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Saint Lucia
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 Saint Lucia and Rwanda 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.

Rwanda
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
82,783
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%
Rwanda Population Pyramid
2,186,183
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   Rwanda RWANDA
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Rwanda RWANDA
       
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
 
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
60.5
64.1
62.3
68
71
69
 
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
68.7
73.3
71.0
46
67
53
 
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
69.6
73.5
71.6
60
85
73
 
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
71.6
76.9
74.2
67
72
66
 
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
71.3
77.7
74.3
85
81
82
 
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.3
77.7
85
81
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
71.3
77.7
85
81
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
73.1
79.3
83
70
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
73.2
79.4
84
70
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
73.3
79.5
84
70
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
73.5
79.6
82
70
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
74.0
79.8
81
68
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
74.5
79.9
76
68
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
75.1
80.2
76
68
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
75.6
80.5
76
66
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
76.2
80.9
74
62
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
77.0
81.4
72
61
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
78.0
82.1
70
58
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
79.2
82.9
69
58
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
80.7
83.9
69
55
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
82.3
85.2
69
55
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
84.5
86.7
71
54
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
86.8
88.4
79
57
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
89.6
90.5
117
74
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
76.66
98
105.76
62
2. Coronary Heart Disease
60.16
150
77.83
135
3. Diabetes Mellitus
59.14
27
36.55
70
4. Prostate Cancer
46.15
9
25.46
43
5. Kidney Disease
34.17
41
23.20
92
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.43
89
74.70
45
7. Road Traffic Accidents
27.06
55
43.89
15
8. Breast Cancer
22.47
39
15.96
102
9. Lung Disease
21.32
96
33.52
41
10. Hypertension
21.09
77
30.17
44
11. Violence
18.65
21
4.56
91
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.12
103
19.49
55
13. Liver Disease
15.59
105
41.22
23
14. Inflammatory/Heart
13.71
12
5.09
86
15. Low Birth Weight
11.00
29
6.97
65
16. Cervical Cancer
10.57
81
26.00
22
17. Endocrine Disorders
9.99
20
2.79
121
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.43
85
12.27
45
19. Stomach Cancer
9.38
48
10.60
37
20. Lung Cancers
8.35
111
4.46
140
21. Suicide
6.85
118
9.45
81
22. Other Injuries
6.74
103
10.27
62
23. Skin Disease
6.62
11
1.71
83
24. Lymphomas
5.94
46
5.66
58
25. Parkinson's Disease
5.38
39
3.83
107
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.16
110
7.02
52
27. Drownings
4.88
28
2.14
108
28. Alcohol
4.33
24
1.99
60
29. Asthma
4.32
93
11.90
53
30. Falls
4.11
123
7.68
61
31. Epilepsy
3.52
13
2.08
60
32. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
103
3.86
87
33. Malnutrition
3.01
68
12.03
23
34. Ovary Cancer
2.75
154
2.74
155
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.24
99
6.24
43
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.89
107
39.89
44
37. Uterin Cancer
1.88
113
1.84
115
38. Leukemia
1.85
155
3.96
73
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.80
77
2.15
64
40. Birth Trauma
1.76
98
6.06
54
41. Liver Cancer
1.64
180
11.48
24
42. Fires
1.51
92
2.90
52
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
127
3.59
52
44. Oral Cancer
1.36
165
3.02
84
45. Tuberculosis
1.24
120
6.68
78
46. Maternal Conditions
0.95
87
6.57
42
47. Drug Use
0.92
123
0.56
154
48. Other Neoplasms
0.80
64
0.33
131
49. Meningitis
0.70
98
8.67
38
50. Encephalitis
0.56
69
0.45
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
188
14.24
5,060
8.72
2. Coronary Heart Disease
149
11.29
3,605
6.21
3. Diabetes Mellitus
140
10.61
1,858
3.20
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.06
1,206
2.08
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
66
5.00
5,280
9.10
6. Prostate Cancer
56
4.24
396
0.68
7. Road Traffic Accidents
55
4.17
3,718
6.41
8. Lung Disease
53
4.02
1,555
2.68
9. Hypertension
52
3.94
1,357
2.34
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
48
3.64
657
1.13
11. Violence
37
2.80
548
0.94
12. Liver Disease
35
2.65
2,548
4.39
13. Inflammatory/Heart
31
2.35
347
0.60
14. Breast Cancer
25
1.89
600
1.03
15. Stomach Cancer
22
1.67
780
1.34
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.59
591
1.02
17. Endocrine Disorders
20
1.52
219
0.38
18. Lung Cancers
19
1.44
234
0.40
19. Low Birth Weight
17
1.29
2,193
3.78
20. Skin Disease
16
1.21
103
0.18
21. Other Injuries
15
1.14
944
1.63
22. Parkinson's Disease
14
1.06
146
0.25
23. Suicide
14
1.06
704
1.21
24. Lymphomas
13
0.98
450
0.78
25. Cervical Cancer
12
0.91
941
1.62
26. Falls
11
0.83
412
0.71
27. Asthma
10
0.76
717
1.24
28. Alcohol
9
0.68
125
0.22
29. Drownings
9
0.68
285
0.49
30. Pancreas Cancer
8
0.61
214
0.37
31. Congenital Anomalies
8
0.61
1,777
3.06
32. Malnutrition
7
0.53
1,168
2.01
33. Epilepsy
7
0.53
191
0.33
34. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.38
3,121
5.38
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.38
362
0.62
36. Liver Cancer
4
0.30
706
1.22
37. Leukemia
4
0.30
317
0.55
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.30
136
0.23
39. Tuberculosis
3
0.23
625
1.08
40. Birth Trauma
3
0.23
1,888
3.25
41. Oral Cancer
3
0.23
272
0.47
42. Oesophagus Cancer
3
0.23
213
0.37
43. Ovary Cancer
3
0.23
92
0.16
44. Fires
3
0.23
270
0.47
45. Maternal Conditions
2
0.15
722
1.24
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.15
58
0.10
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.15
16
0.03
48. Drug Use
2
0.15
45
0.08
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
847
1.46
50. Encephalitis
1
0.08
39
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saint Lucia SAINT LUCIA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
46.15
9
25.46
43
2. Breast Cancer
22.47
39
15.96
102
3. Cervical Cancer
10.57
81
26.00
22
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.43
85
12.27
45
5. Stomach Cancer
9.38
48
10.60
37
6. Lung Cancers
8.35
111
4.46
140
7. Lymphomas
5.94
46
5.66
58
8. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
103
3.86
87
9. Ovary Cancer
2.75
154
2.74
155
10. Uterin Cancer
1.88
113
1.84
115
11. Leukemia
1.85
155
3.96
73
12. Liver Cancer
1.64
180
11.48
24
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
127
3.59
52
14. Oral Cancer
1.36
165
3.02
84
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
181
1.89
91
16. Bladder Cancer
0.00
183
0.66
173
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.