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Zimbabwe
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Zimbabwe and Ireland 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.

Ireland
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Zimbabwe Population Pyramid
23,947,921
Ireland Population Pyramid
5,677,620
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Ireland IRELAND
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Ireland IRELAND
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
50.1
53.3
51.6
89
90
89
 
67.9
71.6
69.7
10
26
17
1970
53.4
56.7
55.0
99
97
97
 
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
1980
57.6
61.2
59.3
107
108
108
 
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
1990
59.0
63.7
61.3
129
121
125
 
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
2000
46.0
46.0
46.0
175
180
177
 
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
2010
51.4
53.5
52.4
174
175
175
 
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
2019
57.5
63.6
60.7
176
170
175
 
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Ireland IRELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
57.5
63.6
176
170
80.2
83.5
17
26
Age
57.5
63.6
176
170
80.2
83.5
17
26
Age 5
61.3
67.1
178
176
80.5
83.7
18
28
Age 10
61.6
67.4
178
176
80.5
83.8
18
28
Age 15
62.0
67.7
178
177
80.5
83.8
18
28
Age 20
62.5
68.1
178
177
80.6
83.8
18
28
Age 25
63.2
68.5
177
177
80.8
83.9
18
28
Age 30
63.9
69.1
177
178
81.0
83.9
18
28
Age 35
64.8
69.9
178
177
81.1
84.0
18
29
Age 40
65.9
70.9
178
177
81.3
84.1
19
29
Age 45
67.3
72.2
178
177
81.6
84.3
20
29
Age 50
69.1
73.7
178
176
81.9
84.5
20
29
Age 55
71.2
75.3
177
174
82.4
84.8
17
29
Age 60
73.6
77.0
177
173
83.0
85.3
18
29
Age 65
76.2
78.9
177
172
83.8
85.9
23
32
Age 70
79.0
81.0
176
169
84.8
86.7
26
35
Age 75
82.1
83.4
176
166
86.2
87.7
33
37
Age 80
85.5
86.3
168
163
88.0
89.0
44
48
Age 85
89.1
89.6
164
160
90.3
90.8
61
60
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Ireland IRELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
187.61
5
0.15
150
2. Coronary Heart Disease
155.90
42
53.73
158
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
139.11
8
13.45
145
4. Stroke
93.42
80
19.27
172
5. Road Traffic Accidents
63.47
2
2.92
171
6. Diabetes Mellitus
57.77
29
4.68
172
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
52.01
32
0.55
158
8. Cervical Cancer
50.23
5
3.00
145
9. Prostate Cancer
39.98
14
14.80
104
10. Kidney Disease
35.89
34
6.12
160
11. Liver Disease
28.41
59
4.13
169
12. Asthma
24.21
14
0.70
149
13. Malnutrition
23.88
7
0.02
174
14. Suicide
23.63
7
8.90
86
15. Lung Disease
22.07
90
20.91
98
16. Hypertension
20.93
78
1.87
178
17. Breast Cancer
20.68
46
19.15
59
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.41
75
32.23
9
19. Tuberculosis
17.71
54
0.28
149
20. Other Injuries
16.74
12
2.23
179
21. Inflammatory/Heart
15.59
10
3.19
131
22. Violence
14.57
29
0.77
163
23. Oesophagus Cancer
14.22
5
5.30
35
24. Maternal Conditions
13.70
20
0.07
159
25. Lymphomas
13.16
1
6.29
33
26. Malaria
12.22
39
0.00
116
27. Meningitis
12.06
29
0.12
175
28. Low Birth Weight
11.85
20
1.39
157
29. Birth Trauma
10.09
25
0.23
176
30. Stomach Cancer
9.72
47
4.47
126
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.45
19
0.79
158
32. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
25
3.33
149
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.05
103
13.41
38
34. Fires
7.79
3
0.41
152
35. Liver Cancer
7.78
49
