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COUNTRY #1
Compare Japan and Iran 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.

COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023


Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083


LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
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World Rank
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World Rank
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M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
65.3
|
70.1
|
67.7
|
31
|
35
|
35
|
48.5
|
48.5
|
48.5
|
96
|
105
|
100
|
|
1970 |
69.4
|
74.7
|
72.0
|
9
|
13
|
10
|
54.2
|
54.0
|
54.1
|
95
|
111
|
102
|
|
1980 |
73.6
|
78.8
|
76.1
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
58.3
|
59.7
|
58.9
|
103
|
117
|
109
|
|
1990 |
75.9
|
81.9
|
78.8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
63.7
|
65.9
|
64.8
|
100
|
114
|
110
|
|
2000 |
77.6
|
84.5
|
81.1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
69.4
|
71.2
|
70.3
|
66
|
102
|
90
|
|
2010 |
79.5
|
86.3
|
83.0
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
72.7
|
75.6
|
74.1
|
52
|
88
|
68
|
|
2019 |
81.5
|
86.9
|
84.3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
75.7
|
79.1
|
77.3
|
44
|
62
|
49
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
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World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
81.5
|
86.9
|
2
|
1
|
75.7
|
79.1
|
44
|
62
|
|
Age 5 |
81.7
|
87.2
|
2
|
1
|
76.8
|
80.1
|
43
|
57
|
|
Age 10 |
81.7
|
87.2
|
2
|
1
|
76.9
|
80.2
|
42
|
56
|
|
Age 15 |
81.8
|
87.2
|
2
|
1
|
77.0
|
80.3
|
42
|
56
|
|
Age 20 |
81.9
|
87.2
|
2
|
1
|
77.3
|
80.5
|
42
|
56
|
|
Age 25 |
82.0
|
87.3
|
2
|
1
|
77.7
|
80.6
|
40
|
56
|
|
Age 30 |
82.1
|
87.4
|
2
|
1
|
78.0
|
80.8
|
40
|
56
|
|
Age 35 |
82.2
|
87.4
|
3
|
1
|
78.4
|
80.9
|
40
|
57
|
|
Age 40 |
82.4
|
87.6
|
3
|
1
|
78.7
|
81.1
|
41
|
58
|
|
Age 45 |
82.6
|
87.7
|
3
|
1
|
79.1
|
81.3
|
42
|
57
|
|
Age 50 |
82.9
|
87.9
|
3
|
1
|
79.6
|
81.6
|
42
|
59
|
|
Age 55 |
83.4
|
88.2
|
3
|
1
|
80.3
|
81.9
|
41
|
62
|
|
Age 60 |
84.0
|
88.6
|
3
|
1
|
81.2
|
82.5
|
41
|
63
|
|
Age 65 |
84.8
|
89.0
|
4
|
1
|
82.4
|
83.3
|
40
|
69
|
|
Age 70 |
86.0
|
89.6
|
2
|
1
|
83.8
|
84.3
|
39
|
72
|
|
Age 75 |
87.3
|
90.3
|
6
|
1
|
85.6
|
85.8
|
46
|
78
|
|
Age 80 |
89.0
|
91.3
|
8
|
2
|
87.9
|
87.8
|
46
|
81
|
|
Age 85 |
91.4
|
92.8
|
9
|
3
|
90.6
|
90.4
|
46
|
88
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
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TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
30.62
|
181
|
142.51
|
54
|
|
2. | Stroke |
23.21
|
161
|
57.21
|
120
|
|
3. | Lung Cancers |
18.06
|
66
|
9.96
|
104
|
|
4. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
16.56
|
129
|
16.00
|
132
|
|
5. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
13.59
|
37
|
6.65
|
124
|
|
6. | Lung Disease |
12.69
|
156
|
17.75
|
119
|
|
7. | Suicide |
12.24
|
49
|
5.13
|
140
|
|
8. | Stomach Cancer |
11.47
|
28
|
14.67
|
11
|
|
9. | Breast Cancer |
10.31
|
155
|
9.78
|
162
|
|
10. | Pancreas Cancer |
8.87
|
10
|
3.56
|
99
|
