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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS GAMBIA

Compare Sri Lanka 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
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Gambia GAMBIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
142.59
53
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
37.65
66
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
29.40
54
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
19.89
49
5. Stroke
26.55
154
108.94
59
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
32.04
48
7. Asthma
25.43
10
15.88
35
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
113.77
18
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
51.34
8
10. Suicide
12.89
42
9.64
77
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
0.01
181
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
4.44
182
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
3.62
150
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
11.81
46
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
0.48
177
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
25.76
23
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
33.48
48
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
1.43
178
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
6.08
156
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
0.09
183
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
6.72
59
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
22.89
68
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
30.83
3
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
0.74
181
25. Falls
3.85
129
9.85
22
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
28.42
38
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
1.05
183
28. Drownings
3.24
68
2.58
84
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
41.12
43
30. Violence
2.36
122
11.94
43
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
9.17
43
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
0.44
183
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
6.44
58
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
11.17
16
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
103
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.44
181
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
0.23
180
38. War
1.35
16
0.01
119
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
2.38
34
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
2.12
59
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
2.78
36
42. Fires
1.04
112
3.83
32
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
0.54
179
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
10.44
21
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
6.31
18
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
89
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
13.27
23
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
18.68
8
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
2.48
34
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
1.23
103
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
1,007
7.83
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
290
2.25
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
206
1.60
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
89
0.69
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
266
2.07
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
802
6.24
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
134
1.04
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
1,340
10.42
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
695
5.40
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
113
0.88
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
0
0.00
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
34
0.26
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
5
0.04
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
194
1.51
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
26
0.20
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
14
0.11
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
323
2.51
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
2
0.02
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
377
2.93
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
172
1.34
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
12
0.09
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
383
2.98
23. Falls
964
0.83
83
0.65
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
11
0.09
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
445
3.46
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
145
1.13
27. Drownings
731
0.63
69
0.54
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
626
4.87
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
662
5.15
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
21
0.16
31. Violence
499
0.43
195
1.52
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
230
1.79
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
4
0.03
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
59
0.46
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
19
0.15
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
2
0.02
38. War
280
0.24
0
0.00
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
43
0.33
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
28
0.22
41. Fires
239
0.21
67
0.52
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
1
0.01
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
6
0.05
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
754
5.86
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
34
0.26
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
229
1.78
47. Dengue
131
0.11
0
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
345
2.68
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
42
0.33
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
3
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
0.01
181
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
4.44
182
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
3.62
150
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
0.48
177
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
25.76
23
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
1.43
178
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
6.08
156
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
0.09
183
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
30.83
3
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
0.74
181
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
1.05
183
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
0.44
183
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
0.44
181
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
0.23
180
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
0.54
179
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
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.