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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
JAPAN VS UNITED STATES

Compare Japan and United States 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.

United States
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   United States UNITED STATES
      Japan JAPAN   United States UNITED STATES
           
    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
    		  
    66.6
    73.1
    69.8
    23
    15
    16
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    		  
    67.1
    74.7
    70.8
    24
    12
    21
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    		  
    70.0
    77.5
    73.7
    22
    11
    18
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    		  
    71.8
    78.8
    75.2
    29
    17
    21
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    74.0
    79.5
    76.8
    28
    29
    28
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    		  
    76.2
    81.1
    78.7
    30
    30
    30
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    76.3
    80.7
    78.5
    41
    42
    40
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   United States UNITED STATES
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    76.3
    80.7
    41
    42
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    76.8
    81.2
    42
    45
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    76.9
    81.2
    43
    45
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    76.9
    81.3
    43
    45
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    77.1
    81.4
    43
    45
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    77.5
    81.5
    43
    45
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    77.9
    81.7
    41
    45
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    78.3
    81.9
    41
    43
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    78.8
    82.2
    40
    43
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    79.3
    82.5
    40
    42
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    79.9
    83.0
    41
    41
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    80.7
    83.6
    40
    40
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    81.8
    84.4
    37
    38
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    83.1
    85.3
    34
    38
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    84.6
    86.4
    32
    38
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    86.5
    87.7
    23
    35
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    88.6
    89.4
    18
    27
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    91.1
    91.5
    22
    30
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   United States UNITED STATES
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    73.49
    142
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    22.27
    164
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    25.54
    24
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    8.86
    163
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    10.28
    71
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    28.49
    60
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    14.51
    31
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    2.24
    173
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    15.93
    105
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    7.26
    36
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    33.26
    8
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    13.08
    127
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    4.69
    110
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    11.64
    126
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    5.11
    130
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    8.98
    134
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    6.36
    31
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    4.70
    79
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    3.04
    71
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    2.68
    37
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    4.43
    49
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    2.77
    151
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    3.78
    140
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    8.22
    28
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    4.55
    68
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    11.10
    120
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    2.01
    132
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    1.19
    140
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    5.64
    73
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    3.11
    50
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    5.68
    90
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    2.84
    61
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    10.58
    144
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    10.26
    133
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    0.55
    170
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    0.09
    178
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    1.55
    114
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    0.78
    159
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    1.13
    5
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    0.37
    81
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    0.86
    115
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    2.36
    57
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    0.90
    104
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    0.55
    152
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    0.84
    141
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    0.12
    121
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    21.28
    1
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    0.73
    124
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    2.37
    138
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    0.13
    42
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Japan JAPAN   United States UNITED STATES
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    504,904
    20.15
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    158,520
    6.33
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    60,317
    2.41
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    155,533
    6.21
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    195,387
    7.80
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    61,827
    2.47
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    287,198
    11.46
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    13,077
    0.52
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    85,861
    3.43
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    44,293
    1.77
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    27,064
    1.08
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    25,997
    1.04
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    53,099
    2.12
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    40,281
    1.61
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    48,671
    1.94
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    17,743
    0.71
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    43,402
    1.73
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    34,491
    1.38
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    35,612
    1.42
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    17,829
    0.71
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    46,985
    1.87
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    19,622
    0.78
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    40,418
    1.61
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    26,966
    1.08
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
    4,070
    0.16
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    11,555
    0.46
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    32,529
    1.30
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    65,960
    2.63
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    61,418
    2.45
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    14,591
    0.58
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    41,694
    1.66
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    6,984
    0.28
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    10,063
    0.40
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    546
    0.02
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    3,461
    0.14
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    5,409
    0.22
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    9,955
    0.40
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    2,461
    0.10
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    3,646
    0.15
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    11,762
    0.47
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    5,684
    0.23
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    3,818
    0.15
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    6,762
    0.27
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    14,311
    0.57
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    3,162
    0.13
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    608
    0.02
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    723
    0.03
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    3,183
    0.13
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    3,115
    0.12
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    74,435
    2.97
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   United States UNITED STATES
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    25.54
    24
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    10.28
    71
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    2.24
    173
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    15.93
    105
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    7.26
    36
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    4.69
    110
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    11.64
    126
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    6.36
    31
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    4.70
    79
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    3.04
    71
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    4.43
    49
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    2.77
    151
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    2.01
    132
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    3.11
    50
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    2.84
    61
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    2.36
    57
    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.