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Germany
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Germany and Luxembourg 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.

Luxembourg
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Germany Population Pyramid
80,103,973
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%
Luxembourg Population Pyramid
789,943
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
  Germany GERMANY   Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
  Germany GERMANY   Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.9
72.3
69.5
19
21
18
 
66.1
71.9
68.9
26
23
23
1970
67.4
73.7
70.5
23
23
23
 
67.0
73.8
70.3
25
22
24
1980
69.4
76.1
72.6
27
20
26
 
69.3
76.3
72.7
29
18
23
1990
72.0
78.6
75.2
25
19
22
 
71.8
78.8
75.2
30
15
23
2000
74.8
80.9
78.0
23
16
18
 
74.5
80.9
77.8
24
14
19
2010
77.5
82.6
80.1
21
22
22
 
78.0
83.1
80.6
17
16
17
2019
78.7
84.8
81.7
26
10
20
 
80.6
84.2
82.4
12
13
12
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.7
84.8
26
10
80.6
84.2
12
13
Age
78.7
84.8
26
10
80.6
84.2
12
13
Age 5
79.0
85.1
29
10
80.9
84.4
12
15
Age 10
79.1
85.1
29
10
80.9
84.4
12
15
Age 15
79.1
85.1
29
10
80.9
84.4
12
15
Age 20
79.2
85.2
29
10
81.0
84.5
14
15
Age 25
79.3
85.2
29
10
81.1
84.5
14
15
Age 30
79.4
85.3
32
10
81.1
84.6
14
15
Age 35
79.6
85.4
33
10
81.2
84.6
15
18
Age 40
79.8
85.5
33
9
81.4
84.7
17
17
Age 45
80.0
85.7
34
9
81.6
84.8
19
17
Age 50
80.4
85.9
33
8
81.9
85.1
19
16
Age 55
81.0
86.3
35
7
82.4
85.4
19
16
Age 60
81.9
86.9
35
6
82.9
85.8
22
20
Age 65
83.1
87.7
35
6
83.8
86.4
21
21
Age 70
84.6
88.7
35
3
85.2
87.2
16
19
Age 75
86.3
90.0
30
2
86.8
88.3
14
17
Age 80
88.3
91.6
25
1
88.7
89.8
15
18
Age 85
90.9
94.1
31
1
90.9
91.6
32
21
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
56.09
155
48.90
164
2. Lung Cancers
24.77
27
25.47
25
3. Breast Cancer
18.80
66
20.22
49
4. Stroke
18.75
173
18.65
174
5. Lung Disease
18.00
116
18.82
109
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.54
128
18.33
77
7. Prostate Cancer
14.89
102
11.88
125
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.18
48
11.34
57
9. Liver Disease
9.69
128
8.07
141
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.75
12
7.48
30
11. Hypertension
8.36
139
3.39
164
12. Suicide
8.27
93
8.62
88
13. Kidney Disease
7.81
152
6.35
159
14. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.66
170
7.58
171
15. Diabetes Mellitus
6.48
161
4.83
171
16. Falls
5.64
93
4.59
111
17. Lymphomas
5.60
60
5.72
54
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.15
62
4.44
74
19. Ovary Cancer
5.13
60
5.99
32
20. Stomach Cancer
4.80
118
4.48
125
21. Alcohol
4.32
25
2.81
40
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.30
99
3.87
116
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.25
83
4.17
88
24. Leukemia
4.20
59
4.71
31
25. Other Injuries
4.05
151
7.14
99
26. Liver Cancer
4.03
129
4.48
116
27. Oral Cancer
3.52
69
1.92
137
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.39
58
3.03
72
29. Other Neoplasms
3.28
29
4.02
21
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.98
170
3.62
165
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.95
157
1.87
179
32. Cervical Cancer
2.68
155
1.93
170
33. Bladder Cancer
2.51
70
3.49
41
34. Skin Cancers
2.02
84
1.92
90
35. Drug Use
2.00
45
1.05
113
36. Uterin Cancer
1.95
110
2.58
77
37. Epilepsy
1.72
86
1.53
95
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.39
119
0.44
