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Japan
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 Japan and Myanmar 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.

Myanmar
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
Japan Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
      Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
     
    42.4
    45.4
    43.9
    126
    127
    125
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
     
    49.8
    53.6
    51.7
    120
    115
    117
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
     
    55.4
    59.4
    57.3
    121
    119
    118
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
     
    57.0
    61.1
    59.0
    133
    129
    132
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
     
    60.2
    64.1
    62.1
    126
    127
    130
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
     
    63.5
    67.3
    65.4
    127
    133
    131
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
     
    65.9
    72.2
    69.1
    133
    121
    126
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    65.9
    72.2
    133
    121
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    69.3
    75.2
    133
    115
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    69.4
    75.3
    135
    115
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    69.6
    75.5
    136
    115
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    69.9
    75.6
    136
    115
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    70.4
    75.9
    135
    115
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    70.8
    76.1
    134
    114
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    71.3
    76.4
    134
    114
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    71.8
    76.8
    134
    112
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    72.5
    77.3
    135
    111
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    73.4
    77.9
    138
    111
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    74.7
    78.7
    138
    108
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    76.2
    79.6
    139
    107
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    78.1
    80.9
    143
    107
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    80.3
    82.4
    140
    110
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    83.0
    84.5
    142
    112
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    86.0
    87.0
    139
    120
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    89.4
    90.1
    135
    121
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    90.33
    123
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    185.28
    7
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    16.58
    74
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    40.28
    67
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    6.75
    122
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    73.61
    9
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    2.96
    162
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    11.58
    26
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    11.49
    147
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    1.68
    149
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    17.12
    104
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    23.48
    89
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    10.79
    27
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    2.63
    177
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    5.48
    124
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    33.29
    50
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.11
    142
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    3.69
    122
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    6.70
    25
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    0.29
    142
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    3.05
    119
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    14.20
    59
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    5.25
    108
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    2.91
    116
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    4.36
    78
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    20.94
    71
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    8.77
    8
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    4.24
    40
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    4.16
    110
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    0.94
    163
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    13.85
    9
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    1.46
    130
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    48.14
    42
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    20.51
    79
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    6.05
    47
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    38.12
    27
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    17.00
    61
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    1.02
    134
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    0.04
    117
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    0.18
    136
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    2.02
    63
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    2.27
    64
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    2.65
    78
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    2.00
    71
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    24.48
    11
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    0.19
    103
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    0.84
    128
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    0.47
    144
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    8.91
    46
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    0.00
    136
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    34,871
    9.67
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    71,440
    19.81
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    16,726
    4.64
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    7,558
    2.10
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    26,531
    7.36
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    2,996
    0.83
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    5,082
    1.41
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    5,343
    1.48
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    9,924
    2.75
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    743
    0.21
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    5,215
    1.45
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    2,762
    0.77
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    1,565
    0.43
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    1,472
    0.41
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    3,192
    0.89
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    117
    0.03
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    17,143
    4.75
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    1,450
    0.40
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    338
    0.09
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    3,325
    0.92
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    1,265
    0.35
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    573
    0.16
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    5,686
    1.58
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    1,546
    0.43
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
    2,212
    0.61
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    4,209
    1.17
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    1,702
    0.47
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    7,843
    2.18
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    19,944
    5.53
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    1,053
    0.29
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    11,004
    3.05
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    3,945
    1.09
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    263
    0.07
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    19,299
    5.35
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    2,558
    0.71
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    734
    0.20
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    7,237
    2.01
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    73
    0.02
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    893
    0.25
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    3,679
    1.02
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    21
    0.01
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    9,557
    2.65
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    945
    0.26
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    962
    0.27
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    524
    0.15
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    93
    0.03
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    0
    0.00
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    227
    0.06
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    0
    0.00
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    411
    0.11
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Myanmar MYANMAR
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    16.58
    74
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    6.75
    122
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    11.58
    26
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    11.49
    147
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    1.68
    149
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    10.79
    27
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    2.63
    177
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    3.11
    142
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    3.69
    122
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    6.70
    25
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    3.05
    119
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    14.20
    59
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    8.77
    8
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    0.94
    163
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    1.46
    130
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    2.27
    64
    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.