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Switzerland
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Switzerland and New Guinea 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.

New Guinea
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
New Guinea Population Pyramid
14,204,060
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   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
       
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
 
37.8
39.7
38.7
151
154
152
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
 
42.8
44.7
43.7
149
151
149
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
 
49.5
53.8
51.6
141
137
138
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
 
52.3
57.8
55.0
151
144
144
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
 
56.7
61.3
58.9
139
133
136
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
 
59.5
64.3
61.8
148
142
145
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
 
63.4
67.4
65.3
145
149
148
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
63.4
67.4
145
149
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
63.4
67.4
145
149
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
66.6
70.2
154
157
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
66.9
70.5
157
159
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
67.1
70.7
160
161
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
67.5
70.9
160
161
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
68.0
71.3
161
161
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
68.5
71.8
161
162
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
69.1
72.3
161
162
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
69.9
73.1
164
162
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
70.9
73.9
162
163
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
72.1
75.0
161
163
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
73.6
76.2
161
164
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
75.4
77.6
159
163
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
77.5
79.3
157
163
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
80.0
81.3
154
161
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
82.9
83.8
148
157
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
86.0
86.6
146
156
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
89.4
89.8
143
146
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
152.96
47
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
14.47
138
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
13.71
82
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
28.94
13
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
21.28
54
6. Stroke
14.92
183
118.90
43
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
122.46
2
8. Suicide
9.83
72
3.57
157
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
10.80
64
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
25.98
53
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.21
136
12. Falls
7.39
65
13.87
8
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
41.97
66
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
6.83
21
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
13.07
128
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
5.99
34
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
10.10
127
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
96.77
10
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
12.14
22
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
4.35
97
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
6.28
80
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
4.25
57
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
10.61
36
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
2.76
123
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
6.12
20
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
2.00
96
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
12.56
2
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
0.37
113
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
4.59
38
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
8.96
77
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
9.28
1
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
3.18
48
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
0.20
180
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
14.45
99
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
8.64
49
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
1.41
87
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
21.97
33
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
0.08
171
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
1.37
111
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
48.64
36
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.00
143
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
2.76
33
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
6.32
40
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.00
144
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
7.75
44
46. Drownings
0.47
172
2.58
85
47. Violence
0.45
179
12.19
39
48. Asthma
0.42
169
47.57
2
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.00
145
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
17.27
3
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
6,835
12.17
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
343
0.61
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
5,095
9.08
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
622
1.11
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
4,538
8.08
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
1,096
1.95
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
445
0.79
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
2,595
4.62
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
502
0.89
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
285
0.51
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
764
1.36
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
107
0.19
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
687
1.22
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
259
0.46
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
353
0.63
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
229
0.41
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
4,533
8.07
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
185
0.33
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
644
1.15
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
15
0.03
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
624
1.11
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
253
0.45
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
82
0.15
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
447
0.80
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
153
0.27
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
580
1.03
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
417
0.74
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
199
0.35
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
179
0.32
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
647
1.15
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
951
1.69
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
93
0.17
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
81
0.14
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
1,105
1.97
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
2,295
4.09
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
13
0.02
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
0
0.00
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
5
0.01
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
111
0.20
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
126
0.22
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
301
0.54
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
1,661
2.96
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
665
1.18
44. Anemia
102
0.18
0
0.00
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
0
0.00
46. Asthma
95
0.16
1,842
3.28
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
134
0.24
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
1,072
1.91
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
5
0.01
50. Drownings
49
0.08
240
0.43
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
13.71
82
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
28.94
13
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
21.28
54
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
10.80
64
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.21
136
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
6.83
21
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
5.99
34
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
12.14
22
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
4.25
57
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
10.61
36
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
2.00
96
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
12.56
2
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
4.59
38
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
9.28
1
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
3.18
48
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
21.97
33
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.