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Serbia
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 Serbia and Croatia 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.

Croatia
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
Serbia Population Pyramid
7,083,830
Croatia Population Pyramid
3,364,799
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   Croatia CROATIA
  Serbia SERBIA   Croatia CROATIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
63.7
68.5
66.0
37
37
37
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
65.8
72.3
69.0
37
35
37
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
66.4
74.2
70.2
46
37
45
1990
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
68.6
75.9
72.2
48
38
41
2000
69.7
75.6
72.6
59
58
60
 
71.1
78.2
74.7
45
36
37
2010
71.8
77.1
74.4
64
70
64
 
73.3
79.8
76.6
44
38
37
2019
73.5
78.3
75.9
64
70
69
 
75.5
81.6
78.6
45
37
38
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   Croatia CROATIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
78.3
64
70
75.5
81.6
45
37
Age
73.5
78.3
64
70
75.5
81.6
45
37
Age 5
73.9
78.6
70
77
75.9
82.0
46
38
Age 10
73.9
78.7
71
79
76.0
82.0
46
38
Age 15
74.0
78.7
72
79
76.0
82.0
46
38
Age 20
74.1
78.8
73
80
76.1
82.1
47
39
Age 25
74.2
78.8
77
80
76.3
82.1
51
39
Age 30
74.4
78.9
80
85
76.4
82.2
53
39
Age 35
74.6
79.0
83
88
76.6
82.3
55
40
Age 40
74.9
79.2
83
90
76.8
82.4
58
42
Age 45
75.2
79.4
87
91
77.1
82.5
61
43
Age 50
75.8
79.8
89
90
77.6
82.8
63
43
Age 55
76.7
80.4
88
91
78.3
83.2
61
44
Age 60
77.9
81.1
88
93
79.4
83.8
62
44
Age 65
79.6
82.1
88
93
80.9
84.5
63
46
Age 70
81.8
83.3
86
99
82.7
85.5
63
48
Age 75
84.0
84.9
86
101
84.7
86.7
65
53
Age 80
86.5
87.0
102
122
87.0
88.7
75
53
Age 85
89.8
89.9
93
141
90.1
91.2
74
46
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   Croatia CROATIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
116.50
86
104.12
101
2. Stroke
83.30
91
52.82
124
3. Inflammatory/Heart
75.38
2
5.30
79
4. Lung Cancers
40.20
2
32.33
9
5. Breast Cancer
25.62
22
19.55
53
6. Kidney Disease
22.07
97
11.17
138
7. Lung Disease
20.58
102
17.68
121
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.81
7
22.13
4
9. Diabetes Mellitus
19.21
110
16.50
116
10. Prostate Cancer
16.14
86
19.92
66
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.58
146
7.99
158
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.50
158
8.40
164
13. Cervical Cancer
8.76
91
3.58
139
14. Pancreas Cancer
8.20
19
7.92
24
15. Hypertension
8.11
141
8.69
136
16. Suicide
7.86
101
11.01
61
17. Stomach Cancer
7.17
74
8.24
60
18. Ovary Cancer
6.75
20
6.29
28
19. Liver Disease
6.26
155
11.97
116
20. Road Traffic Accidents
6.23
148
6.58
142
21. Liver Cancer
5.39
92
5.38
93
22. Lymphomas
5.30
71
5.84
50
23. Bladder Cancer
4.93
10
4.59
15
24. Leukemia
4.67
32
4.76
28
25. Oral Cancer
4.38
49
4.18
55
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
101
3.45
129
27. Uterin Cancer
3.92
28
3.52
35
28. Skin Cancers
3.84
16
3.49
21
29. Other Neoplasms
3.43
26
2.51
40
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.25
82
1.91
114
31. Other Injuries
3.18
169
4.76
136
32. Low Birth Weight
2.99
123
0.39
182
33. Congenital Anomalies
2.56
166
3.57
144
34. Alcohol
2.48
47
2.92
37
35. Asthma
2.18
109
0.61
154
36. Falls
2.17
169
8.06
49
37. Endocrine Disorders
2.12
146
1.14
170
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
107
2.27
96
