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Zambia
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
ZAMBIA VS BAHAMAS

Compare Zambia and Bahamas 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.

Bahamas
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
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
  
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
  
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
  
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
  
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
70.7
77.4
115
94
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
70.8
77.5
115
94
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
70.9
77.6
114
94
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
71.3
77.8
113
93
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
71.9
78.0
110
93
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
72.6
78.4
102
92
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
73.5
78.8
97
91
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
74.4
79.3
90
86
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
75.4
79.9
85
82
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
76.5
80.6
80
75
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
77.7
81.4
77
71
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
79.1
82.4
70
66
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
80.8
83.6
67
61
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
82.8
85.0
61
57
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
85.0
86.6
61
56
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
87.5
88.7
56
52
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
90.2
91.3
64
38
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
60.37
118
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
32.20
32
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
27.39
90
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
89.11
124
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
16.20
103
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
53.15
10
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
1.45
115
8. Malaria
54.16
2
0.00
79
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
0.08
180
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
8.93
90
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
40.27
61
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
44.70
10
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
7.42
134
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
30.95
52
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
9.23
170
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
16.83
110
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
1.19
94
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
0.61
105
19. Suicide
14.43
32
3.37
159
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
16.64
13
21. Asthma
10.81
57
2.16
112
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
1.47
107
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
3.70
109
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
30.82
10
25. Falls
9.14
30
4.97
103
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
4.13
133
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
1.63
75
28. Violence
7.04
67
36.36
10
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
6.37
30
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
11.79
20
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
2.12
105
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
7.39
119
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
4.97
49
34. Fires
3.87
31
2.66
59
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
0.16
155
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
2.69
90
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
16.00
7
38. Drownings
3.21
69
6.38
17
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
4.71
120
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
11.03
61
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
2.45
143
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
1.06
112
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
1.91
73
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.02
131
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
0.83
179
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
0.62
174
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
0.00
156
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
3.07
163
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
4.61
82
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
4.67
20
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
134
5.72
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
98
4.18
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
224
9.56
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
0
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
5
0.21
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
0
0.00
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
6
0.26
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
16
0.68
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
67
2.86
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
334
14.26
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
30
1.28
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
16
0.68
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
198
8.45
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
154
6.58
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
4
0.17
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
2
0.09
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
21
0.90
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
120
5.12
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
67
2.86
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
14
0.60
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
33
1.41
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
6
0.26
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
148
6.32
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
0
0.00
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
0
0.00
26. Asthma
741
0.66
9
0.38
27. Drownings
689
0.62
26
1.11
28. Falls
596
0.53
18
0.77
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
53
2.26
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
65
2.78
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
25
1.07
32. Fires
546
0.49
10
0.43
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
47
2.01
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
1
0.04
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
69
2.95
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
9
0.38
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
62
2.65
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
8
0.34
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
10
0.43
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
10
0.43
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
29
1.24
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
18
0.77
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
42
1.79
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
0
0.00
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
4
0.17
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
12
0.51
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
17
0.73
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
3
0.13
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
20
0.85
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
2
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
8.93
90
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
44.70
10
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
30.82
10
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
6.37
30
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
2.12
105
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
7.39
119
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
4.71
120
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
11.03
61
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
2.45
143
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
0.83
179
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
0.62
174
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
3.07
163
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
4.61
82
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
0.23
173
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
6.41
9
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
2.66
125
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.