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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS SOUTH SUDAN

Compare Sri Lanka and South Sudan 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 Sudan
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
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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South Sudan Population Pyramid
19,962,715
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   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
67.6
71.4
145
145
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
68.4
72.3
141
141
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
68.9
72.6
139
141
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
69.3
72.9
139
141
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
69.8
73.3
139
141
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
70.3
73.8
139
139
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
71.0
74.4
136
138
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
71.8
75.1
135
138
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
72.7
75.9
131
137
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
73.8
76.8
128
134
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
75.1
77.8
128
133
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
76.6
78.9
130
130
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
78.5
80.4
128
127
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
80.7
82.2
127
123
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
83.3
84.5
127
113
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
86.3
87.2
117
99
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.7
90.4
101
79
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
67.24
147
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
28.11
91
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
20.35
103
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
16.37
120
5. Stroke
26.55
154
78.18
96
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
21.96
98
7. Asthma
25.43
10
10.14
63
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
91.82
32
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
50.94
9
10. Suicide
12.89
42
6.69
120
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
4.79
40
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
24.61
32
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
3.26
155
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
12.63
39
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
8.47
17
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
26.49
21
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
33.72
46
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
4.83
115
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
20.76
59
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
4.90
23
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
7.99
32
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
26.49
52
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
6.30
69
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
7.27
16
25. Falls
3.85
129
5.13
100
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
53.50
17
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
7.03
119
28. Drownings
3.24
68
3.07
73
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
89.87
9
30. Violence
2.36
122
20.51
17
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
13.19
12
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
6.66
22
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
3.15
132
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
2.34
137
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
161
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.83
105
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
2.48
81
38. War
1.35
16
5.52
9
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
0.59
151
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
1.70
85
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
1.73
85
42. Fires
1.04
112
3.92
30
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
2.21
137
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
15.46
3
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
3.13
139
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
71
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
13.97
18
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
16.14
14
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
2.36
37
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
1.00
117
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
2,930
3.49
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
1,312
1.56
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
894
1.07
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
543
0.65
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
1,090
1.30
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
3,541
4.22
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
587
0.70
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
9,918
11.82
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
4,063
4.84
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
425
0.51
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
259
0.31
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
164
0.20
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
435
0.52
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
1,207
1.44
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
695
0.83
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
241
0.29
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
1,823
2.17
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
314
0.37
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
346
0.41
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
1,131
1.35
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
422
0.50
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
2,020
2.41
23. Falls
964
0.83
269
0.32
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
360
0.43
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
3,771
4.50
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
761
0.91
27. Drownings
731
0.63
466
0.56
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
7,270
8.67
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
4,339
5.17
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
409
0.49
31. Violence
499
0.43
1,584
1.89
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
192
0.23
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
88
0.10
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
217
0.26
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
97
0.12
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
188
0.22
38. War
280
0.24
614
0.73
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
152
0.18
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
33
0.04
41. Fires
239
0.21
433
0.52
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
66
0.08
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
109
0.13
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
5,210
6.21
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
125
0.15
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
1,780
2.12
47. Dengue
131
0.11
0
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
1,521
1.81
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
259
0.31
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
14
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
4.79
40
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
24.61
32
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
3.26
155
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
8.47
17
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
26.49
21
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
4.83
115
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
20.76
59
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
4.90
23
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
6.30
69
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
7.27
16
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
7.03
119
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
6.66
22
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.83
105
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
2.48
81
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
2.21
137
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
2.57
49
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.