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Yemen
COUNTRY #1
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YEMEN VS SRI LANKA

Compare Yemen and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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
Yemen Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    34.5
    34.9
    34.7
    164
    167
    166
    		  
    62.1
    62.1
    62.1
    43
    59
    54
    1970
    38.5
    38.9
    38.7
    164
    167
    167
    		  
    63.7
    66.2
    64.9
    54
    64
    61
    1980
    46.9
    47.4
    47.1
    150
    158
    155
    		  
    65.7
    70.4
    68.0
    55
    66
    60
    1990
    53.8
    55.2
    54.5
    146
    150
    150
    		  
    66.9
    73.5
    70.1
    61
    63
    62
    2000
    59.5
    62.2
    60.8
    131
    131
    131
    		  
    68.2
    75.1
    71.5
    78
    65
    74
    2010
    63.1
    65.8
    64.4
    129
    135
    134
    		  
    70.9
    78.1
    74.5
    72
    50
    62
    2019
    64.4
    68.9
    66.6
    136
    139
    137
    		  
    73.8
    79.8
    76.9
    61
    52
    54
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    64.4
    68.9
    136
    139
    73.8
    79.8
    61
    52
    Age 5
    68.7
    72.8
    137
    134
    74.4
    80.3
    64
    53
    Age 10
    69.1
    73.3
    136
    134
    74.4
    80.4
    65
    53
    Age 15
    69.5
    73.6
    137
    134
    74.5
    80.4
    65
    54
    Age 20
    69.9
    73.9
    137
    134
    74.7
    80.6
    64
    54
    Age 25
    70.7
    74.2
    129
    133
    75.1
    80.7
    67
    54
    Age 30
    71.3
    74.6
    123
    132
    75.3
    80.9
    68
    54
    Age 35
    71.9
    75.0
    122
    132
    75.6
    81.0
    71
    55
    Age 40
    72.6
    75.4
    122
    134
    75.8
    81.1
    74
    55
    Age 45
    73.3
    76.0
    122
    135
    76.2
    81.4
    77
    56
    Age 50
    74.2
    76.7
    123
    137
    76.7
    81.6
    76
    57
    Age 55
    75.3
    77.6
    123
    140
    77.6
    82.1
    79
    59
    Age 60
    76.8
    78.7
    124
    139
    78.6
    82.6
    79
    60
    Age 65
    78.6
    80.2
    120
    141
    80.1
    83.4
    79
    66
    Age 70
    80.8
    82.0
    121
    137
    81.5
    84.2
    93
    73
    Age 75
    83.4
    84.2
    121
    133
    83.8
    85.8
    96
    76
    Age 80
    86.3
    86.9
    121
    131
    87.0
    88.3
    74
    62
    Age 85
    89.6
    90.1
    119
    128
    90.8
    91.2
    35
    44
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    278.48
    14
    101.31
    106
    2. Stroke
    127.49
    32
    26.55
    154
    3. Hypertension
    52.65
    11
    4.08
    161
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    44.65
    63
    20.42
    113
    5. War
    43.23
    3
    1.35
    16
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    34.92
    36
    18.07
    82
    7. Lung Disease
    30.33
    49
    36.99
    33
    8. Kidney Disease
    22.46
    95
    26.23
    72
    9. Liver Disease
    21.23
    84
    4.96
    160
    10. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.18
    65
    27.62
    14
    11. Asthma
    17.56
    26
    25.43
    10
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    15.42
    120
    47.34
    45
    13. Breast Cancer
    14.77
    121
    9.49
    165
    14. Diarrhoeal diseases
    13.11
    64
    2.47
    100
    15. Low Birth Weight
    12.37
    16
    2.13
    145
    16. Violence
    10.22
    49
    2.36
    122
    17. Tuberculosis
    9.58
    68
    3.45
    95
    18. Other Injuries
    8.91
    78
    6.41
    112
    19. Congenital Anomalies
    8.06
    29
    4.53
    125
    20. Birth Trauma
    8.05
    39
    0.78
    135
    21. Stomach Cancer
    7.79
    67
    4.94
    107
    22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    107
    3.43
    175
    23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    7.19
    30
    0.15
    183
    24. Suicide
    7.06
    115
    12.89
    42
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.92
    24
    5.72
    30
    26. Malaria
    6.67
    41
    0.00
    166
    27. Measles
    6.60
    12
    0.00
    170
    28. Falls
    6.19
    82
    3.85
    129
    29. Lung Cancers
    4.89
    137
    6.56
    126
    30. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    102
    4.05
    128
    31. Malnutrition
    4.37
    57
    0.18
    142
    32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    4.35
    21
    0.20
    178
    33. Parkinson's Disease
    4.06
    95
    0.65
    181
    34. Fires
    4.01
    27
    1.04
    112
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.58
    121
    1.83
    165
    36. Leukemia
    3.41
    101
    4.61
    35
    37. Drownings
    3.37
    65
    3.24
    68
    38. Oral Cancer
    3.26
    77
    10.87
    7
    39. Meningitis
