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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 SAMOA

Compare Iceland and Samoa 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.

Samoa
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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Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
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   Samoa SAMOA
  Iceland ICELAND   Samoa SAMOA
       
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
  
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
189.77
33
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
19.13
68
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
21.56
44
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
24.32
48
5. Stroke
18.39
176
118.02
45
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
26.40
20
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
47.54
19
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
8.66
93
9. Suicide
11.15
59
14.60
30
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
39.32
68
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
8.08
85
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.68
124
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
6.72
14
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
3.94
122
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
14.84
1
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
0.42
168
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
82.64
13
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
39.81
23
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.91
99
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.72
172
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
5.15
83
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
7.89
94
23. Falls
3.23
143
6.17
83
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
1.39
90
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
12.23
20
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
3.56
38
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.10
150
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
23.76
63
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
4.28
81
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
7.58
4
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.24
130
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
5.11
112
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
15.42
93
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
18.98
94
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
3.32
75
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.52
86
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.39
109
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
3.59
116
39. Violence
1.08
149
3.39
108
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
1.25
111
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.47
100
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.16
142
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.12
143
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
6.92
34
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
151
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
2.65
34
47. Drownings
0.36
179
7.42
11
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
151
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
1.21
73
50. Asthma
0.26
178
17.01
29
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
241
21.56
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
19
1.70
3. Stroke
141
7.03
148
13.24
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
26
2.33
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
57
5.10
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
53
4.74
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
12
1.07
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
11
0.98
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
19
1.70
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
7
0.63
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
13
1.16
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
4
0.36
13. Suicide
40
2.00
25
2.24
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
6
0.54
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
52
4.65
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
108
9.66
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
30
2.68
18. Falls
24
1.20
8
0.72
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
1
0.09
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
7
0.63
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
5
0.45
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
3
0.27
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
16
1.43
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
1
0.09
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
10
0.89
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
6
0.54
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
7
0.63
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
2
0.18
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
2
0.18
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
1
0.09
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
4
0.36
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
6
0.54
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
27
2.42
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
5
0.45
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
18
1.61
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
26
2.33
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
2
0.18
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Violence
4
0.20
6
0.54
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
16
1.43
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
0
0.00
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
9
0.81
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
3
0.27
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
1
0.09
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
5
0.45
47. Asthma
2
0.10
21
1.88
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
12
1.07
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
2
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
21.56
44
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
24.32
48
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
26.40
20
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
8.66
93
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.68
124
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
3.94
122
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
14.84
1
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.91
99
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.72
172
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
7.89
94
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
12.23
20
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
3.56
38
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.10
150
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
7.58
4
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.24
130
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
3.32
75
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.