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Belgium
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Belgium and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
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%
Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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
  Belgium BELGIUM   Gambia GAMBIA
  Belgium BELGIUM   Gambia GAMBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
 
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
 
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
 
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
 
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
 
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
 
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
 
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
142.59
53
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
3.62
150
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
19.89
49
4. Stroke
21.11
166
108.94
59
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
29.40
54
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
4.44
182
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
113.77
18
8. Suicide
13.93
35
9.64
77
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
6.08
156
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
1.05
183
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
32.04
48
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
33.48
48
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
0.54
179
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
11.81
46
15. Falls
5.68
89
9.85
22
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
0.74
181
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
0.42
95
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
51.34
8
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
0.44
183
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
11.17
16
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
0.09
183
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
37.65
66
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
30.83
3
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
6.31
18
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
0.48
177
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
0.44
181
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
6.44
58
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
1.43
178
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
0.01
181
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
1.23
103
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
6.72
59
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
0.23
180
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
25.76
23
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
0.01
177
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
2.38
34
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
22.89
68
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
2.78
36
38. Violence
1.19
147
11.94
43
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
41.12
43
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
2.12
59
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
2.55
52
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
9.17
43
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
7.13
39
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.24
63
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
6.56
37
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
10.44
21
47. Drownings
0.52
168
2.58
84
48. Fires
0.46
146
3.83
32
49. Asthma
0.46
166
15.88
35
50. Anemia
0.45
27
0.00
103
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
1,007
7.83
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
89
0.69
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
802
6.24
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
34
0.26
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
206
1.60
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
1,340
10.42
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
11
0.09
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
266
2.07
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
26
0.20
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
113
0.88
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
194
1.51
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
3
0.02
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
21
0.16
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
6
0.05
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
83
0.65
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
12
0.09
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
323
2.51
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
230
1.79
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
34
0.26
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
290
2.25
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
2
0.02
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
4
0.03
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
59
0.46
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
377
2.93
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
5
0.04
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
14
0.11
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
172
1.34
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
0
0.00
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
695
5.40
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
2
0.02
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
0
0.00
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
12
0.09
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
626
4.87
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
1
0.01
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
19
0.15
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
43
0.33
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
24
0.19
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
110
0.86
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
28
0.22
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
383
2.98
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
145
1.13
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
56
0.44
43. Anemia
199
0.21
0
0.00
44. Violence
149
0.16
195
1.52
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
3
0.02
46. Asthma
128
0.14
134
1.04
47. Drownings
79
0.09
69
0.54
48. Fires
75
0.08
67
0.52
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
2
0.02
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
662
5.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
3.62
150
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
4.44
182
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
6.08
156
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
1.05
183
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
0.54
179
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
0.74
181
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
0.44
183
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
0.09
183
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
30.83
3
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
0.48
177
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
0.44
181
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
1.43
178
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
0.01
181
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
0.23
180
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
25.76
23
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
0.01
177
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.