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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Sri Lanka and Saint Lucia 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.

Saint Lucia
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
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%
Saint Lucia Population Pyramid
182,127
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
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA
       
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
 
55.1
58.5
56.8
70
71
71
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
 
60.5
64.1
62.3
68
71
69
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
 
68.7
73.3
71.0
46
67
53
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
 
69.6
73.5
71.6
60
85
73
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
 
71.6
76.9
74.2
67
72
66
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
 
71.3
77.7
74.3
85
81
82
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
71.3
77.7
85
81
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
71.3
77.7
85
81
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
73.1
79.3
83
70
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
73.2
79.4
84
70
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
73.3
79.5
84
70
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
73.5
79.6
82
70
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
74.0
79.8
81
68
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
74.5
79.9
76
68
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
75.1
80.2
76
68
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
75.6
80.5
76
66
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
76.2
80.9
74
62
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
77.0
81.4
72
61
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
78.0
82.1
70
58
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
79.2
82.9
69
58
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
80.7
83.9
69
55
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
82.3
85.2
69
55
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
84.5
86.7
71
54
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
86.8
88.4
79
57
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.6
90.5
117
74
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
60.16
150
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
59.14
27
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
21.32
96
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
17.12
103
5. Stroke
26.55
154
76.66
98
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
34.17
41
7. Asthma
25.43
10
4.32
93
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
27.43
89
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
27.06
55
10. Suicide
12.89
42
6.85
118
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
1.36
165
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
22.47
39
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
8.35
111
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
6.74
103
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
1.50
127
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
10.57
81
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
15.59
105
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
9.38
48
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
46.15
9
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
1.85
155
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
5.16
110
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
21.09
77
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
1.64
180
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.94
46
25. Falls
3.85
129
4.11
123
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
1.24
120
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
9.43
85
28. Drownings
3.24
68
4.88
28
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
1.89
107
30. Violence
2.36
122
18.65
21
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
11.00
29
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
2.75
154
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
13.71
12
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
9.99
20
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
150
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.00
183
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.88
113
38. War
1.35
16
0.09
54
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
0.92
123
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
6.62
11
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
3.52
13
42. Fires
1.04
112
1.51
92
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
3.34
103
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
1.76
98
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
5.38
39
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.33
20
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
0.70
98
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
0.95
87
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
0.13
163
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
4.33
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
149
11.29
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
140
10.61
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
53
4.02
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
48
3.64
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
80
6.06
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
188
14.24
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
10
0.76
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
66
5.00
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
55
4.17
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
14
1.06
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
3
0.23
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
19
1.44
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
3
0.23
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
15
1.14
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
25
1.89
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
22
1.67
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
35
2.65
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
4
0.30
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
4
0.30
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
52
3.94
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
13
0.98
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
8
0.61
23. Falls
964
0.83
11
0.83
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
21
1.59
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
3
0.23
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
12
0.91
27. Drownings
731
0.63
9
0.68
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
5
0.38
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
17
1.29
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
56
4.24
31. Violence
499
0.43
37
2.80
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
20
1.52
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
0
0.00
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
31
2.35
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
16
1.21
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
3
0.23
38. War
280
0.24
0
0.00
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
7
0.53
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
2
0.15
41. Fires
239
0.21
3
0.23
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
2
0.15
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
8
0.61
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
3
0.23
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
14
1.06
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
1
0.08
47. Dengue
131
0.11
1
0.08
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
2
0.15
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
0
0.00
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
2
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
1.36
165
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
22.47
39
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
8.35
111
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
1.50
127
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
10.57
81
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
9.38
48
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
46.15
9
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
1.85
155
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
1.64
180
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.94
46
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
9.43
85
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
2.75
154
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.00
183
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.88
113
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
3.34
103
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
0.00
181
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.