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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS DR CONGO

Compare Sri Lanka and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
108.48
92
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
36.82
69
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
44.15
23
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
19.83
52
5. Stroke
26.55
154
112.53
56
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
24.38
79
7. Asthma
25.43
10
20.76
18
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
117.32
16
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
39.80
25
10. Suicide
12.89
42
12.41
45
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.21
121
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
15.42
112
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
3.48
152
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
12.62
40
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
2.18
101
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
22.64
30
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
36.25
41
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
6.55
82
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
31.05
27
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
3.40
102
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
7.74
35
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
50.51
14
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
9.59
31
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
4.48
101
25. Falls
3.85
129
8.41
41
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
79.20
9
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
9.05
87
28. Drownings
3.24
68
3.10
72
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
55.99
28
30. Violence
2.36
122
16.45
27
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
11.44
22
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
3.08
143
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
9.82
29
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
10.69
18
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
92
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.78
167
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.91
111
38. War
1.35
16
1.98
12
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
1.25
88
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
1.81
79
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
2.36
50
42. Fires
1.04
112
3.03
48
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
2.92
114
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
10.95
18
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
3.70
117
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
86
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
11.11
32
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
16.42
13
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
2.58
30
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
1.51
82
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
34,713
5.28
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
12,902
1.96
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
13,527
2.06
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
4,548
0.69
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
9,077
1.38
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
36,596
5.56
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
7,733
1.18
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
73,546
11.18
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
30,256
4.60
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
5,812
0.88
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
1,003
0.15
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
1,158
0.18
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
790
0.12
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
8,272
1.26
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
3,416
0.52
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
2,579
0.39
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
15,044
2.29
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
1,871
0.28
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
3,840
0.58
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
15,743
2.39
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
2,061
0.31
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
16,256
2.47
23. Falls
964
0.83
3,483
0.53
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
2,966
0.45
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
43,759
6.65
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
4,823
0.73
27. Drownings
731
0.63
3,454
0.52
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
41,301
6.28
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
34,668
5.27
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
3,948
0.60
31. Violence
499
0.43
11,120
1.69
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
7,380
1.12
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
270
0.04
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
4,045
0.61
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
781
0.12
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
656
0.10
38. War
280
0.24
1,658
0.25
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
1,727
0.26
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
638
0.10
41. Fires
239
0.21
2,007
0.31
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
352
0.05
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
1,017
0.15
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
33,075
5.03
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
1,035
0.16
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
11,568
1.76
47. Dengue
131
0.11
1
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
10,513
1.60
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
1,729
0.26
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
88
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.21
121
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
15.42
112
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
3.48
152
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
2.18
101
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
22.64
30
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
6.55
82
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
31.05
27
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
3.40
102
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
9.59
31
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
4.48
101
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
9.05
87
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
3.08
143
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.78
167
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.91
111
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
2.92
114
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
2.16
74
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.