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FRANCE VS JAPAN
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola 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 Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia 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 Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare France and Japan health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO 2014 updates, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      France FRANCE   Japan JAPAN
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
    1960
    67.0
    73.6
    70.2
    16
    10
    13
    		  
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    1970
    68.4
    75.8
    72.0
    17
    8
    8
    		  
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    1980
    70.2
    78.4
    74.2
    19
    8
    11
    		  
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    1990
    72.8
    80.9
    76.7
    19
    2
    10
    		  
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    2000
    75.3
    82.7
    78.9
    20
    2
    10
    		  
    77.7
    84.6
    81.1
    1
    1
    1
    2010
    78.0
    84.6
    81.3
    18
    4
    10
    		  
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    2015
    79.4
    85.4
    82.4
    16
    5
    9
    		  
    80.5
    86.8
    83.7
    6
    1
    1
     
     
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      France FRANCE   Japan JAPAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      Male Female M F   Male Female M F
    At Birth
    79.4
    85.4
    16
    5
    		  
    80.5
    86.8
    6
    1
    Age 5
    79.8
    85.7
    16
    5
    		  
    80.7
    87.0
    7
    1
    Age 10
    79.8
    85.7
    16
    5
    		  
    80.8
    87.1
    7
    1
    Age 15
    79.8
    85.8
    16
    5
    		  
    80.8
    87.1
    7
    1
    Age 20
    80.0
    85.8
    16
    5
    		  
    80.9
    87.2
    7
    1
    Age 25
    80.1
    85.9
    17
    5
    		  
    81.1
    87.3
    7
    1
    Age 30
    80.3
    85.9
    16
    5
    		  
    81.2
    87.3
    8
    1
    Age 35
    80.5
    86.0
    16
    5
    		  
    81.4
    87.4
    9
    1
    Age 40
    80.8
    86.2
    15
    4
    		  
    81.6
    87.6
    9
    1
    Age 45
    81.2
    86.4
    15
    4
    		  
    81.8
    87.7
    8
    1
    Age 50
    81.7
    86.7
    11
    3
    		  
    82.2
    88.0
    8
    1
    Age 55
    82.4
    87.2
    10
    3
    		  
    82.7
    88.3
    8
    1
    Age 60
    83.5
    87.7
    7
    3
    		  
    83.4
    88.7
    8
    1
    Age 65
    84.6
    88.3
    4
    3
    		  
    84.4
    89.2
    8
    1
    Age 70
    85.8
    89.1
    2
    3
    		  
    85.4
    89.7
    9
    1
    Age 75
    87.3
    89.9
    3
    3
    		  
    86.8
    90.5
    11
    2
    Age 80
    89.1
    91.1
    5
    3
    		  
    88.7
    91.6
    14
    2
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.9
    14
    12
    		  
    91.2
    93.3
    24
    4
    Age 90
    94.3
    95.2
    27
    18
    		  
    94.3
    95.6
    31
    16
    Age 95
    97.9
    98.4
    52
    40
    		  
    98.0
    98.7
    44
    18
    Age 100
    102.0
    102.3
    87
    57
    		  
    102.1
    102.5
    66
    44
     
     
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      France FRANCE   Japan JAPAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    31.46
    16
    		  
    21.44
    54
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    29.97
    171
    		  
    30.36
    170
    3. Alzheimers/Dementia
    25.62
    13
    		  
    4.23
    58
    4. Stroke
    24.63
    168
    		  
    34.00
    152
    5. Breast Cancer
    23.34
    19
    		  
    10.86
    134
    6. Prostate Cancer
    18.21
    70
    		  
    6.90
    142
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.58
    26
    		  
    14.88
    42
    8. Suicide
    12.84
    44
    		  
    18.78
    16
    9. Other Injuries
    10.92
    91
    		  
    13.83
    72
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    10.01
    148
    		  
    32.07
    84
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    9.10
    16
    		  
    9.35
    13
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    8.78
    150
    		  
