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Viet Nam
COUNTRY #1
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VIET NAM VS CHINA

Compare Viet Nam and China 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.

China
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
Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
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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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   China CHINA
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   China CHINA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.6
78.1
106
73
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
69.6
78.1
106
73
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
71.2
79.4
103
69
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
71.3
79.4
107
69
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
71.4
79.5
108
69
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
71.7
79.6
108
69
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
72.0
79.7
108
69
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
72.4
79.9
109
69
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
72.7
80.0
110
69
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
73.1
80.2
112
69
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
73.7
80.5
114
70
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
74.5
80.9
115
71
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
75.5
81.4
116
74
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
76.9
82.0
117
73
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
78.6
82.9
121
76
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
80.7
84.1
125
79
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
83.2
85.7
130
80
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.1
87.8
129
87
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.4
90.4
132
83
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
155.75
20
110.80
58
2. Coronary Heart Disease
86.67
125
97.57
115
3. Lung Disease
34.16
39
54.18
13
4. Diabetes Mellitus
33.78
78
8.56
148
5. Road Traffic Accidents
29.81
50
15.09
96
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.84
97
11.28
152
7. Liver Cancer
24.37
7
9.30
33
8. Kidney Disease
24.12
83
10.39
141
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.72
20
17.36
97
10. Liver Disease
23.34
81
7.57
146
11. Lung Cancers
21.48
46
36.63
5
12. Hypertension
18.94
88
16.80
98
13. Stomach Cancer
15.13
9
20.55
3
14. Falls
13.80
10
8.04
50
15. Breast Cancer
11.36
148
8.95
169
16. Tuberculosis
9.33
70
1.88
111
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.23
98
13.02
42
18. Asthma
7.89
73
1.29
123
19. Suicide
7.22
112
6.67
121
20. Oral Cancer
7.03
18
2.81
89
21. Congenital Anomalies
6.59
63
3.32
150
22. Low Birth Weight
5.69
84
1.76
150
23. Drownings
5.36
24
3.66
56
24. Other Injuries
5.34
126
3.50
161
25. Parkinson's Disease
5.18
44
3.95
98
26. Inflammatory/Heart
4.93
88
1.73
168
27. Leukemia
4.93
22
3.48
97
28. HIV/AIDS
4.72
77
1.62
111
29. Prostate Cancer
4.61
166
6.41
152
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.47
82
0.72
150
31. Cervical Cancer
4.34
134
5.16
124
32. Lymphomas
2.94
151
3.04
145
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
97
12.42
6
34. Uterin Cancer
2.12
103
1.16
157
35. Endocrine Disorders
2.08
149
1.51
162
36. Measles
2.01
23
0.06
62
37. Birth Trauma
1.86
94
1.40
108
38. Violence
1.81
136
0.73
166
39. Ovary Cancer
1.62
178
2.76
153
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.57
89
3.53
34
41. Encephalitis
1.54
9
0.21
117
42. Skin Disease
1.34
102
0.30
162
43. Drug Use
1.31
83
1.34
79
44. Pancreas Cancer
0.92
167
5.72
59
45. Bladder Cancer
0.90
160
2.04
94
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.86
155
2.05
106
47. Alcohol
0.82
127
1.05
111
48. Poisonings
0.79
76
1.55
57
49. Pertussis
0.79
71
0.05
112
50. Maternal Conditions
0.76
95
0.26
128
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
159,032
23.20
2.043m
21.27
2. Coronary Heart Disease
91,939
13.41
1.772m
18.44
3. Lung Disease
35,875
5.23
968,607
10.08
4. Diabetes Mellitus
33,860
4.94
161,672
1.68
5. Road Traffic Accidents
29,475
4.30
250,272
2.61
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
29,307
4.27
304,455
3.17
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
27,836
4.06
183,342
1.91
8. Kidney Disease
25,251
3.68
192,302
2.00
9. Liver Cancer
24,995
3.65
180,952
1.88
10. Liver Disease
23,900
3.49
145,603
1.52
11. Lung Cancers
21,294
3.11
714,311
7.44
12. Hypertension
19,880
2.90
301,183
3.14
13. Falls
15,427
2.25
138,878
1.45
14. Stomach Cancer
15,134
2.21
398,439
4.15
15. Tuberculosis
9,446
1.38
34,802
0.36
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,258
1.20
248,388
2.59
17. Asthma
8,150
1.19
23,147
0.24
18. Suicide
7,249
1.06
116,324
1.21
19. Low Birth Weight
7,132
1.04
21,631
0.23
20. Oral Cancer
7,088
1.03
54,695
0.57
21. Congenital Anomalies
7,064
1.03
36,613
0.38
22. Breast Cancer
6,187
0.90
92,757
0.97
23. Other Injuries
5,539
0.81
54,087
0.56
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,357
0.78
29,954
0.31
25. Parkinson's Disease
5,338
0.78
70,699
0.74
26. Drownings
5,097
0.74
52,807
0.55
27. HIV/AIDS
4,993
0.73
28,746
0.30
28. Leukemia
4,899
0.71
58,145
0.61
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,390
0.64
8,719
0.09
30. Lymphomas
2,964
0.43
57,838
0.60
31. Cervical Cancer
2,391
0.35
51,650
0.54
32. Birth Trauma
2,340
0.34
17,644
0.18
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2,265
0.33
242,891
2.53
34. Endocrine Disorders
2,082
0.30
25,613
0.27
35. Prostate Cancer
1,911
0.28
51,056
0.53
36. Violence
1,785
0.26
11,115
0.12
37. Measles
1,780
0.26
558
0.01
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,708
0.25
65,350
0.68
39. Encephalitis
1,558
0.23
2,796
0.03
40. Skin Disease
1,515
0.22
5,222
0.05
41. Drug Use
1,366
0.20
24,214
0.25
42. Uterin Cancer
1,159
0.17
11,751
0.12
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
957
0.14
37,723
0.39
44. Pancreas Cancer
929
0.14
111,537
1.16
45. Bladder Cancer
896
0.13
37,873
0.39
46. Alcohol
867
0.13
19,071
0.20
47. Ovary Cancer
864
0.13
28,078
0.29
48. Poisonings
832
0.12
25,762
0.27
49. Maternal Conditions
773
0.11
3,596
0.04
50. Pertussis
705
0.10
484
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
24.37
7
9.30
33
2. Lung Cancers
21.48
46
36.63
5
3. Stomach Cancer
15.13
9
20.55
3
4. Breast Cancer
11.36
148
8.95
169
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.23
98
13.02
42
6. Oral Cancer
7.03
18
2.81
89
7. Leukemia
4.93
22
3.48
97
8. Prostate Cancer
4.61
166
6.41
152
9. Cervical Cancer
4.34
134
5.16
124
10. Lymphomas
2.94
151
3.04
145
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
97
12.42
6
12. Uterin Cancer
2.12
103
1.16
157
13. Ovary Cancer
1.62
178
2.76
153
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.92
167
5.72
59
15. Bladder Cancer
0.90
160
2.04
94
16. Skin Cancers
0.46
165
1.05
137
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.