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Peru
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 Peru and Eritrea 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.

Eritrea
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
Peru Population Pyramid
40,373,987
Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
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
  Peru PERU   Eritrea ERITREA
  Peru PERU   Eritrea ERITREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.7
49.3
48.0
102
101
101
 
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
1970
52.4
55.6
53.9
103
102
103
 
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
1980
58.3
62.4
60.3
102
103
103
 
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
1990
63.5
68.2
65.8
104
104
105
 
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
2000
68.9
73.9
71.4
70
79
75
 
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
2010
71.2
76.3
73.7
71
79
73
 
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
2019
78.5
81.3
79.9
31
39
32
 
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Eritrea ERITREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.5
81.3
31
39
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age
78.5
81.3
31
39
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age 5
79.5
82.3
25
35
64.2
69.5
171
162
Age 10
79.6
82.4
24
35
64.4
69.7
170
166
Age 15
79.7
82.5
24
35
64.7
69.9
170
167
Age 20
79.9
82.6
24
35
65.1
70.1
170
167
Age 25
80.3
82.8
22
35
65.7
70.5
170
168
Age 30
80.6
82.9
20
35
66.3
70.9
170
169
Age 35
81.0
83.1
19
35
67.0
71.4
171
169
Age 40
81.4
83.3
18
35
67.9
72.1
172
169
Age 45
81.8
83.6
13
35
69.0
72.9
173
173
Age 50
82.3
84.0
13
35
70.4
74.0
173
173
Age 55
82.9
84.4
9
34
72.1
75.3
173
173
Age 60
83.7
85.1
8
33
74.1
76.8
174
174
Age 65
84.6
85.8
8
34
76.6
78.6
173
173
Age 70
85.8
86.9
6
28
79.3
80.7
173
173
Age 75
87.3
88.2
3
23
82.3
83.2
170
171
Age 80
89.3
89.8
1
17
85.5
86.2
164
165
Age 85
91.5
91.8
7
18
89.1
89.5
162
167
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Eritrea ERITREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.20
64
152.35
5
2. Coronary Heart Disease
39.96
173
119.40
80
3. Stroke
22.60
162
139.66
28
4. Kidney Disease
21.30
102
30.38
57
5. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
6.95
146
6. Liver Disease
19.25
91
61.76
5
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.23
123
20.70
39
8. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
2.50
170
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.36
110
54.13
5
10. Diabetes Mellitus
13.28
133
51.06
37
11. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
28.19
15
12. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
12.74
69
13. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
3.27
154
14. Violence
9.14
57
13.64
33
15. Other Injuries
8.67
80
21.49
6
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
5.79
136
17. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
3.56
151
18. Lung Disease
7.23
178
36.46
34
19. Tuberculosis
7.14
75
21.74
50
20. Lymphomas
6.79
23
6.91
19
21. Leukemia
5.62
12
6.26
4
22. Congenital Anomalies
5.17
109
6.40
71
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
1.05
166
24. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
7.50
10
25. Falls
3.81
132
8.77
36
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.64
120
4.91
52
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.31
89
102.04
5
28. Low Birth Weight
3.18
120
6.60
69
29. Hypertension
3.06
165
52.22
13
30. Malnutrition
2.94
70
26.52
3
31. Suicide
2.73
166
17.26
21
32. HIV/AIDS
2.59
98
10.85
57
33. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
1.58
112
34. Drug Use
1.92
48
1.45
70
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.79
123
7.36
28
36. Drownings
1.78
122
3.38
64
37. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
1.73
126
38. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
3.62
63
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.46
175
5.74
71
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.41
164
3.00
111
41. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
2.26
78
42. Birth Trauma
1.18
115
7.37
46
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
4.30
43
44. Maternal Conditions
1.04
82
17.51
10
45. Alcohol
0.98
119
2.33
52
46. Encephalitis
0.85
34
0.59
65
47. Pertussis
0.81
70
1.61
52
48. Epilepsy
0.79
157
3.11
27
49. Fires
0.72
125
5.00
10
50. Asthma
0.62
153
16.35
34
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Peru PERU   Eritrea ERITREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
15,326
12.49
3,277
12.90
2. Coronary Heart Disease
13,769
11.22
2,154
8.48
3. Stroke
7,722
6.29
2,564
10.09
4. Kidney Disease
7,234
5.90
578
2.27
5. Liver Disease
6,375
5.20
1,215
4.78
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,811
4.74
310
1.22
7. Stomach Cancer
5,072
4.13
48
0.19
8. Diabetes Mellitus
4,437
3.62
944
3.71
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,414
3.60
1,326
5.22
10. Lung Cancers
3,169
2.58
62
0.24
11. Prostate Cancer
3,167
2.58
54
0.21
12. Violence
3,013
2.46
384
1.51
13. Other Injuries
2,876
2.34
540
2.13
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,642
2.15
113
0.44
15. Lung Disease
2,519
2.05
662
2.61
16. Liver Cancer
2,476
2.02
69
0.27
17. Tuberculosis
2,377
1.94
543
2.14
18. Lymphomas
2,254
1.84
147
0.58
19. Congenital Anomalies
1,997
1.63
432
1.70
20. Breast Cancer
1,969
1.60
311
1.22
21. Cervical Cancer
1,924
1.57
132
0.52
22. Leukemia
1,850
1.51
144
0.57
23. Pancreas Cancer
1,607
1.31
20
0.08
24. Low Birth Weight
1,475
1.20
531
2.09
25. Falls
1,285
1.05
168
0.66
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,270
1.04
85
0.33
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,108
0.90
2,292
9.02
28. Hypertension
1,061
0.86
926
3.64
29. Malnutrition
1,006
0.82
660
2.60
30. Suicide
903
0.74
382
1.50
31. HIV/AIDS
849
0.69
308
1.21
32. Skin Cancers
786
0.64
30
0.12
33. Ovary Cancer
713
0.58
79
0.31
34. Drug Use
635
0.52
36
0.14
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
609
0.50
147
0.58
36. Drownings
584
0.48
118
0.46
37. Birth Trauma
537
0.44
616
2.42
38. Oral Cancer
519
0.42
71
0.28
39. Inflammatory/Heart
494
0.40
123
0.48
40. Endocrine Disorders
474
0.39
71
0.28
41. Bladder Cancer
463
0.38
42
0.17
42. Oesophagus Cancer
394
0.32
81
0.32
43. Maternal Conditions
345
0.28
544
2.14
44. Alcohol
321
0.26
45
0.18
45. Uterin Cancer
304
0.25
18
0.07
46. Encephalitis
281
0.23
16
0.06
47. Epilepsy
262
0.21
81
0.32
48. Pertussis
260
0.21
90
0.35
49. Fires
239
0.19
132
0.52
50. Asthma
208
0.17
326
1.28
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Eritrea ERITREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
6.95
146
2. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
2.50
170
3. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
28.19
15
4. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
12.74
69
5. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
3.27
154
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
5.79
136
7. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
3.56
151
8. Lymphomas
6.79
23
6.91
19
9. Leukemia
5.62
12
6.26
4
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
1.05
166
11. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
7.50
10
12. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
1.58
112
13. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
1.73
126
14. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
3.62
63
15. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
2.26
78
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
4.30
43
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.