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Canada
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 Canada and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Canada CANADA   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
84.1
14
16
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
80.4
84.1
14
16
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
80.8
84.4
13
14
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
80.8
84.4
13
14
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
80.9
84.5
13
14
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
81.0
84.6
12
14
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
81.2
84.7
11
14
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
81.5
84.8
11
14
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
81.7
84.9
10
13
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
82.0
85.0
7
12
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
82.3
85.2
6
12
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
82.7
85.5
6
13
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
83.1
85.9
5
13
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
83.8
86.4
4
12
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
84.8
87.1
3
10
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
85.9
87.9
3
9
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
87.4
89.0
2
8
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
89.2
90.4
2
9
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
91.6
92.2
5
9
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
45.15
166
129.66
67
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.87
13
18.02
82
3. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
3.67
149
4. Lung Disease
15.91
133
44.55
22
5. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
33.65
7
6. Stroke
15.12
182
150.17
23
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
8.09
101
8. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
12.27
123
9. Suicide
10.34
67
14.66
29
10. Drug Use
8.70
2
0.62
150
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.69
169
155.59
3
12. Diabetes Mellitus
7.22
156
48.19
41
13. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
1.69
148
14. Lymphomas
6.52
26
7.68
12
15. Liver Disease
5.73
159
57.15
7
16. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
8.19
6
17. Falls
5.07
101
7.93
52
18. Kidney Disease
4.99
168
31.84
49
19. Road Traffic Accidents
4.58
157
38.94
28
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.41
77
3.58
88
21. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
3.62
148
22. Leukemia
4.06
67
6.38
1
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.46
128
3.95
100
24. Other Injuries
3.35
164
31.38
1
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
7.97
19
26. Congenital Anomalies
2.99
156
8.94
20
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.94
141
5.86
70
28. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
2.44
83
29. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
2.40
74
30. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
4.92
109
31. Hypertension
2.79
169
50.05
15
32. Alcohol
2.76
44
2.22
54
33. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
2.55
50
34. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
4.64
44
35. Other Neoplasms
1.99
51
0.20
162
36. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
23.71
28
37. Low Birth Weight
1.90
148
11.34
25
38. Violence
1.60
139
6.81
70
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.09
6
0.11
145
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.90
140
128.81
3
41. Epilepsy
0.81
153
3.50
15
42. Skin Disease
0.76
122
1.92
73
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
135
5.27
20
44. Drownings
0.71
160
6.47
16
45. Birth Trauma
0.65
140
16.45
1
46. Hepatitis C
0.60
15
0.46
21
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
172
8.06
22
48. Fires
0.41
153
6.16
6
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.38
80
0.62
33
50. Asthma
0.37
173
25.62
9
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Canada CANADA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,063
17.18
7,233
4.57
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,970
13.28
647
0.41
3. Lung Cancers
20,937
8.98
233
0.15
4. Lung Disease
14,212
6.09
2,442
1.54
5. Stroke
14,159
6.07
8,595
5.43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,651
4.14
546
0.34
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,431
3.19
21,712
13.71
8. Breast Cancer
5,910
2.53
1,232
0.78
9. Diabetes Mellitus
5,718
2.45
2,888
1.82
10. Lymphomas
5,146
2.21
605
0.38
11. Pancreas Cancer
5,057
2.17
108
0.07
12. Falls
4,829
2.07
548
0.35
13. Prostate Cancer
4,711
2.02
285
0.18
14. Kidney Disease
4,578
1.96
2,051
1.29
15. Suicide
4,417
1.89
1,219
0.77
16. Drug Use
3,686
1.58
54
0.03
17. Liver Disease
3,624
1.55
3,917
2.47
18. Parkinson's Disease
3,359
1.44
184
0.12
19. Endocrine Disorders
3,233
1.39
406
0.26
20. Liver Cancer
3,113
1.33
256
0.16
21. Leukemia
3,098
1.33
562
0.35
22. Hypertension
2,563
1.10
2,643
1.67
23. Bladder Cancer
2,521
1.08
149
0.09
24. Other Injuries
2,392
1.03
3,602
2.27
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,230
0.96
516
0.33
26. Stomach Cancer
2,177
0.93
310
0.20
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,060
0.88
521
0.33
28. Road Traffic Accidents
1,998
0.86
4,231
2.67
29. Ovary Cancer
1,902
0.82
295
0.19
30. Skin Cancers
1,756
0.75
164
0.10
31. Other Neoplasms
1,679
0.72
12
0.01
32. Oral Cancer
1,592
0.68
328
0.21
33. Alcohol
1,491
0.64
151
0.10
34. Uterin Cancer
1,183
0.51
78
0.05
35. Congenital Anomalies
1,081
0.46
3,410
2.15
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
840
0.36
15,363
9.70
37. Multiple Sclerosis
692
0.30
8
0.01
38. Skin Disease
679
0.29
151
0.10
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
636
0.27
446
0.28
40. Violence
605
0.26
828
0.52
41. Cervical Cancer
578
0.25
883
0.56
42. Low Birth Weight
553
0.24
6,250
3.95
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.19
559
0.35
44. Epilepsy
384
0.16
419
0.26
45. Hepatitis C
363
0.16
34
0.02
46. Anemia
343
0.15
0
0.00
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
322
0.14
35
0.02
48. Drownings
283
0.12
1,272
0.80
49. Asthma
262
0.11
1,878
1.19
50. Birth Trauma
193
0.08
9,573
6.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
3.67
149
2. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
33.65
7
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
8.09
101
4. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
12.27
123
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
1.69
148
6. Lymphomas
6.52
26
7.68
12
7. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
8.19
6
8. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
3.62
148
9. Leukemia
4.06
67
6.38
1
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
7.97
19
11. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
2.44
83
12. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
2.40
74
13. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
4.92
109
14. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
2.55
50
15. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
4.64
44
16. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
23.71
28
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.