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United States
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
UNITED STATES VS BELARUS

Compare United States and Belarus 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.

Belarus
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
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%
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Belarus Population Pyramid
8,634,216
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
  United States UNITED STATES   Belarus BELARUS
  United States UNITED STATES   Belarus BELARUS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
64.0
72.9
68.3
35
16
31
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
68.0
76.0
71.9
21
6
11
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
65.9
75.6
70.6
54
24
36
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
66.3
75.6
70.8
74
39
57
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
62.6
73.5
68.0
115
84
103
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
64.5
76.3
70.3
122
81
103
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
69.7
79.6
74.8
104
53
79
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Belarus BELARUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
70.0
79.9
123
63
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
70.0
79.9
125
64
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
70.0
79.9
129
64
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
70.1
80.0
131
64
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
70.3
80.1
136
64
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
70.5
80.2
136
65
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
70.9
80.3
138
64
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
71.4
80.5
139
64
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
72.2
80.9
143
64
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
73.2
81.3
145
63
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
74.4
81.8
144
63
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
76.0
82.5
143
64
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
78.1
83.3
140
68
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
80.6
84.5
132
68
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
83.3
85.9
125
73
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.3
88.0
116
74
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.8
90.6
96
70
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Belarus BELARUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
282.35
10
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
15.86
125
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
12.05
159
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
18.53
62
5. Stroke
22.27
164
88.08
87
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
3.17
23
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
13.60
126
8. Suicide
14.51
31
16.49
22
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
2.70
181
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
16.14
85
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
6.48
146
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
2.20
181
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
17.05
12
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
2.07
176
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
14.66
108
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
7.00
175
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
1.05
173
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
7.23
40
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
4.50
99
20. Violence
6.00
81
2.29
124
21. Falls
5.68
90
6.97
69
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
10.19
27
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
8.33
83
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
4.83
75
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
2.31
177
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
3.10
141
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.67
87
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
2.85
159
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
19.82
1
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
3.90
29
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
3.20
63
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.70
112
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
3.98
138
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.31
137
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
0.98
168
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.81
99
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
10.43
41
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
6.03
30
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
0.10
179
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
1.60
112
41. Drownings
1.19
140
4.91
27
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.01
157
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.32
50
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
0.17
144
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
0.19
169
46. Asthma
0.84
141
0.72
146
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
1.06
131
48. Fires
0.73
124
4.48
15
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
1.59
85
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
1.46
133
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Belarus BELARUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
53,186
48.88
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
3,530
3.24
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
2,208
2.03
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
16,393
15.07
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
2,950
2.71
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
480
0.44
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
389
0.36
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
367
0.34
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
2,886
2.65
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
373
0.34
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
1,086
1.00
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
2,004
1.84
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
1,230
1.13
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
141
0.13
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
1,171
1.08
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
2,078
1.91
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
722
0.66
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
952
0.87
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
672
0.62
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
936
0.86
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
621
0.57
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
1,361
1.25
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
363
0.33
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
554
0.51
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
1,099
1.01
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
295
0.27
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
255
0.23
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
493
0.45
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
52
0.05
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
2,761
2.54
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
429
0.39
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
272
0.25
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
1,690
1.55
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
202
0.19
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
901
0.83
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
391
0.36
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
13
0.01
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
303
0.28
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
64
0.06
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
22
0.02
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
1
0.00
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
167
0.15
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
31
0.03
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
42
0.04
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
543
0.50
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
122
0.11
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
239
0.22
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
235
0.22
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
620
0.57
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
116
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Belarus BELARUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
18.53
62
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
13.60
126
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
16.14
85
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
17.05
12
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
7.23
40
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
4.50
99
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
4.83
75
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
2.31
177
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.67
87
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
3.90
29
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
3.20
63
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.70
112
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
3.98
138
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.81
99
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
10.43
41
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
6.03
30
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.