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Zambia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Zambia and China 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.

China
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
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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
  Zambia ZAMBIA   China CHINA
  Zambia ZAMBIA   China CHINA
       
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
 
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
 
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
 
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
 
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
 
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
 
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
 
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
110.80
58
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
1.62
111
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
11.28
152
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
97.57
115
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
7.57
146
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
16.80
98
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
0.72
150
8. Malaria
54.16
2
0.00
93
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
1.88
111
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
5.16
124
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
8.56
148
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
6.41
152
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
15.09
96
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
10.39
141
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
54.18
13
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
17.36
97
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
0.78
107
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
0.39
128
19. Suicide
14.43
32
6.67
121
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
3.50
161
21. Asthma
10.81
57
1.29
123
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
1.40
108
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
1.76
150
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
8.95
169
25. Falls
9.14
30
8.04
50
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
3.32
150
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
0.26
128
28. Violence
7.04
67
0.73
166
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
3.04
145
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
1.73
168
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
12.42
6
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
36.63
5
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
3.95
98
34. Fires
3.87
31
0.62
129
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
1.55
57
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
2.05
106
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
1.51
162
38. Drownings
3.21
69
3.66
56
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
20.55
3
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
13.02
42
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.48
97
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
3.53
34
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
0.74
163
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.16
84
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
2.81
89
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
2.04
94
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
0.05
112
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
9.30
33
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
2.76
153
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
1.05
111
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
28,746
0.30
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
183,342
1.91
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
2.043m
21.27
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
0
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
8,719
0.09
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
34,802
0.36
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
17,644
0.18
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
21,631
0.23
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
145,603
1.52
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
1.772m
18.44
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
250,272
2.61
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
36,613
0.38
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
301,183
3.14
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
161,672
1.68
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
12,995
0.14
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
5,704
0.06
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
51,650
0.54
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
192,302
2.00
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
54,087
0.56
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
116,324
1.21
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
968,607
10.08
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
3,596
0.04
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
11,115
0.12
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
1,824
0.02
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
484
0.01
26. Asthma
741
0.66
23,147
0.24
27. Drownings
689
0.62
52,807
0.55
28. Falls
596
0.53
138,878
1.45
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
304,455
3.17
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
51,056
0.53
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
57,838
0.60
32. Fires
546
0.49
10,498
0.11
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
29,954
0.31
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
25,762
0.27
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
92,757
0.97
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
242,891
2.53
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
25,613
0.27
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
11,365
0.12
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
58,145
0.61
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
37,723
0.39
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
714,311
7.44
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
398,439
4.15
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
248,388
2.59
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
491
0.01
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
65,350
0.68
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
180,952
1.88
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
70,699
0.74
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
54,695
0.57
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
19,071
0.20
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
37,873
0.39
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
5.16
124
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
6.41
152
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
8.95
169
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
3.04
145
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
12.42
6
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
36.63
5
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
20.55
3
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
13.02
42
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.48
97
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
2.81
89
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
2.04
94
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
9.30
33
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
2.76
153
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
1.05
137
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
1.16
157
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
5.72
59
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.