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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 SUDAN

Compare United States and Sudan 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.

Sudan
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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Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Sudan SUDAN
  United States UNITED STATES   Sudan SUDAN
       
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
  
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Sudan SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
72.0
74.7
94
120
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
72.4
75.0
89
118
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
72.6
75.2
87
117
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
72.9
75.4
88
117
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
73.2
75.6
88
117
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
73.6
75.9
89
117
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
74.0
76.2
90
117
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
74.4
76.6
89
116
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
75.0
77.1
90
114
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
75.7
77.7
90
114
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
76.6
78.4
89
114
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
77.8
79.4
89
111
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
79.4
80.7
92
111
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
81.4
82.3
98
113
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
83.8
84.5
97
114
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.6
87.1
98
112
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.8
90.2
90
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Sudan SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
231.30
20
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
17.52
94
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
23.39
85
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
2.40
168
5. Stroke
22.27
164
108.71
60
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
3.34
21
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
24.70
29
8. Suicide
14.51
31
4.76
143
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
24.83
75
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
7.55
143
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
36.38
33
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
15.23
122
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
4.61
154
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
40.23
23
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
19.11
92
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
30.74
83
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
3.60
87
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.20
163
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
6.85
20
20. Violence
6.00
81
6.81
69
21. Falls
5.68
90
4.91
104
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
2.98
140
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
6.73
105
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
6.51
24
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
4.10
124
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
4.17
90
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
6.37
2
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
6.55
66
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
0.31
161
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
0.67
172
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
5.26
36
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.94
101
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
6.36
112
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.16
179
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
14.18
9
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.67
108
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
2.16
175
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.23
119
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
13.22
63
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
6.94
69
41. Drownings
1.19
140
3.02
74
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.06
108
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.20
90
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
2.39
82
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
0.60
134
46. Asthma
0.84
141
12.79
51
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
1.59
93
48. Fires
0.73
124
3.17
44
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
2.53
54
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
3.90
70
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Sudan SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
43,966
20.16
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
2,584
1.18
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
4,382
2.01
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
20,582
9.44
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
545
0.25
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
5,095
2.34
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
1,036
0.48
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
7,287
3.34
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
1,049
0.48
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
3,070
1.41
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
12,619
5.79
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
1,644
0.75
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
3,071
1.41
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
1,459
0.67
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
272
0.12
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
4,348
1.99
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
11,459
5.25
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
1,559
0.71
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
1,533
0.70
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
523
0.24
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
705
0.32
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
839
0.38
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
946
0.43
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
1,828
0.84
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
2,912
1.34
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
369
0.17
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
2,478
1.14
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
1,126
0.52
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
35
0.02
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
84
0.04
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
794
0.36
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
356
0.16
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
478
0.22
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
5,507
2.53
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
493
0.23
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
71
0.03
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
6,277
2.88
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
770
0.35
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
16,036
7.35
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
1,089
0.50
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
17
0.01
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
2,331
1.07
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
112
0.05
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
54
0.02
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
1,684
0.77
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
2,636
1.21
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
684
0.31
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
775
0.36
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
1,310
0.60
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
735
0.34
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Sudan SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
2.40
168
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
24.70
29
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
7.55
143
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
4.61
154
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.20
163
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
6.85
20
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
6.51
24
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
4.10
124
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
6.37
2
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
0.67
172
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
5.26
36
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.94
101
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
6.36
112
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.67
108
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
2.16
175
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.23
119
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.