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Japan
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
JAPAN VS CHINA

Compare Japan 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
Japan Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   China CHINA
      Japan JAPAN   China CHINA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    		  
    35.1
    37.6
    36.3
    162
    160
    162
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    		  
    61.0
    62.5
    61.7
    67
    79
    74
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    		  
    64.4
    66.7
    65.5
    67
    83
    79
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    		  
    66.9
    69.7
    68.3
    62
    95
    87
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    70.1
    73.5
    71.7
    56
    86
    70
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    		  
    73.5
    76.7
    75.0
    42
    74
    54
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    74.7
    80.5
    77.4
    52
    46
    48
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   China CHINA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    74.7
    80.5
    52
    46
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    75.4
    81.1
    53
    46
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    75.4
    81.2
    53
    46
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    75.5
    81.2
    53
    46
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    75.6
    81.3
    56
    47
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    75.9
    81.4
    56
    47
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    76.1
    81.4
    56
    47
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    76.3
    81.6
    58
    47
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    76.7
    81.7
    60
    47
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    77.1
    81.9
    59
    47
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    77.6
    82.2
    61
    50
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    78.3
    82.6
    62
    51
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    79.2
    83.1
    67
    52
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    80.3
    83.8
    73
    57
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    81.7
    84.8
    87
    59
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    83.7
    86.2
    104
    63
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    85.9
    88.1
    147
    70
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    88.7
    90.6
    172
    71
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   China CHINA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    97.57
    115
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    110.80
    58
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    36.63
    5
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    11.28
    152
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    13.02
    42
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    54.18
    13
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    6.67
    121
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    20.55
    3
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    8.95
    169
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    5.72
    59
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    17.36
    97
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    10.39
    141
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    9.30
    33
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    6.41
    152
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    3.50
    161
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    7.57
    146
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.04
    145
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    2.76
    153
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    12.42
    6
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    0.24
    152
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    3.48
    97
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    5.16
    124
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    3.32
    150
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    1.51
    162
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    3.95
    98
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    15.09
    96
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    2.81
    89
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    3.66
    56
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    1.73
    168
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.16
    157
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    8.04
    50
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    2.04
    94
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    8.56
    148
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    16.80
    98
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    2.05
    106
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    1.88
    111
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    0.72
    150
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    0.74
    163
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    0.01
    163
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    0.55
    41
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    0.30
    162
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    1.05
    137
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    0.78
    107
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    3.53
    34
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    1.29
    123
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    0.15
    113
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    1.34
    79
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    0.62
    129
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    1.76
    150
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    0.00
    83
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Japan JAPAN   China CHINA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    1.772m
    18.44
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    2.043m
    21.27
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    183,342
    1.91
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    714,311
    7.44
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    968,607
    10.08
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    248,388
    2.59
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    304,455
    3.17
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    398,439
    4.15
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    192,302
    2.00
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    111,537
    1.16
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    180,952
    1.88
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    54,087
    0.56
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    116,324
    1.21
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    57,838
    0.60
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    92,757
    0.97
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    4,374
    0.05
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    145,603
    1.52
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    70,699
    0.74
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    51,056
    0.53
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    242,891
    2.53
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    25,613
    0.27
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    37,873
    0.39
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    138,878
    1.45
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    58,145
    0.61
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
    52,807
    0.55
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    54,695
    0.57
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    29,954
    0.31
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    301,183
    3.14
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    161,672
    1.68
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    28,078
    0.29
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    250,272
    2.61
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    51,650
    0.54
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    11,751
    0.12
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    34,802
    0.36
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    37,723
    0.39
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    5,222
    0.05
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    8,719
    0.09
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    10,108
    0.11
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    65,350
    0.68
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    36,613
    0.38
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    86
    0.00
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    23,147
    0.24
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    12,995
    0.14
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    19,669
    0.20
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    11,365
    0.12
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    2,757
    0.03
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    0
    0.00
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    10,498
    0.11
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    0
    0.00
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    24,214
    0.25
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   China CHINA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    36.63
    5
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    13.02
    42
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    20.55
    3
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    8.95
    169
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    5.72
    59
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    9.30
    33
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    6.41
    152
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.04
    145
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    2.76
    153
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    12.42
    6
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    3.48
    97
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    5.16
    124
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    2.81
    89
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    1.16
    157
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    2.04
    94
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    1.05
    137
    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.