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Seychelles
COUNTRY #1
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SEYCHELLES VS GAMBIA

Compare Seychelles and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
Seychelles Population Pyramid
104,561
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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Gambia GAMBIA
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
67.2
73.5
70.3
60
64
59
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
67.7
76.4
71.8
86
46
67
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
68.3
77.3
72.4
97
64
96
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
70.0
77.1
73.3
96
88
93
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.0
77.1
96
88
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
70.0
77.1
96
88
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
71.1
78.2
108
90
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
71.1
78.2
109
90
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
71.3
78.3
109
90
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
71.5
78.4
111
90
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
71.9
78.5
111
90
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
72.3
78.7
110
90
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
72.8
78.9
109
90
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
73.3
79.2
108
88
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
74.0
79.6
106
87
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
74.9
80.1
105
86
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
76.0
80.8
102
85
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
77.5
81.5
98
87
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
79.2
82.5
99
87
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
81.4
83.7
97
88
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
83.6
85.3
112
94
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
86.5
87.6
101
92
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
89.8
90.4
89
93
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.13
116
142.59
53
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.92
49
113.77
18
3. Stroke
62.39
116
108.94
59
4. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
6.08
156
5. Kidney Disease
40.23
21
32.04
48
6. Hypertension
39.54
25
22.89
68
7. Liver Disease
28.12
60
33.48
48
8. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
4.44
182
9. Diabetes Mellitus
24.13
101
37.65
66
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
1.05
183
11. Lung Disease
21.51
95
29.40
54
12. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
3.62
150
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.22
100
19.89
49
14. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
25.76
23
15. Violence
13.66
32
11.94
43
16. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
0.01
181
17. Drownings
11.64
5
2.58
84
18. Road Traffic Accidents
10.94
121
51.34
8
19. Inflammatory/Heart
9.39
31
6.44
58
20. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
0.44
183
21. Lymphomas
8.01
8
0.74
181
22. Suicide
7.73
102
9.64
77
23. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
0.54
179
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.66
61
6.72
59
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.58
36
6.56
37
26. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
1.43
178
27. Leukemia
6.05
7
0.09
183
28. Asthma
5.89
81
15.88
35
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
5.82
78
41.12
43
30. Parkinson's Disease
5.80
26
6.31
18
31. Endocrine Disorders
5.70
57
11.17
16
32. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
30.83
3
33. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
0.48
177
34. Falls
5.28
97
9.85
22
35. Low Birth Weight
4.59
94
9.17
43
36. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
0.44
181
37. Other Injuries
4.16
149
11.81
46
38. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
0.23
180
39. Meningitis
2.26
59
13.27
23
40. Fires
1.74
81
3.83
32
41. Skin Disease
1.69
86
2.12
59
42. Malnutrition
1.59
87
7.13
39
43. Birth Trauma
1.52
104
10.44
21
44. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
0.01
177
45. Maternal Conditions
0.96
86
18.68
8
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.80
130
2.55
52
47. Encephalitis
0.79
41
0.84
37
48. Drug Use
0.78
133
2.38
34
49. Alcohol
0.56
140
1.23
103
50. Epilepsy
0.54
175
2.78
36
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104
14.75
1,007
7.83
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
75
10.64
1,340
10.42
3. Stroke
66
9.36
802
6.24
4. Kidney Disease
43
6.10
266
2.07
5. Hypertension
42
5.96
172
1.34
6. Liver Disease
31
4.40
323
2.51
7. Diabetes Mellitus
26
3.69
290
2.25
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
25
3.55
11
0.09
9. Lung Disease
22
3.12
206
1.60
10. Prostate Cancer
20
2.84
21
0.16
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
2.70
89
0.69
12. Lung Cancers
18
2.55
34
0.26
13. Breast Cancer
14
1.99
26
0.20
14. Violence
14
1.99
195
1.52
15. Oral Cancer
13
1.84
0
0.00
16. Drownings
12
1.70
69
0.54
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11
1.56
695
5.40
18. Inflammatory/Heart
10
1.42
59
0.46
19. Cervical Cancer
9
1.28
145
1.13
20. Lymphomas
8
1.13
12
0.09
21. Suicide
8
1.13
113
0.88
22. Stomach Cancer
7
0.99
14
0.11
23. Pancreas Cancer
7
0.99
6
0.05
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.99
56
0.44
25. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.99
383
2.98
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.85
626
4.87
27. Low Birth Weight
6
0.85
662
5.15
28. Oesophagus Cancer
6
0.85
5
0.04
29. Liver Cancer
6
0.85
377
2.93
30. Leukemia
6
0.85
2
0.02
31. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.85
230
1.79
32. Parkinson's Disease
6
0.85
34
0.26
33. Asthma
6
0.85
134
1.04
34. Falls
6
0.85
83
0.65
35. Ovary Cancer
5
0.71
2
0.02
36. Bladder Cancer
4
0.57
4
0.03
37. Other Injuries
4
0.57
194
1.51
38. Meningitis
2
0.28
229
1.78
39. Birth Trauma
2
0.28
754
5.86
40. Malnutrition
2
0.28
110
0.86
41. Uterin Cancer
2
0.28
1
0.01
42. Skin Disease
2
0.28
19
0.15
43. Fires
2
0.28
67
0.52
44. Encephalitis
1
0.14
14
0.11
45. Maternal Conditions
1
0.14
345
2.68
46. Skin Cancers
1
0.14
0
0.00
47. Alcohol
1
0.14
12
0.09
48. Drug Use
1
0.14
28
0.22
49. Epilepsy
1
0.14
43
0.33
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1
0.14
24
0.19
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
6.08
156
2. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
4.44
182
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
1.05
183
4. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
3.62
150
5. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
25.76
23
6. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
0.01
181
7. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
0.44
183
8. Lymphomas
8.01
8
0.74
181
9. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
0.54
179
10. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
1.43
178
11. Leukemia
6.05
7
0.09
183
12. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
30.83
3
13. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
0.48
177
14. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
0.44
181
15. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
0.23
180
16. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
0.01
177
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.