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Canada
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Canada and Nicaragua 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.

Nicaragua
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
Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
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%
Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
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
  Canada CANADA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Canada CANADA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
 
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
 
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
 
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
 
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
 
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
 
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
 
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
84.1
14
16
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
80.4
84.1
14
16
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
80.8
84.4
13
14
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
80.8
84.4
13
14
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
80.9
84.5
13
14
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
81.0
84.6
12
14
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
81.2
84.7
11
14
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
81.5
84.8
11
14
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
81.7
84.9
10
13
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
82.0
85.0
7
12
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
82.3
85.2
6
12
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
82.7
85.5
6
13
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
83.1
85.9
5
13
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
83.8
86.4
4
12
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
84.8
87.1
3
10
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
85.9
87.9
3
9
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
87.4
89.0
2
8
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
89.2
90.4
2
9
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
91.6
92.2
5
9
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
45.15
166
124.46
73
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.87
13
3.05
173
3. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
5.94
131
4. Lung Disease
15.91
133
33.61
40
5. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
10.15
158
6. Stroke
15.12
182
47.78
132
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
6.63
125
8. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
20.62
60
9. Suicide
10.34
67
4.66
146
10. Drug Use
8.70
2
0.86
127
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.69
169
20.90
111
12. Diabetes Mellitus
7.22
156
44.63
48
13. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
3.88
86
14. Lymphomas
6.52
26
3.32
140
15. Liver Disease
5.73
159
24.52
77
16. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
2.18
169
17. Falls
5.07
101
5.61
94
18. Kidney Disease
4.99
168
73.96
2
19. Road Traffic Accidents
4.58
157
18.75
81
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.41
77
3.03
110
21. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
10.93
25
22. Leukemia
4.06
67
3.91
74
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.46
128
1.49
168
24. Other Injuries
3.35
164
6.63
106
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
0.90
161
26. Congenital Anomalies
2.99
156
6.84
56
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.94
141
2.78
143
28. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.51
139
29. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
0.61
176
30. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
10.11
45
31. Hypertension
2.79
169
23.51
64
32. Alcohol
2.76
44
5.38
16
33. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.27
128
34. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
1.33
167
35. Other Neoplasms
1.99
51
3.94
22
36. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
13.48
64
37. Low Birth Weight
1.90
148
4.70
91
38. Violence
1.60
139
9.50
55
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.09
6
0.15
121
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.90
140
2.06
105
41. Epilepsy
0.81
153
1.29
115
42. Skin Disease
0.76
122
3.39
24
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
135
0.38
165
44. Drownings
0.71
160
2.57
86
45. Birth Trauma
0.65
140
1.90
93
46. Hepatitis C
0.60
15
0.02
130
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
172
1.82
121
48. Fires
0.41
153
0.30
163
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.38
80
0.66
29
50. Asthma
0.37
173
2.14
114
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Canada CANADA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,063
17.18
5,843
20.44
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,970
13.28
149
0.52
3. Lung Cancers
20,937
8.98
274
0.96
4. Lung Disease
14,212
6.09
1,570
5.49
5. Stroke
14,159
6.07
2,225
7.78
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,651
4.14
315
1.10
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,431
3.19
1,152
4.03
8. Breast Cancer
5,910
2.53
283
0.99
9. Diabetes Mellitus
5,718
2.45
2,068
7.23
10. Lymphomas
5,146
2.21
164
0.57
11. Pancreas Cancer
5,057
2.17
178
0.62
12. Falls
4,829
2.07
276
0.97
13. Prostate Cancer
4,711
2.02
386
1.35
14. Kidney Disease
4,578
1.96
3,533
12.36
15. Suicide
4,417
1.89
285
1.00
16. Drug Use
3,686
1.58
50
0.17
17. Liver Disease
3,624
1.55
1,203
4.21
18. Parkinson's Disease
3,359
1.44
67
0.23
19. Endocrine Disorders
3,233
1.39
164
0.57
20. Liver Cancer
3,113
1.33
509
1.78
21. Leukemia
3,098
1.33
227
0.79
22. Hypertension
2,563
1.10
1,103
3.86
23. Bladder Cancer
2,521
1.08
28
0.10
24. Other Injuries
2,392
1.03
358
1.25
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,230
0.96
42
0.15
26. Stomach Cancer
2,177
0.93
478
1.67
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,060
0.88
139
0.49
28. Road Traffic Accidents
1,998
0.86
1,109
3.88
29. Ovary Cancer
1,902
0.82
61
0.21
30. Skin Cancers
1,756
0.75
59
0.21
31. Other Neoplasms
1,679
0.72
192
0.67
32. Oral Cancer
1,592
0.68
64
0.22
33. Alcohol
1,491
0.64
279
0.98
34. Uterin Cancer
1,183
0.51
39
0.14
35. Congenital Anomalies
1,081
0.46
571
2.00
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
840
0.36
122
0.43
37. Multiple Sclerosis
692
0.30
7
0.02
38. Skin Disease
679
0.29
162
0.57
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
636
0.27
20
0.07
40. Violence
605
0.26
619
2.17
41. Cervical Cancer
578
0.25
374
1.31
42. Low Birth Weight
553
0.24
490
1.71
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.19
85
0.30
44. Epilepsy
384
0.16
74
0.26
45. Hepatitis C
363
0.16
1
0.00
46. Anemia
343
0.15
28
0.10
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
322
0.14
31
0.11
48. Drownings
283
0.12
157
0.55
49. Asthma
262
0.11
105
0.37
50. Birth Trauma
193
0.08
198
0.69
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
5.94
131
2. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
10.15
158
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
6.63
125
4. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
20.62
60
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
3.88
86
6. Lymphomas
6.52
26
3.32
140
7. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
2.18
169
8. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
10.93
25
9. Leukemia
4.06
67
3.91
74
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
0.90
161
11. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.51
139
12. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
0.61
176
13. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
10.11
45
14. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.27
128
15. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
1.33
167
16. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
13.48
64
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.