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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS LATVIA

Compare Sri Lanka and Latvia 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.

Latvia
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
Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Latvia LATVIA
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Latvia LATVIA
           
    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
    		  
    66.3
    73.5
    69.8
    24
    11
    15
    1970
    63.7
    66.2
    64.9
    54
    64
    61
    		  
    65.7
    74.2
    69.8
    42
    20
    32
    1980
    65.7
    70.4
    68.0
    55
    66
    60
    		  
    63.8
    74.1
    68.8
    74
    38
    56
    1990
    66.9
    73.5
    70.1
    61
    63
    62
    		  
    64.2
    74.6
    69.3
    94
    54
    74
    2000
    68.2
    75.1
    71.5
    78
    65
    74
    		  
    64.4
    75.7
    70.1
    106
    54
    93
    2010
    70.9
    78.1
    74.5
    72
    50
    62
    		  
    67.6
    77.7
    72.8
    101
    55
    88
    2019
    73.8
    79.8
    76.9
    61
    52
    54
    		  
    70.6
    79.8
    75.4
    94
    51
    74
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Latvia LATVIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    73.8
    79.8
    61
    52
    70.6
    79.8
    94
    51
    Age 5
    74.4
    80.3
    64
    53
    70.8
    80.1
    114
    59
    Age 10
    74.4
    80.4
    65
    53
    70.8
    80.1
    114
    59
    Age 15
    74.5
    80.4
    65
    54
    70.9
    80.1
    116
    61
    Age 20
    74.7
    80.6
    64
    54
    71.1
    80.2
    118
    60
    Age 25
    75.1
    80.7
    67
    54
    71.3
    80.3
    118
    61
    Age 30
    75.3
    80.9
    68
    54
    71.6
    80.4
    119
    62
    Age 35
    75.6
    81.0
    71
    55
    72.2
    80.6
    119
    61
    Age 40
    75.8
    81.1
    74
    55
    72.7
    80.8
    121
    61
    Age 45
    76.2
    81.4
    77
    56
    73.5
    81.2
    119
    61
    Age 50
    76.7
    81.6
    76
    57
    74.4
    81.6
    118
    58
    Age 55
    77.6
    82.1
    79
    59
    75.7
    82.2
    111
    57
    Age 60
    78.6
    82.6
    79
    60
    77.3
    83.0
    108
    56
    Age 65
    80.1
    83.4
    79
    66
    79.1
    83.9
    104
    56
    Age 70
    81.5
    84.2
    93
    73
    81.4
    85.0
    95
    56
    Age 75
    83.8
    85.8
    96
    76
    84.0
    86.4
    87
    59
    Age 80
    87.0
    88.3
    74
    62
    86.7
    88.1
    85
    69
    Age 85
    90.8
    91.2
    35
    44
    89.7
    90.2
    108
    107
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Latvia LATVIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    101.31
    106
    146.65
    49
    2. Diabetes Mellitus
    47.34
    45
    10.89
    141
    3. Lung Disease
    36.99
    33
    7.50
    177
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    27.62
    14
    9.94
    155
    5. Stroke
    26.55
    154
    99.14
    74
    6. Kidney Disease
    26.23
    72
    6.43
    158
    7. Asthma
    25.43
    10
    0.88
    139
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    20.42
    113
    12.01
    149
    9. Road Traffic Accidents
    18.07
    82
    7.17
    138
    10. Suicide
    12.89
    42
    16.06
    24
    11. Oral Cancer
    10.87
    7
    6.18
    28
    12. Breast Cancer
    9.49
    165
    19.03
    63
    13. Lung Cancers
    6.56
    126
    23.52
    33
    14. Other Injuries
    6.41
    112
    11.98
    45
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.72
    30
    3.50
    55
    16. Cervical Cancer
    5.15
    125
    7.05
    105
    17. Liver Disease
    4.96
    160
    13.03
    113
    18. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    107
    11.16
    30
    19. Prostate Cancer
    4.61
    165
    28.10
    34
    20. Leukemia
    4.61
    35
    4.38
    53
    21. Congenital Anomalies
    4.53
    125
    2.45
    168
    22. Hypertension
    4.08
    161
    19.91
    83
    23. Liver Cancer
    4.05
    128
    3.97
    133
    24. Lymphomas
    3.88
    126
    6.05
    41
    25. Falls
    3.85
    129
    4.77
    106
    26. Tuberculosis
    3.45
    95
    2.34
    103
    27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3.43
    175
    15.41
    24
    28. Drownings
    3.24
    68
    5.64
    21
    29. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.47
    100
    0.26
    170
    30. Violence
    2.36
    122
    4.15
    98
    31. Low Birth Weight
    2.13
    145
    0.57
    180
    32. Ovary Cancer
    1.93
    174
    8.99
    3
    33. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.83
    165
    30.32
    3
    34. Endocrine Disorders
    1.82
    154
    1.76
    156
    35. Anemia
    1.74
    8
    0.22
    44
    36. Bladder Cancer
    1.63
    117
    4.46
    17
    37. Uterin Cancer
    1.40
    144
    4.89
    20