    4.37
    168
    13. Liver Disease
    8.35
    124
    		  
    5.27
    153
    14. Lymphomas
    7.61
    19
    		  
    4.70
    81
    15. Liver Cancer
    7.56
    54
    		  
    9.54
    39
    16. Hypertension
    7.36
    154
    		  
    1.88
    172
    17. Endocrine Disorders
    6.66
    76
    		  
    2.74
    136
    18. Lung Disease
    6.14
    164
    		  
    4.33
    166
    19. Kidney Disease
    6.10
    142
    		  
    7.52
    129
    20. Other Neoplasms
    5.84
    14
    		  
    3.11
    70
    21. Ovary Cancer
    5.83
    44
    		  
    3.72
    100
    22. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.65
    153
    		  
    3.28
    168
    23. Leukemia
    5.60
    15
    		  
    3.16
    111
    24. Oral Cancer
    5.01
    39
    		  
    2.49
    99
    25. Falls
    4.90
    97
    		  
    2.46
    136
    26. Bladder Cancer
    4.67
    20
    		  
    2.00
    88
    27. Stomach Cancer
    4.64
    107
    		  
    15.58
    19
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.46
    45
    		  
    4.13
    51
    29. Alcohol
    4.45
    19
    		  
    0.48
    105
    30. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.18
    130
    		  
    2.24
    165
    31. Parkinson's Disease
    3.67
    22
    		  
    1.52
    101
    32. Uterin Cancer
    3.36
    34
    		  
    1.85
    92
    33. Congenital Anomalies
    3.12
    157
    		  
    2.63
    162
    34. Skin Cancers
    2.81
    28
    		  
    0.50
    157
    35. Cervical Cancer
    2.80
    138
    		  
    2.97
    135
    36. Malnutrition
    2.25
    88
    		  
    0.54
    121
    37. Epilepsy
    1.87
    89
    		  
    0.38
    168
    38. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.80
    117
    		  
    0.71
    143
    39. Drownings
    1.33
    139
    		  
    2.53
    104
    40. Poisonings
    1.23
    86
    		  
    0.54
    141
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.21
    128
    		  
    0.61
    155
    42. Low Birth Weight
    1.20
    166
    		  
    0.48
    172
    43. Drug Use
    1.08
    87
    		  
    0.43
    127
    44. Violence
    1.07
    148
    		  
    0.28
    172
    45. Skin Disease
    1.04
    109
    		  
    0.41
    142
    46. Depression
    0.95
    1
    		  
    0.08
    21
    47. Birth Trauma
    0.86
    137
    		  
    0.25
    171
    48. Asthma
    0.82
    144
    		  
    0.54
    165
    49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.75
    156
    		  
    0.90
    148
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.68
    28
    		  
    0.04
    162
     
     
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
     
      France FRANCE   Japan JAPAN
      Deaths %   Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    39,931
    9.66
    		  
    102,506
    11.15
    2. Alzheimers/Dementia
    39,069
    9.46
    		  
    16,963
    1.85
    3. Stroke
    34,411
    8.33
    		  
    120,586
    13.12
    4. Lung Cancers
    33,449
    8.10
    		  
    71,740
    7.80
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    21,091
    5.10
    		  
    47,686
    5.19
    6. Breast Cancer
    14,438
    3.49
    		  
    13,206
    1.44
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    14,097
    3.41
    		  
    125,816
    13.69
    8. Other Injuries
    13,406
    3.24
    		  
    34,400
    3.74
    9. Diabetes Mellitus
    11,974
    2.90
    		  
    14,741
    1.60
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    10,925
    2.64
    		  
