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Austria
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 Austria and Switzerland 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.

Switzerland
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
Austria Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Austria AUSTRIA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
      Austria AUSTRIA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    65.4
    71.9
    68.6
    29
    22
    27
     
    68.7
    74.1
    71.3
    7
    6
    6
    1970
    66.5
    73.4
    69.9
    30
    28
    30
     
    70.0
    76.2
    73.0
    6
    5
    5
    1980
    69.0
    76.1
    72.4
    32
    19
    27
     
    72.2
    78.9
    75.5
    8
    4
    5
    1990
    72.3
    78.9
    75.5
    22
    13
    18
     
    73.9
    80.7
    77.2
    9
    3
    4
    2000
    74.9
    81.0
    78.1
    22
    13
    15
     
    76.8
    82.5
    79.7
    4
    4
    2
    2010
    77.6
    83.1
    80.4
    20
    14
    18
     
    80.0
    84.5
    82.3
    2
    5
    2
    2019
    79.4
    83.8
    81.6
    22
    22
    21
     
    81.8
    85.1
    83.4
    1
    7
    2
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Austria AUSTRIA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    79.4
    83.8
    22
    22
    81.8
    85.1
    1
    7
    Age 5
    79.8
    84.1
    23
    22
    82.1
    85.4
    1
    6
    Age 10
    79.8
    84.1
    23
    23
    82.1
    85.4
    1
    6
    Age 15
    79.8
    84.1
    23
    22
    82.2
    85.4
    1
    6
    Age 20
    80.0
    84.2
    23
    22
    82.2
    85.5
    1
    6
    Age 25
    80.1
    84.2
    23
    22
    82.3
    85.5
    1
    6
    Age 30
    80.3
    84.3
    24
    22
    82.5
    85.6
    1
    6
    Age 35
    80.4
    84.4
    24
    22
    82.6
    85.6
    1
    6
    Age 40
    80.6
    84.5
    24
    23
    82.7
    85.7
    1
    6
    Age 45
    80.9
    84.6
    24
    24
    82.9
    85.8
    1
    6
    Age 50
    81.2
    84.9
    24
    25
    83.1
    86.0
    2
    7
    Age 55
    81.7
    85.2
    25
    25
    83.5
    86.3
    2
    8
    Age 60
    82.4
    85.6
    26
    24
    84.1
    86.7
    2
    8
    Age 65
    83.4
    86.2
    27
    25
    84.9
    87.2
    2
    9
    Age 70
    84.8
    87.0
    27
    26
    85.9
    87.8
    4
    10
    Age 75
    86.4
    88.1
    27
    25
    87.2
    88.7
    7
    13
    Age 80
    88.3
    89.4
    27
    29
    88.8
    89.8
    11
    15
    Age 85
    90.6
    91.0
    50
    55
    90.9
    91.5
    30
    26
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Austria AUSTRIA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    67.28
    146
    41.51
    170
    2. Lung Cancers
    22.79
    37
    19.52
    54
    3. Stroke
    19.61
    171
    14.92
    183
    4. Lung Disease
    17.22
    124
    12.25
    158
    5. Breast Cancer
    16.86
    92
    15.52
    110
    6. Prostate Cancer
    14.60
    106
    15.31
    99
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    13.33
    147
    23.78
    19
    8. Hypertension
    11.74
    120
    8.02
    143
    9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.88
    62
    9.81
    78
    10. Suicide
    10.40
    66
    9.83
    72
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    9.40
    6
    7.68
    28
    12. Liver Disease
    8.56
    137
    4.37
    167
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    8.48
    150
    4.37
    174
    14. Other Injuries
    7.96
    86
    2.56
    176
    15. Kidney Disease
    7.82
    151
    4.61
    174
    16. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.90
    69
    4.21
    106
    17. Endocrine Disorders
    5.85
    56
    3.24
    102
    18. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5.80
    179
    6.97
    177
    19. Lymphomas
    5.35
    66
    5.46
    65
    20. Ovary Cancer
    4.90
    72
    4.58
    84
    21. Liver Cancer
    4.78
    107
    4.35
    117
    22. Falls
    4.37
    119
    7.39
    65
    23. Road Traffic Accidents
    4.18
    161
    1.71
    180
    24. Stomach Cancer
    4.16
    129
    3.30
    145
    25. Leukemia
    4.01
    70
    3.37
    106
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    3.92
    137
    3.56
    145
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    3.92
    102
    3.24
    133
    28. Oral Cancer
    3.52
    70
    2.84
    88
    29. Alcohol
    3.41
    29
    1.53
    81
    30. Other Neoplasms
    3.33
    28
    2.81
    35
    31. Skin Cancers
    2.71
    43
    2.39
    55
    32. Bladder Cancer
    2.53
    68
    2.97
    56
    33. Cervical Cancer
    2.37
    159
    1.28
    182
    34. Uterin Cancer
    2.29
    93
    1.99
    108
    35. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.20
    100
    2.67
    84
    36. Drug Use
    1.81
    55
    1.84
    54
    37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.34
    97
    0.31
    170
    38. Epilepsy
    1.25