39. Epilepsy
1.68
87
1.45
104
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
4
0.78
18
41. Violence
1.05
154
0.89
158
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
144
0.63
156
43. Anemia
0.79
17
0.11
56
44. Schizophrenia
0.77
3
1.02
1
45. Birth Trauma
0.75
137
0.47
154
46. Drownings
0.71
159
1.44
130
47. Skin Disease
0.67
125
0.07
180
48. Drug Use
0.66
145
1.38
75
49. Tuberculosis
0.63
136
0.65
135
50. Fires
0.44
149
0.44
150
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Serbia SERBIA   Croatia CROATIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,776
21.26
12,307
27.14
2. Stroke
16,241
15.86
6,275
13.84
3. Inflammatory/Heart
15,274
14.91
457
1.01
4. Lung Cancers
6,539
6.38
2,842
6.27
5. Kidney Disease
4,169
4.07
1,392
3.07
6. Lung Disease
3,853
3.76
2,111
4.65
7. Diabetes Mellitus
3,611
3.53
1,963
4.33
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,429
3.35
2,189
4.83
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,876
2.81
1,066
2.35
10. Breast Cancer
2,284
2.23
1,019
2.25
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,832
1.79
1,021
2.25
12. Hypertension
1,621
1.58
1,102
2.43
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,402
1.37
754
1.66
14. Prostate Cancer
1,317
1.29
852
1.88
15. Stomach Cancer
1,203
1.17
786
1.73
16. Suicide
996
0.97
676
1.49
17. Liver Cancer
918
0.90
501
1.10
18. Bladder Cancer
893
0.87
499
1.10
19. Liver Disease
887
0.87
924
2.04
20. Lymphomas
831
0.81
556
1.23
21. Parkinson's Disease
804
0.79
423
0.93
22. Leukemia
710
0.69
435
0.96
23. Oral Cancer
680
0.66
338
0.75
24. Road Traffic Accidents
655
0.64
328
0.72
25. Skin Cancers
638
0.62
332
0.73
26. Cervical Cancer
638
0.62
156
0.34
27. Other Neoplasms
601
0.59
283
0.62
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
594
0.58
207
0.46
29. Ovary Cancer
555
0.54
308
0.68
30. Other Injuries
406
0.40
428
0.94
31. Asthma
390
0.38
74
0.16
32. Uterin Cancer
369
0.36
199
0.44
33. Falls
362
0.35
974
2.15
34. Alcohol
341
0.33
219
0.48
35. Oesophagus Cancer
332
0.32
189
0.42
36. Endocrine Disorders
309
0.30
72
0.16
37. Epilepsy
223
0.22
94
0.21
38. Low Birth Weight
187
0.18
10
0.02
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
167
0.16
82
0.18
40. Congenital Anomalies
162
0.16
94
0.21
41. Anemia
152
0.15
16
0.04
42. Multiple Sclerosis
146
0.14
55
0.12
43. Skin Disease
113
0.11
8
0.02
44. Schizophrenia
109
0.11
79
0.17
45. Violence
108
0.11
45
0.10
46. Tuberculosis
100
0.10
61
0.13
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.08
137
0.30
48. Drownings
73
0.07
86
0.19
49. Drug Use
72
0.07
70
0.15
50. Fires
64
0.06
34
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   Croatia CROATIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
40.20
2
32.33
9
2. Breast Cancer
25.62
22
19.55
53
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.81
7
22.13
4
4. Prostate Cancer
16.14
86
19.92
66
5. Cervical Cancer
8.76
91
3.58
139
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.20
19
7.92
24
7. Stomach Cancer
7.17
74
8.24
60
8. Ovary Cancer
6.75
20
6.29
28
9. Liver Cancer
5.39
92
5.38
93
10. Lymphomas
5.30
71
5.84
50
11. Bladder Cancer
4.93
10
4.59
15
12. Leukemia
4.67
32
4.76
28
13. Oral Cancer
4.38
49
4.18
55
14. Uterin Cancer
3.92
28
3.52
35
15. Skin Cancers
3.84
16
3.49
21
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
107
2.27
96
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.