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Saint Lucia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Saint Lucia and Ecuador 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.

Ecuador
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
Saint Lucia Population Pyramid
182,127
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%
Ecuador Population Pyramid
23,316,455
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
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Ecuador ECUADOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Ecuador ECUADOR
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
55.1
58.5
56.8
70
71
71
 
52.1
54.7
53.4
82
86
86
1970
60.5
64.1
62.3
68
71
69
 
56.6
59.6
58.0
87
88
88
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
61.4
65.3
63.3
86
87
87
1990
68.7
73.3
71.0
46
67
53
 
66.7
71.5
69.0
65
81
78
2000
69.6
73.5
71.6
60
85
73
 
69.8
76.0
72.8
57
51
52
2010
71.6
76.9
74.2
67
72
66
 
72.1
78.1
75.0
59
52
55
2019
71.3
77.7
74.3
85
81
82
 
76.4
80.5
78.4
39
45
41
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Ecuador ECUADOR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.3
77.7
85
81
76.4
80.5
39
45
Age
71.3
77.7
85
81
76.4
80.5
39
45
Age 5
73.1
79.3
83
70
77.6
81.5
39
41
Age 10
73.2
79.4
84
70
77.7
81.6
39
41
Age 15
73.3
79.5
84
70
77.9
81.7
39
41
Age 20
73.5
79.6
82
70
78.1
81.9
39
41
Age 25
74.0
79.8
81
68
78.5
82.0
39
41
Age 30
74.5
79.9
76
68
78.9
82.2
39
40
Age 35
75.1
80.2
76
68
79.3
82.4
38
39
Age 40
75.6
80.5
76
66
79.7
82.6
35
40
Age 45
76.2
80.9
74
62
80.1
82.8
32
40
Age 50
77.0
81.4
72
61
80.6
83.2
31
39
Age 55
78.0
82.1
70
58
81.2
83.7
31
38
Age 60
79.2
82.9
69
58
82.0
84.3
34
40
Age 65
80.7
83.9
69
55
83.0
85.1
36
40
Age 70
82.3
85.2
69
55
84.4
86.3
37
40
Age 75
84.5
86.7
71
54
86.0
87.5
38
41
Age 80
86.8
88.4
79
57
87.9
89.0
49
45
Age 85
89.6
90.5
117
74
90.2
91.1
66
52
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Ecuador ECUADOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
76.66
98
32.47
146
2. Coronary Heart Disease
60.16
150
57.99
153
3. Diabetes Mellitus
59.14
27
26.62
95
4. Prostate Cancer
46.15
9
18.33
73
5. Kidney Disease
34.17
41
37.41
28
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.43
89
28.80
87
7. Road Traffic Accidents
27.06
55
20.60
73
8. Breast Cancer
22.47
39
9.88
161
9. Lung Disease
21.32
96
14.62
145
10. Hypertension
21.09
77
14.49
109
11. Violence
18.65
21
7.07
66
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.12
103
14.34
140
13. Liver Disease
15.59
105
20.76
87
14. Inflammatory/Heart
13.71
12
1.82
166
15. Low Birth Weight
11.00
29
4.66
92
16. Cervical Cancer
10.57
81
9.95
84
17. Endocrine Disorders
9.99
20
2.98
112
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.43
85
6.86
120
19. Stomach Cancer
9.38
48
12.80
19
20. Lung Cancers
8.35
111
6.69
125
21. Suicide
6.85
118
7.68
103
22. Other Injuries
6.74
103
6.75
102
23. Skin Disease
6.62
11
0.59
136
24. Lymphomas
5.94
46
5.50
63
25. Parkinson's Disease
5.38
39
3.88
105
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.16
110
6.22
84
27. Drownings
4.88
28
2.71
80
28. Alcohol
4.33
24
1.74
70
29. Asthma
4.32
93
0.50
161
30. Falls
4.11
123
6.58
77
31. Epilepsy
3.52
13
1.60
92
32. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
103
3.51
100
33. Malnutrition
3.01
68
3.21
67
34. Ovary Cancer
2.75
154
3.86
114
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.24
99
2.43
96
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.89
107
2.38
103
37. Uterin Cancer
1.88
113
