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Japan
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 Japan 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
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
Senegal Population Pyramid
33,186,850
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Senegal SENEGAL
  Japan JAPAN   Senegal SENEGAL
       
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
 
40.2
41.2
40.7
142
147
143
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
 
44.6
45.5
45.0
141
145
142
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
 
50.6
51.7
51.1
134
143
140
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
 
56.4
58.5
57.4
136
141
138
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
 
56.0
59.0
57.5
143
145
143
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
 
62.6
65.8
64.3
132
136
135
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
 
66.8
70.1
68.6
128
132
129
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Senegal SENEGAL
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
66.8
70.1
128
132
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
66.8
70.1
128
132
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
70.2
73.1
119
132
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
70.6
73.5
117
133
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
70.9
73.7
115
133
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
71.2
74.0
114
131
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
71.6
74.3
114
132
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
72.1
74.6
113
131
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
72.5
75.0
111
130
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
73.1
75.5
111
130
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
73.8
76.1
109
130
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
74.7
76.9
109
132
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
75.8
77.8
109
131
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
77.2
78.9
110
131
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
79.0
80.4
110
126
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
81.1
82.2
111
121
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
83.6
84.4
108
116
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.5
87.1
108
110
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.8
90.3
100
105
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Senegal SENEGAL
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
107.21
95
2. Stroke
23.21
161
87.45
88
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
2.59
166
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
70.75
50
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
5.68
139
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
23.01
88
7. Suicide
12.24
49
10.99
62
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
7.76
68
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
17.64
83
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.36
133
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
20.92
36
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
32.13
47
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
13.96
17
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
29.08
32
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
11.48
50
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
27.51
63
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.90
125
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
4.87
73
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
1.50
126
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.42
96
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
1.02
169
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
31.68
17
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
6.71
60
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
6.44
45
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
5.57
30
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
35.06
35
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.75
91
28. Drownings
2.12
109
2.51
89
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
5.54
75
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.37
89
31. Falls
1.98
173
8.73
37
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.18
85
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
37.84
64
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
17.73
95
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
6.11
46
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
23.25
48
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
51.31
33
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
2.64
40
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.13
78
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.24
110
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
2.18
53
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.17
73
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
3.50
62
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
2.15
65
45. Asthma
0.36
174
13.53
46
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.74
48
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
1.58
65
48. Fires
0.33
161
3.34
40
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
8.37
52
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
154
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Senegal SENEGAL
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
6,224
8.03
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
5,342
6.89
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
7,184
9.26
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
180
0.23
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
1,351
1.74
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
384
0.50
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
879
1.13
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
557
0.72
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
2,210
2.85
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
159
0.21
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
1,087
1.40
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
1,512
1.95
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
978
1.26
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
315
0.41
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
861
1.11
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
24
0.03
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
2,147
2.77
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
273
0.35
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
642
0.83
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
99
0.13
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
1,041
1.34
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
155
0.20
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
622
0.80
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
113
0.15
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
494
0.64
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
208
0.27
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
426
0.55
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
1,095
1.41
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
2,395
3.09
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
220
0.28
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
3,832
4.94
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
1,405
1.81
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
94
0.12
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
2,678
3.45
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
433
0.56
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
159
0.21
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
5,343
6.89
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
15
0.02
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
166
0.21
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
2,364
3.05
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
11
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
936
1.21
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
494
0.64
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
147
0.19
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
330
0.43
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
70
0.09
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
448
0.58
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
138
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Senegal SENEGAL
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
2.59
166
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
5.68
139
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
7.76
68
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
17.64
83
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.36
133
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
13.96
17
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
29.08
32
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.90
125
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
4.87
73
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
1.50
126
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
1.02
169
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
31.68
17
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.75
91
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.37
89
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.18
85
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.17
73
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.