|
11. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
7.87
|
159
|
18.63
|
74
|
|
12. | Kidney Disease |
7.61
|
154
|
17.84
|
115
|
|
13. | Liver Cancer |
6.62
|
62
|
5.46
|
89
|
|
14. | Prostate Cancer |
6.05
|
157
|
10.80
|
129
|
|
15. | Other Injuries |
4.92
|
133
|
5.05
|
132
|
|
16. | Liver Disease |
4.78
|
164
|
9.41
|
130
|
|
17. | Lymphomas |
4.22
|
111
|
4.01
|
118
|
|
18. | Ovary Cancer |
3.30
|
136
|
2.62
|
158
|
|
19. | Oesophagus Cancer |
3.28
|
61
|
3.58
|
53
|
|
20. | Other Neoplasms |
3.05
|
31
|
0.16
|
176
|
|
21. | Leukemia |
2.76
|
133
|
5.50
|
14
|
|
22. | Cervical Cancer |
2.73
|
152
|
1.43
|
179
|
|
23. | Congenital Anomalies |
2.49
|
167
|
4.74
|
119
|
|
24. | Endocrine Disorders |
2.36
|
135
|
2.83
|
120
|
|
25. | Parkinson's Disease |
2.33
|
156
|
4.17
|
89
|
|
26. | Road Traffic Accidents |
2.21
|
175
|
22.15
|
65
|
|
27. | Oral Cancer |
2.19
|
124
|
0.95
|
176
|
|
28. | Drownings |
2.12
|
109
|
1.16
|
143
|
|
29. | Inflammatory/Heart |
2.08
|
163
|
2.29
|
157
|
|
30. | Uterin Cancer |
2.02
|
106
|
1.01
|
160
|
|
31. | Falls |
1.98
|
173
|
3.88
|
128
|
|
32. | Bladder Cancer |
1.86
|
104
|
2.18
|
86
|
|
33. | Diabetes Mellitus |
1.35
|
182
|
20.84
|
107
|
|
34. | Hypertension |
1.07
|
183
|
25.73
|
55
|
|
35. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
0.61
|
169
|
1.90
|
115
|
|
36. | Tuberculosis |
0.53
|
140
|
1.25
|
119
|
|
37. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
0.53
|
161
|
2.38
|
102
|
|
38. | Epilepsy |
0.51
|
176
|
0.90
|
142
|
|
39. | Hepatitis C |
0.50
|
19
|
0.00
|
170
|
|
40. | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
0.48
|
56
|
0.12
|
154
|
|
41. | Skin Disease |
0.47
|
142
|
0.37
|
152
|
|
42. | Skin Cancers |
0.42
|
167
|
0.77
|
147
|
|
43. | Malnutrition |
0.41
|
118
|
0.23
|
133
|
|
44. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
0.40
|
162
|
1.41
|
94
|
|
45. | Asthma |
0.36
|
174
|
5.07
|
88
|
|
46. | Hepatitis B |
0.34
|
77
|
0.57
|
62
|
|
47. | Drug Use |
0.33
|
177
|
2.62
|
31
|
|
48. | Fires |
0.33
|
161
|
2.30
|
67
|
|
49. | Low Birth Weight |
0.32
|
183
|
4.04
|
103
|
|
50. | Schizophrenia |
0.31
|
17
|
0.00
|
111
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
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Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
163,905
|
14.84
|
93,308
|
28.07
|
|
2. | Stroke |
121,823
|
11.03
|
36,730
|
11.05
|
|
3. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
107,899
|
9.77
|
11,243
|
3.38
|
|
4. | Lung Cancers |
79,688
|
7.21
|
6,784
|
2.04
|
|
5. | Lung Disease |
78,169
|
7.08
|
11,409
|
3.43
|
|
6. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
57,340
|
5.19
|
4,575
|
1.38
|
|
7. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
56,937
|
5.15
|
11,046
|
3.32
|
|
8. | Stomach Cancer |
50,433
|
4.57
|
9,822
|
2.96
|
|
9. | Kidney Disease |
44,779
|
4.05
|
11,810
|
3.55
|
|
10. | Pancreas Cancer |
37,027
|
3.35
|
2,418
|
0.73
|
|
11. | Liver Cancer |
29,384
|
2.66
|
3,714
|
1.12
|
|
12. | Other Injuries |
22,068
|
2.00
|
4,048
|
1.22
|
|
13. | Suicide |
19,466
|
1.76
|
4,334
|
1.30
|
|
14. | Lymphomas |
19,273
|
1.74
|
2,882
|
0.87
|
|
15. | Breast Cancer |
