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Greece
COUNTRY #1
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GREECE VS SRI LANKA

Compare Greece and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
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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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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
  Greece GREECE   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Greece GREECE   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
83.6
27
23
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
78.6
83.6
27
23
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
79.0
83.9
30
25
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
79.0
83.9
30
25
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
79.0
83.9
30
25
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
79.1
84.0
30
26
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
79.3
84.0
30
26
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
79.4
84.1
31
26
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
79.6
84.2
32
26
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
79.8
84.3
32
27
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
80.1
84.4
33
27
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
80.5
84.7
32
27
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
81.1
85.0
33
27
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
82.1
85.5
33
28
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
83.4
86.1
31
27
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
84.8
86.8
25
29
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
86.7
87.9
18
32
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
88.7
89.1
14
41
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
91.2
90.9
14
59
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63.02
148
101.31
106
2. Stroke
35.72
144
26.55
154
3. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
6.56
126
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.43
121
20.42
113
5. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
9.49
165
6. Lung Disease
13.43
149
36.99
33
7. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
4.61
165
8. Kidney Disease
12.11
134
26.23
72
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
3.43
175
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.74
156
27.62
14
11. Hypertension
7.48
146
4.08
161
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
0.80
171
13. Road Traffic Accidents
6.68
140
18.07
82
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.56
16
0.65
181
15. Other Injuries
6.19
117
6.41
112
16. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
4.94
107
17. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
4.05
128
18. Leukemia
5.01
18
4.61
35
19. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
1.63
117
20. Lymphomas
4.87
84
3.88
126
21. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
1.93
174
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.49
173
47.34
45
23. Liver Disease
3.87
173
4.96
160
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.67
117
1.83
165
25. Suicide
3.63
156
12.89
42
26. Falls
3.05
146
3.85
129
27. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
1.40
144
28. Endocrine Disorders
2.60
127
1.82
154
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.37
171
4.53
125
30. Low Birth Weight
2.25
143
2.13
145
31. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
5.15
125
32. Drownings
2.08
114
3.24
68
33. Drug Use
1.95
47
1.16
96
34. Other Neoplasms
1.91
54
0.33
130
35. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
10.87
7
36. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
0.22
174
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.60
129
0.15
183
38. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
5.72
30
39. Epilepsy
0.99
136
1.14
127
40. Violence
0.86
160
2.36
122
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
20
0.01
179
42. Fires
0.54
137
1.04
112
43. HIV/AIDS
0.38
129
0.18
147
44. Alcohol
0.33
158
0.33
159
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.29
171
0.20
178
46. Birth Trauma
0.28
174
0.78
135
47. Tuberculosis
0.25
154
3.45
95
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.25
108
0.04
178
49. Hepatitis B
0.24
91
0.03
169
50. Meningitis
0.21
155
0.59
106
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Greece GREECE   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,124
20.92
26,304
22.66
2. Stroke
14,077
13.94
6,805
5.86
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,282
8.20
5,117
4.41
4. Lung Cancers
7,355
7.28
1,775
1.53
5. Lung Disease
5,526
5.47
9,456
8.15
6. Kidney Disease
4,759
4.71
6,858
5.91
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,940
3.90
6,939
5.98
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,264
3.23
911
0.78
9. Hypertension
2,922
2.89
1,055
0.91
10. Parkinson's Disease
2,646
2.62
168
0.14
11. Breast Cancer
2,520
2.50
1,383
1.19
12. Prostate Cancer
2,023
2.00
507
0.44
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,904
1.89
214
0.18
14. Liver Cancer
1,566
1.55
1,090
0.94
15. Bladder Cancer
1,551
1.54
432
0.37
16. Stomach Cancer
1,535
1.52
1,321
1.14
17. Other Injuries
1,453
1.44
1,529
1.32
18. Leukemia
1,354
1.34
1,155
0.99
19. Lymphomas
1,268
1.26
1,027
0.88
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,266
1.25
12,460
10.73
21. Falls
1,245
1.23
964
0.83
22. Road Traffic Accidents
870
0.86
4,200
3.62
23. Liver Disease
809
0.80
1,303
1.12
24. Inflammatory/Heart
725
0.72
425
0.37
25. Other Neoplasms
679
0.67
86
0.07
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
611
0.61
38
0.03
27. Ovary Cancer
557
0.55
281
0.24
28. Suicide
533
0.53
2,977
2.56
29. Endocrine Disorders
526
0.52
462
0.40
30. Oral Cancer
440
0.44
2,893
2.49
31. Skin Cancers
438
0.43
58
0.05
32. Drownings
435
0.43
731
0.63
33. Uterin Cancer
373
0.37
218
0.19
34. Epilepsy
249
0.25
269
0.23
35. Oesophagus Cancer
246
0.24
1,544
1.33
36. Cervical Cancer
243
0.24
762
0.66
37. Drug Use
193
0.19
257
0.22
38. Congenital Anomalies
174
0.17
989
0.85
39. Fires
146
0.14
239
0.21
40. Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.13
2
0.00
41. Low Birth Weight
127
0.13
536
0.46
42. Violence
104
0.10
499
0.43
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.10
49
0.04
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
95
0.09
605
0.52
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
67
0.07
11
0.01
46. Tuberculosis
66
0.07
769
0.66
47. Hepatitis B
56
0.06
6
0.01
48. Skin Disease
56
0.06
293
0.25
49. Alcohol
50
0.05
82
0.07
50. HIV/AIDS
47
0.05
39
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
6.56
126
2. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
9.49
165
3. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
4.61
165
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
3.43
175
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
0.80
171
6. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
4.94
107
7. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
4.05
128
8. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
1.63
117
9. Leukemia
5.01
18
4.61
35
10. Lymphomas
4.87
84
3.88
126
11. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
1.93
174
12. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
1.40
144
13. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
5.15
125
14. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
10.87
7
15. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
0.22
174
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
5.72
30
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.