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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 ZAMBIA

Compare Iceland and Zambia 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.

Zambia
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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Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Iceland ICELAND   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
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
  
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
85.40
126
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
18.87
72
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
4.41
142
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
37.64
19
5. Stroke
18.39
176
156.50
19
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
9.51
164
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
25.95
72
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
2.98
177
9. Suicide
11.15
59
14.43
32
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
87.45
35
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
13.38
34
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.68
175
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
4.09
94
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.38
29
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
2.00
173
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.19
92
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
42.93
53
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
29.46
63
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
2.22
179
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
5.61
32
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
6.33
60
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
48.42
6
23. Falls
3.23
143
9.14
30
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
1.90
63
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
3.21
149
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
2.36
75
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.93
124
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
56.20
6
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
3.28
99
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.90
164
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.87
93
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
8.15
24
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
32.93
43
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
63.86
4
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.39
110
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.36
116
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
2.68
38
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
9.64
36
39. Violence
1.08
149
7.04
67
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
10.07
26
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
3.48
11
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.60
37
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.17
108
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
3.48
77
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
182
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
1.69
87
47. Drownings
0.36
179
3.21
69
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
182
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
15.31
15
50. Asthma
0.26
178
10.81
57
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
4,432
3.97
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
590
0.53
3. Stroke
141
7.03
7,948
7.12
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
226
0.20
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
1,273
1.14
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
9,517
8.52
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
203
0.18
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
561
0.50
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
366
0.33
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
164
0.15
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
1,729
1.55
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
42
0.04
13. Suicide
40
2.00
1,303
1.17
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
548
0.49
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
1,760
1.58
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
2,395
2.14
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
2,616
2.34
18. Falls
24
1.20
596
0.53
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
359
0.32
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
177
0.16
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
132
0.12
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
261
0.23
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
206
0.18
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
122
0.11
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
82
0.07
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
354
0.32
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
501
0.45
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
140
0.13
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
108
0.10
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
20
0.02
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
155
0.14
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
1,799
1.61
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
4,501
4.03
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
30
0.03
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
3,146
2.82
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
3,654
3.27
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
332
0.30
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
30
0.03
40. Violence
4
0.20
1,153
1.03
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
4,857
4.35
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
13
0.01
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
246
0.22
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
126
0.11
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
456
0.41
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
5,062
4.53
47. Asthma
2
0.10
741
0.66
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
6,275
5.62
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
1,976
1.77
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
4.41
142
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
37.64
19
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
9.51
164
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
2.98
177
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.68
175
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.38
29
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
2.00
173
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
2.22
179
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
5.61
32
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
48.42
6
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
3.21
149
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
2.36
75
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.93
124
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.90
164
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.87
93
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.39
110
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.