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Viet Nam
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Viet Nam and Philippines 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.

Philippines
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%
Philippines Population Pyramid
144,488,171
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   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Philippines PHILIPPINES
       
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
 
51.6
55.3
53.4
85
83
85
1970
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
 
55.7
59.2
57.4
88
90
89
1980
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
 
59.4
63.3
61.3
95
97
96
1990
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
 
63.6
67.8
65.6
102
107
106
2000
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
 
63.9
69.9
66.8
110
113
111
2010
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
 
64.8
71.2
67.9
118
116
121
2019
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
 
67.4
73.6
70.4
124
113
119
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Philippines PHILIPPINES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.6
78.1
106
73
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age
69.6
78.1
106
73
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age 5
71.2
79.4
103
69
69.6
75.5
125
113
Age 10
71.3
79.4
107
69
69.8
75.7
131
113
Age 15
71.4
79.5
108
69
69.9
75.8
131
113
Age 20
71.7
79.6
108
69
70.1
75.9
132
113
Age 25
72.0
79.7
108
69
70.4
76.1
133
113
Age 30
72.4
79.9
109
69
70.8
76.3
133
112
Age 35
72.7
80.0
110
69
71.3
76.6
133
111
Age 40
73.1
80.2
112
69
71.9
76.9
133
110
Age 45
73.7
80.5
114
70
72.6
77.4
134
110
Age 50
74.5
80.9
115
71
73.4
78.0
139
110
Age 55
75.5
81.4
116
74
74.6
78.7
140
109
Age 60
76.9
82.0
117
73
75.8
79.6
147
109
Age 65
78.6
82.9
121
76
77.6
80.7
155
112
Age 70
80.7
84.1
125
79
79.9
82.2
160
120
Age 75
83.2
85.7
130
80
82.3
83.7
169
158
Age 80
86.1
87.8
129
87
84.8
85.4
182
179
Age 85
89.4
90.4
132
83
86.8
87.4
183
182
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Philippines PHILIPPINES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
155.75
20
104.08
66
2. Coronary Heart Disease
86.67
125
192.11
32
3. Lung Disease
34.16
39
51.31
14
4. Diabetes Mellitus
33.78
78
44.43
49
5. Road Traffic Accidents
29.81
50
13.42
109
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.84
97
146.92
6
7. Liver Cancer
24.37
7
9.73
30
8. Kidney Disease
24.12
83
51.96
10
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.72
20
3.10
172
10. Liver Disease
23.34
81
8.65
135
11. Lung Cancers
21.48
46
13.46
85
12. Hypertension
18.94
88
49.65
16
13. Stomach Cancer
15.13
9
2.47
171
14. Falls
13.80
10
5.41
95
15. Breast Cancer
11.36
148
21.58
42
16. Tuberculosis
9.33
70
26.98
40
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.23
98
10.50
69
18. Asthma
7.89
73
15.56
36
19. Suicide
7.22
112
2.54
173
20. Oral Cancer
7.03
18
3.74
62
21. Congenital Anomalies
6.59
63
5.74
95
22. Low Birth Weight
5.69
84
6.40
72
23. Drownings
5.36
24
3.74
53
24. Other Injuries
5.34
126
3.79
156
25. Parkinson's Disease
5.18
44
0.92
178
26. Inflammatory/Heart
4.93
88
4.37
96
27. Leukemia
4.93
22
3.83
80
28. HIV/AIDS
4.72
77
0.19
146
29. Prostate Cancer
4.61
166
17.74
76
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.47
82
6.44
75
31. Cervical Cancer
4.34
134
6.78
110
32. Lymphomas
2.94
151
2.77
155
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
97
0.87
166
34. Uterin Cancer
2.12
103
1.71
128
35. Endocrine Disorders
2.08
149
15.28
8
36. Measles
2.01
23
