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Singapore
COUNTRY #1
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SINGAPORE VS MALAYSIA

Compare Singapore and Malaysia 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.

Malaysia
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
Singapore Population Pyramid
6,407,528
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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Malaysia Population Pyramid
40,550,371
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
  Singapore SINGAPORE   Malaysia MALAYSIA
  Singapore SINGAPORE   Malaysia MALAYSIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
61.7
65.7
63.7
47
50
45
  
52.8
55.9
54.3
80
81
81
1970
65.4
70.2
67.7
45
45
44
  
60.0
63.2
61.6
71
74
76
1980
68.9
74.2
71.5
33
36
29
  
65.0
68.8
66.9
60
76
68
1990
71.9
76.9
74.3
28
30
30
  
68.2
72.5
70.3
53
74
60
2000
75.9
80.9
78.3
11
17
13
  
70.2
74.9
72.4
55
66
63
2010
79.2
84.7
82.0
8
3
3
  
71.9
76.5
74.1
62
77
67
2019
81.0
85.5
83.2
6
4
4
  
72.6
77.1
74.7
74
90
80
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Singapore SINGAPORE   Malaysia MALAYSIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.0
85.5
6
4
72.6
77.1
74
90
Age
81.0
85.5
6
4
72.6
77.1
74
90
Age 5
81.3
85.6
6
4
73.3
77.7
81
92
Age 10
81.3
85.7
6
4
73.4
77.8
83
92
Age 15
81.3
85.7
6
4
73.5
77.8
80
92
Age 20
81.4
85.8
6
4
73.7
77.9
80
92
Age 25
81.5
85.8
6
4
74.1
78.0
80
92
Age 30
81.7
85.9
6
4
74.4
78.2
79
93
Age 35
81.9
86.0
5
4
74.8
78.3
80
93
Age 40
82.1
86.1
5
4
75.2
78.5
79
93
Age 45
82.4
86.3
5
4
75.7
78.8
78
94
Age 50
82.7
86.5
4
4
76.4
79.2
81
96
Age 55
83.2
86.8
4
4
77.3
79.8
81
97
Age 60
83.8
87.2
5
4
78.5
80.6
81
99
Age 65
84.7
87.8
6
5
80.1
81.6
80
102
Age 70
85.8
88.5
8
6
82.0
83.1
76
101
Age 75
87.2
89.4
8
4
84.5
85.1
68
97
Age 80
89.2
90.8
4
3
87.4
87.5
60
94
Age 85
91.7
92.6
3
4
90.5
90.4
53
81
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Singapore SINGAPORE   Malaysia MALAYSIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
61.08
56
90.22
33
2. Coronary Heart Disease
60.68
149
136.21
61
3. Stroke
18.41
175
81.65
92
4. Lung Cancers
17.56
69
15.25
77
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.72
36
14.27
31
6. Breast Cancer
13.37
129
20.80
44
7. Kidney Disease
12.04
135
24.25
80
8. Suicide
9.65
75
5.77
130
9. Prostate Cancer
8.49
138
7.43
144
10. Hypertension
8.44
138
2.45
173
11. Liver Cancer
8.32
46
6.96
57
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.08
55
3.59
95
13. Stomach Cancer
4.80
117
5.36
101
14. Lymphomas
4.76
87
4.55
95
15. Ovary Cancer
4.49
89
5.57
48
16. Lung Disease
4.45
183
25.89
74
17. Oral Cancer
3.49
71
6.32
27
18. Uterin Cancer
3.27
42
2.44
84
19. Leukemia
3.16
115
4.58
38
20. Falls
2.93
153
6.80
71
21. Inflammatory/Heart
2.67
148
4.18
108
22. Liver Disease
2.40
180
17.91
97
23. Other Neoplasms
2.32
46
1.00
61
24. Cervical Cancer
1.97
167
6.94
107
25. Congenital Anomalies
1.92
178
4.04
136
26. Road Traffic Accidents
1.69
181
22.76
60
27. Skin Disease
1.60
93
7.90
7
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1.56
122
1.54
123
29. Bladder Cancer
1.40
133
1.79
106
30. Diabetes Mellitus
1.28
183
14.82
126
31. Parkinson's Disease
1.09
174
4.52
69
32. Other Injuries
1.03
183
7.39
95
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.78
161
5.55
52
34. Skin Cancers
0.71
150
0.91
139
35. Low Birth Weight
0.65
176
2.57
134
36. Endocrine Disorders
0.49
182
2.86
117
37. Asthma
0.45
167
3.65
98
