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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS SWEDEN

Compare Sri Lanka and Sweden 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.

Sweden
COUNTRY #2
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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%
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Sweden Population Pyramid
11,389,198
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   Sweden SWEDEN
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sweden SWEDEN
       
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
  
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sweden SWEDEN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
80.8
84.0
8
18
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
80.8
84.0
8
18
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
81.1
84.2
9
20
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
81.1
84.2
9
20
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
81.1
84.2
9
21
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
81.2
84.3
10
21
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
81.4
84.3
9
21
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
81.6
84.4
8
20
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
81.8
84.5
7
20
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
82.0
84.6
8
20
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
82.2
84.7
8
20
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
82.4
84.9
10
22
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
82.8
85.2
11
24
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
83.3
85.6
14
25
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
84.1
86.2
16
26
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
85.2
87.0
17
27
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
86.5
88.0
25
30
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
88.2
89.3
36
35
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
90.3
91.0
59
54
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sweden SWEDEN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
50.98
161
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
6.85
159
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
14.83
144
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
30.96
10
5. Stroke
26.55
154
19.81
170
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
5.07
167
7. Asthma
25.43
10
0.56
158
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
8.29
165
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
2.57
174
10. Suicide
12.89
42
12.37
47
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
1.75
146
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
13.55
127
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
16.11
75
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
4.92
134
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
2.39
93
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
2.28
161
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
3.99
170
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
2.75
164
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
20.40
64
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
3.40
103
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
2.78
162
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
5.32
154
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
3.36
156
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.29
73
25. Falls
3.85
129
3.92
127
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
0.09
179
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
12.51
44
28. Drownings
3.24
68
0.83
156
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
0.88
143
30. Violence
2.36
122
1.22
143
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
0.61
178
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
5.06
65
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
2.58
150
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
3.09
106
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.47
24
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
2.74
65
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
2.44
87
38. War
1.35
16
0.02
97
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
4.10
18
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
0.70
124
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
0.78
158
42. Fires
1.04
112
0.40
154
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
7.84
25
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
0.38
165
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
3.12
140
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
173
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
0.22
153
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
0.06
165
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
0.12
165
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
2.09
58
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sweden SWEDEN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
15,136
19.91
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
1,834
2.41
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
4,344
5.72
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
10,917
14.36
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
1,629
2.14
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
6,035
7.94
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
158
0.21
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
2,659
3.50
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
315
0.41
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
1,479
1.95
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
379
0.50
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
3,722
4.90
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
538
0.71
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
1,374
1.81
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
1,582
2.08
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
612
0.81
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
723
0.95
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
825
1.09
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
752
0.99
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
1,838
2.42
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
1,357
1.79
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
308
0.41
23. Falls
964
0.83
1,109
1.46
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
3,049
4.01
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
24
0.03
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
228
0.30
27. Drownings
731
0.63
114
0.15
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
289
0.38
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
50
0.07
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
2,622
3.45
31. Violence
499
0.43
113
0.15
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
702
0.92
33. Anemia
445
0.38
175
0.23
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
760
1.00
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
547
0.72
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
220
0.29
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
553
0.73
38. War
280
0.24
2
0.00
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
121
0.16
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
423
0.56
41. Fires
239
0.21
65
0.09
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
345
0.45
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
1,849
2.43
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
34
0.04
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
943
1.24
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
35
0.05
47. Dengue
131
0.11
0
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
5
0.01
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
18
0.02
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
1,036
1.36
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sweden SWEDEN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
1.75
146
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
13.55
127
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
16.11
75
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
2.39
93
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
2.28
161
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
2.75
164
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
20.40
64
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
3.40
103
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
3.36
156
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.29
73
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
12.51
44
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
5.06
65
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
2.74
65
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
2.44
87
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
7.84
25
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
2.90
35
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.