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Tanzania
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 Tanzania and United States 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.

United States
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
Tanzania Population Pyramid
129,386,845
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%
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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
  Tanzania TANZANIA   United States UNITED STATES
  Tanzania TANZANIA   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.1
45.5
43.7
129
126
127
 
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
45.2
48.6
46.9
136
135
136
 
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
48.7
52.0
50.3
143
141
142
 
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
49.1
52.8
50.9
160
157
160
 
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
48.4
50.0
49.2
166
170
167
 
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
56.4
58.6
57.5
161
162
161
 
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
65.4
69.3
67.3
134
136
135
 
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tanzania TANZANIA   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
65.4
69.3
134
136
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
65.4
69.3
134
136
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
69.1
72.6
134
136
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
69.6
73.1
133
135
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
69.8
73.3
132
135
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
70.2
73.6
130
135
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
70.6
73.9
131
135
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
71.1
74.3
131
135
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
71.7
74.8
128
133
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
72.4
75.4
124
133
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
73.3
76.1
123
131
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
74.3
76.9
120
130
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
75.6
77.9
113
126
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
77.1
79.1
113
127
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
78.9
80.5
111
119
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
81.0
82.3
115
117
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
83.5
84.5
113
109
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
86.5
87.2
110
105
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.8
90.4
97
92
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tanzania TANZANIA   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
91.34
83
22.27
164
2. Coronary Heart Disease
76.15
138
73.49
142
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
71.25
48
8.86
163
4. HIV/AIDS
64.39
19
1.37
113
5. Tuberculosis
60.37
15
0.09
178
6. Road Traffic Accidents
49.33
10
11.10
120
7. Malaria
48.99
10
0.00
180
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
46.84
38
1.55
114
9. Cervical Cancer
46.71
7
2.77
151
10. Diabetes Mellitus
31.47
87
10.58
144
11. Hypertension
31.31
41
10.26
133
12. Prostate Cancer
29.39
30
11.64
126
13. Liver Disease
26.48
72
8.98
134
14. Kidney Disease
22.48
94
13.08
127
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.11
81
33.26
8
16. Lung Disease
17.10
126
28.49
60
17. Maternal Conditions
14.15
16
0.26
129
18. Malnutrition
12.23
22
0.90
104
19. Violence
10.35
47
6.00
81
20. Oesophagus Cancer
10.06
11
3.04
71
21. Other Injuries
9.26
74
5.11
130
22. Birth Trauma
9.12
34
0.42
157
23. Breast Cancer
8.50
171
15.93
105
24. Suicide
8.15
96
14.51
31
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
106
10.28
71
26. Congenital Anomalies
7.48
42
3.78
140
27. Low Birth Weight
7.48
58
2.37
138
28. Asthma
7.03
76
0.84
141
29. Falls
6.85
70
5.68
90
30. Oral Cancer
6.73
20
2.01
132
31. Meningitis
6.36
43
0.15
166
32. Stomach Cancer
5.88
94
2.24
173
33. Liver Cancer
5.65
85
4.69
110
34. Endocrine Disorders
4.70
69
8.22
28
35. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
107
5.64
73
36. Parkinson's Disease
3.49
124
4.55
68
37. Skin Cancers
3.42
22
2.36
57
38. Fires
2.84
53
0.73
124
39. Bladder Cancer
2.76
63
2.84
61
40. Pertussis
2.58
30
0.01
135
41. Lymphomas
2.46
162
6.36
31
42. Poisonings
2.34
38
0.46
102
43. Ovary Cancer
2.25
167
4.70
79
44. Drownings
2.22
105
1.19
140
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.98
110
0.55
170
46. Uterin Cancer
1.84
117
3.11
50
47. Epilepsy
1.76
83
0.78
159
48. Syphilis
1.75
14
0.01
142
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.58
86
0.55
152
50. Drug Use
1.48
68
21.28
1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Tanzania TANZANIA   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
27,402
9.29
5,660
0.23
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,028
8.83
60,317
2.41
3. Malaria
21,758
7.38
0
0.00
4. Tuberculosis
20,269
6.87
546
0.02
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18,054
6.12
41,694
1.66
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
17,587
5.96
9,955
0.40
7. Stroke
16,894
5.73
158,520
6.33
8. Birth Trauma
15,086
5.12
1,233
0.05
9. Coronary Heart Disease
13,215
4.48
504,904
20.15
10. Low Birth Weight
12,173
4.13
6,924
0.28
11. Congenital Anomalies
9,791
3.32
11,762
0.47
12. Maternal Conditions
6,835
2.32
779
0.03
13. Liver Disease
6,586
2.23
43,402
1.73
14. Cervical Cancer
6,424
2.18
6,984
0.28
15. Diabetes Mellitus
6,247
2.12
61,418
2.45
16. Malnutrition
5,574
1.89
6,762
0.27
17. Hypertension
5,209
1.77
65,960
2.63
18. Violence
4,713
1.60
18,976
0.76
19. Kidney Disease
4,547
1.54
85,861
3.43
20. Other Injuries
4,270
1.45
25,997
1.04
21. Meningitis
3,188
1.08
606
0.02
22. Lung Disease
3,051
1.03
195,387
7.80
23. Pertussis
2,774
0.94
16
0.00
24. Suicide
2,474
0.84
53,099
2.12
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,247
0.76
17,829
0.71
26. Syphilis
2,115
0.72
49
0.00
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,048
0.69
287,198
11.46
28. Prostate Cancer
1,819
0.62
35,612
1.42
29. Endocrine Disorders
1,778
0.60
46,985
1.87
30. Asthma
1,700
0.58
3,818
0.15
31. Oral Cancer
1,646
0.56
11,555
0.46
32. Drownings
1,642
0.56
4,070
0.16
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,567
0.53
61,827
2.47
34. Falls
1,533
0.52
40,418
1.61
35. Fires
1,424
0.48
3,183
0.13
36. Liver Cancer
1,413
0.48
27,064
1.08
37. Breast Cancer
1,285
0.44
48,671
1.94
38. Inflammatory/Heart
1,227
0.42
32,529
1.30
39. Stomach Cancer
1,190
0.40
13,077
0.52
40. Poisonings
1,170
0.40
1,674
0.07
41. Lymphomas
805
0.27
40,281
1.61
42. Skin Cancers
744
0.25
14,311
0.57
43. Epilepsy
707
0.24
3,162
0.13
44. Bladder Cancer
667
0.23
19,622
0.78
45. Parkinson's Disease
513
0.17
34,491
1.38
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
462
0.16
3,461
0.14
47. Leukemia
416
0.14
26,966
1.08
48. Drug Use
404
0.14
74,435
2.97
49. Tetanus
402
0.14
2
0.00
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
401
0.14
3,646
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tanzania TANZANIA   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
46.71
7
2.77
151
2. Prostate Cancer
29.39
30
11.64
126
3. Oesophagus Cancer
10.06
11
3.04
71
4. Breast Cancer
8.50
171
15.93
105
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
106
10.28
71
6. Oral Cancer
6.73
20
2.01
132
7. Stomach Cancer
5.88
94
2.24
173
8. Liver Cancer
5.65
85
4.69
110
9. Skin Cancers
3.42
22
2.36
57
10. Bladder Cancer
2.76
63
2.84
61
11. Lymphomas
2.46
162
6.36
31
12. Ovary Cancer
2.25
167
4.70
79
13. Uterin Cancer
1.84
117
3.11
50
14. Leukemia
1.24
165
4.43
49
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.71
174
7.26
36
16. Lung Cancers
0.60
181
25.54
24
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.