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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 UNITED KINGDOM

Compare United States and United Kingdom 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 Kingdom
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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United Kingdom Population Pyramid
74,081,983
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  United States UNITED STATES   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
       
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
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
16
16
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
75.3
80.1
77.8
18
23
20
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
78.1
82.2
80.2
15
26
21
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
79.8
83.0
81.4
19
31
25
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
80.2
83.4
19
30
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
80.3
83.4
20
31
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
80.4
83.5
21
31
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
80.6
83.6
22
31
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
80.8
83.7
23
31
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
81.0
83.8
22
31
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
81.3
84.0
21
30
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
81.8
84.3
21
30
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
82.3
84.7
22
31
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
83.0
85.2
21
31
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
83.9
85.9
18
31
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
85.0
86.8
20
31
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
86.5
87.9
22
31
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
88.4
89.4
21
32
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
90.7
91.3
40
40
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
43.08
168
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
42.70
2
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
19.80
107
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
24.68
29
5. Stroke
22.27
164
20.17
169
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
4.16
16
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
17.64
82
8. Suicide
14.51
31
6.88
116
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
2.86
179
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
16.66
82
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
2.81
173
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
3.59
178
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
12.09
50
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
2.97
167
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
7.90
142
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
20.37
114
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
2.84
119
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
6.20
52
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
6.17
37
20. Violence
6.00
81
1.22
144
21. Falls
5.68
90
4.31
120
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
2.47
151
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
3.64
157
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
5.61
45
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
3.64
146
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
4.31
80
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.55
93
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
3.07
155
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.76
69
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
2.98
56
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
6.08
28
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
3.54
40
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
2.01
165
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
2.38
45
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
2.42
135
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
2.62
46
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.32
143
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.46
105
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
0.86
147
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
0.23
143
41. Drownings
1.19
140
0.40
178
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.29
38
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
1.58
1
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
0.09
156
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
1.20
105
46. Asthma
0.84
141
0.86
140
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
1.31
114
48. Fires
0.73
124
0.32
162
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
0.54
153
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
1.34
138
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
71,728
14.01
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
98,135
19.17
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
32,896
6.43
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
37,626
7.35
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
35,715
6.98
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
5,471
1.07
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
2,824
0.55
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
5,208
1.02
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
18,446
3.60
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
5,842
1.14
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
40,540
7.92
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
5,325
1.04
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
12,718
2.48
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
3,297
0.64
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
8,995
1.76
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
7,666
1.50
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
2,169
0.42
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
7,618
1.49
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
9,350
1.83
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
13,289
2.60
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
8,573
1.67
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
3,126
0.61
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
5,237
1.02
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
5,211
1.02
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
5,464
1.07
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
6,133
1.20
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
868
0.17
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
8,727
1.70
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
3,986
0.78
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
1,555
0.30
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
4,019
0.79
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
3,727
0.73
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
4,999
0.98
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
2,127
0.42
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
3,109
0.61
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
2,346
0.46
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
1,599
0.31
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
1,099
0.21
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
1,313
0.26
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
116
0.02
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
267
0.05
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
188
0.04
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
2,134
0.42
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
1,856
0.36
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
301
0.06
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
1,302
0.25
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
876
0.17
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
2,090
0.41
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
334
0.07
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
1,193
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
24.68
29
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
17.64
82
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
16.66
82
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
12.09
50
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
6.20
52
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
6.17
37
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
5.61
45
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
3.64
146
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.55
93
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
2.98
56
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
6.08
28
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
3.54
40
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
2.01
165
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
2.62
46
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.32
143
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.46
105
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.