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Guyana
COUNTRY #1
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GUYANA VS ZAMBIA

Compare Guyana and Zambia 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.

Zambia
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
Guyana Population Pyramid
824,958
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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Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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
  Guyana GUYANA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Guyana GUYANA   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
54.8
57.9
56.3
71
75
73
  
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
57.8
61.6
59.7
83
85
84
  
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
58.2
63.7
60.9
105
94
99
  
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
59.1
65.6
62.3
127
115
118
  
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
62.7
68.4
65.4
114
116
116
  
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
63.4
68.6
65.9
128
126
129
  
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
62.5
69.4
65.7
152
135
142
  
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.5
69.4
152
135
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
62.5
69.4
152
135
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
64.6
71.2
167
147
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
64.8
71.3
168
151
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
65.0
71.5
168
154
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
65.3
71.9
168
152
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
66.3
72.2
166
152
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
67.5
72.9
166
149
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
68.2
73.2
167
153
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
69.2
73.8
166
152
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
70.5
74.7
166
152
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
71.5
75.6
167
153
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
73.4
76.8
165
152
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
75.1
78.1
165
151
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
77.7
79.8
153
148
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
79.6
81.4
168
156
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
83.7
84.4
103
122
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
85.3
85.7
172
171
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
91.0
90.1
26
116
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192.95
31
85.40
126
2. Stroke
149.26
24
156.50
19
3. Diabetes Mellitus
82.60
14
42.93
53
4. Hypertension
45.77
18
56.20
6
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
42.19
65
87.45
35
6. Prostate Cancer
41.13
12
37.64
19
7. Suicide
40.85
2
14.43
32
8. HIV/AIDS
34.94
29
132.99
8
9. Kidney Disease
32.95
45
29.46
63
10. Liver Disease
26.93
68
63.86
4
11. Breast Cancer
25.59
23
9.51
164
12. Violence
25.46
14
7.04
67
13. Lung Disease
25.43
78
25.95
72
14. Endocrine Disorders
24.94
3
3.28
99
15. Cervical Cancer
24.77
25
48.42
6
16. Other Injuries
22.64
4
13.38
34
17. Road Traffic Accidents
22.39
63
32.93
43
18. Tuberculosis
18.83
52
49.91
19
19. Drownings
18.48
1
3.21
69
20. Anemia
14.15
1
0.00
182
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.69
18
6.33
60
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.32
96
2.98
177
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.61
26
3.48
77
24. Low Birth Weight
7.54
57
9.64
36
25. Congenital Anomalies
7.16
50
8.15
24
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.60
74
54.75
30
27. Other Neoplasms
5.49
10
0.36
116
28. Lung Cancers
5.31
135
4.41
142
29. Malnutrition
5.24
53
17.63
11
30. Birth Trauma
5.24
62
10.07
26
31. Stomach Cancer
4.88
110
3.21
149
32. Ovary Cancer
4.75
77
2.00
173
33. Lymphomas
4.43
105
6.38
29
34. Liver Cancer
4.07
126
2.22
179
35. Malaria
3.88
44
54.16
2
36. Maternal Conditions
3.59
53
7.77
38
37. Asthma
3.57
100
10.81
57
38. Uterin Cancer
3.50
36
0.90
164
39. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.28
171
18.87
72
40. Epilepsy
3.18
26
2.68
38
41. Leukemia
2.77
131
2.93
124
42. Oral Cancer
2.74
94
2.39
110
43. Pancreas Cancer
2.70
123
0.68
175
44. Fires
2.65
61
3.87
31
45. Drug Use
2.12
43
1.19
92
46. Meningitis
1.91
62
15.31
15
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.69
81
2.70
47
48. Falls
1.52
177
9.14
30
49. Parkinson's Disease
1.31
172
4.09
94
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.15
6
0.00
182
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guyana GUYANA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,335
18.58
4,432
3.97
2. Stroke
1,022
14.22
7,948
7.12
3. Diabetes Mellitus
579
8.06
2,395
2.14
4. Hypertension
320
4.45
2,616
2.34
5. Suicide
315
4.38
1,303
1.17
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
302
4.20
9,517
8.52
7. HIV/AIDS
256
3.56
17,234
15.43
8. Kidney Disease
233
3.24
1,760
1.58
9. Liver Disease
197
2.74
4,501
4.03
10. Violence
194
2.70
1,153
1.03
11. Road Traffic Accidents
175
2.44
3,654
3.27
12. Endocrine Disorders
174
2.42
354
0.32
13. Lung Disease
174
2.42
1,273
1.14
14. Other Injuries
167
2.32
1,729
1.55
15. Drownings
145
2.02
689
0.62
16. Tuberculosis
137
1.91
5,941
5.32
17. Prostate Cancer
123
1.71
561
0.50
18. Anemia
99
1.38
0
0.00
19. Breast Cancer
96
1.34
366
0.33
20. Inflammatory/Heart
92
1.28
501
0.45
21. Cervical Cancer
91
1.27
1,799
1.61
22. Low Birth Weight
89
1.24
4,857
4.35
23. Congenital Anomalies
69
0.96
3,146
2.82
24. Birth Trauma
64
0.89
5,062
4.53
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
59
0.82
203
0.18
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
54
0.75
246
0.22
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
48
0.67
6,275
5.62
28. Other Neoplasms
40
0.56
20
0.02
29. Lung Cancers
38
0.53
226
0.20
30. Malnutrition
37
0.51
2,303
2.06
31. Stomach Cancer
34
0.47
206
0.18
32. Lymphomas
32
0.45
548
0.49
33. Malaria
30
0.42
7,882
7.06
34. Liver Cancer
29
0.40
177
0.16
35. Maternal Conditions
28
0.39
1,188
1.06
36. Asthma
25
0.35
741
0.66
37. Epilepsy
24
0.33
332
0.30
38. Alzheimers & Dementia
23
0.32
590
0.53
39. Leukemia
21
0.29
261
0.23
40. Oral Cancer
20
0.28
155
0.14
41. Pancreas Cancer
19
0.26
42
0.04
42. Fires
19
0.26
546
0.49
43. Ovary Cancer
18
0.25
82
0.07
44. Meningitis
17
0.24
1,976
1.77
45. Drug Use
16
0.22
122
0.11
46. Uterin Cancer
13
0.18
30
0.03
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
13
0.18
190
0.17
48. Falls
11
0.15
596
0.53
49. Parkinson's Disease
9
0.13
164
0.15
50. Oesophagus Cancer
8
0.11
359
0.32
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
41.13
12
37.64
19
2. Breast Cancer
25.59
23
9.51
164
3. Cervical Cancer
24.77
25
48.42
6
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.32
96
2.98
177
5. Lung Cancers
5.31
135
4.41
142
6. Stomach Cancer
4.88
110
3.21
149
7. Ovary Cancer
4.75
77
2.00
173
8. Lymphomas
4.43
105
6.38
29
9. Liver Cancer
4.07
126
2.22
179
10. Uterin Cancer
3.50
36
0.90
164
11. Leukemia
2.77
131
2.93
124
12. Oral Cancer
2.74
94
2.39
110
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.70
123
0.68
175
14. Bladder Cancer
1.11
150
2.36
75
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.07
152
5.61
32
16. Skin Cancers
0.71
152
1.87
93
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.