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Spain
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
SPAIN VS UNITED STATES

Compare Spain and United States 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.

United States
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
Spain Population Pyramid
28,069,734
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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United States Population Pyramid
158,804,397
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
  Spain SPAIN   United States UNITED STATES
  Spain SPAIN   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
22
25
22
  
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
69.3
74.9
72.0
11
11
7
  
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
72.3
78.5
75.3
6
7
6
  
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
73.3
80.5
76.8
14
5
9
  
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
75.6
82.5
79.1
13
3
8
  
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
78.9
85.0
81.9
11
2
4
  
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
80.7
85.7
83.2
11
3
5
  
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.7
85.7
11
3
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
80.7
85.7
11
3
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
81.0
85.9
11
3
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
81.0
86.0
11
3
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
81.0
86.0
11
3
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
81.1
86.0
11
3
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
81.2
86.1
13
3
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
81.3
86.1
13
3
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
81.4
86.2
13
3
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
81.5
86.2
13
3
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
81.7
86.4
14
3
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
82.0
86.6
16
3
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
82.5
86.9
16
3
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
83.3
87.3
16
3
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
84.3
87.9
12
3
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
85.5
88.5
11
5
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
86.9
89.3
12
6
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
88.8
90.4
13
8
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
91.1
92.0
21
13
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
34.87
179
73.49
142
2. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
25.54
24
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.52
32
33.26
8
4. Stroke
18.37
177
22.27
164
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
10.28
71
6. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
15.93
105
7. Lung Disease
12.26
157
28.49
60
8. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
11.64
126
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.96
168
8.86
163
10. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
7.26
36
11. Kidney Disease
5.51
162
13.08
127
12. Suicide
5.28
137
14.51
31
13. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
2.24
173
14. Diabetes Mellitus
5.01
169
10.58
144
15. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
4.69
110
16. Liver Disease
4.79
163
8.98
134
17. Hypertension
4.72
157
10.26
133
18. Lymphomas
4.68
92
6.36
31
19. Other Injuries
4.18
148
5.11
130
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.16
111
5.64
73
21. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
2.84
61
22. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
4.70
79
23. Endocrine Disorders
3.95
83
8.22
28
24. Leukemia
3.46
98
4.43
49
25. Other Neoplasms
3.41
27
2.68
37
26. Road Traffic Accidents
3.15
167
11.10
120
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.99
145
4.55
68
28. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
2.01
132
29. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
3.11
50
30. Falls
2.48
166
5.68
90
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
3.04
71
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.05
174
3.78
140
33. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
2.77
151
34. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
2.36
57
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.15
106
0.55
152
36. Drug Use
1.10
104
21.28
1
37. Skin Disease
1.03
109
0.86
115
38. Low Birth Weight
0.92
169
2.37
138
39. HIV/AIDS
0.81
116
1.37
113
40. Epilepsy
0.81
155
0.78
159
41. Asthma
0.72
145
0.84
141
42. Drownings
0.69
163
1.19
140
43. Hepatitis C
0.63
12
1.13
5
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.61
157
1.55
114
45. Violence
0.47
178
6.00
81
46. Anemia
0.45
29
0.42
32
47. Alcohol
0.41
150
3.50
28
48. Birth Trauma
0.40
162
0.42
157
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.38
179
0.55
170
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.35
47
0.97
8
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Spain SPAIN   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
51,684
15.64
504,904
20.15
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
42,339
12.81
287,198
11.46
3. Stroke
29,004
8.78
158,520
6.33
4. Lung Cancers
22,131
6.70
155,533
6.21
5. Lung Disease
18,926
5.73
195,387
7.80
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16,957
5.13
61,827
2.47
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
13,717
4.15
60,317
2.41
8. Kidney Disease
9,725
2.94
85,861
3.43
9. Hypertension
9,115
2.76
65,960
2.63
10. Diabetes Mellitus
7,773
2.35
61,418
2.45
11. Breast Cancer
7,067
2.14
48,671
1.94
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,752
2.04
44,293
1.77
13. Prostate Cancer
6,420
1.94
35,612
1.42
14. Stomach Cancer
5,796
1.75
13,077
0.52
15. Other Injuries
5,536
1.68
25,997
1.04
16. Lymphomas
5,335
1.61
40,281
1.61
17. Bladder Cancer
5,222
1.58
19,622
0.78
18. Liver Cancer
5,098
1.54
27,064
1.08
19. Inflammatory/Heart
4,984
1.51
32,529
1.30
20. Parkinson's Disease
4,943
1.50
34,491
1.38
21. Endocrine Disorders
4,863
1.47
46,985
1.87
22. Other Neoplasms
4,748
1.44
17,743
0.71
23. Liver Disease
4,231
1.28
43,402
1.73
24. Leukemia
3,772
1.14
26,966
1.08
25. Suicide
3,609
1.09
53,099
2.12
26. Falls
3,246
0.98
40,418
1.61
27. Oral Cancer
2,583
0.78
11,555
0.46
28. Ovary Cancer
2,026
0.61
14,591
0.58
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2,011
0.61
17,829
0.71
30. Skin Disease
1,840
0.56
5,409
0.22
31. Road Traffic Accidents
1,829
0.55
41,694
1.66
32. Skin Cancers
1,803
0.55
14,311
0.57
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,612
0.49
3,646
0.15
34. Uterin Cancer
1,612
0.49
10,063
0.40
35. Asthma
1,133
0.34
3,818
0.15
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,064
0.32
9,955
0.40
37. Anemia
914
0.28
3,115
0.12
38. Congenital Anomalies
863
0.26
11,762
0.47
39. Cervical Cancer
855
0.26
6,984
0.28
40. Epilepsy
824
0.25
3,162
0.13
41. Drug Use
776
0.23
74,435
2.97
42. Hepatitis C
652
0.20
5,684
0.23
43. HIV/AIDS
538
0.16
5,660
0.23
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
475
0.14
3,461
0.14
45. Drownings
446
0.13
4,070
0.16
46. Alcohol
333
0.10
14,659
0.58
47. Malnutrition
302
0.09
6,762
0.27
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
294
0.09
2,461
0.10
49. Multiple Sclerosis
287
0.09
5,059
0.20
50. Tuberculosis
270
0.08
546
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
25.54
24
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
10.28
71
3. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
15.93
105
4. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
11.64
126
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
7.26
36
6. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
2.24
173
7. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
4.69
110
8. Lymphomas
4.68
92
6.36
31
9. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
2.84
61
10. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
4.70
79
11. Leukemia
3.46
98
4.43
49
12. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
2.01
132
13. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
3.11
50
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
3.04
71
15. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
2.77
151
16. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
2.36
57
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.