73
30
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
2.81
120
10. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
4.41
93
11. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
2.47
171
12. Leukemia
3.34
108
3.83
80
13. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
3.74
62
14. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
0.52
161
15. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
0.82
164
16. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
1.71
128
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.