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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 LIBERIA

Compare Iceland and Liberia 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.

Liberia
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
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iceland ICELAND   Liberia LIBERIA
      Iceland ICELAND   Liberia LIBERIA
           
    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
    		  
    38.9
    41.3
    40.1
    149
    144
    146
    1970
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    		  
    41.3
    43.1
    42.2
    156
    156
    157
    1980
    72.1
    75.7
    73.9
    10
    22
    14
    		  
    43.4
    45.5
    44.4
    162
    163
    162
    1990
    74.9
    78.4
    76.6
    2
    20
    11
    		  
    41.8
    44.1
    42.9
    177
    178
    177
    2000
    77.7
    81.7
    79.7
    1
    9
    3
    		  
    51.2
    52.6
    51.9
    155
    163
    156
    2010
    80.2
    83.5
    81.8
    1
    10
    6
    		  
    58.4
    61.0
    59.7
    151
    152
    152
    2019
    80.8
    83.9
    82.3
    9
    20
    14
    		  
    63.2
    65.0
    64.1
    149
    163
    155
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iceland ICELAND   Liberia LIBERIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.8
    83.9
    9
    20
    63.2
    65.0
    149
    163
    Age 5
    81.0
    84.0
    10
    23
    69.4
    70.4
    131
    154
    Age 10
    81.0
    84.1
    10
    22
    69.9
    70.9
    126
    155
    Age 15
    81.1
    84.1
    10
    23
    70.3
    71.3
    123
    155
    Age 20
    81.2
    84.1
    9
    23
    70.7
    71.6
    122
    155
    Age 25
    81.4
    84.2
    10
    23
    71.1
    72.0
    121
    155
    Age 30
    81.6
    84.3
    9
    23
    71.6
    72.5
    121
    155
    Age 35
    81.9
    84.4
    4
    23
    72.2
    73.1
    120
    155
    Age 40
    82.1
    84.5
    4
    22
    72.9
    73.8
    117
    153
    Age 45
    82.4
    84.6
    4
    25
    73.7
    74.6
    112
    154
    Age 50
    82.7
    84.8
    5
    26
    74.8
    75.5
    106
    155
    Age 55
    83.1
    85.1
    7
    26
    76.0
    76.7
    103
    154
    Age 60
    83.7
    85.5
    7
    27
    77.4
    78.0
    102
    155
    Age 65
    84.4
    86.1
    11
    28
    79.2
    79.7
    98
    151
    Age 70
    85.4
    86.7
    12
    34
    81.3
    81.7
    102
    147
    Age 75
    86.7
    87.7
    15
    36
    83.8
    84.1
    89
    139
    Age 80
    88.4
    89.2
    24
    39
    86.7
    86.9
    92
    132
    Age 85
    90.7
    91.3
    39
    42
    89.9
    90.1
    85
    115
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iceland ICELAND   Liberia LIBERIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    54.46
    157
    98.87
    112
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    35.59
    5
    17.56
    92
    3. Lung Cancers
    21.77
    41
    2.68
    165
    4. Prostate Cancer
    18.78
    71
    38.87
    16
    5. Stroke
    18.39
    176
    79.84
    94
    6. Breast Cancer
    18.02
    78
    17.79
    81
    7. Lung Disease
    17.98
    117
    15.39
    139
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.15
    49
    3.79
    170
    9. Suicide
    11.15
    59
    7.37
    108
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    9.67
    161
    78.43
    44
    11. Other Injuries
    7.88
    87
    9.64
    70
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    7.25
    37
    1.56
    152
    13. Parkinson's Disease
    7.15
    12
    4.57
    66
    14. Lymphomas
    5.87
    49
    3.62
    132
    15. Ovary Cancer
    5.09
    62
    3.65
    123
    16. Drug Use
    4.41
    12
    1.66
    63
    17. Diabetes Mellitus
    4.22
    176
    31.63
    86
    18. Kidney Disease
    4.00
    177
    27.80
    69
    19. Liver Cancer
    3.82
    140
    17.19
    11
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.70
    50
    0.64
    174
    21. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.42
    124
    4.81
    91
    22. Cervical Cancer
    3.29
    142
    35.18
    16
    23. Falls
    3.23
    143
    7.14
    68
    24. Alcohol
    3.14
    32
    0.98
    118
    25. Stomach Cancer
    3.12
    154
    5.47
    99
    26. Bladder Cancer
    3.04
    53
    0.83
    163
    27. Leukemia
    2.88
    125
    0.66
    178
    28. Hypertension
    2.87
    168
    18.52
    90
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    2.31
    139
    5.61
    58
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.12
    102
    2.31
    91
    31. Skin Cancers
    2.01
    85
    2.29
    61
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    1.96
    177
    7.74
    37
    33. Road Traffic Accidents
    1.78
    178
    55.89
    4
    34. Liver Disease
    1.72
    183
    34.32
    44
    35. Oral Cancer
    1.55
    158
    2.01
    131
    36. Other Neoplasms
    1.53
    57
    0.32
    134
    37. Epilepsy
    1.27
    116
    2.16
    56
    38. Low Birth Weight
