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Peru
COUNTRY #1
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PERU VS JAMAICA

Compare Peru and Jamaica 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.

Jamaica
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Peru Population Pyramid
40,373,987
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Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Peru PERU   Jamaica JAMAICA
       
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
  
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
52.4
55.6
53.9
103
102
103
  
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
58.3
62.4
60.3
102
103
103
  
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
63.5
68.2
65.8
104
104
105
  
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
68.9
73.9
71.4
70
79
75
  
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
2010
71.2
76.3
73.7
71
79
73
  
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
2019
78.5
81.3
79.9
31
39
32
  
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Jamaica JAMAICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.5
81.3
31
39
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age
78.5
81.3
31
39
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age 5
79.5
82.3
25
35
75.5
78.6
50
78
Age 10
79.6
82.4
24
35
75.6
78.7
51
77
Age 15
79.7
82.5
24
35
75.7
78.8
51
77
Age 20
79.9
82.6
24
35
75.9
78.9
51
78
Age 25
80.3
82.8
22
35
76.1
79.1
53
77
Age 30
80.6
82.9
20
35
76.4
79.3
54
76
Age 35
81.0
83.1
19
35
76.7
79.6
53
74
Age 40
81.4
83.3
18
35
77.1
80.0
51
73
Age 45
81.8
83.6
13
35
77.6
80.4
49
71
Age 50
82.3
84.0
13
35
78.2
81.0
52
69
Age 55
82.9
84.4
9
34
79.0
81.8
53
64
Age 60
83.7
85.1
8
33
80.1
82.6
55
61
Age 65
84.6
85.8
8
34
81.4
83.8
52
58
Age 70
85.8
86.9
6
28
83.1
85.2
54
54
Age 75
87.3
88.2
3
23
85.4
86.9
50
50
Age 80
89.3
89.8
1
17
88.1
89.1
40
42
Age 85
91.5
91.8
7
18
91.1
91.5
20
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Jamaica JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.20
64
11.23
153
2. Coronary Heart Disease
39.96
173
49.69
162
3. Stroke
22.60
162
70.26
104
4. Kidney Disease
21.30
102
23.98
84
5. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
53.37
3
6. Liver Disease
19.25
91
4.80
162
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.23
123
15.09
133
8. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
7.00
77
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.36
110
14.23
101
10. Diabetes Mellitus
13.28
133
61.66
24
11. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
25.54
24
12. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
22.18
32
13. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
14.66
78
14. Violence
9.14
57
47.92
4
15. Other Injuries
8.67
80
2.77
173
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
13.25
39
17. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
3.14
161
18. Lung Disease
7.23
178
13.20
151
19. Tuberculosis
7.14
75
0.24
157
20. Lymphomas
6.79
23
7.87
10
21. Leukemia
5.62
12
4.13
63
22. Congenital Anomalies
5.17
109
4.63
124
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
3.62
94
24. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
5.85
38
25. Falls
3.81
132
2.34
167
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.64
120
3.69
118
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.31
89
1.06
133
28. Low Birth Weight
3.18
120
6.72
67
29. Hypertension
3.06
165
18.75
89
30. Malnutrition
2.94
70
1.43
90
31. Suicide
2.73
166
2.28
175
32. HIV/AIDS
2.59
98
25.41
38
33. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
0.29
168
34. Drug Use
1.92
48
0.40
169
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.79
123
2.47
92
36. Drownings
1.78
122
0.34
182
37. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
6.42
8
38. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
1.87
141
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.46
175
4.11
112
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.41
164
5.56
60
41. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
1.77
108
42. Birth Trauma
1.18
115
1.82
96
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
2.28
95
44. Maternal Conditions
1.04
82
1.15
81
45. Alcohol
0.98
119
0.24
169
46. Encephalitis
0.85
34
0.43
90
47. Pertussis
0.81
70
0.00
177
48. Epilepsy
0.79
157
1.48
101
49. Fires
0.72
125
0.47
145
50. Asthma
0.62
153
2.02
115
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Peru PERU   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
15,326
12.49
393
2.25
2. Coronary Heart Disease
13,769
11.22
1,726
9.88
3. Stroke
7,722
6.29
2,415
13.82
4. Kidney Disease
7,234
5.90
793
4.54
5. Liver Disease
6,375
5.20
155
0.89
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,811
4.74
587
3.36
7. Stomach Cancer
5,072
4.13
231
1.32
8. Diabetes Mellitus
4,437
3.62
2,077
11.88
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,414
3.60
444
2.54
10. Lung Cancers
3,169
2.58
472
2.70
11. Prostate Cancer
3,167
2.58
883
5.05
12. Violence
3,013
2.46
1,484
8.49
13. Other Injuries
2,876
2.34
91
0.52
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,642
2.15
436
2.49
15. Lung Disease
2,519
2.05
452
2.59
16. Liver Cancer
2,476
2.02
101
0.58
17. Tuberculosis
2,377
1.94
8
0.05
18. Lymphomas
2,254
1.84
251
1.44
19. Congenital Anomalies
1,997
1.63
139
0.80
20. Breast Cancer
1,969
1.60
413
2.36
21. Cervical Cancer
1,924
1.57
358
2.05
22. Leukemia
1,850
1.51
129
0.74
23. Pancreas Cancer
1,607
1.31
119
0.68
24. Low Birth Weight
1,475
1.20
241
1.38
25. Falls
1,285
1.05
82
0.47
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,270
1.04
132
0.76
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,108
0.90
35
0.20
28. Hypertension
1,061
0.86
651
3.73
29. Malnutrition
1,006
0.82
48
0.27
30. Suicide
903
0.74
70
0.40
31. HIV/AIDS
849
0.69
757
4.33
32. Skin Cancers
786
0.64
10
0.06
33. Ovary Cancer
713
0.58
97
0.56
34. Drug Use
635
0.52
13
0.07
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
609
0.50
82
0.47
36. Drownings
584
0.48
10
0.06
37. Birth Trauma
537
0.44
65
0.37
38. Oral Cancer
519
0.42
59
0.34
39. Inflammatory/Heart
494
0.40
133
0.76
40. Endocrine Disorders
474
0.39
176
1.01
41. Bladder Cancer
463
0.38
60
0.34
42. Oesophagus Cancer
394
0.32
74
0.42
43. Maternal Conditions
345
0.28
35
0.20
44. Alcohol
321
0.26
7
0.04
45. Uterin Cancer
304
0.25
106
0.61
46. Encephalitis
281
0.23
13
0.07
47. Epilepsy
262
0.21
46
0.26
48. Pertussis
260
0.21
0
0.00
49. Fires
239
0.19
16
0.09
50. Asthma
208
0.17
65
0.37
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
53.37
3
2. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
7.00
77
3. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
25.54
24
4. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
22.18
32
5. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
14.66
78
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
13.25
39
7. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
3.14
161
8. Lymphomas
6.79
23
7.87
10
9. Leukemia
5.62
12
4.13
63
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
3.62
94
11. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
5.85
38
12. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
0.29
168
13. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
6.42
8
14. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
1.87
141
15. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
1.77
108
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
2.28
95
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.