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Bahamas
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

Compare Bahamas and Portugal 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.

Portugal
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
Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
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%
Portugal Population Pyramid
9,084,579
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
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Portugal PORTUGAL
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Portugal PORTUGAL
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
 
60.7
66.3
63.4
52
43
48
1970
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
 
64.2
70.8
67.4
51
43
45
1980
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
 
67.9
75.1
71.4
36
29
30
1990
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
 
70.2
77.3
73.7
38
27
33
2000
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
 
73.1
80.1
76.6
34
24
29
2010
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
 
76.4
82.6
79.6
27
23
25
2019
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
 
78.6
84.4
81.6
30
11
23
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Portugal PORTUGAL
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
76.6
101
94
78.6
84.4
30
11
Age 5
70.7
77.4
115
94
78.9
84.7
31
11
Age 10
70.8
77.5
115
94
78.9
84.7
31
11
Age 15
70.9
77.6
114
94
78.9
84.7
31
11
Age 20
71.3
77.8
113
93
79.0
84.8
31
11
Age 25
71.9
78.0
110
93
79.1
84.8
32
11
Age 30
72.6
78.4
102
92
79.3
84.9
35
11
Age 35
73.5
78.8
97
91
79.4
85.0
35
11
Age 40
74.4
79.3
90
86
79.6
85.1
36
11
Age 45
75.4
79.9
85
82
79.9
85.3
36
11
Age 50
76.5
80.6
80
75
80.4
85.5
35
12
Age 55
77.7
81.4
77
71
81.2
85.9
32
12
Age 60
79.1
82.4
70
66
82.1
86.3
31
13
Age 65
80.8
83.6
67
61
83.3
86.8
32
13
Age 70
82.8
85.0
61
57
84.6
87.5
33
13
Age 75
85.0
86.6
61
56
86.2
88.4
35
16
Age 80
87.5
88.7
56
52
88.1
89.7
41
19
Age 85
90.2
91.3
64
38
90.5
91.5
54
29
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Portugal PORTUGAL
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
89.11
124
39.25
174
2. Stroke
60.37
118
34.68
145
3. Hypertension
53.15
10
4.55
159
4. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
15.78
92
5. Diabetes Mellitus
40.27
61
10.79
142
6. Violence
36.36
10
0.76
164
7. HIV/AIDS
32.20
32
2.21
102
8. Kidney Disease
30.95
52
7.45
155
9. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
15.15
114
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.39
90
18.35
122
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.83
110
17.21
101
12. Other Injuries
16.64
13
6.75
101
13. Liver Disease
16.20
103
6.03
158
14. Endocrine Disorders
16.00
7
5.21
61
15. Inflammatory/Heart
11.79
20
3.66
118
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
16.03
20
17. Lung Disease
9.23
170
11.66
160
18. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
2.95
149
19. Road Traffic Accidents
7.42
134
5.99
149
20. Skin Disease
7.42
9
0.61
132
21. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
19.20
56
22. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
2.58
76
23. Drownings
6.38
17
0.60
166
24. Lymphomas
6.37
30
6.20
36
25. Falls
4.97
103
3.52
137
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.97
49
3.02
144
27. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
9.99
46
28. Alcohol
4.67
20
0.60
138
29. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
3.17
140
30. Congenital Anomalies
4.13
133
2.39
170
31. Low Birth Weight
3.70
109
1.51
156
32. Suicide
3.37
159
7.22
111
33. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
5.44
91
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.69
90
0.78
160
35. Fires
2.66
59
0.56
135
36. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
6.50
49
37. Leukemia
2.45
143
4.09
65
38. Asthma
2.16
112
0.49
162
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
2.93
75
40. Epilepsy
1.91
73
1.63
90
41. Maternal Conditions
1.63
75
0.08
150
42. Birth Trauma
1.47
107
0.41
159
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.45
115
0.66
153
44. Malnutrition
1.19
94
0.21
134
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
112
0.58
145
46. Other Neoplasms
0.87
63
2.12
50
47. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
4.60
45
48. Drug Use
0.62
149
0.64
147
49. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
3.88
27
50. Meningitis
0.61
105
0.23
151
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Portugal PORTUGAL
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
334
14.26
12,878
14.14
2. Stroke
224
9.56
12,339
13.55
3. Hypertension
198
8.45
1,880
2.06
4. Diabetes Mellitus
154
6.58
3,601
3.95
5. Violence
148
6.32
96
0.11
6. HIV/AIDS
134
5.72
320
0.35
7. Kidney Disease
120
5.12
2,803
3.08
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
98
4.18
6,851
7.52
9. Breast Cancer
69
2.95
1,997
2.19
10. Liver Disease
67
2.86
1,126
1.24
11. Other Injuries
67
2.86
1,937
2.13
12. Prostate Cancer
65
2.78
2,124
2.33
13. Endocrine Disorders
62
2.65
1,547
1.70
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
53
2.26
7,191
7.89
15. Inflammatory/Heart
47
2.01
909
1.00
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42
1.79
4,389
4.82
17. Lung Disease
33
1.41
4,286
4.71
18. Road Traffic Accidents
30
1.28
838
0.92
19. Lung Cancers
29
1.24
4,406
4.84
20. Skin Disease
27
1.15
202
0.22
21. Drownings
26
1.11
79
0.09
22. Lymphomas
25
1.07
1,608
1.77
23. Cervical Cancer
21
0.90
329
0.36
24. Alcohol
20
0.85
111
0.12
25. Stomach Cancer
18
0.77
2,532
2.78
26. Falls
18
0.77
1,033
1.13
27. Parkinson's Disease
17
0.73
1,139
1.25
28. Low Birth Weight
16
0.68
79
0.09
29. Congenital Anomalies
16
0.68
196
0.22
30. Uterin Cancer
14
0.60
406
0.45
31. Suicide
14
0.60
1,172
1.29
32. Liver Cancer
12
0.51
1,270
1.39
33. Pancreas Cancer
10
0.43
1,669
1.83
34. Ovary Cancer
10
0.43
397
0.44
35. Leukemia
10
0.43
1,015
1.11
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10
0.43
229
0.25
37. Fires
10
0.43
108
0.12
38. Oesophagus Cancer
9
0.38
623
0.68
39. Asthma
9
0.38
146
0.16
40. Epilepsy
8
0.34
415
0.46
41. Maternal Conditions
6
0.26
7
0.01
42. Birth Trauma
6
0.26
24
0.03
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.21
231
0.25
44. Malnutrition
4
0.17
79
0.09
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.17
169
0.19
46. Oral Cancer
3
0.13
912
1.00
47. Other Neoplasms
3
0.13
652
0.72
48. Meningitis
2
0.09
43
0.05
49. Encephalitis
2
0.09
1
0.00
50. Bladder Cancer
2
0.09
1,171
1.29
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Portugal PORTUGAL
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
15.78
92
2. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
15.15
114
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
16.03
20
4. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
2.95
149
5. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
19.20
56
6. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
2.58
76
7. Lymphomas
6.37
30
6.20
36
8. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
9.99
46
9. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
3.17
140
10. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
5.44
91
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
6.50
49
12. Leukemia
2.45
143
4.09
65
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
2.93
75
14. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
4.60
45
15. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
3.88
27
16. Skin Cancers
0.23
173
1.88
92
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.