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HEALTH PROFILE: Iceland

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Iceland ICELAND POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Iceland
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    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
    Iceland ICELAND LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    80.8
    83.9
    9
    20
    Age 5
    81.0
    84.0
    10
    23
    Age 10
    81.0
    84.1
    10
    22
    Age 15
    81.1
    84.1
    10
    23
    Age 20
    81.2
    84.1
    9
    23
    Age 25
    81.4
    84.2
    10
    23
    Age 30
    81.6
    84.3
    9
    23
    Age 35
    81.9
    84.4
    4
    23
    Age 40
    82.1
    84.5
    4
    22
    Age 45
    82.4
    84.6
    4
    25
    Age 50
    82.7
    84.8
    5
    26
    Age 55
    83.1
    85.1
    7
    26
    Age 60
    83.7
    85.5
    7
    27
    Age 65
    84.4
    86.1
    11
    28
    Age 70
    85.4
    86.7
    12
    34
    Age 75
    86.7
    87.7
    15
    36
    Age 80
    88.4
    89.2
    24
    39
    Age 85
    90.7
    91.3
    39
    42
    Iceland ICELAND TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    54.46
    157
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    35.59
    5
    3. Lung Cancers
    21.77
    41
    4. Prostate Cancer
    18.78
    71
    5. Stroke
    18.39
    176
    6. Breast Cancer
    18.02
    78
    7. Lung Disease
    17.98
    117
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.15
    49
    9. Suicide
    11.15
    59
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    9.67
    161
    11. Other Injuries
    7.88
    87
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    7.25
    37
    13. Parkinson's Disease
    7.15
    12
    14. Lymphomas
    5.87
    49
    15. Ovary Cancer
    5.09
    62
    16. Drug Use
    4.41
    12
    17. Diabetes Mellitus
    4.22
    176
    18. Kidney Disease
    4.00
    177
    19. Liver Cancer
    3.82
    140
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.70
    50
    21. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.42
    124
    22. Cervical Cancer
    3.29
    142
    23. Falls
    3.23
    143
    24. Alcohol
    3.14
    32
    25. Stomach Cancer
    3.12
    154
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Bladder Cancer
    3.04
    53
    27. Leukemia
    2.88
    125
    28. Hypertension
    2.87
    168
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    2.31
    139
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.12
    102
    31. Skin Cancers
    2.01
    85
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    1.96
    177
    33. Road Traffic Accidents
    1.78
    178
    34. Liver Disease
    1.72
    183
    35. Oral Cancer
    1.55
    158
    36. Other Neoplasms
    1.53
    57
    37. Epilepsy
    1.27
    116
    38. Low Birth Weight
    1.13
    164
    39. Violence
    1.08
    149
    40. Birth Trauma
    1.05
    121
    41. Poisonings
    0.64
    86
    42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.61
    35
    43. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.51
    34
    44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.47
    178
    45. Anemia
    0.42
    30
    46. Skin Disease
    0.39
    150
    47. Drownings
    0.36
    179
    48. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    16
    49. Meningitis
    0.30
    140
    50. Asthma
    0.26
    178
    Iceland ICELAND TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    403
    20.10
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    295
    14.71
    3. Stroke
    141
    7.03
    4. Lung Cancers
    134
    6.68
    5. Lung Disease
    129
    6.43
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    82
    4.09
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    73
    3.64
    8. Prostate Cancer
    61
    3.04
    9. Breast Cancer
    53
    2.64
    10. Parkinson's Disease
    53
    2.64
    11. Other Injuries
    50
    2.49
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    43
    2.14
    13. Suicide
    40
    2.00
    14. Lymphomas
    37
    1.85
    15. Kidney Disease
    33
    1.65
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    30
    1.50
    17. Hypertension
    24
    1.20
    18. Falls
    24
    1.20
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    23
    1.15
    20. Liver Cancer
    22
    1.10
    21. Bladder Cancer
    20
    1.00
    22. Leukemia
    19
    0.95
    23. Stomach Cancer
    18
    0.90
    24. Drug Use
    17
    0.85
    25. Inflammatory/Heart
    16
    0.80
      Deaths %
    26. Ovary Cancer
    16
    0.80
    27. Endocrine Disorders
    16
    0.80
    28. Alcohol
    14
    0.70
    29. Skin Cancers
    13
    0.65
    30. Other Neoplasms
    10
    0.50
    31. Liver Disease
    9
    0.45
    32. Cervical Cancer
    9
    0.45
    33. Oral Cancer
    9
    0.45
    34. Uterin Cancer
    7
    0.35
    35. Road Traffic Accidents
    7
    0.35
    36. Congenital Anomalies
    7
    0.35
    37. Epilepsy
    5
    0.25
    38. Violence
    4
    0.20
    39. Anemia
    4
    0.20
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    4
    0.20
    41. Skin Disease
    3
    0.15
    42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3
    0.15
    43. Multiple Sclerosis
    3
    0.15
    44. Poisonings
    3
    0.15
    45. Low Birth Weight
    3
    0.15
    46. Birth Trauma
    2
    0.10
    47. Osteoarthritis
    2
    0.10
    48. Asthma
    2
    0.10
    49. Hepatitis C
    1
    0.05
    50. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1
    0.05
    Iceland ICELAND CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    21.77
    41
    2. Prostate Cancer
    18.78
    71
    3. Breast Cancer
    18.02
    78
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.15
    49
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.25
    37
    6. Lymphomas
    5.87
    49
    7. Ovary Cancer
    5.09
    62
    8. Liver Cancer
    3.82
    140
      Rate World Rank
    9. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.70
    50
    10. Cervical Cancer
    3.29
    142
    11. Stomach Cancer
    3.12
    154
    12. Bladder Cancer
    3.04
    53
    13. Leukemia
    2.88
    125
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.12
    102
    15. Skin Cancers
    2.01
    85
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.55
    158
    Iceland ICELAND HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    9.2
    47
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    12.0
    11.9
    152
    55
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    24.2
    19.4
    41
    119
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    7.56
    3
    Iceland ICELAND LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1970
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1980
    72.1
    75.7
    73.9
    10
    22
    14
    1990
    74.9
    78.4
    76.6
    2
    20
    11
    2000
    77.7
    81.7
    79.7
    1
    9
    3
    2010
    80.2
    83.5
    81.8
    1
    10
    6
    2019
    80.8
    83.9
    82.3
    9
    20
    14
    Iceland ICELAND DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    354,234
    169
    Sex Ratio M / F
    1.00
    63
    Population 0-14
    20.3%
    126
    Population 15-64
    64.2%
    113
    Population 65 +
    15.5%
    45
    Birth Rate / 1000
    12.96
    125
    Death Rate / 1000
    6.56
    114
    Fertility Rate
    1.96
    107
    Infant Mortality
    1.66
    190
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    122
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.04
    121
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.02
    52
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.89
    35
    Net Migration
    3.09
    25
    Population Growth
    0.97%
    92
    Literacy Total
    N/D
    N/D
    Literacy Male
    N/D
    N/D
    Literacy Female
    N/D
    N/D
    Unemployment
    3.6%
    144
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    82.3
    14
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    72.0
    9
    GDP per Capita USD
    $52,300
    14

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    209,906
    229
    4/1/24
    Iceland COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Iceland causes.

     
     
    Iceland COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Iceland COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    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.