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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS JAMAICA

Compare Sri Lanka and Jamaica 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.

Jamaica
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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Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
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   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Jamaica JAMAICA
       
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
  
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Jamaica JAMAICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
75.5
78.6
50
78
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
75.6
78.7
51
77
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
75.7
78.8
51
77
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
75.9
78.9
51
78
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
76.1
79.1
53
77
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
76.4
79.3
54
76
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
76.7
79.6
53
74
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
77.1
80.0
51
73
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
77.6
80.4
49
71
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
78.2
81.0
52
69
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
79.0
81.8
53
64
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
80.1
82.6
55
61
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
81.4
83.8
52
58
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
83.1
85.2
54
54
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
85.4
86.9
50
50
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
88.1
89.1
40
42
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
91.1
91.5
20
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Jamaica JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
49.69
162
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
61.66
24
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
13.20
151
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
15.09
133
5. Stroke
26.55
154
70.26
104
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
23.98
84
7. Asthma
25.43
10
2.02
115
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
11.23
153
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
14.23
101
10. Suicide
12.89
42
2.28
175
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
1.87
141
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
25.54
24
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
14.66
78
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
2.77
173
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
2.28
95
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
22.18
32
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
4.80
162
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
7.00
77
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
53.37
3
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
4.13
63
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
4.63
124
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
18.75
89
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
3.14
161
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
7.87
10
25. Falls
3.85
129
2.34
167
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
0.24
157
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
13.25
39
28. Drownings
3.24
68
0.34
182
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
1.06
133
30. Violence
2.36
122
47.92
4
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
6.72
67
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
5.85
38
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
4.11
112
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
5.56
60
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
115
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.77
108
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
6.42
8
38. War
1.35
16
0.02
99
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
0.40
169
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
4.13
19
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
1.48
101
42. Fires
1.04
112
0.47
145
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
3.62
94
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
1.82
96
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
3.69
118
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.04
47
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
0.49
116
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
1.15
81
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
0.08
175
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
0.24
169
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
1,726
9.88
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
2,077
11.88
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
452
2.59
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
587
3.36
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
793
4.54
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
2,415
13.82
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
65
0.37
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
393
2.25
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
444
2.54
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
70
0.40
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
59
0.34
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
472
2.70
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
74
0.42
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
91
0.52
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
413
2.36
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
231
1.32
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
155
0.89
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
129
0.74
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
101
0.58
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
651
3.73
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
251
1.44
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
139
0.80
23. Falls
964
0.83
82
0.47
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
436
2.49
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
8
0.05
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
358
2.05
27. Drownings
731
0.63
10
0.06
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
35
0.20
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
241
1.38
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
883
5.05
31. Violence
499
0.43
1,484
8.49
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
176
1.01
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
60
0.34
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
133
0.76
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
145
0.83
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
97
0.56
38. War
280
0.24
1
0.01
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
46
0.26
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
13
0.07
41. Fires
239
0.21
16
0.09
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
106
0.61
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
119
0.68
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
65
0.37
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
132
0.76
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
16
0.09
47. Dengue
131
0.11
1
0.01
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
35
0.20
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
2
0.01
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
19
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
1.87
141
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
25.54
24
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
14.66
78
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
2.28
95
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
22.18
32
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
7.00
77
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
53.37
3
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
4.13
63
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
3.14
161
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
7.87
10
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
13.25
39
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
5.85
38
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.77
108
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
6.42
8
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
3.62
94
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
0.29
168
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.