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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS SUDAN

Compare Sri Lanka and 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.

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
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Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sudan SUDAN
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sudan 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
  
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sudan SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
72.0
74.7
94
120
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
72.4
75.0
89
118
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
72.6
75.2
87
117
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
72.9
75.4
88
117
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
73.2
75.6
88
117
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
73.6
75.9
89
117
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
74.0
76.2
90
117
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
74.4
76.6
89
116
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
75.0
77.1
90
114
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
75.7
77.7
90
114
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
76.6
78.4
89
114
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
77.8
79.4
89
111
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
79.4
80.7
92
111
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
81.4
82.3
98
113
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
83.8
84.5
97
114
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
86.6
87.1
98
112
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.8
90.2
90
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sudan SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
231.30
20
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
15.23
122
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
23.39
85
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
17.52
94
5. Stroke
26.55
154
108.71
60
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
24.83
75
7. Asthma
25.43
10
12.79
51
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
30.74
83
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
36.38
33
10. Suicide
12.89
42
4.76
143
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.23
119
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
24.70
29
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
2.40
168
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
6.73
105
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
5.26
36
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
6.36
112
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
19.11
92
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
2.16
175
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
7.55
143
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
6.37
2
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
6.55
66
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
40.23
23
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
4.10
124
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
6.85
20
25. Falls
3.85
129
4.91
104
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
14.62
56
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
4.61
154
28. Drownings
3.24
68
3.02
74
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
13.22
63
30. Violence
2.36
122
6.81
69
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
14.18
9
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
6.51
24
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
2.98
140
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
3.60
87
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
162
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.94
101
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
0.67
172
38. War
1.35
16
0.86
21
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
3.34
21
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
0.60
134
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
1.59
93
42. Fires
1.04
112
3.17
44
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
1.20
163
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
7.45
45
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
4.17
90
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
101
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
2.06
61
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
5.36
46
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
1.59
55
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
0.31
161
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sudan SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
43,966
20.16
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
3,070
1.41
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
4,382
2.01
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
2,584
1.18
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
5,095
2.34
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
20,582
9.44
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
2,636
1.21
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
12,619
5.79
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
11,459
5.25
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
1,644
0.75
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
493
0.23
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
545
0.25
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
1,126
0.52
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
2,912
1.34
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
3,071
1.41
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
478
0.22
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
4,348
1.99
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
1,828
0.84
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
946
0.43
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
7,287
3.34
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
1,533
0.70
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
5,507
2.53
23. Falls
964
0.83
1,559
0.71
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
1,049
0.48
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
4,250
1.95
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
770
0.35
27. Drownings
731
0.63
1,684
0.77
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
6,277
2.88
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
16,036
7.35
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
523
0.24
31. Violence
499
0.43
2,478
1.14
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
1,459
0.67
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
369
0.17
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
839
0.38
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
112
0.05
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
794
0.36
38. War
280
0.24
336
0.15
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
735
0.34
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
1,036
0.48
41. Fires
239
0.21
1,310
0.60
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
71
0.03
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
272
0.12
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
8,526
3.91
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
705
0.32
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
1,092
0.50
47. Dengue
131
0.11
0
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
1,961
0.90
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
744
0.34
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
35
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Sudan SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.23
119
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
24.70
29
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
2.40
168
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
5.26
36
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
6.36
112
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
2.16
175
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
7.55
143
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
6.37
2
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
4.10
124
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
6.85
20
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
4.61
154
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
6.51
24
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.94
101
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
0.67
172
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
1.20
163
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
1.67
108
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.