3.97
132
36. Falls
7.54
64
3.03
147
37. Endocrine Disorders
6.77
41
3.24
103
38. Drownings
6.69
14
1.05
148
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.66
18
0.58
149
40. Epilepsy
5.43
2
1.27
117
41. Uterin Cancer
5.22
14
2.94
58
42. Parkinson's Disease
4.78
58
5.57
32
43. Lung Cancers
4.78
139
24.05
30
44. Skin Cancers
4.64
7
3.15
28
45. Ovary Cancer
4.46
91
6.83
17
46. Poisonings
3.86
8
0.25
136
47. Pancreas Cancer
3.66
93
6.56
48
48. Oral Cancer
3.24
78
2.43
108
49. Skin Disease
3.01
28
0.63
128
50. Leukemia
2.82
128
3.39
105
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Ireland IRELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
19,988
18.46
9
0.03
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,779
9.95
1,298
5.02
3. Coronary Heart Disease
8,493
7.84
4,762
18.40
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,037
5.57
153
0.59
5. Stroke
5,126
4.73
1,770
6.84
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,595
4.24
53
0.20
7. Low Birth Weight
4,038
3.73
56
0.22
8. Birth Trauma
3,405
3.14
10
0.04
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,344
3.09
414
1.60
10. Malnutrition
2,396
2.21
2
0.01
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,217
2.05
153
0.59
12. Kidney Disease
2,214
2.04
566
2.19
13. Suicide
2,069
1.91
470
1.82
14. Cervical Cancer
2,023
1.87
103
0.40
15. Malaria
2,003
1.85
0
0.00
16. Tuberculosis
1,999
1.85
23
0.09
17. Liver Disease
1,941
1.79
279
1.08
18. Violence
1,916
1.77
38
0.15
19. Maternal Conditions
1,749
1.62
3
0.01
20. Other Injuries
1,656
1.53
171
0.66
21. Asthma
1,531
1.41
58
0.22
22. Meningitis
1,325
1.22
7
0.03
23. Lung Disease
1,163
1.07
1,915
7.40
24. Hypertension
1,146
1.06
175
0.68
25. Inflammatory/Heart
1,047
0.97
240
0.93
26. Lymphomas
960
0.89
513
1.98
27. Drownings
956
0.88
57
0.22
28. Breast Cancer
839
0.77
760
2.94
29. Oesophagus Cancer
801
0.74
419
1.62
30. Fires
793
0.73
30
0.12
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
768
0.71
3,209
12.40
32. Prostate Cancer
628
0.58
585
2.26
33. Stomach Cancer
559
0.52
357
1.38
34. Endocrine Disorders
553
0.51
249
0.96
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
548
0.51
67
0.26
36. Rheumatic Heart Disease
542
0.50
50
0.19
37. Poisonings
515
0.48
14
0.05
38. Liver Cancer
510
0.47
318
1.23
39. Epilepsy
508
0.47
85
0.33
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
505
0.47
1,095
4.23
41. Falls
465
0.43
247
0.95
42. Pertussis
419
0.39
0
0.00
43. Lung Cancers
286
0.26
1,916
7.40
44. Skin Cancers
264
0.24
252
0.97
45. Leukemia
244
0.23
274
1.06
46. Parkinson's Disease
226
0.21
530
2.05
47. Pancreas Cancer
217
0.20
530
2.05
48. Drug Use
213
0.20
167
0.65
49. Oral Cancer
208
0.19
183
0.71
50. Uterin Cancer
182
0.17
126
0.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Ireland IRELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
50.23
5
3.00
145
2. Prostate Cancer
39.98
14
14.80
104
3. Breast Cancer
20.68
46
19.15
59
4. Oesophagus Cancer
14.22
5
5.30
35
5. Lymphomas
13.16
1
6.29
33
6. Stomach Cancer
9.72
47
4.47
126
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.05
103
13.41
38
8. Liver Cancer
7.78
49
3.97
132
9. Uterin Cancer
5.22
14
2.94
58
10. Lung Cancers
4.78
139
24.05
30
11. Skin Cancers
4.64
7
3.15
28
12. Ovary Cancer
4.46
91
6.83
17
13. Pancreas Cancer
3.66
93
6.56
48
14. Oral Cancer
3.24
78
2.43
108
15. Leukemia
2.82
128
3.39
105
16. Bladder Cancer
2.29
76
2.93
57
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.