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Switzerland
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Switzerland and Eritrea 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.

Eritrea
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
Switzerland Population Pyramid
9,817,716
Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
 
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
 
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
 
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
 
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
 
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
 
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
 
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
64.2
69.5
171
162
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
64.4
69.7
170
166
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
64.7
69.9
170
167
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
65.1
70.1
170
167
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
65.7
70.5
170
168
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
66.3
70.9
170
169
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
67.0
71.4
171
169
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
67.9
72.1
172
169
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
69.0
72.9
173
173
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
70.4
74.0
173
173
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
72.1
75.3
173
173
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
74.1
76.8
174
174
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
76.6
78.6
173
173
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
79.3
80.7
173
173
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
82.3
83.2
170
171
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
85.5
86.2
164
165
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
89.1
89.5
162
167
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
119.40
80
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
20.70
39
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
3.27
154
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
28.19
15
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
6.95
146
6. Stroke
14.92
183
139.66
28
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
36.46
34
8. Suicide
9.83
72
17.26
21
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
5.79
136
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
52.22
13
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
1.05
166
12. Falls
7.39
65
8.77
36
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
152.35
5
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
6.91
19
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
30.38
57
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
7.50
10
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
61.76
5
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
51.06
37
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
3.56
151
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
5.74
71
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
6.40
71
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
6.26
4
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
2.50
170
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
3.00
111
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
4.91
52
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
2.26
78
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
3.62
63
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
0.32
133
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
4.30
43
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
21.49
6
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
1.58
112
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
1.73
126
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
1.45
70
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
54.13
5
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
6.60
69
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
2.33
52
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
12.74
69
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
0.19
95
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
3.11
27
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
102.04
5
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.00
93
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
2.17
55
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
7.36
28
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.00
95
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
7.37
46
46. Drownings
0.47
172
3.38
64
47. Violence
0.45
179
13.64
33
48. Asthma
0.42
169
16.35
34
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.00
98
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
3.69
30
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
2,154
8.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
310
1.22
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
2,564
10.09
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
62
0.24
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
662
2.61
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
926
3.64
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
113
0.44
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
3,277
12.90
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
168
0.66
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
54
0.21
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
311
1.22
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
20
0.08
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
578
2.27
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
382
1.50
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
147
0.58
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
123
0.48
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
944
3.71
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
85
0.33
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
69
0.27
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
6
0.02
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
1,215
4.78
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
144
0.57
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
42
0.17
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
48
0.19
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
71
0.28
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
71
0.28
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
30
0.12
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
81
0.32
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
79
0.31
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
540
2.13
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
432
1.70
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
45
0.18
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
18
0.07
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
1,326
5.22
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
2,292
9.02
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
36
0.14
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
0
0.00
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
4
0.02
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
81
0.32
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
45
0.18
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
147
0.58
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
531
2.09
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
132
0.52
44. Anemia
102
0.18
0
0.00
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
0
0.00
46. Asthma
95
0.16
326
1.28
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
660
2.60
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
77
0.30
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
12
0.05
50. Drownings
49
0.08
118
0.46
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
3.27
154
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
28.19
15
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
6.95
146
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
5.79
136
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
1.05
166
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
6.91
19
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
7.50
10
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
3.56
151
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
6.26
4
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
2.50
170
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
2.26
78
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
3.62
63
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
4.30
43
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
1.58
112
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
1.73
126
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
12.74
69
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.