15,805
|
1.43
|
3,736
|
1.12
|
|
16. | Other Neoplasms |
15,120
|
1.37
|
112
|
0.03
|
|
17. | Liver Disease |
14,195
|
1.29
|
6,637
|
2.00
|
|
18. | Parkinson's Disease |
14,007
|
1.27
|
2,545
|
0.77
|
|
19. | Prostate Cancer |
13,515
|
1.22
|
3,583
|
1.08
|
|
20. | Oesophagus Cancer |
12,316
|
1.11
|
2,371
|
0.71
|
|
21. | Endocrine Disorders |
11,486
|
1.04
|
2,092
|
0.63
|
|
22. | Bladder Cancer |
9,936
|
0.90
|
1,410
|
0.42
|
|
23. | Falls |
9,736
|
0.88
|
2,821
|
0.85
|
|
24. | Leukemia |
9,607
|
0.87
|
3,966
|
1.19
|
|
25. | Drownings |
8,409
|
0.76
|
930
|
0.28
|
|
26. | Oral Cancer |
8,333
|
0.75
|
655
|
0.20
|
|
27. | Inflammatory/Heart |
8,232
|
0.75
|
1,611
|
0.48
|
|
28. | Hypertension |
6,673
|
0.60
|
16,415
|
4.94
|
|
29. | Diabetes Mellitus |
5,433
|
0.49
|
13,910
|
4.18
|
|
30. | Ovary Cancer |
5,061
|
0.46
|
937
|
0.28
|
|
31. | Road Traffic Accidents |
4,566
|
0.41
|
17,803
|
5.36
|
|
32. | Cervical Cancer |
3,799
|
0.34
|
501
|
0.15
|
|
33. | Uterin Cancer |
3,461
|
0.31
|
355
|
0.11
|
|
34. | Tuberculosis |
3,459
|
0.31
|
882
|
0.27
|
|
35. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
2,922
|
0.26
|
1,246
|
0.37
|
|
36. | Skin Disease |
2,806
|
0.25
|
237
|
0.07
|
|
37. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
2,731
|
0.25
|
1,836
|
0.55
|
|
38. | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
2,618
|
0.24
|
80
|
0.02
|
|
39. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
2,555
|
0.23
|
996
|
0.30
|
|
40. | Congenital Anomalies |
2,473
|
0.22
|
4,844
|
1.46
|
|
41. | Hepatitis C |
2,220
|
0.20
|
1
|
0.00
|
|
42. | Asthma |
1,922
|
0.17
|
3,360
|
1.01
|
|
43. | Malnutrition |
1,910
|
0.17
|
157
|
0.05
|
|
44. | Skin Cancers |
1,843
|
0.17
|
518
|
0.16
|
|
45. | Epilepsy |
1,558
|
0.14
|
719
|
0.22
|
|
46. | Hepatitis B |
1,423
|
0.13
|
425
|
0.13
|
|
47. | Schizophrenia |
1,052
|
0.10
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
48. | Fires |
1,007
|
0.09
|
1,823
|
0.55
|
|
49. | Anemia |
875
|
0.08
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
50. | Drug Use |
732
|
0.07
|
2,242
|
0.67
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
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Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Lung Cancers |
18.06
|
66
|
9.96
|
104
|
|
2. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
13.59
|
37
|
6.65
|
124
|
|
3. | Stomach Cancer |
11.47
|
28
|
14.67
|
11
|
|
4. | Breast Cancer |
10.31
|
155
|
9.78
|
162
|
|
5. | Pancreas Cancer |
8.87
|
10
|
3.56
|
99
|
|
6. | Liver Cancer |
6.62
|
62
|
5.46
|
89
|
|
7. | Prostate Cancer |
6.05
|
157
|
10.80
|
129
|
|
8. | Lymphomas |
4.22
|
111
|
4.01
|
118
|
|
9. | Ovary Cancer |
3.30
|
136
|
2.62
|
158
|
|
10. | Oesophagus Cancer |
3.28
|
61
|
3.58
|
53
|
|
11. | Leukemia |
2.76
|
133
|
5.50
|
14
|
|
12. | Cervical Cancer |
2.73
|
152
|
1.43
|
179
|
|
13. | Oral Cancer |
2.19
|
124
|
0.95
|
176
|
|
14. | Uterin Cancer |
2.02
|
106
|
1.01
|
160
|
|
15. | Bladder Cancer |
1.86
|
104
|
2.18
|
86
|
|
16. | Skin Cancers |
0.42
|
167
|
0.77
|
147
|
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.
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.