    1.13
    164
    11.72
    21
    39. Violence
    1.08
    149
    13.13
    34
    40. Birth Trauma
    1.05
    121
    11.43
    14
    41. Poisonings
    0.64
    86
    1.76
    50
    42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.61
    35
    0.20
    127
    43. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.51
    34
    0.15
    118
    44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.47
    178
    5.75
    50
    45. Anemia
    0.42
    30
    0.00
    125
    46. Skin Disease
    0.39
    150
    1.74
    80
    47. Drownings
    0.36
    179
    2.30
    99
    48. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    16
    0.00
    123
    49. Meningitis
    0.30
    140
    11.52
    30
    50. Asthma
    0.26
    178
    8.98
    68
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Iceland ICELAND   Liberia LIBERIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    403
    20.10
    1,885
    5.60
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    295
    14.71
    235
    0.70
    3. Stroke
    141
    7.03
    1,578
    4.68
    4. Lung Cancers
    134
    6.68
    66
    0.20
    5. Lung Disease
    129
    6.43
    294
    0.87
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    82
    4.09
    2,693
    7.99
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    73
    3.64
    90
    0.27
    8. Prostate Cancer
    61
    3.04
    297
    0.88
    9. Breast Cancer
    53
    2.64
    246
    0.73
    10. Parkinson's Disease
    53
    2.64
    72
    0.21
    11. Other Injuries
    50
    2.49
    380
    1.13
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    43
    2.14
    38
    0.11
    13. Suicide
    40
    2.00
    220
    0.65
    14. Lymphomas
    37
    1.85
    93
    0.28
    15. Kidney Disease
    33
    1.65
    609
    1.81
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    30
    1.50
    650
    1.93
    17. Hypertension
    24
    1.20
    371
    1.10
    18. Falls
    24
    1.20
    155
    0.46
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    23
    1.15
    16
    0.05
    20. Liver Cancer
    22
    1.10
    439
    1.30
    21. Bladder Cancer
    20
    1.00
    19
    0.06
    22. Leukemia
    19
    0.95
    23
    0.07
    23. Stomach Cancer
    18
    0.90
    122
    0.36
    24. Drug Use
    17
    0.85
    42
    0.12
    25. Ovary Cancer
    16
    0.80
    50
    0.15
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    16
    0.80
    245
    0.73
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    16
    0.80
    115
    0.34
    28. Alcohol
    14
    0.70
    25
    0.07
    29. Skin Cancers
    13
    0.65
    51
    0.15
    30. Other Neoplasms
    10
    0.50
    6
    0.02
    31. Oral Cancer
    9
    0.45
    50
    0.15
    32. Cervical Cancer
    9
    0.45
    474
    1.41
    33. Liver Disease
    9
    0.45
    858
    2.55
    34. Uterin Cancer
    7
    0.35
    28
    0.08
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    7
    0.35
    833
    2.47
    36. Road Traffic Accidents
    7
    0.35
    1,920
    5.70
    37. Epilepsy
    5
    0.25
    81
    0.24
    38. Anemia
    4
    0.20
    0
    0.00
    39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    4
    0.20
    4
    0.01
    40. Violence
    4
    0.20
    477
    1.42
    41. Low Birth Weight
    3
    0.15
    1,652
    4.90
    42. Multiple Sclerosis
    3
    0.15
    4
    0.01
    43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3
    0.15
    126
    0.37
    44. Skin Disease
    3
    0.15
    41
    0.12
    45. Poisonings
    3
    0.15
    82
    0.24
    46. Birth Trauma
    2
    0.10
    1,601
    4.75
    47. Asthma
    2
    0.10
    200
    0.59
    48. Osteoarthritis
    2
    0.10
    0
    0.00
    49. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1
    0.05
    1,592
    4.73
    50. Meningitis
    1
    0.05
    552
    1.64
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iceland ICELAND   Liberia LIBERIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    21.77
    41
    2.68
    165
    2. Prostate Cancer
    18.78
    71
    38.87
    16
    3. Breast Cancer
    18.02
    78
    17.79
    81
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.15
    49
    3.79
    170
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.25
    37
    1.56
    152
    6. Lymphomas
    5.87
    49
    3.62
    132
    7. Ovary Cancer
    5.09
    62
    3.65
    123
    8. Liver Cancer
    3.82
    140
    17.19
    11
    9. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.70
    50
    0.64
    174
    10. Cervical Cancer
    3.29
    142
    35.18
    16
    11. Stomach Cancer
    3.12
    154
    5.47
    99
    12. Bladder Cancer
    3.04
    53
    0.83
    163
    13. Leukemia
    2.88
    125
    0.66
    178
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.12
    102
    2.31
    91
    15. Skin Cancers
    2.01
    85
    2.29
    61
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.55
    158
    2.01
    131
    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.