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Japan
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Japan and Brunei 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.

Brunei
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
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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%
Brunei Population Pyramid
492,391
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
  Japan JAPAN   Brunei BRUNEI
  Japan JAPAN   Brunei BRUNEI
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
 
61.9
62.9
62.4
45
56
52
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
 
65.8
68.4
67.0
40
54
49
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
 
69.3
72.7
71.0
28
51
33
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
 
72.1
76.4
74.2
23
35
31
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
 
73.1
76.0
74.4
35
50
41
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
 
75.5
78.3
76.9
36
47
35
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
 
73.4
75.4
74.3
65
100
83
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Brunei BRUNEI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
74.4
76.2
63
106
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
74.5
76.3
63
106
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
74.6
76.3
64
107
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
74.7
76.4
66
107
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
74.9
76.5
71
108
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
75.2
76.7
71
108
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
75.5
76.8
72
109
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
75.9
77.1
72
109
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
76.4
77.5
73
109
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
77.1
78.0
69
109
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
78.0
78.5
71
112
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
79.0
79.4
74
114
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
80.1
80.4
78
129
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
81.6
81.6
90
150
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
83.6
83.3
106
170
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.3
85.9
118
167
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.1
88.5
160
178
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Brunei BRUNEI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
90.67
122
2. Stroke
23.21
161
87.37
89
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
24.77
28
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
25.00
101
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
21.30
5
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
27.00
67
7. Suicide
12.24
49
2.54
172
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
8.69
55
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
21.80
41
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
4.50
76
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
33.87
6
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
33.89
42
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
10.79
26
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
15.24
100
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
8.96
75
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
1.90
182
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
9.76
5
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.66
43
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.91
160
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
6.58
6
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
5.44
15
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
8.94
89
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
9.40
14
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
25.19
1
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
7.90
7
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
7.38
136
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
6.55
22
28. Drownings
2.12
109
2.21
106
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
6.93
50
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
6.19
11
31. Falls
1.98
173
6.36
78
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.60
122
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
56.41
32
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
15.15
108
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
1.78
124
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
7.47
73
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
1.31
122
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.15
124
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
1.69
3
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.50
48
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
7.61
8
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
0.49
163
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
0.51
114
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
1.58
87
45. Asthma
0.36
174
4.75
91
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
2.36
6
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.73
139
48. Fires
0.33
161
0.85
121
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
3.38
118
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.36
13
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Brunei BRUNEI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
295
15.60
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
240
12.69
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
69
3.65
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
73
3.86
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
61
3.23
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
69
3.65
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
73
3.86
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
25
1.32
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
105
5.55
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
13
0.69
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
38
2.01
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
29
1.53
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
12
0.63
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
32
1.69
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
39
2.06
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
19
1.00
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
9
0.48
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
18
0.95
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
19
1.00
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
3
0.16
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
86
4.55
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
4
0.21
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
20
1.06
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
19
1.00
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
9
0.48
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
22
1.16
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
25
1.32
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
46
2.43
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
179
9.47
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
11
0.58
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
32
1.69
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
18
0.95
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
11
0.58
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
21
1.11
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
6
0.32
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
20
1.06
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
4
0.21
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
1
0.05
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
4
0.21
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
37
1.96
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
6
0.32
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
14
0.74
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
1
0.05
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
2
0.11
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
4
0.21
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
7
0.37
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
2
0.11
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
3
0.16
49. Anemia
875
0.08
1
0.05
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
3
0.16
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Brunei BRUNEI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
24.77
28
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
21.30
5
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
8.69
55
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
21.80
41
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
4.50
76
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
10.79
26
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
15.24
100
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
9.76
5
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.66
43
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.91
160
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
5.44
15
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
8.94
89
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
6.55
22
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
6.19
11
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
1.60
122
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
0.49
163
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.