1.53
137
38. Leukemia
1.85
155
5.25
16
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.80
77
0.97
123
40. Birth Trauma
1.76
98
1.20
114
41. Liver Cancer
1.64
180
5.94
78
42. Fires
1.51
92
1.01
113
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
127
1.12
149
44. Oral Cancer
1.36
165
1.02
175
45. Tuberculosis
1.24
120
3.49
94
46. Maternal Conditions
0.95
87
0.93
88
47. Drug Use
0.92
123
1.30
87
48. Other Neoplasms
0.80
64
0.39
106
49. Meningitis
0.70
98
0.52
113
50. Encephalitis
0.56
69
0.47
81
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Ecuador ECUADOR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
188
14.24
5,429
7.59
2. Coronary Heart Disease
149
11.29
9,805
13.71
3. Diabetes Mellitus
140
10.61
4,321
6.04
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.06
6,184
8.65
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
66
5.00
5,083
7.11
6. Prostate Cancer
56
4.24
1,362
1.90
7. Road Traffic Accidents
55
4.17
3,490
4.88
8. Lung Disease
53
4.02
2,576
3.60
9. Hypertension
52
3.94
2,507
3.51
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
48
3.64
2,565
3.59
11. Violence
37
2.80
1,210
1.69
12. Liver Disease
35
2.65
3,330
4.66
13. Inflammatory/Heart
31
2.35
308
0.43
14. Breast Cancer
25
1.89
825
1.15
15. Stomach Cancer
22
1.67
2,089
2.92
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.59
1,109
1.55
17. Endocrine Disorders
20
1.52
507
0.71
18. Lung Cancers
19
1.44
1,075
1.50
19. Low Birth Weight
17
1.29
1,172
1.64
20. Skin Disease
16
1.21
103
0.14
21. Other Injuries
15
1.14
1,161
1.62
22. Parkinson's Disease
14
1.06
658
0.92
23. Suicide
14
1.06
1,326
1.85
24. Lymphomas
13
0.98
883
1.23
25. Cervical Cancer
12
0.91
840
1.17
26. Falls
11
0.83
1,114
1.56
27. Asthma
10
0.76
85
0.12
28. Alcohol
9
0.68
280
0.39
29. Drownings
9
0.68
470
0.66
30. Pancreas Cancer
8
0.61
562
0.79
31. Congenital Anomalies
8
0.61
1,335
1.87
32. Malnutrition
7
0.53
578
0.81
33. Epilepsy
7
0.53
273
0.38
34. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.38
410
0.57
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.38
417
0.58
36. Liver Cancer
4
0.30
954
1.33
37. Leukemia
4
0.30
882
1.23
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.30
163
0.23
39. Tuberculosis
3
0.23
574
0.80
40. Birth Trauma
3
0.23
302
0.42
41. Oral Cancer
3
0.23
166
0.23
42. Oesophagus Cancer
3
0.23
180
0.25
43. Ovary Cancer
3
0.23
322
0.45
44. Fires
3
0.23
175
0.24
45. Maternal Conditions
2
0.15
164
0.23
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.15
129
0.18
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.15
64
0.09
48. Drug Use
2
0.15
214
0.30
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
90
0.13
50. Encephalitis
1
0.08
82
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Ecuador ECUADOR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
46.15
9
18.33
73
2. Breast Cancer
22.47
39
9.88
161
3. Cervical Cancer
10.57
81
9.95
84
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.43
85
6.86
120
5. Stomach Cancer
9.38
48
12.80
19
6. Lung Cancers
8.35
111
6.69
125
7. Lymphomas
5.94
46
5.50
63
8. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
103
3.51
100
9. Ovary Cancer
2.75
154
3.86
114
10. Uterin Cancer
1.88
113
1.53
137
11. Leukemia
1.85
155
5.25
16
12. Liver Cancer
1.64
180
5.94
78
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
127
1.12
149
14. Oral Cancer
1.36
165
1.02
175
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
181
1.80
100
16. Bladder Cancer
0.00
183
1.03
157
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.