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Switzerland
COUNTRY #1
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SWITZERLAND VS CANADA

Compare Switzerland and Canada 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.

Canada
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
Switzerland Population Pyramid
9,817,716
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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Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
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
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Canada CANADA
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Canada CANADA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
  
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
  
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
  
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
  
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
  
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
  
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
  
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Canada CANADA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
80.9
84.5
13
14
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
81.0
84.6
12
14
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
81.2
84.7
11
14
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
81.5
84.8
11
14
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
81.7
84.9
10
13
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
82.0
85.0
7
12
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
82.3
85.2
6
12
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
82.7
85.5
6
13
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
83.1
85.9
5
13
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
83.8
86.4
4
12
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
84.8
87.1
3
10
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
85.9
87.9
3
9
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
87.4
89.0
2
8
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
89.2
90.4
2
9
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
91.6
92.2
5
9
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Canada CANADA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
45.15
166
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
27.87
13
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
27.23
22
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
15.43
111
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
11.92
124
6. Stroke
14.92
183
15.12
182
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
15.91
133
8. Suicide
9.83
72
10.34
67
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
12.23
46
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
2.79
169
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
6.57
47
12. Falls
7.39
65
5.07
101
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
7.69
169
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
6.52
26
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
4.99
168
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
5.08
63
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
5.73
159
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
7.22
156
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
4.21
120
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
2.94
141
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
2.99
156
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
4.06
67
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
2.86
161
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
4.41
77
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
3.46
128
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
2.89
59
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.18
126
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
1.99
51
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
3.01
73
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
3.35
164
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.27
65
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
2.91
63
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
8.70
2
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
4.58
157
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
1.90
148
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
2.76
44
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
1.94
169
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
1.09
6
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
0.81
153
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
0.90
140
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.13
28
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
0.76
122
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
0.54
172
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.16
34
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
0.65
140
46. Drownings
0.47
172
0.71
160
47. Violence
0.45
179
1.60
139
48. Asthma
0.42
169
0.37
173
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.32
38
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
0.73
135
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Canada CANADA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
40,063
17.18
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
30,970
13.28
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
14,159
6.07
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
20,937
8.98
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
14,212
6.09
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
2,563
1.10
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
9,651
4.14
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
7,431
3.19
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
4,829
2.07
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
4,711
2.02
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
5,910
2.53
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
5,057
2.17
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
4,578
1.96
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
4,417
1.89
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
5,146
2.21
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
2,060
0.88
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
5,718
2.45
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
3,359
1.44
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
3,113
1.33
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
1,679
0.72
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
3,624
1.55
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
3,098
1.33
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
2,521
1.08
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
2,177
0.93
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
3,233
1.39
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
1,592
0.68
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
1,756
0.75
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
2,230
0.96
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
1,902
0.82
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
2,392
1.03
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
1,081
0.46
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
1,491
0.64
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
1,183
0.51
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
1,998
0.86
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
840
0.36
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
3,686
1.58
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
139
0.06
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
692
0.30
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
384
0.16
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
679
0.29
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
442
0.19
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
553
0.24
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
578
0.25
44. Anemia
102
0.18
343
0.15
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
118
0.05
46. Asthma
95
0.16
262
0.11
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
192
0.08
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
636
0.27
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
322
0.14
50. Drownings
49
0.08
283
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Canada CANADA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
27.23
22
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
15.43
111
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
11.92
124
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
12.23
46
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
6.57
47
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
6.52
26
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
5.08
63
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
4.21
120
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
4.06
67
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
2.86
161
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
2.89
59
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.18
126
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
3.01
73
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.27
65
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
2.91
63
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
1.94
169
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.