    119
    0.95
    141
    39. Multiple Sclerosis
    1.01
    7
    0.96
    10
    40. Hepatitis C
    0.78
    8
    0.10
    90
    41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.62
    168
    0.51
    175
    42. Low Birth Weight
    0.61
    177
    1.58
    154
    43. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.55
    159
    0.71
    151
    44. Birth Trauma
    0.50
    152
    0.48
    153
    45. Violence
    0.49
    177
    0.45
    179
    46. Asthma
    0.38
    172
    0.42
    169
    47. Skin Disease
    0.36
    154
    0.51
    139
    48. Drownings
    0.34
    181
    0.47
    172
    49. Anemia
    0.33
    37
    0.32
    40
    50. HIV/AIDS
    0.32
    133
    0.22
    144
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Austria AUSTRIA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    17,638
    24.23
    10,713
    18.49
    2. Stroke
    5,208
    7.16
    3,918
    6.76
    3. Lung Cancers
    4,217
    5.79
    3,520
    6.08
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    4,174
    5.73
    7,192
    12.41
    5. Lung Disease
    4,107
    5.64
    2,902
    5.01
    6. Hypertension
    3,601
    4.95
    2,471
    4.26
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    2,324
    3.19
    1,995
    3.44
    8. Kidney Disease
    2,247
    3.09
    1,261
    2.18
    9. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,093
    2.88
    1,022
    1.76
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    1,901
    2.61
    1,486
    2.56
    11. Breast Cancer
    1,857
    2.55
    1,577
    2.72
    12. Other Injuries
    1,700
    2.34
    410
    0.71
    13. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,563
    2.15
    1,949
    3.36
    14. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,515
    2.08
    1,027
    1.77
    15. Prostate Cancer
    1,501
    2.06
    1,579
    2.73
    16. Liver Disease
    1,366
    1.88
    677
    1.17
    17. Suicide
    1,307
    1.80
    1,249
    2.16
    18. Lymphomas
    1,167
    1.60
    1,131
    1.95
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    1,102
    1.51
    857
    1.48
    20. Endocrine Disorders
    1,077
    1.48
    593
    1.02
    21. Falls
    982
    1.35
    1,919
    3.31
    22. Liver Cancer
    922
    1.27
    805
    1.39
    23. Leukemia
    878
    1.21
    671
    1.16
    24. Stomach Cancer
    817
    1.12
    614
    1.06
    25. Other Neoplasms
    814
    1.12
    681
    1.18
    26. Bladder Cancer
    617
    0.85
    669
    1.15
    27. Oral Cancer
    614
    0.84
    500
    0.86
    28. Skin Cancers
    585
    0.80
    493
    0.85
    29. Alcohol
    538
    0.74
    229
    0.40
    30. Ovary Cancer
    513
    0.70
    457
    0.79
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    436
    0.60
    193
    0.33
    32. Oesophagus Cancer
    406
    0.56
    491
    0.85
    33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    379
    0.52
    78
    0.13
    34. Congenital Anomalies
    327
    0.45
    305
    0.53
    35. Uterin Cancer
    275
    0.38
    224
    0.39
    36. Epilepsy
    222
    0.31
    159
    0.27
    37. Cervical Cancer
    205
    0.28
    105
    0.18
    38. Multiple Sclerosis
    170
    0.23
    160
    0.28
    39. Drug Use
    161
    0.22
    176
    0.30
    40. Diarrhoeal diseases
    152
    0.21
    186
    0.32
    41. Hepatitis C
    147
    0.20
    15
    0.03
    42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    142
    0.20
    122
    0.21
    43. Anemia
    99
    0.14
    102
    0.18
    44. Skin Disease
    99
    0.14
    129
    0.22
    45. Asthma
    81
    0.11
    95
    0.16
    46. Malnutrition
    71
    0.10
    84
    0.14
    47. Violence
    47
    0.06
    42
    0.07
    48. Drownings
    42
    0.06
    49
    0.08
    49. Tuberculosis
    41
    0.06
    21
    0.04
    50. HIV/AIDS
    41
    0.06
    29
    0.05
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Austria AUSTRIA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    22.79
    37
    19.52
    54
    2. Breast Cancer
    16.86
    92
    15.52
    110
    3. Prostate Cancer
    14.60
    106
    15.31
    99
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.88
    62
    9.81
    78
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    9.40
    6
    7.68
    28
    6. Lymphomas
    5.35
    66
    5.46
    65
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.90
    72
    4.58
    84
    8. Liver Cancer
    4.78
    107
    4.35
    117
    9. Stomach Cancer
    4.16
    129
    3.30
    145
    10. Leukemia
    4.01
    70
    3.37
    106
    11. Oral Cancer
    3.52
    70
    2.84
    88
    12. Skin Cancers
    2.71
    43
    2.39
    55
    13. Bladder Cancer
    2.53
    68
    2.97
    56
    14. Cervical Cancer
    2.37
    159
    1.28
    182
    15. Uterin Cancer
    2.29
    93
    1.99
    108
    16. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.20
    100
    2.67
    84
    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.