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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS GUYANA

Compare Sri Lanka and Guyana 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.

Guyana
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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Guyana Population Pyramid
824,958
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Guyana GUYANA
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Guyana GUYANA
       
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
  
54.8
57.9
56.3
71
75
73
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
57.8
61.6
59.7
83
85
84
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
58.2
63.7
60.9
105
94
99
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
59.1
65.6
62.3
127
115
118
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
62.7
68.4
65.4
114
116
116
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
63.4
68.6
65.9
128
126
129
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
62.5
69.4
65.7
152
135
142
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Guyana GUYANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
62.5
69.4
152
135
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
62.5
69.4
152
135
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
64.6
71.2
167
147
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
64.8
71.3
168
151
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
65.0
71.5
168
154
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
65.3
71.9
168
152
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
66.3
72.2
166
152
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
67.5
72.9
166
149
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
68.2
73.2
167
153
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
69.2
73.8
166
152
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
70.5
74.7
166
152
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
71.5
75.6
167
153
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
73.4
76.8
165
152
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
75.1
78.1
165
151
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
77.7
79.8
153
148
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
79.6
81.4
168
156
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
83.7
84.4
103
122
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
85.3
85.7
172
171
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
91.0
90.1
26
116
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Guyana GUYANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
192.95
31
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
82.60
14
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
25.43
78
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
3.28
171
5. Stroke
26.55
154
149.26
24
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
32.95
45
7. Asthma
25.43
10
3.57
100
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
42.19
65
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
22.39
63
10. Suicide
12.89
42
40.85
2
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.74
94
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
25.59
23
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
5.31
135
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
22.64
4
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
1.07
152
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
24.77
25
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
26.93
68
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
4.88
110
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
41.13
12
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
2.77
131
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
7.16
50
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
45.77
18
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
4.07
126
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
4.43
105
25. Falls
3.85
129
1.52
177
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
18.83
52
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
8.32
96
28. Drownings
3.24
68
18.48
1
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
6.60
74
30. Violence
2.36
122
25.46
14
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
7.54
57
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
4.75
77
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
12.69
18
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
24.94
3
35. Anemia
1.74
8
14.15
1
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.11
150
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
3.50
36
38. War
1.35
16
0.08
59
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
2.12
43
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
0.46
144
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
3.18
26
42. Fires
1.04
112
2.65
61
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
2.70
123
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
5.24
62
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
1.31
172
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.24
26
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
1.91
62
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
3.59
53
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
0.07
178
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
0.41
151
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Guyana GUYANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
1,335
18.58
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
579
8.06
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
174
2.42
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
23
0.32
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
233
3.24
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
1,022
14.22
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
25
0.35
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
302
4.20
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
175
2.44
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
315
4.38
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
20
0.28
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
38
0.53
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
8
0.11
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
167
2.32
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
96
1.34
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
34
0.47
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
197
2.74
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
21
0.29
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
29
0.40
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
320
4.45
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
32
0.45
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
69
0.96
23. Falls
964
0.83
11
0.15
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
59
0.82
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
137
1.91
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
91
1.27
27. Drownings
731
0.63
145
2.02
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
48
0.67
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
89
1.24
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
123
1.71
31. Violence
499
0.43
194
2.70
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
174
2.42
33. Anemia
445
0.38
99
1.38
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
8
0.11
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
92
1.28
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
3
0.04
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
18
0.25
38. War
280
0.24
1
0.01
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
24
0.33
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
16
0.22
41. Fires
239
0.21
19
0.26
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
13
0.18
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
19
0.26
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
64
0.89
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
9
0.13
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
17
0.24
47. Dengue
131
0.11
2
0.03
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
28
0.39
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
1
0.01
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
40
0.56
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Guyana GUYANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.74
94
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
25.59
23
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
5.31
135
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
1.07
152
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
24.77
25
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
4.88
110
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
41.13
12
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
2.77
131
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
4.07
126
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
4.43
105
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
8.32
96
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
4.75
77
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.11
150
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
3.50
36
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
2.70
123
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
0.71
152
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.