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Ethiopia
COUNTRY #1
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ETHIOPIA VS CHINA

Compare Ethiopia and China 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.

China
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
Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
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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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   China CHINA
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   China CHINA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
70.5
126
130
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
66.9
70.5
126
130
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
70.8
73.8
112
127
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
71.2
74.2
108
125
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
71.5
74.4
105
124
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
71.9
74.7
103
124
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
72.2
74.9
103
123
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
72.6
75.2
103
123
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
73.1
75.6
103
122
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
73.6
76.1
102
121
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
74.2
76.7
102
121
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
75.1
77.5
102
116
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
76.1
78.4
101
115
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
77.4
79.4
101
112
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
79.1
80.7
105
110
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
81.2
82.4
108
111
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
83.6
84.5
107
106
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.5
87.2
105
101
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.8
90.4
94
91
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
83.71
90
110.80
58
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.86
42
11.28
152
3. Coronary Heart Disease
78.39
134
97.57
115
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
63.15
22
0.72
150
5. Liver Disease
50.31
11
7.57
146
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.41
19
15.09
96
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.58
80
8.56
148
8. Hypertension
29.73
46
16.80
98
9. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
8.95
169
10. Lung Disease
25.66
75
54.18
13
11. Tuberculosis
25.31
44
1.88
111
12. Kidney Disease
24.20
81
10.39
141
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.74
30
17.36
97
14. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
5.16
124
15. Other Injuries
14.07
29
3.50
161
16. HIV/AIDS
13.62
51
1.62
111
17. Meningitis
13.13
25
0.39
128
18. Malnutrition
11.17
26
0.78
107
19. Birth Trauma
10.53
20
1.40
108
20. Low Birth Weight
9.52
37
1.76
150
21. Suicide
9.45
80
6.67
121
22. Maternal Conditions
9.44
34
0.26
128
23. Violence
8.85
58
0.73
166
24. Falls
8.65
38
8.04
50
25. Asthma
8.13
71
1.29
123
26. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
2.76
153
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
13.02
42
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
73
3.32
150
29. Leukemia
6.06
6
3.48
97
30. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
6.41
152
31. Lymphomas
5.49
64
3.04
145
32. Malaria
5.39
42
0.00
93
33. Poisonings
4.29
7
1.55
57
34. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
36.63
5
35. Pertussis
3.77
18
0.05
112
36. Fires
3.73
33
0.62
129
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.68
119
3.95
98
38. Inflammatory/Heart
3.59
120
1.73
168
39. Measles
3.40
20
0.06
62
40. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
12.42
6
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.22
83
2.05
106
42. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
9.30
33
43. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
20.55
3
44. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
2.81
89
45. Drownings
2.44
90
3.66
56
46. Endocrine Disorders
2.30
141
1.51
162
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
60
3.53
34
48. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
2.04
94
49. Epilepsy
2.02
65
0.74
163
50. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
1.05
137
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
59,931
10.63
183,342
1.91
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
44,361
7.87
8,719
0.09
3. Stroke
39,362
6.98
2.043m
21.27
4. Coronary Heart Disease
36,530
6.48
1.772m
18.44
5. Road Traffic Accidents
31,564
5.60
250,272
2.61
6. Birth Trauma
31,107
5.52
17,644
0.18
7. Low Birth Weight
28,020
4.97
21,631
0.23
8. Liver Disease
27,270
4.84
145,603
1.52
9. Tuberculosis
21,455
3.81
34,802
0.36
10. Diabetes Mellitus
16,258
2.88
161,672
1.68
11. Congenital Anomalies
15,638
2.77
36,613
0.38
12. Hypertension
13,470
2.39
301,183
3.14
13. Kidney Disease
12,103
2.15
192,302
2.00
14. Meningitis
12,019
2.13
5,704
0.06
15. Lung Disease
11,870
2.11
968,607
10.08
16. Other Injuries
11,735
2.08
54,087
0.56
17. HIV/AIDS
11,471
2.03
28,746
0.30
18. Maternal Conditions
8,887
1.58
3,596
0.04
19. Malnutrition
8,643
1.53
12,995
0.14
20. Breast Cancer
8,485
1.51
92,757
0.97
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
8,258
1.46
304,455
3.17
22. Violence
8,076
1.43
11,115
0.12
23. Pertussis
6,896
1.22
484
0.01
24. Measles
6,324
1.12
558
0.01
25. Suicide
6,030
1.07
116,324
1.21
26. Malaria
5,626
1.00
0
0.00
27. Cervical Cancer
5,019
0.89
51,650
0.54
28. Falls
4,510
0.80
138,878
1.45
29. Asthma
4,484
0.80
23,147
0.24
30. Leukemia
4,222
0.75
58,145
0.61
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,755
0.67
248,388
2.59
32. Poisonings
3,668
0.65
25,762
0.27
33. Lymphomas
3,590
0.64
57,838
0.60
34. Fires
3,255
0.58
10,498
0.11
35. Drownings
3,133
0.56
52,807
0.55
36. Ovary Cancer
2,424
0.43
28,078
0.29
37. Tetanus
2,203
0.39
491
0.01
38. Lung Cancers
2,202
0.39
714,311
7.44
39. Inflammatory/Heart
2,168
0.38
29,954
0.31
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1,839
0.33
242,891
2.53
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,758
0.31
37,723
0.39
42. Liver Cancer
1,730
0.31
180,952
1.88
43. Syphilis
1,699
0.30
1,824
0.02
44. Epilepsy
1,625
0.29
11,365
0.12
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,623
0.29
25,613
0.27
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,578
0.28
70,699
0.74
47. Stomach Cancer
1,519
0.27
398,439
4.15
48. Oral Cancer
1,477
0.26
54,695
0.57
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,339
0.24
65,350
0.68
50. Prostate Cancer
1,244
0.22
51,056
0.53
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
8.95
169
2. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
5.16
124
3. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
2.76
153
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
13.02
42
5. Leukemia
6.06
6
3.48
97
6. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
6.41
152
7. Lymphomas
5.49
64
3.04
145
8. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
36.63
5
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
12.42
6
10. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
9.30
33
11. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
20.55
3
12. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
2.81
89
13. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
2.04
94
14. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
1.05
137
15. Uterin Cancer
1.54
136
1.16
157
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.83
170
5.72
59
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.