163
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.34
96
1.36
95
40. Low Birth Weight
1.30
161
0.65
175
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
11
0.42
40
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.90
152
0.51
174
43. Violence
0.84
161
0.42
180
44. Skin Disease
0.62
130
0.31
159
45. Asthma
0.46
165
0.39
170
46. Drownings
0.42
177
0.26
183
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
160
0.12
181
48. Hepatitis C
0.33
33
0.39
23
49. Anemia
0.32
39
0.51
22
50. HIV/AIDS
0.30
135
0.32
132
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Germany GERMANY   Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
147,055
20.98
655
18.64
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
51,168
7.30
298
8.48
3. Stroke
49,794
7.11
257
7.31
4. Lung Cancers
46,560
6.64
260
7.40
5. Lung Disease
42,797
6.11
242
6.89
6. Hypertension
26,796
3.82
54
1.54
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
26,026
3.71
131
3.73
8. Kidney Disease
22,770
3.25
91
2.59
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20,712
2.96
111
3.16
10. Breast Cancer
18,842
2.69
113
3.22
11. Pancreas Cancer
17,971
2.56
82
2.33
12. Prostate Cancer
16,487
2.35
64
1.82
13. Diabetes Mellitus
15,560
2.22
61
1.74
14. Falls
15,325
2.19
61
1.74
15. Liver Disease
15,194
2.17
75
2.13
16. Parkinson's Disease
12,594
1.80
62
1.76
17. Lymphomas
12,249
1.75
64
1.82
18. Endocrine Disorders
10,677
1.52
53
1.51
19. Suicide
10,284
1.47
69
1.96
20. Stomach Cancer
9,658
1.38
51
1.45
21. Inflammatory/Heart
8,891
1.27
49
1.39
22. Leukemia
8,737
1.25
53
1.51
23. Other Injuries
8,248
1.18
88
2.50
24. Other Neoplasms
8,161
1.16
49
1.39
25. Liver Cancer
8,057
1.15
49
1.39
26. Alcohol
6,257
0.89
25
0.71
27. Oesophagus Cancer
6,212
0.89
32
0.91
28. Bladder Cancer
6,193
0.88
44
1.25
29. Oral Cancer
6,023
0.86
19
0.54
30. Ovary Cancer
5,192
0.74
35
1.00
31. Skin Cancers
4,055
0.58
22
0.63
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,830
0.55
6
0.17
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,615
0.52
19
0.54
34. Road Traffic Accidents
3,160
0.45
25
0.71
35. Epilepsy
3,091
0.44
17
0.48
36. Congenital Anomalies
2,291
0.33
10
0.28
37. Uterin Cancer
2,231
0.32
16
0.46
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,166
0.31
7
0.20
39. Cervical Cancer
2,131
0.30
10
0.28
40. Drug Use
1,930
0.28
9
0.26
41. Multiple Sclerosis
1,571
0.22
4
0.11
42. Skin Disease
1,543
0.22
5
0.14
43. Anemia
994
0.14
8
0.23
44. Asthma
924
0.13
5
0.14
45. Low Birth Weight
770
0.11
3
0.09
46. Violence
769
0.11
3
0.09
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
543
0.08
2
0.06
48. Hepatitis C
507
0.07
4
0.11
49. Drownings
459
0.07
2
0.06
50. Malnutrition
450
0.06
19
0.54
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.77
27
25.47
25
2. Breast Cancer
18.80
66
20.22
49
3. Prostate Cancer
14.89
102
11.88
125
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.18
48
11.34
57
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.75
12
7.48
30
6. Lymphomas
5.60
60
5.72
54
7. Ovary Cancer
5.13
60
5.99
32
8. Stomach Cancer
4.80
118
4.48
125
9. Leukemia
4.20
59
4.71
31
10. Liver Cancer
4.03
129
4.48
116
11. Oral Cancer
3.52
69
1.92
137
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.39
58
3.03
72
13. Cervical Cancer
2.68
155
1.93
170
14. Bladder Cancer
2.51
70
3.49
41
15. Skin Cancers
2.02
84
1.92
90
16. Uterin Cancer
1.95
110
2.58
77
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.