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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

Compare Iceland and Suriname 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.

Suriname
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
142,657
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%
Suriname Population Pyramid
214,996
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   Suriname SURINAME
  Iceland ICELAND   Suriname SURINAME
       
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
 
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
 
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
 
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
 
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
 
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
 
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Suriname SURINAME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
69.9
75.8
124
110
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
70.0
75.9
124
111
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
70.1
76.0
128
110
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
70.3
76.2
129
110
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
70.6
76.3
130
110
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
71.2
76.6
128
109
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
71.7
77.1
125
106
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
72.2
77.5
128
106
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
72.8
77.9
129
105
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
73.6
78.6
134
101
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
74.6
79.2
141
102
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
76.4
80.5
137
101
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
78.2
81.7
138
100
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.3
83.0
141
102
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
82.6
85.0
161
100
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
85.5
87.1
165
115
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.1
89.8
161
147
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Suriname SURINAME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
123.28
75
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
23.53
21
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
18.83
60
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
39.62
15
5. Stroke
18.39
176
117.53
47
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
18.46
72
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
18.00
115
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
13.75
35
9. Suicide
11.15
59
25.89
6
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
32.82
81
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
13.07
35
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.88
66
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
5.52
34
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.23
110
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.45
92
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.30
86
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
53.75
34
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
52.54
9
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
8.43
44
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.42
179
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
6.86
52
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
16.24
50
23. Falls
3.23
143
6.60
76
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
2.81
41
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
4.64
121
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.06
154
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.60
91
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
25.66
56
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
6.72
43
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.81
120
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.19
175
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
5.78
93
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
15.53
92
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
24.32
79
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.80
90
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.52
87
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
3.21
25
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
6.28
74
39. Violence
1.08
149
5.85
82
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
3.68
76
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.30
123
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.24
109
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.18
104
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
5.41
54
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
163
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
10.27
2
47. Drownings
0.36
179
4.80
29
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
163
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.92
84
50. Asthma
0.26
178
2.86
101
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Suriname SURINAME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
650
16.05
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
117
2.89
3. Stroke
141
7.03
615
15.19
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
102
2.52
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
93
2.30
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
171
4.22
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
72
1.78
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
78
1.93
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
55
1.36
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
28
0.69
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
73
1.80
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
26
0.64
13. Suicide
40
2.00
148
3.65
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
23
0.57
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
281
6.94
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
286
7.06
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
134
3.31
18. Falls
24
1.20
34
0.84
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
2
0.05
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
45
1.11
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
5
0.12
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
20
0.49
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
25
0.62
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
7
0.17
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
14
0.35
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
37
0.91
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
37
0.91
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
16
0.40
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
1
0.02
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
3
0.07
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
16
0.40
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
48
1.19
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
134
3.31
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
5
0.12
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
40
0.99
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
89
2.20
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
18
0.44
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
1
0.02
40. Violence
4
0.20
34
0.84
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
51
1.26
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
1
0.02
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
29
0.72
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
53
1.31
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
2
0.05
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
28
0.69
47. Asthma
2
0.10
16
0.40
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
31
0.77
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
5
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Suriname SURINAME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
18.83
60
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
39.62
15
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
18.46
72
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
13.75
35
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.88
66
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.23
110
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
4.45
92
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
8.43
44
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.42
179
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
16.24
50
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
4.64
121
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.06
154
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.60
91
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.81
120
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.19
175
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.80
90
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.