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Seychelles
COUNTRY #1
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SEYCHELLES VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Seychelles and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
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%
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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
67.2
73.5
70.3
60
64
59
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
67.7
76.4
71.8
86
46
67
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
68.3
77.3
72.4
97
64
96
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
70.0
77.1
73.3
96
88
93
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.0
77.1
96
88
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
70.0
77.1
96
88
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
71.1
78.2
108
90
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
71.1
78.2
109
90
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
71.3
78.3
109
90
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
71.5
78.4
111
90
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
71.9
78.5
111
90
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
72.3
78.7
110
90
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
72.8
78.9
109
90
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
73.3
79.2
108
88
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
74.0
79.6
106
87
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
74.9
80.1
105
86
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
76.0
80.8
102
85
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
77.5
81.5
98
87
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
79.2
82.5
99
87
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
81.4
83.7
97
88
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
83.6
85.3
112
94
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
86.5
87.6
101
92
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
89.8
90.4
89
93
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.13
116
83.76
128
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.92
49
83.23
40
3. Stroke
62.39
116
80.50
93
4. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
35.20
22
5. Kidney Disease
40.23
21
35.72
35
6. Hypertension
39.54
25
33.86
36
7. Liver Disease
28.12
60
18.41
95
8. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
18.21
76
9. Diabetes Mellitus
24.13
101
74.67
16
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
8.90
89
11. Lung Disease
21.51
95
31.41
47
12. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
18.34
64
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.22
100
16.44
118
14. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
20.99
37
15. Violence
13.66
32
37.54
8
16. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
3.18
80
17. Drownings
11.64
5
4.06
44
18. Road Traffic Accidents
10.94
121
22.70
61
19. Inflammatory/Heart
9.39
31
12.75
17
20. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
3.85
115
21. Lymphomas
8.01
8
6.08
39
22. Suicide
7.73
102
23.49
8
23. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
4.98
65
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.66
61
6.23
83
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.58
36
4.52
65
26. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
3.68
137
27. Leukemia
6.05
7
3.34
108
28. Asthma
5.89
81
13.63
45
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
5.82
78
33.37
46
30. Parkinson's Disease
5.80
26
3.36
130
31. Endocrine Disorders
5.70
57
11.70
14
32. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
5.46
87
33. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
8.50
16
34. Falls
5.28
97
2.99
150
35. Low Birth Weight
4.59
94
7.16
63
36. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
2.19
83
37. Other Injuries
4.16
149
10.77
57
38. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
2.15
99
39. Meningitis
2.26
59
6.74
41
40. Fires
1.74
81
6.64
4
41. Skin Disease
1.69
86
2.91
30
42. Malnutrition
1.59
87
4.41
56
43. Birth Trauma
1.52
104
3.36
78
44. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
2.47
53
45. Maternal Conditions
0.96
86
2.65
62
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.80
130
2.04
70
47. Encephalitis
0.79
41
0.43
87
48. Drug Use
0.78
133
1.52
67
49. Alcohol
0.56
140
1.93
61
50. Epilepsy
0.54
175
3.28
22
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104
14.75
32,739
7.20
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
75
10.64
39,341
8.65
3. Stroke
66
9.36
30,693
6.75
4. Kidney Disease
43
6.10
15,302
3.37
5. Hypertension
42
5.96
12,789
2.81
6. Liver Disease
31
4.40
9,013
1.98
7. Diabetes Mellitus
26
3.69
30,188
6.64
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
25
3.55
3,587
0.79
9. Lung Disease
22
3.12
11,895
2.62
10. Prostate Cancer
20
2.84
4,374
0.96
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
2.70
4,676
1.03
12. Lung Cancers
18
2.55
7,705
1.70
13. Breast Cancer
14
1.99
4,533
1.00
14. Violence
14
1.99
21,000
4.62
15. Oral Cancer
13
1.84
1,406
0.31
16. Drownings
12
1.70
2,403
0.53
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11
1.56
13,014
2.86
18. Inflammatory/Heart
10
1.42
5,408
1.19
19. Cervical Cancer
9
1.28
5,555
1.22
20. Lymphomas
8
1.13
2,818
0.62
21. Suicide
8
1.13
13,774
3.03
22. Stomach Cancer
7
0.99
1,535
0.34
23. Pancreas Cancer
7
0.99
2,007
0.44
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.99
1,894
0.42
25. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.99
4,351
0.96
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.85
15,843
3.49
27. Low Birth Weight
6
0.85
6,250
1.37
28. Oesophagus Cancer
6
0.85
3,486
0.77
29. Liver Cancer
6
0.85
2,383
0.52
30. Leukemia
6
0.85
1,464
0.32
31. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.85
5,890
1.30
32. Parkinson's Disease
6
0.85
1,077
0.24
33. Asthma
6
0.85
5,966
1.31
34. Falls
6
0.85
1,399
0.31
35. Ovary Cancer
5
0.71
951
0.21
36. Bladder Cancer
4
0.57
829
0.18
37. Other Injuries
4
0.57
6,014
1.32
38. Meningitis
2
0.28
3,660
0.81
39. Birth Trauma
2
0.28
3,004
0.66
40. Malnutrition
2
0.28
2,381
0.52
41. Uterin Cancer
2
0.28
512
0.11
42. Skin Disease
2
0.28
1,101
0.24
43. Fires
2
0.28
3,618
0.80
44. Encephalitis
1
0.14
234
0.05
45. Maternal Conditions
1
0.14
1,700
0.37
46. Skin Cancers
1
0.14
993
0.22
47. Alcohol
1
0.14
987
0.22
48. Drug Use
1
0.14
770
0.17
49. Epilepsy
1
0.14
1,870
0.41
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1
0.14
1,015
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
35.20
22
2. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
18.21
76
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
8.90
89
4. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
18.34
64
5. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
20.99
37
6. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
3.18
80
7. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
3.85
115
8. Lymphomas
8.01
8
6.08
39
9. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
4.98
65
10. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
3.68
137
11. Leukemia
6.05
7
3.34
108
12. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
5.46
87
13. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
8.50
16
14. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
2.19
83
15. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
2.15
99
16. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
2.47
53
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.