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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Sri Lanka and Rwanda 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.

Rwanda
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
Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Rwanda RWANDA
       
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
 
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
 
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
 
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
 
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
 
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
 
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
 
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
77.83
135
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
36.55
70
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
33.52
41
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
19.49
55
5. Stroke
26.55
154
105.76
62
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
23.20
92
7. Asthma
25.43
10
11.90
53
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
74.70
45
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
43.89
15
10. Suicide
12.89
42
9.45
81
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
3.02
84
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
15.96
102
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
4.46
140
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
10.27
62
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
3.59
52
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
26.00
22
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
41.22
23
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
10.60
37
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
25.46
43
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
3.96
73
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
7.02
52
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
30.17
44
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
11.48
24
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.66
58
25. Falls
3.85
129
7.68
61
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
6.68
78
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
12.27
45
28. Drownings
3.24
68
2.14
108
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
39.89
44
30. Violence
2.36
122
4.56
91
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
6.97
65
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
2.74
155
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
5.09
86
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
2.79
121
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
149
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.66
173
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.84
115
38. War
1.35
16
0.02
96
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
0.56
154
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
1.71
83
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
2.08
60
42. Fires
1.04
112
2.90
52
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
3.86
87
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
6.06
54
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
3.83
107
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
65
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
8.67
38
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
6.57
42
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
2.31
40
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
1.99
60
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
3,605
6.21
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
1,858
3.20
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
1,555
2.68
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
657
1.13
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
1,206
2.08
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
5,060
8.72
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
717
1.24
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
5,280
9.10
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
3,718
6.41
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
704
1.21
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
272
0.47
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
234
0.40
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
213
0.37
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
944
1.63
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
600
1.03
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
780
1.34
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
2,548
4.39
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
317
0.55
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
706
1.22
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
1,357
2.34
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
450
0.78
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
1,777
3.06
23. Falls
964
0.83
412
0.71
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
591
1.02
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
625
1.08
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
941
1.62
27. Drownings
731
0.63
285
0.49
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
3,121
5.38
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
2,193
3.78
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
396
0.68
31. Violence
499
0.43
548
0.94
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
219
0.38
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
35
0.06
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
347
0.60
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
103
0.18
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
92
0.16
38. War
280
0.24
3
0.01
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
191
0.33
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
45
0.08
41. Fires
239
0.21
270
0.47
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
58
0.10
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
214
0.37
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
1,888
3.25
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
146
0.25
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
847
1.46
47. Dengue
131
0.11
0
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
722
1.24
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
220
0.38
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
16
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
3.02
84
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
15.96
102
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
4.46
140
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
3.59
52
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
26.00
22
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
10.60
37
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
25.46
43
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
3.96
73
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
11.48
24
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.66
58
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
12.27
45
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
2.74
155
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.66
173
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.84
115
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
3.86
87
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
1.89
91
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.