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China
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
CHINA VS FINLAND

Compare China and Finland 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.

Finland
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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Finland Population Pyramid
5,486,152
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
  China CHINA   Finland FINLAND
  China CHINA   Finland FINLAND
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
  
65.4
72.4
68.8
30
20
25
1970
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
  
66.2
74.4
70.2
34
19
25
1980
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
  
69.2
77.9
73.4
30
10
19
1990
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
  
70.9
78.9
74.8
34
14
25
2000
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
  
74.0
80.9
77.5
29
15
23
2010
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
  
76.6
83.1
79.9
26
15
24
2019
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
  
79.2
84.0
81.6
25
17
22
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Finland FINLAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
80.5
52
46
79.2
84.0
25
17
Age
74.7
80.5
52
46
79.2
84.0
25
17
Age 5
75.4
81.1
53
46
79.4
84.2
26
19
Age 10
75.4
81.2
53
46
79.4
84.2
26
19
Age 15
75.5
81.2
53
46
79.4
84.3
27
19
Age 20
75.6
81.3
56
47
79.5
84.3
27
18
Age 25
75.9
81.4
56
47
79.7
84.4
27
19
Age 30
76.1
81.4
56
47
80.0
84.5
27
18
Age 35
76.3
81.6
58
47
80.2
84.6
27
17
Age 40
76.7
81.7
60
47
80.4
84.7
27
16
Age 45
77.1
81.9
59
47
80.7
84.9
28
16
Age 50
77.6
82.2
61
50
81.1
85.1
26
17
Age 55
78.3
82.6
62
51
81.6
85.4
27
18
Age 60
79.2
83.1
67
52
82.4
85.8
28
21
Age 65
80.3
83.8
73
57
83.4
86.4
26
20
Age 70
81.7
84.8
87
59
84.7
87.2
29
22
Age 75
83.7
86.2
104
63
86.3
88.1
32
24
Age 80
85.9
88.1
147
70
88.2
89.5
35
26
Age 85
88.7
90.6
172
71
90.6
91.2
48
45
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Finland FINLAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
110.80
58
24.54
157
2. Coronary Heart Disease
97.57
115
58.60
152
3. Lung Disease
54.18
13
8.59
173
4. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
17.24
71
5. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
3.37
142
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.36
97
54.65
1
7. Hypertension
16.80
98
11.23
123
8. Road Traffic Accidents
15.09
96
3.09
168
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
10.24
73
10. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
2.50
91
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.28
152
2.80
183
12. Kidney Disease
10.39
141
2.05
183
13. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
4.01
131
14. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
14.52
123
15. Diabetes Mellitus
8.56
148
3.51
179
16. Falls
8.04
50
8.17
47
17. Liver Disease
7.57
146
11.51
117
18. Suicide
6.67
121
13.43
38
19. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
14.53
107
20. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
9.12
8
21. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
1.19
183
22. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
98
4.84
56
23. Drownings
3.66
56
1.20
138
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.53
34
0.11
181
25. Other Injuries
3.50
161
4.29
143
26. Leukemia
3.48
97
2.76
132
27. Congenital Anomalies
3.32
150
3.26
151
28. Lymphomas
3.04
145
5.82
51
29. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
1.72
147
30. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
5.00
67
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.05
106
1.15
147
32. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
1.97
97
33. Tuberculosis
1.88
111
0.17
166
34. Low Birth Weight
1.76
150
0.74
174
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
168
4.58
94
36. HIV/AIDS
1.62
111
0.08
160
37. Poisonings
1.55
57
0.26
132
38. Endocrine Disorders
1.51
162
2.38
132
39. Birth Trauma
1.40
108
0.21
177
40. Drug Use
1.34
79
4.52
10
41. Asthma
1.29
123
0.48
164
42. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
2.84
70
43. Alcohol
1.05
111
5.17
17
44. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
2.23
68
45. Malnutrition
0.78
107
0.06
165
46. Epilepsy
0.74
163
1.19
122
47. Violence
0.73
166
1.06
153
48. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.72
150
0.12
177
49. Fires
0.62
129
0.69
126
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.55
41
0.53
44
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  China CHINA   Finland FINLAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2.043m
21.27
4,115
8.51
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1.772m
18.44
9,831
20.33
3. Lung Disease
968,607
10.08
1,289
2.67
4. Lung Cancers
714,311
7.44
2,312
4.78
5. Stomach Cancer
398,439
4.15
447
0.92
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
304,455
3.17
11,120
23.00
7. Hypertension
301,183
3.14
2,030
4.20
8. Road Traffic Accidents
250,272
2.61
215
0.44
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
248,388
2.59
1,433
2.96
10. Oesophagus Cancer
242,891
2.53
320
0.66
11. Kidney Disease
192,302
2.00
342
0.71
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
183,342
1.91
436
0.90
13. Liver Cancer
180,952
1.88
545
1.13
14. Diabetes Mellitus
161,672
1.68
418
0.86
15. Liver Disease
145,603
1.52
1,068
2.21
16. Falls
138,878
1.45
1,325
2.74
17. Suicide
116,324
1.21
846
1.75
18. Pancreas Cancer
111,537
1.16
1,247
2.58
19. Breast Cancer
92,757
0.97
948
1.96
20. Parkinson's Disease
70,699
0.74
853
1.76
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
65,350
0.68
19
0.04
22. Leukemia
58,145
0.61
371
0.77
23. Lymphomas
57,838
0.60
851
1.76
24. Oral Cancer
54,695
0.57
207
0.43
25. Other Injuries
54,087
0.56
437
0.90
26. Drownings
52,807
0.55
106
0.22
27. Cervical Cancer
51,650
0.54
62
0.13
28. Prostate Cancer
51,056
0.53
970
2.01
29. Bladder Cancer
37,873
0.39
308
0.64
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
37,723
0.39
151
0.31
31. Congenital Anomalies
36,613
0.38
192
0.40
32. Tuberculosis
34,802
0.36
32
0.07
33. Inflammatory/Heart
29,954
0.31
518
1.07
34. HIV/AIDS
28,746
0.30
6
0.01
35. Ovary Cancer
28,078
0.29
344
0.71
36. Poisonings
25,762
0.27
25
0.05
37. Endocrine Disorders
25,613
0.27
257
0.53
38. Drug Use
24,214
0.25
269
0.56
39. Asthma
23,147
0.24
85
0.18
40. Low Birth Weight
21,631
0.23
26
0.05
41. Skin Cancers
19,669
0.20
297
0.61
42. Alcohol
19,071
0.20
464
0.96
43. Birth Trauma
17,644
0.18
8
0.02
44. Malnutrition
12,995
0.14
7
0.01
45. Uterin Cancer
11,751
0.12
225
0.47
46. Epilepsy
11,365
0.12
104
0.22
47. Violence
11,115
0.12
64
0.13
48. Fires
10,498
0.11
62
0.13
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
10,108
0.11
83
0.17
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
8,719
0.09
15
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Finland FINLAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
17.24
71
2. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
3.37
142
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
10.24
73
4. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
2.50
91
5. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
4.01
131
6. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
14.52
123
7. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
14.53
107
8. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
9.12
8
9. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
1.19
183
10. Leukemia
3.48
97
2.76
132
11. Lymphomas
3.04
145
5.82
51
12. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
1.72
147
13. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
5.00
67
14. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
1.97
97
15. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
2.84
70
16. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
2.23
68
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.