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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 SENEGAL

Compare Iceland and Senegal 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.

Senegal
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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Senegal Population Pyramid
33,186,850
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   Senegal SENEGAL
  Iceland ICELAND   Senegal SENEGAL
       
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
  
40.2
41.2
40.7
142
147
143
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
44.6
45.5
45.0
141
145
142
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
50.6
51.7
51.1
134
143
140
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
56.4
58.5
57.4
136
141
138
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
56.0
59.0
57.5
143
145
143
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
62.6
65.8
64.3
132
136
135
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
66.8
70.1
68.6
128
132
129
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Senegal SENEGAL
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
66.8
70.1
128
132
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
66.8
70.1
128
132
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
70.2
73.1
119
132
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
70.6
73.5
117
133
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
70.9
73.7
115
133
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
71.2
74.0
114
131
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
71.6
74.3
114
132
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
72.1
74.6
113
131
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
72.5
75.0
111
130
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
73.1
75.5
111
130
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
73.8
76.1
109
130
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
74.7
76.9
109
132
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
75.8
77.8
109
131
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
77.2
78.9
110
131
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
79.0
80.4
110
126
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
81.1
82.2
111
121
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.6
84.4
108
116
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.5
87.1
108
110
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.8
90.3
100
105
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Senegal SENEGAL
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
107.21
95
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
20.92
36
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
2.59
166
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
29.08
32
5. Stroke
18.39
176
87.45
88
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
17.64
83
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
23.01
88
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
5.68
139
9. Suicide
11.15
59
10.99
62
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
70.75
50
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
11.48
50
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.36
133
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
5.57
30
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
3.90
125
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.87
73
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.58
65
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
37.84
64
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
32.13
47
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
13.96
17
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.50
126
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
5.54
75
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
31.68
17
23. Falls
3.23
143
8.73
37
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
0.95
121
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
7.76
68
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
2.18
85
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
1.02
169
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
17.73
95
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
6.44
45
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.37
89
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
2.17
73
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
6.71
60
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
35.06
35
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
27.51
63
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.75
91
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.42
96
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
2.64
40
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
8.37
52
39. Violence
1.08
149
9.23
56
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
7.93
41
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
2.22
41
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.24
110
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.23
74
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
6.11
46
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
154
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
2.18
53
47. Drownings
0.36
179
2.51
89
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
154
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
12.50
28
50. Asthma
0.26
178
13.53
46
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Senegal SENEGAL
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
6,224
8.03
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
879
1.13
3. Stroke
141
7.03
5,342
6.89
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
180
0.23
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
1,351
1.74
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
7,184
9.26
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
384
0.50
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
642
0.83
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
861
1.11
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
273
0.35
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
1,512
1.95
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
159
0.21
13. Suicide
40
2.00
978
1.26
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
315
0.41
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
2,210
2.85
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
2,395
3.09
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
1,095
1.41
18. Falls
24
1.20
622
0.80
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
99
0.13
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
1,087
1.40
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
155
0.20
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
113
0.15
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
557
0.72
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
138
0.18
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
220
0.28
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
1,041
1.34
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
426
0.55
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
74
0.10
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
147
0.19
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
24
0.03
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
208
0.27
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
1,405
1.81
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
2,147
2.77
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
94
0.12
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
2,364
3.05
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
3,832
4.94
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
330
0.43
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
15
0.02
40. Violence
4
0.20
1,247
1.61
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
3,636
4.69
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
20
0.03
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
433
0.56
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
159
0.21
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
315
0.41
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
3,448
4.45
47. Asthma
2
0.10
936
1.21
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
5,343
6.89
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
1,628
2.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Senegal SENEGAL
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
2.59
166
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
29.08
32
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
17.64
83
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
5.68
139
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.36
133
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
3.90
125
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.87
73
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
13.96
17
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.50
126
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
31.68
17
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
7.76
68
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
2.18
85
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
1.02
169
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.37
89
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
2.17
73
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.75
91
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.