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Estonia
COUNTRY #1
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ESTONIA VS ICELAND

Compare Estonia and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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
Estonia Population Pyramid
1,158,412
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%
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Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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
  Estonia ESTONIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Estonia ESTONIA   Iceland ICELAND
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.7
72.6
68.5
34
18
29
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
65.7
74.4
70.0
41
18
28
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
64.2
74.2
69.1
69
35
54
  
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
64.6
74.6
69.5
90
53
71
  
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
65.4
76.1
70.8
101
48
85
  
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
70.6
80.2
75.6
76
34
45
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
74.7
82.6
78.9
53
32
37
  
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
82.6
53
32
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
74.7
82.6
53
32
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
74.9
82.8
58
34
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
74.9
82.8
58
34
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
75.0
82.9
58
34
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
75.1
82.9
60
34
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
75.3
83.0
62
34
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
75.5
83.1
65
34
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
75.7
83.3
66
34
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
76.0
83.4
70
34
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
76.4
83.7
72
34
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
77.0
84.0
71
33
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
78.0
84.5
68
33
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
79.3
85.0
65
35
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
80.8
85.7
66
35
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
82.9
86.5
59
36
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
85.4
87.9
48
33
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
87.9
89.4
45
33
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
90.8
91.4
38
34
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
80.39
133
54.46
157
2. Hypertension
66.42
3
2.87
168
3. Stroke
31.23
150
18.39
176
4. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
18.78
71
5. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
21.77
41
6. Liver Disease
17.29
99
1.72
183
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
12.15
49
8. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
18.02
78
9. Suicide
11.96
52
11.15
59
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.46
159
9.67
161
11. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
3.12
154
12. Inflammatory/Heart
8.86
38
3.42
124
13. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
7.25
37
14. Alcohol
7.73
10
3.14
32
15. Lymphomas
6.80
22
5.87
49
16. Lung Disease
6.59
181
17.98
117
17. Other Injuries
6.52
107
7.88
87
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.85
163
35.59
5
19. Drug Use
5.73
6
4.41
12
20. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
5.09
62
21. Diabetes Mellitus
5.04
168
4.22
176
22. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
3.29
142
23. Kidney Disease
4.73
171
4.00
177
24. Falls
4.63
109
3.23
143
25. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
1.55
158
26. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
3.82
140
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
3.70
50
28. Leukemia
3.75
84
2.88
125
29. Road Traffic Accidents
3.70
164
1.78
178
30. Other Neoplasms
3.60
25
1.53
57
31. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
3.04
53
32. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
2.12
102
33. HIV/AIDS
2.77
94
0.09
158
34. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
2.01
85
35. Endocrine Disorders
2.51
131
2.31
139
36. Epilepsy
2.41
48
1.27
116
37. Fires
2.17
71
0.09
181
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.15
104
0.47
178
39. Parkinson's Disease
2.13
158
7.15
12
40. Congenital Anomalies
1.98
176
1.96
177
41. Violence
1.84
134
1.08
149
42. Drownings
1.67
125
0.36
179
43. Skin Disease
0.83
118
0.39
150
44. Asthma
0.77
143
0.26
178
45. Low Birth Weight
0.76
173
1.13
164
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.75
131
0.19
180
47. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
19
0.51
34
48. Tuberculosis
0.62
137
0.00
183
49. Birth Trauma
0.54
150
1.05
121
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.49
54
0.61
35
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Estonia ESTONIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
3,009
22.53
403
20.10
2. Hypertension
2,700
20.22
24
1.20
3. Stroke
1,116
8.36
141
7.03
4. Lung Cancers
657
4.92
134
6.68
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
527
3.95
73
3.64
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
349
2.61
82
4.09
7. Liver Disease
328
2.46
9
0.45
8. Prostate Cancer
298
2.23
61
3.04
9. Stomach Cancer
290
2.17
18
0.90
10. Pancreas Cancer
268
2.01
43
2.14
11. Breast Cancer
260
1.95
53
2.64
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
229
1.71
295
14.71
13. Lung Disease
229
1.71
129
6.43
14. Inflammatory/Heart
217
1.62
16
0.80
15. Lymphomas
213
1.60
37
1.85
16. Suicide
197
1.48
40
2.00
17. Kidney Disease
176
1.32
33
1.65
18. Alcohol
148
1.11
14
0.70
19. Diabetes Mellitus
146
1.09
30
1.50
20. Other Injuries
141
1.06
50
2.49
21. Bladder Cancer
126
0.94
20
1.00
22. Leukemia
126
0.94
19
0.95
23. Other Neoplasms
123
0.92
10
0.50
24. Falls
119
0.89
24
1.20
25. Oral Cancer
110
0.82
9
0.45
26. Liver Cancer
107
0.80
22
1.10
27. Oesophagus Cancer
99
0.74
23
1.15
28. Ovary Cancer
87
0.65
16
0.80
29. Parkinson's Disease
82
0.61
53
2.64
30. Skin Cancers
79
0.59
13
0.65
31. Drug Use
75
0.56
17
0.85
32. Cervical Cancer
68
0.51
9
0.45
33. Endocrine Disorders
66
0.49
16
0.80
34. Uterin Cancer
60
0.45
7
0.35
35. Road Traffic Accidents
59
0.44
7
0.35
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
55
0.41
3
0.15
37. Epilepsy
45
0.34
5
0.25
38. Fires
41
0.31
1
0.05
39. HIV/AIDS
40
0.30
0
0.00
40. Drownings
30
0.22
1
0.05
41. Skin Disease
29
0.22
3
0.15
42. Violence
28
0.21
4
0.20
43. Congenital Anomalies
25
0.19
7
0.35
44. Asthma
24
0.18
2
0.10
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.16
1
0.05
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
17
0.13
4
0.20
47. Tuberculosis
16
0.12
0
0.00
48. Multiple Sclerosis
16
0.12
3
0.15
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
12
0.09
1
0.05
50. Osteoarthritis
10
0.07
2
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
18.78
71
2. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
21.77
41
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
12.15
49
4. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
18.02
78
5. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
3.12
154
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
7.25
37
7. Lymphomas
6.80
22
5.87
49
8. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
5.09
62
9. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
3.29
142
10. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
1.55
158
11. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
3.82
140
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
3.70
50
13. Leukemia
3.75
84
2.88
125
14. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
3.04
53
15. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
2.12
102
16. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
2.01
85
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.