    3.13
    52
    0.59
    106
    40. Maternal Conditions
    3.12
    56
    0.50
    110
    41. Endocrine Disorders
    2.84
    118
    1.82
    154
    42. Pertussis
    2.74
    26
    0.08
    108
    43. Drug Use
    2.68
    29
    1.16
    96
    44. Pancreas Cancer
    2.35
    134
    0.80
    171
    45. Lymphomas
    2.30
    168
    3.88
    126
    46. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    166
    1.93
    174
    47. Hepatitis B
    2.02
    7
    0.03
    169
    48. Poisonings
    1.93
    46
    0.39
    113
    49. HIV/AIDS
    1.93
    107
    0.18
    147
    50. Epilepsy
    1.86
    77
    1.14
    127
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30,158
    19.39
    26,304
    22.66
    2. Stroke
    13,570
    8.72
    6,805
    5.86
    3. War
    12,915
    8.30
    280
    0.24
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    11,978
    7.70
    5,117
    4.41
    5. Low Birth Weight
    8,810
    5.66
    536
    0.46
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    8,561
    5.50
    4,200
    3.62
    7. Birth Trauma
    5,939
    3.82
    193
    0.17
    8. Hypertension
    5,293
    3.40
    1,055
    0.91
    9. Diarrhoeal diseases
    4,372
    2.81
    605
    0.52
    10. Congenital Anomalies
    4,291
    2.76
    989
    0.85
    11. Lung Disease
    3,196
    2.05
    9,456
    8.15
    12. Measles
    3,019
    1.94
    0
    0.00
    13. Liver Disease
    2,891
    1.86
    1,303
    1.12
    14. Violence
    2,839
    1.83
    499
    0.43
    15. Kidney Disease
    2,679
    1.72
    6,858
    5.91
    16. Other Injuries
    2,225
    1.43
    1,529
    1.32
    17. Asthma
    2,106
    1.35
    6,471
    5.57
    18. Tuberculosis
    1,899
    1.22
    769
    0.66
    19. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,794
    1.15
    12,460
    10.73
    20. Malaria
    1,719
    1.11
    0
    0.00
    21. Suicide
    1,699
    1.09
    2,977
    2.56
    22. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,405
    0.90
    6,939
    5.98
    23. Pertussis
    1,239
    0.80
    15
    0.01
    24. Falls
    1,170
    0.75
    964
    0.83
    25. Drownings
    1,142
    0.73
    731
    0.63
    26. Breast Cancer
    1,134
    0.73
    1,383
    1.19
    27. Malnutrition
    1,058
    0.68
    43
    0.04
    28. Meningitis
    1,018
    0.65
    146
    0.13
    29. Fires
    991
    0.64
    239
    0.21
    30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    913
    0.59
    911
    0.78
    31. Stomach Cancer
    902
    0.58
    1,321
    1.14
    32. Maternal Conditions
    890
    0.57
    96
    0.08
    33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    833
    0.54
    38
    0.03
    34. Leukemia
    776
    0.50
    1,155
    0.99
    35. Oesophagus Cancer
    765
    0.49
    1,544
    1.33
    36. Endocrine Disorders
    738
    0.47
    462
    0.40
    37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    707
    0.45
    49
    0.04
    38. Drug Use
    613
    0.39
    257
    0.22
    39. Liver Cancer
    609
    0.39
    1,090
    0.94
    40. Inflammatory/Heart
    585
    0.38
    425
    0.37
    41. Lung Cancers
    569
    0.37
    1,775
    1.53
    42. Oral Cancer
    547
    0.35
    2,893
    2.49
    43. Epilepsy
    539
    0.35
    269
    0.23
    44. Poisonings
    532
    0.34
    93
    0.08
    45. Lymphomas
    433
    0.28
    1,027
    0.88
    46. HIV/AIDS
    396
    0.25
    39
    0.03
    47. Tetanus
    395
    0.25
    27
    0.02
    48. Encephalitis
    369
    0.24
    10
    0.01
    49. Parkinson's Disease
    362
    0.23
    168
    0.14
    50. Hepatitis B
    299
    0.19
    6
    0.01
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
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      Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    14.77
    121
    9.49
    165
    2. Stomach Cancer
    7.79
    67
    4.94
    107
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    107
    3.43
    175
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.92
    24
    5.72
    30
    5. Lung Cancers
    4.89
    137
    6.56
    126
    6. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    102
    4.05
    128
    7. Leukemia
    3.41
    101
    4.61
    35
    8. Oral Cancer
    3.26
    77
    10.87
    7
    9. Pancreas Cancer
    2.35
    134
    0.80
    171
    10. Lymphomas
    2.30
    168
    3.88
    126
    11. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    166
    1.93
    174
    12. Cervical Cancer
    1.52
    178
    5.15
    125
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.50
    129
    1.63
    117
    14. Prostate Cancer
    0.88
    183
    4.61
    165
    15. Skin Cancers
    0.81
    144
    0.22
    174
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.05
    181
    1.40
    144
    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.