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Zambia
COUNTRY #1
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ZAMBIA VS VIET NAM

Compare Zambia and Viet Nam 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.

Viet Nam
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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Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
       
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
  
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
  
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
  
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
  
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
71.2
79.4
103
69
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
71.3
79.4
107
69
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
71.4
79.5
108
69
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
71.7
79.6
108
69
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
72.0
79.7
108
69
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
72.4
79.9
109
69
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
72.7
80.0
110
69
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
73.1
80.2
112
69
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
73.7
80.5
114
70
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
74.5
80.9
115
71
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
75.5
81.4
116
74
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
76.9
82.0
117
73
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
78.6
82.9
121
76
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
80.7
84.1
125
79
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
83.2
85.7
130
80
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
86.1
87.8
129
87
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
89.4
90.4
132
83
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
155.75
20
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
4.72
77
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
25.84
97
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
86.67
125
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
23.34
81
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
18.94
88
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
4.47
82
8. Malaria
54.16
2
0.02
66
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
9.33
70
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
4.34
134
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
33.78
78
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
4.61
166
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
29.81
50
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
24.12
83
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
34.16
39
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
23.72
20
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
0.11
151
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
0.64
102
19. Suicide
14.43
32
7.22
112
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
5.34
126
21. Asthma
10.81
57
7.89
73
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
1.86
94
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
5.69
84
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
11.36
148
25. Falls
9.14
30
13.80
10
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
6.59
63
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
0.76
95
28. Violence
7.04
67
1.81
136
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
2.94
151
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
4.93
88
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
2.23
97
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
21.48
46
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
5.18
44
34. Fires
3.87
31
0.58
132
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
0.79
76
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
0.86
155
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
2.08
149
38. Drownings
3.21
69
5.36
24
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
15.13
9
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
8.23
98
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
4.93
22
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
1.57
89
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
0.58
171
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.28
75
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
7.03
18
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
0.90
160
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
0.79
71
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
24.37
7
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
1.62
178
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
0.82
127
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
4,993
0.73
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
27,836
4.06
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
159,032
23.20
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
14
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
4,390
0.64
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
9,446
1.38
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
2,340
0.34
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
7,132
1.04
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
23,900
3.49
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
91,939
13.41
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
29,475
4.30
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
7,064
1.03
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
19,880
2.90
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
33,860
4.94
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
120
0.02
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
624
0.09
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
2,391
0.35
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
25,251
3.68
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
5,539
0.81
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
7,249
1.06
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
35,875
5.23
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
773
0.11
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
1,785
0.26
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
328
0.05
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
705
0.10
26. Asthma
741
0.66
8,150
1.19
27. Drownings
689
0.62
5,097
0.74
28. Falls
596
0.53
15,427
2.25
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
29,307
4.27
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
1,911
0.28
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
2,964
0.43
32. Fires
546
0.49
595
0.09
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
5,357
0.78
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
832
0.12
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
6,187
0.90
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
2,265
0.33
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
2,082
0.30
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
583
0.09
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
4,899
0.71
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
957
0.14
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
21,294
3.11
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
15,134
2.21
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
8,258
1.20
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
286
0.04
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
1,708
0.25
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
24,995
3.65
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
5,338
0.78
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
7,088
1.03
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
867
0.13
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
896
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
4.34
134
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
4.61
166
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
11.36
148
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
2.94
151
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
2.23
97
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
21.48
46
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
15.13
9
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
8.23
98
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
4.93
22
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
7.03
18
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
0.90
160
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
24.37
7
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
1.62
178
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
0.46
165
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
2.12
103
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
0.92
167
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.