0.78
29
37. Birth Trauma
1.86
94
5.07
65
38. Violence
1.81
136
14.87
28
39. Ovary Cancer
1.62
178
4.41
93
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.57
89
1.81
75
41. Encephalitis
1.54
9
0.16
119
42. Skin Disease
1.34
102
6.88
10
43. Drug Use
1.31
83
0.73
138
44. Pancreas Cancer
0.92
167
2.81
120
45. Bladder Cancer
0.90
160
0.82
164
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.86
155
9.95
12
47. Alcohol
0.82
127
0.45
144
48. Poisonings
0.79
76
0.24
143
49. Pertussis
0.79
71
1.52
53
50. Maternal Conditions
0.76
95
1.87
72
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
159,032
23.20
74,167
11.00
2. Coronary Heart Disease
91,939
13.41
129,955
19.27
3. Lung Disease
35,875
5.23
32,559
4.83
4. Diabetes Mellitus
33,860
4.94
32,260
4.78
5. Road Traffic Accidents
29,475
4.30
13,017
1.93
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
29,307
4.27
2,010
0.30
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
27,836
4.06
93,807
13.91
8. Kidney Disease
25,251
3.68
39,380
5.84
9. Liver Cancer
24,995
3.65
7,663
1.14
10. Liver Disease
23,900
3.49
7,076
1.05
11. Lung Cancers
21,294
3.11
10,296
1.53
12. Hypertension
19,880
2.90
34,500
5.12
13. Falls
15,427
2.25
3,861
0.57
14. Stomach Cancer
15,134
2.21
1,868
0.28
15. Tuberculosis
9,446
1.38
27,061
4.01
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,258
1.20
8,063
1.20
17. Asthma
8,150
1.19
11,404
1.69
18. Suicide
7,249
1.06
2,325
0.34
19. Low Birth Weight
7,132
1.04
10,141
1.50
20. Oral Cancer
7,088
1.03
2,916
0.43
21. Congenital Anomalies
7,064
1.03
8,051
1.19
22. Breast Cancer
6,187
0.90
9,802
1.45
23. Other Injuries
5,539
0.81
3,536
0.52
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,357
0.78
3,545
0.53
25. Parkinson's Disease
5,338
0.78
594
0.09
26. Drownings
5,097
0.74
3,881
0.58
27. HIV/AIDS
4,993
0.73
204
0.03
28. Leukemia
4,899
0.71
3,596
0.53
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,390
0.64
6,189
0.92
30. Lymphomas
2,964
0.43
2,279
0.34
31. Cervical Cancer
2,391
0.35
3,076
0.46
32. Birth Trauma
2,340
0.34
7,960
1.18
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2,265
0.33
672
0.10
34. Endocrine Disorders
2,082
0.30
10,464
1.55
35. Prostate Cancer
1,911
0.28
4,149
0.62
36. Violence
1,785
0.26
14,835
2.20
37. Measles
1,780
0.26
894
0.13
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,708
0.25
1,807
0.27
39. Encephalitis
1,558
0.23
185
0.03
40. Skin Disease
1,515
0.22
4,229
0.63
41. Drug Use
1,366
0.20
695
0.10
42. Uterin Cancer
1,159
0.17
761
0.11
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
957
0.14
6,865
1.02
44. Pancreas Cancer
929
0.14
2,121
0.31
45. Bladder Cancer
896
0.13
569
0.08
46. Alcohol
867
0.13
401
0.06
47. Ovary Cancer
864
0.13
1,994
0.30
48. Poisonings
832
0.12
226
0.03
49. Maternal Conditions
773
0.11
2,042
0.30
50. Pertussis
705
0.10
1,760
0.26
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
24.37
7
9.73
30
2. Lung Cancers
21.48
46
13.46
85
3. Stomach Cancer
15.13
9
2.47
171
4. Breast Cancer
11.36
148
21.58
42
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.23
98
10.50
69
6. Oral Cancer
7.03
18
3.74
62
7. Leukemia
4.93
22
3.83
80
8. Prostate Cancer
4.61
166
17.74
76
9. Cervical Cancer
4.34
134
6.78
110
10. Lymphomas
2.94
151
2.77
155
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
97
0.87
166
12. Uterin Cancer
2.12
103
1.71
128
13. Ovary Cancer
1.62
178
4.41
93
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.92
167
2.81
120
15. Bladder Cancer
0.90
160
0.82
164
16. Skin Cancers
0.46
165
0.52
161
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.