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Zimbabwe
COUNTRY #1
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ZIMBABWE VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare Zimbabwe and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
Zimbabwe Population Pyramid
23,947,921
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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
50.1
53.3
51.6
89
90
89
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
53.4
56.7
55.0
99
97
97
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
57.6
61.2
59.3
107
108
108
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
59.0
63.7
61.3
129
121
125
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
46.0
46.0
46.0
175
180
177
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
51.4
53.5
52.4
174
175
175
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
57.5
63.6
60.7
176
170
175
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
57.5
63.6
176
170
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
57.5
63.6
176
170
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
61.3
67.1
178
176
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
61.6
67.4
178
176
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
62.0
67.7
178
177
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
62.5
68.1
178
177
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
63.2
68.5
177
177
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
63.9
69.1
177
178
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
64.8
69.9
178
177
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
65.9
70.9
178
177
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
67.3
72.2
178
177
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
69.1
73.7
178
176
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
71.2
75.3
177
174
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
73.6
77.0
177
173
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
76.2
78.9
177
172
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
79.0
81.0
176
169
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
82.1
83.4
176
166
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
85.5
86.3
168
163
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
89.1
89.6
164
160
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
187.61
5
1.72
110
2. Coronary Heart Disease
155.90
42
301.71
6
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
139.11
8
49.80
62
4. Stroke
93.42
80
149.10
25
5. Road Traffic Accidents
63.47
2
19.81
76
6. Diabetes Mellitus
57.77
29
40.94
58
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
52.01
32
9.72
68
8. Cervical Cancer
50.23
5
5.73
117
9. Prostate Cancer
39.98
14
4.49
167
10. Kidney Disease
35.89
34
46.10
15
11. Liver Disease
28.41
59
27.20
67
12. Asthma
24.21
14
24.23
13
13. Malnutrition
23.88
7
1.44
89
14. Suicide
23.63
7
5.96
129
15. Lung Disease
22.07
90
37.01
32
16. Hypertension
20.93
78
65.86
4
17. Breast Cancer
20.68
46
20.24
48
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.41
75
22.34
26
19. Tuberculosis
17.71
54
41.14
24
20. Other Injuries
16.74
12
13.02
36
21. Inflammatory/Heart
15.59
10
3.32
130
22. Violence
14.57
29
9.87
52
23. Oesophagus Cancer
14.22
5
8.78
13
24. Maternal Conditions
13.70
20
25.94
4
25. Lymphomas
13.16
1
4.32
108
26. Malaria
12.22
39
0.55
49
27. Meningitis
12.06
29
5.20
48
28. Low Birth Weight
11.85
20
12.07
17
29. Birth Trauma
10.09
25
10.16
24
30. Stomach Cancer
9.72
47
10.39
42
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.45
19
10.64
9
32. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
25
6.42
70
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.05
103
4.09
169
34. Fires
7.79
3
1.60
89
35. Liver Cancer
7.78
49
4.22
119
36. Falls
7.54
64
5.13
99
37. Endocrine Disorders
6.77
41
4.30
80
38. Drownings
6.69
14
2.78
78
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.66
18
5.86
17
40. Epilepsy
5.43
2
2.70
37
41. Uterin Cancer
5.22
14
3.66
32
42. Parkinson's Disease
4.78
58
5.98
24
43. Lung Cancers
4.78
139
6.90
122
44. Skin Cancers
4.64
7
1.03
138
45. Ovary Cancer
4.46
91
4.07
106
46. Poisonings
3.86
8
1.58
56
47. Pancreas Cancer
3.66
93
1.54
153
48. Oral Cancer
3.24
78
8.18
9
49. Skin Disease
3.01
28
0.77
121
50. Leukemia
2.82
128
1.95
154
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
19,988
18.46
464
0.20
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,779
9.95
14,649
6.32
3. Coronary Heart Disease
8,493
7.84
40,195
17.35
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,037
5.57
6,033
2.60
5. Stroke
5,126
4.73
19,060
8.23
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,595
4.24
5,555
2.40
7. Low Birth Weight
4,038
3.73
12,631
5.45
8. Birth Trauma
3,405
3.14
10,723
4.63
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,344
3.09
5,750
2.48
10. Malnutrition
2,396
2.21
589
0.25
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,217
2.05
5,001
2.16
12. Kidney Disease
2,214
2.04
6,590
2.85
13. Suicide
2,069
1.91
1,573
0.68
14. Cervical Cancer
2,023
1.87
541
0.23
15. Malaria
2,003
1.85
185
0.08
16. Tuberculosis
1,999
1.85
9,839
4.25
17. Liver Disease
1,941
1.79
4,600
1.99
18. Violence
1,916
1.77
3,217
1.39
19. Maternal Conditions
1,749
1.62
7,807
3.37
20. Other Injuries
1,656
1.53
3,241
1.40
21. Asthma
1,531
1.41
3,403
1.47
22. Meningitis
1,325
1.22
2,626
1.13
23. Lung Disease
1,163
1.07
4,650
2.01
24. Hypertension
1,146
1.06
7,995
3.45
25. Inflammatory/Heart
1,047
0.97
527
0.23
26. Lymphomas
960
0.89
946
0.41
27. Drownings
956
0.88
996
0.43
28. Breast Cancer
839
0.77
1,822
0.79
29. Oesophagus Cancer
801
0.74
1,314
0.57
30. Fires
793
0.73
348
0.15
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
768
0.71
1,765
0.76
32. Prostate Cancer
628
0.58
258
0.11
33. Stomach Cancer
559
0.52
1,501
0.65
34. Endocrine Disorders
553
0.51
1,364
0.59
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
548
0.51
1,505
0.65
36. Rheumatic Heart Disease
542
0.50
1,041
0.45
37. Poisonings
515
0.48
384
0.17
38. Liver Cancer
510
0.47
657
0.28
39. Epilepsy
508
0.47
993
0.43
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
505
0.47
741
0.32
41. Falls
465
0.43
905
0.39
42. Pertussis
419
0.39
2,107
0.91
43. Lung Cancers
286
0.26
1,076
0.46
44. Skin Cancers
264
0.24
145
0.06
45. Leukemia
244
0.23
610
0.26
46. Parkinson's Disease
226
0.21
628
0.27
47. Pancreas Cancer
217
0.20
229
0.10
48. Drug Use
213
0.20
328
0.14
49. Oral Cancer
208
0.19
1,467
0.63
50. Uterin Cancer
182
0.17
289
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
50.23
5
5.73
117
2. Prostate Cancer
39.98
14
4.49
167
3. Breast Cancer
20.68
46
20.24
48
4. Oesophagus Cancer
14.22
5
8.78
13
5. Lymphomas
13.16
1
4.32
108
6. Stomach Cancer
9.72
47
10.39
42
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.05
103
4.09
169
8. Liver Cancer
7.78
49
4.22
119
9. Uterin Cancer
5.22
14
3.66
32
10. Lung Cancers
4.78
139
6.90
122
11. Skin Cancers
4.64
7
1.03
138
12. Ovary Cancer
4.46
91
4.07
106
13. Pancreas Cancer
3.66
93
1.54
153
14. Oral Cancer
3.24
78
8.18
9
15. Leukemia
2.82
128
1.95
154
16. Bladder Cancer
2.29
76
1.95
98
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.