38. Drownings
0.44
175
2.63
83
39. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.43
183
16.95
108
40. Epilepsy
0.42
180
0.73
164
41. Tuberculosis
0.34
146
3.87
90
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.34
168
6.63
73
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.28
173
0.84
128
44. Drug Use
0.26
178
1.09
106
45. Violence
0.22
182
2.62
118
46. HIV/AIDS
0.20
145
8.15
63
47. Alcohol
0.12
181
0.58
139
48. Meningitis
0.10
179
1.00
80
49. Fires
0.09
182
1.15
104
50. Birth Trauma
0.07
183
0.92
126
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Singapore SINGAPORE   Malaysia MALAYSIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,292
22.26
36,729
21.86
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,189
21.83
23,477
13.97
3. Stroke
1,559
6.56
21,592
12.85
4. Lung Cancers
1,540
6.48
4,319
2.57
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,203
5.06
3,832
2.28
6. Kidney Disease
1,028
4.32
6,629
3.95
7. Liver Cancer
746
3.14
1,984
1.18
8. Hypertension
732
3.08
649
0.39
9. Suicide
650
2.73
1,823
1.09
10. Breast Cancer
605
2.55
3,071
1.83
11. Pancreas Cancer
537
2.26
994
0.59
12. Stomach Cancer
405
1.70
1,441
0.86
13. Lymphomas
397
1.67
1,321
0.79
14. Lung Disease
383
1.61
6,633
3.95
15. Oral Cancer
317
1.33
1,865
1.11
16. Prostate Cancer
303
1.27
903
0.54
17. Leukemia
249
1.05
1,412
0.84
18. Falls
218
0.92
1,855
1.10
19. Inflammatory/Heart
215
0.90
1,214
0.72
20. Liver Disease
209
0.88
5,125
3.05
21. Ovary Cancer
204
0.86
827
0.49
22. Other Neoplasms
195
0.82
265
0.16
23. Uterin Cancer
147
0.62
352
0.21
24. Oesophagus Cancer
137
0.58
435
0.26
25. Skin Disease
136
0.57
2,066
1.23
26. Road Traffic Accidents
121
0.51
7,181
4.27
27. Bladder Cancer
120
0.50
467
0.28
28. Diabetes Mellitus
108
0.45
4,107
2.44
29. Parkinson's Disease
90
0.38
1,106
0.66
30. Cervical Cancer
85
0.36
1,010
0.60
31. Congenital Anomalies
80
0.34
1,403
0.84
32. Other Injuries
79
0.33
2,222
1.32
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
69
0.29
1,424
0.85
34. Skin Cancers
56
0.24
247
0.15
35. Asthma
37
0.16
1,013
0.60
36. Alzheimers & Dementia
32
0.13
3,996
2.38
37. Endocrine Disorders
30
0.13
809
0.48
38. Drownings
29
0.12
820
0.49
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
28
0.12
1,773
1.06
40. Tuberculosis
26
0.11
1,227
0.73
41. Low Birth Weight
25
0.11
1,020
0.61
42. Epilepsy
25
0.11
226
0.13
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.09
246
0.15
44. Drug Use
19
0.08
322
0.19
45. HIV/AIDS
18
0.08
2,679
1.59
46. Violence
15
0.06
869
0.52
47. Alcohol
10
0.04
181
0.11
48. Meningitis
8
0.03
301
0.18
49. Fires
7
0.03
336
0.20
50. Appendicitis
6
0.03
71
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Singapore SINGAPORE   Malaysia MALAYSIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
17.56
69
15.25
77
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.72
36
14.27
31
3. Breast Cancer
13.37
129
20.80
44
4. Prostate Cancer
8.49
138
7.43
144
5. Liver Cancer
8.32
46
6.96
57
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.08
55
3.59
95
7. Stomach Cancer
4.80
117
5.36
101
8. Lymphomas
4.76
87
4.55
95
9. Ovary Cancer
4.49
89
5.57
48
10. Oral Cancer
3.49
71
6.32
27
11. Uterin Cancer
3.27
42
2.44
84
12. Leukemia
3.16
115
4.58
38
13. Cervical Cancer
1.97
167
6.94
107
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.56
122
1.54
123
15. Bladder Cancer
1.40
133
1.79
106
16. Skin Cancers
0.71
150
0.91
139
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.