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Iceland
COUNTRY #1
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
ICELAND VS CAPE VERDE

Compare Iceland and Cape Verde 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.

Cape Verde
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
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%
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Cape Verde Population Pyramid
679,399
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
  Iceland ICELAND   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Iceland ICELAND   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
50.7
53.7
52.2
87
87
87
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
55.2
58.2
56.7
90
93
92
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
59.1
63.0
61.0
98
99
97
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
62.7
68.0
65.3
107
106
108
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
68.2
71.4
69.9
79
99
95
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
70.6
74.2
72.5
77
99
94
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
69.9
77.9
74.0
100
76
88
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
71.1
79.0
107
73
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
71.1
79.1
110
73
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
71.2
79.1
110
73
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
71.5
79.2
110
73
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
71.9
79.4
112
72
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
72.2
79.5
112
72
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
72.5
79.7
113
73
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
73.0
79.9
114
74
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
73.5
80.2
117
74
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
74.4
80.6
119
76
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
75.4
81.1
121
78
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
76.8
81.8
119
80
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
78.5
82.7
124
83
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.6
83.8
134
87
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.1
85.4
138
90
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.0
87.5
143
95
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.4
90.3
144
102
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
122.67
76
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
16.89
109
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
12.10
94
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
40.00
13
5. Stroke
18.39
176
71.23
103
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
9.70
163
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
15.67
136
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
5.57
141
9. Suicide
11.15
59
15.23
27
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
59.11
60
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
7.51
94
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
6.72
45
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
5.23
42
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.54
96
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
1.41
180
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
3.13
25
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
29.83
89
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
21.60
100
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
12.90
19
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
11.35
8
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
3.52
122
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
12.21
71
23. Falls
3.23
143
6.61
75
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
0.96
120
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
17.14
5
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.29
141
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.72
135
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
12.84
116
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
1.90
153
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.94
162
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.71
151
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
5.58
97
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
31.57
45
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
24.37
78
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
4.69
43
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.54
84
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
3.48
17
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
4.59
93
39. Violence
1.08
149
14.22
30
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
1.92
92
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.54
93
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.19
129
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.21
88
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
2.47
93
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
82
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
1.46
99
47. Drownings
0.36
179
5.15
25
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
78
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
3.28
50
50. Asthma
0.26
178
5.86
82
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
457
17.60
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
68
2.62
3. Stroke
141
7.03
272
10.48
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
44
1.69
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
58
2.23
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
236
9.09
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
21
0.81
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
52
2.00
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
24
0.92
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
20
0.77
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
33
1.27
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
27
1.04
13. Suicide
40
2.00
71
2.73
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
19
0.73
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
85
3.27
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
112
4.31
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
49
1.89
18. Falls
24
1.20
27
1.04
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
42
1.62
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
49
1.89
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
5
0.19
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
10
0.39
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
67
2.58
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
14
0.54
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
3
0.12
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
9
0.35
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
14
0.54
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
4
0.15
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
2
0.08
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
2
0.08
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
20
0.77
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
27
1.04
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
101
3.89
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
2
0.08
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
38
1.46
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
147
5.66
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
16
0.62
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
1
0.04
40. Violence
4
0.20
73
2.81
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
37
1.43
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
1
0.04
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
10
0.39
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
6
0.23
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
2
0.08
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
15
0.58
47. Asthma
2
0.10
23
0.89
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
41
1.58
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
14
0.54
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
12.10
94
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
40.00
13
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
9.70
163
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
5.57
141
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
6.72
45
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.54
96
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
1.41
180
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
12.90
19
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
11.35
8
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
12.21
71
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
17.14
5
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.29
141
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.72
135
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.94
162
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.71
151
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
4.69
43
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.