    30,017
    3.27
    11. Hypertension
    10,676
    2.58
    		  
    7,167
    0.78
    12. Prostate Cancer
    10,554
    2.55
    		  
    11,305
    1.23
    13. Suicide
    10,093
    2.44
    		  
    29,454
    3.20
    14. Lymphomas
    9,523
    2.30
    		  
    15,477
    1.68
    15. Liver Cancer
    8,912
    2.16
    		  
    31,844
    3.46
    16. Kidney Disease
    8,794
    2.13
    		  
    29,119
    3.17
    17. Lung Disease
    8,479
    2.05
    		  
    17,284
    1.88
    18. Endocrine Disorders
    8,029
    1.94
    		  
    9,169
    1.00
    19. Liver Disease
    7,738
    1.87
    		  
    13,135
    1.43
    20. Other Neoplasms
    7,603
    1.84
    		  
    10,258
    1.12
    21. Leukemia
    6,892
    1.67
    		  
    8,585
    0.93
    22. Falls
    6,341
    1.53
    		  
    7,653
    0.83
    23. Bladder Cancer
    6,071
    1.47
    		  
    7,373
    0.80
    24. Parkinson's Disease
    5,554
    1.34
    		  
    6,060
    0.66
    25. Inflammatory/Heart
    5,464
    1.32
    		  
    7,094
    0.77
    26. Stomach Cancer
    5,441
    1.32
    		  
    50,969
    5.54
    27. Oral Cancer
    4,851
    1.17
    		  
    7,345
    0.80
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    4,834
    1.17
    		  
    12,495
    1.36
    29. Ovary Cancer
    3,865
    0.94
    		  
    4,656
    0.51
    30. Road Traffic Accidents
    3,788
    0.92
    		  
    6,186
    0.67
    31. Alcohol
    3,769
    0.91
    		  
    914
    0.10
    32. Malnutrition
    3,370
    0.82
    		  
    1,724
    0.19
    33. Skin Cancers
    3,134
    0.76
    		  
    1,530
    0.17
    34. Uterin Cancer
    2,480
    0.60
    		  
    2,659
    0.29
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,430
    0.59
    		  
    2,300
    0.25
    36. Epilepsy
    1,859
    0.45
    		  
    800
    0.09
    37. Congenital Anomalies
    1,763
    0.43
    		  
    2,323
    0.25
    38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1,645
    0.40
    		  
    2,370
    0.26
    39. Skin Disease
    1,536
    0.37
    		  
    1,557
    0.17
    40. Cervical Cancer
    1,428
    0.35
    		  
    3,462
    0.38
    41. Poisonings
    1,251
    0.30
    		  
    959
    0.10
    42. Depression
    1,137
    0.28
    		  
    229
    0.02
    43. Drownings
    1,072
    0.26
    		  
    7,337
    0.80
    44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    989
    0.24
    		  
    3,061
    0.33
    45. Asthma
    970
    0.23
    		  
    1,843
    0.20
    46. Anemia
    894
    0.22
    		  
    706
    0.08
    47. Drug Use
    773
    0.19
    		  
    810
    0.09
    48. Violence
    753
    0.18
    		  
    419
    0.05
    49. Multiple Sclerosis
    668
    0.16
    		  
    90
    0.01
    50. Hepatitis C
    607
    0.15
    		  
    4,734
    0.51
     
     
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      France FRANCE   Japan JAPAN
      Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    31.46
    16
    		  
    21.44
    54
    2. Breast Cancer
    23.34
    19
    		  
    10.86
    134
    3. Prostate Cancer
    18.21
    70
    		  
    6.90
    142
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.58
    26
    		  
    14.88
    42
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    9.10
    16
    		  
    9.35
    13
    6. Lymphomas
    7.61
    19
    		  
    4.70
    81
    7. Liver Cancer
    7.56
    54
    		  
    9.54
    39
    8. Ovary Cancer
    5.83
    44
    		  
    3.72
    100
    9. Leukemia
    5.60
    15
    		  
    3.16
    111
    10. Oral Cancer
    5.01
    39
    		  
    2.49
    99
    11. Bladder Cancer
    4.67
    20
    		  
    2.00
    88
    12. Stomach Cancer
    4.64
    107
    		  
    15.58
    19
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.46
    45
    		  
    4.13
    51
    14. Uterin Cancer
    3.36
    34
    		  
    1.85
    92
    15. Skin Cancers
    2.81
    28
    		  
    0.50
    157
    16. Cervical Cancer
    2.80
    138
    		  
    2.97
    135
     
     
     
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    World Rankings Calculations Are Age Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population.
    Data Source: Published By WHO 2014
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Cook Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome, Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.