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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 SOUTH AFRICA

Compare United States and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  United States UNITED STATES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
83.76
128
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
16.44
118
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
31.41
47
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
18.34
64
5. Stroke
22.27
164
80.50
93
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
1.52
67
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
18.21
76
8. Suicide
14.51
31
23.49
8
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
35.72
35
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
35.20
22
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
22.70
61
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
74.67
16
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
8.90
89
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
33.86
36
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
18.41
95
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
83.23
40
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
11.70
14
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
4.98
65
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
6.08
39
20. Violence
6.00
81
37.54
8
21. Falls
5.68
90
2.99
150
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
12.75
17
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
10.77
57
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.85
115
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
5.46
87
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
3.36
130
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.34
108
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
6.23
83
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.93
61
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
2.15
99
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
8.50
16
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
2.19
83
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
20.99
37
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.65
75
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
7.16
63
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
2.47
53
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.68
137
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
3.18
80
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
33.37
46
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
121.35
9
41. Drownings
1.19
140
4.06
44
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.02
142
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.22
80
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
4.41
56
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
2.91
30
46. Asthma
0.84
141
13.63
45
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
3.28
22
48. Fires
0.73
124
6.64
4
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
2.04
70
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
4.52
65
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
32,739
7.20
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
4,676
1.03
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
11,895
2.62
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
30,693
6.75
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
7,705
1.70
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
15,302
3.37
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
770
0.17
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
12,789
2.81
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
3,587
0.79
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
30,188
6.64
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
39,341
8.65
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
13,774
3.03
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
4,533
1.00
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
5,890
1.30
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
2,007
0.44
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
9,013
1.98
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
13,014
2.86
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
1,399
0.31
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
2,818
0.62
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
4,374
0.96
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
1,077
0.24
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
5,408
1.19
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
2,383
0.52
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
1,464
0.32
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
6,014
1.32
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
829
0.18
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
21,000
4.62
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
3,486
0.77
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
267
0.06
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
987
0.22
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
951
0.21
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
993
0.22
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
1,535
0.34
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
4,351
0.96
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
1,406
0.31
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
512
0.11
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
15,843
3.49
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
5,555
1.22
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
6,250
1.37
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
2,381
0.52
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
8
0.00
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
71,996
15.84
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
1,101
0.24
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
113
0.02
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
2,403
0.53
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
5,966
1.31
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
1,015
0.22
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
1,894
0.42
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
3,618
0.80
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
1,870
0.41
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
18.34
64
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
18.21
76
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
35.20
22
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
8.90
89
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
4.98
65
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
6.08
39
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.85
115
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
5.46
87
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.34
108
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
2.15
99
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
8.50
16
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
2.19
83
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
20.99
37
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
2.47
53
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.68
137
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
3.18
80
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.