    38. War
    1.35
    16
    0.01
    144
    39. Drug Use
    1.16
    96
    1.72
    59
    40. Skin Disease
    1.14
    107
    1.48
    97
    41. Epilepsy
    1.14
    127
    1.76
    84
    42. Fires
    1.04
    112
    3.48
    36
    43. Pancreas Cancer
    0.80
    171
    10.04
    4
    44. Birth Trauma
    0.78
    135
    0.60
    145
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    0.65
    181
    2.07
    160
    46. Dengue
    0.60
    12
    0.00
    144
    47. Meningitis
    0.59
    106
    0.40
    125
    48. Maternal Conditions
    0.50
    110
    0.29
    126
    49. Poisonings
    0.39
    113
    0.96
    69
    50. Alcohol
    0.33
    159
    8.83
    9
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Latvia LATVIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    26,304
    22.66
    8,099
    30.00
    2. Diabetes Mellitus
    12,460
    10.73
    529
    1.96
    3. Lung Disease
    9,456
    8.15
    346
    1.28
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    6,939
    5.98
    664
    2.46
    5. Kidney Disease
    6,858
    5.91
    356
    1.32
    6. Stroke
    6,805
    5.86
    5,893
    21.83
    7. Asthma
    6,471
    5.57
    42
    0.16
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,117
    4.41
    501
    1.86
    9. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,200
    3.62
    154
    0.57
    10. Suicide
    2,977
    2.56
    384
    1.42
    11. Oral Cancer
    2,893
    2.49
    214
    0.79
    12. Lung Cancers
    1,775
    1.53
    956
    3.54
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,544
    1.33
    131
    0.49
    14. Other Injuries
    1,529
    1.32
    362
    1.34
    15. Breast Cancer
    1,383
    1.19
    472
    1.75
    16. Stomach Cancer
    1,321
    1.14
    470
    1.74
    17. Liver Disease
    1,303
    1.12
    365
    1.35
    18. Leukemia
    1,155
    0.99
    186
    0.69
    19. Liver Cancer
    1,090
    0.94
    157
    0.58
    20. Hypertension
    1,055
    0.91
    1,194
    4.42
    21. Lymphomas
    1,027
    0.88
    245
    0.91
    22. Congenital Anomalies
    989
    0.85
    46
    0.17
    23. Falls
    964
    0.83
    201
    0.74
    24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    911
    0.78
    722
    2.67
    25. Tuberculosis
    769
    0.66
    71
    0.26
    26. Cervical Cancer
    762
    0.66
    128
    0.47
    27. Drownings
    731
    0.63
    127
    0.47
    28. Diarrhoeal diseases
    605
    0.52
    14
    0.05
    29. Low Birth Weight
    536
    0.46
    11
    0.04
    30. Prostate Cancer
    507
    0.44
    464
    1.72
    31. Violence
    499
    0.43
    94
    0.35
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    462
    0.40
    59
    0.22
    33. Anemia
    445
    0.38
    14
    0.05
    34. Bladder Cancer
    432
    0.37
    228
    0.84
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    425
    0.37
    921
    3.41
    36. Skin Disease
    293
    0.25
    76
    0.28
    37. Ovary Cancer
    281
    0.24
    196
    0.73
    38. War
    280
    0.24
    0
    0.00
    39. Epilepsy
    269
    0.23
    44
    0.16
    40. Drug Use
    257
    0.22
    41
    0.15
    41. Fires
    239
    0.21
    103
    0.38
    42. Uterin Cancer
    218
    0.19
    148
    0.55
    43. Pancreas Cancer
    214
    0.18
    436
    1.61
    44. Birth Trauma
    193
    0.17
    12
    0.04
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    168
    0.14
    125
    0.46
    46. Meningitis
    146
    0.13
    15
    0.06
    47. Dengue
    131
    0.11
    0
    0.00
    48. Maternal Conditions
    96
    0.08
    5
    0.02
    49. Poisonings
    93
    0.08
    23
    0.09
    50. Other Neoplasms
    86
    0.07
    153
    0.57
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Latvia LATVIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Oral Cancer
    10.87
    7
    6.18
    28
    2. Breast Cancer
    9.49
    165
    19.03
    63
    3. Lung Cancers
    6.56
    126
    23.52
    33
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.72
    30
    3.50
    55
    5. Cervical Cancer
    5.15
    125
    7.05
    105
    6. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    107
    11.16
    30
    7. Prostate Cancer
    4.61
    165
    28.10
    34
    8. Leukemia
    4.61
    35
    4.38
    53
    9. Liver Cancer
    4.05
    128
    3.97
    133
    10. Lymphomas
    3.88
    126
    6.05
    41
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3.43
    175
    15.41
    24
    12. Ovary Cancer
    1.93
    174
    8.99
    3
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.63
    117
    4.46
    17
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.40
    144
    4.89
    20
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    0.80
    171
    10.04
    4
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.22
    174
    3.11
    29
    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.