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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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SRI LANKA VS TANZANIA

Compare Sri Lanka and Tanzania 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.

Tanzania
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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Tanzania Population Pyramid
129,386,845
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   Tanzania TANZANIA
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Tanzania TANZANIA
       
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
  
42.1
45.5
43.7
129
126
127
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
45.2
48.6
46.9
136
135
136
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
48.7
52.0
50.3
143
141
142
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
49.1
52.8
50.9
160
157
160
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
48.4
50.0
49.2
166
170
167
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
56.4
58.6
57.5
161
162
161
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
65.4
69.3
67.3
134
136
135
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Tanzania TANZANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
65.4
69.3
134
136
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
65.4
69.3
134
136
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
69.1
72.6
134
136
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
69.6
73.1
133
135
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
69.8
73.3
132
135
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
70.2
73.6
130
135
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
70.6
73.9
131
135
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
71.1
74.3
131
135
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
71.7
74.8
128
133
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
72.4
75.4
124
133
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
73.3
76.1
123
131
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
74.3
76.9
120
130
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
75.6
77.9
113
126
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
77.1
79.1
113
127
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
78.9
80.5
111
119
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
81.0
82.3
115
117
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
83.5
84.5
113
109
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
86.5
87.2
110
105
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.8
90.4
97
92
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Tanzania TANZANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
76.15
138
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
31.47
87
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
17.10
126
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
18.11
81
5. Stroke
26.55
154
91.34
83
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
22.48
94
7. Asthma
25.43
10
7.03
76
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
71.25
48
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
49.33
10
10. Suicide
12.89
42
8.15
96
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
6.73
20
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
8.50
171
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
0.60
181
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
9.26
74
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
10.06
11
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
46.71
7
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
26.48
72
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
5.88
94
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
29.39
30
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
1.24
165
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
7.48
42
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
31.31
41
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
5.65
85
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
2.46
162
25. Falls
3.85
129
6.85
70
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
60.37
15
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
7.78
106
28. Drownings
3.24
68
2.22
105
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
46.84
38
30. Violence
2.36
122
10.35
47
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
7.48
58
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
2.25
167
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
4.21
107
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
4.70
69
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
177
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
2.76
63
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.84
117
38. War
1.35
16
0.05
71
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
1.48
68
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
1.35
101
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
1.76
83
42. Fires
1.04
112
2.84
53
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
0.71
174
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
9.12
34
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
3.49
124
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
67
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
6.36
43
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
14.15
16
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
2.34
38
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
1.08
109
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Tanzania TANZANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
13,215
4.48
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
6,247
2.12
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
3,051
1.03
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
2,048
0.69
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
4,547
1.54
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
16,894
5.73
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
1,700
0.58
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
26,028
8.83
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
18,054
6.12
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
2,474
0.84
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
1,646
0.56
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
159
0.05
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
2,247
0.76
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
4,270
1.45
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
1,285
0.44
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
1,190
0.40
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
6,586
2.23
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
416
0.14
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
1,413
0.48
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
5,209
1.77
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
805
0.27
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
9,791
3.32
23. Falls
964
0.83
1,533
0.52
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
1,567
0.53
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
20,269
6.87
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
6,424
2.18
27. Drownings
731
0.63
1,642
0.56
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
17,587
5.96
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
12,173
4.13
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
1,819
0.62
31. Violence
499
0.43
4,713
1.60
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
1,778
0.60
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
667
0.23
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
1,227
0.42
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
359
0.12
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
337
0.11
38. War
280
0.24
30
0.01
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
707
0.24
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
404
0.14
41. Fires
239
0.21
1,424
0.48
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
218
0.07
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
158
0.05
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
15,086
5.12
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
513
0.17
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
3,188
1.08
47. Dengue
131
0.11
2
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
6,835
2.32
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
1,170
0.40
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
58
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Tanzania TANZANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
6.73
20
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
8.50
171
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
0.60
181
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
10.06
11
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
46.71
7
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
5.88
94
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
29.39
30
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
1.24
165
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
5.65
85
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
2.46
162
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
7.78
106
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
2.25
167
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
2.76
63
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.84
117
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
0.71
174
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
3.42
22
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.