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SOMALIA VS ICELAND
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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 Somalia and Iceland 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
     
      Somalia SOMALIA   Iceland ICELAND
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
    1960
    34.7
    37.7
    36.2
    163
    158
    163
    		  
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1970
    38.7
    41.8
    40.2
    162
    159
    162
    		  
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1980
    41.0
    44.2
    42.6
    171
    169
    169
    		  
    72.1
    75.7
    73.9
    11
    22
    14
    1990
    40.0
    43.3
    41.6
    180
    179
    179
    		  
    74.9
    78.4
    76.6
    3
    22
    12
    2000
    44.0
    46.2
    45.1
    173
    176
    174
    		  
    77.1
    80.9
    79.0
    4
    16
    9
    2010
    50.8
    54.1
    52.4
    176
    173
    174
    		  
    80.2
    83.5
    81.8
    1
    10
    6
    2015
    53.5
    56.6
    55.0
    175
    175
    175
    		  
    81.2
    84.1
    82.7
    2
    10
    7
     
     
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Somalia SOMALIA   Iceland ICELAND
          World Rank       World Rank
      Male Female M F   Male Female M F
    At Birth
    53.5
    56.6
    175
    175
    		  
    81.2
    84.1
    2
    10
    Age 5
    62.3
    64.9
    168
    170
    		  
    81.3
    84.3
    2
    11
    Age 10
    63.5
    66.2
    168
    170
    		  
    81.4
    84.3
    2
    12
    Age 15
    64.3
    67.0
    168
    170
    		  
    81.4
    84.3
    2
    11
    Age 20
    65.2
    67.8
    168
    169
    		  
    81.5
    84.4
    2
    11
    Age 25
    66.3
    68.6
    164
    167
    		  
    81.6
    84.4
    2
    11
    Age 30
    67.5
    69.6
    162
    168
    		  
    81.8
    84.5
    2
    12
    Age 35
    68.8
    70.7
    159
    168
    		  
    82.1
    84.5
    2
    14
    Age 40
    70.1
    71.9
    159
    167
    		  
    82.3
    84.6
    2
    15
    Age 45
    71.4
    73.1
    156
    168
    		  
    82.5
    84.8
    2
    14
    Age 50
    72.8
    74.2
    150
    168
    		  
    82.8
    85.0
    2
    16
    Age 55
    74.3
    75.4
    145
    167
    		  
    83.2
    85.2
    3
    20
    Age 60
    75.8
    76.8
    142
    166
    		  
    83.7
    85.6
    3
    22
    Age 65
    77.7
    78.4
    141
    166
    		  
    84.4
    86.3
    5
    22
    Age 70
    79.9
    80.4
    140
    164
    		  
    85.5
    87.1
    7
    22
    Age 75
    82.5
    82.9
    138
    156
    		  
    86.8
    88.2
    13
    27
    Age 80
    85.6
    85.9
    130
    151
    		  
    88.6
    89.8
    18
    29
    Age 85
    89.1
    89.3
    123
    146
    		  
    91.0
    91.9
    28
    35
    Age 90
    93.1
    93.2
    116
    140
    		  
    94.0
    94.6
    54
    51
    Age 95
    97.3
    97.4
    109
    129
    		  
    97.8
    98.2
    67
    54
    Age 100
    101.9
    102.0
    94
    99
    		  
    101.9
    102.1
    100
    84
     
     
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Somalia SOMALIA   Iceland ICELAND
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    188.73
    11
    		  
    11.43
    142
    2. Diarrhoeal diseases
    148.26
    4
    		  
    0.38
    154
    3. Tuberculosis
    123.01
    4
    		  
    0.75
    136
    4. Stroke
    96.19
    79
    		  
    29.17
    159
    5. Malnutrition
    83.15
    5
    		  
    0.38
    128
    6. War
    67.93
    2
    		  
    0.00
    172
    7. Maternal Conditions
    50.92
    2
    		  
    0.00
    172
    8. Coronary Heart Disease
    50.08
    154
    		  
    61.92
    136
    9. Measles
    40.29
    1
    		  
    0.00
    172
    10. Meningitis
    37.00
    13
    		  
    0.29
    152
    11. HIV/AIDS
    35.09
    43
    		  
    0.00
    172
    12. Birth Trauma
    32.70
    2
    		  
    0.00
    172
    13. Low Birth Weight
    30.96
    8
    		  
    1.48
    158
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    27.17
    85
    		  
    6.00
    162
    15. Malaria
    26.53
    34
    		  
    0.00
    172
    16. Other Injuries
    26.32
    23
    		  
    4.17
    158
    17. Breast Cancer
    22.07
    29
    		  
    18.65
    64
    18. Road Traffic Accidents
    21.65
    58
    		  
    3.54
    166
    19. Kidney Disease
    21.28
    26
    		  
    5.45
    151
    20. Cervical Cancer
    21.01
    26
    		  
    0.92
    170
    21. Liver Disease
    17.89
    75
    		  
    1.70
    172
    22. Prostate Cancer
    17.67
    74
    		  
    21.29
    53
    23. Lung Disease
    17.01
    100
    		  
    21.34
    69
    24. Fires
    16.67
    5
    		  
    0.29
    161
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    14.55
    26
    		  
    1.68
    154
    26. Drownings
    13.09
    4
    		  
    0.63
    160
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    12.51
    32
    		  
    1.74
    169
    28. Hypertension
    11.85
    122
    		  
    9.79
    136
    29. Suicide
    11.83
    53
    		  
    14.06
    37
    30. Congenital Anomalies
    11.66
    19
    		  
    2.26
    166
    31. Epilepsy
    10.81
    21
    		  
    0.88
    143
    32. Oesophagus Cancer
    10.56
    14
    		  
    4.07
    54
    33. Poisonings
    9.59
    3
    		  
    0.48
    144
    34. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    9.57
    22
    		  
    0.38
    166
    35. Falls
    9.48
    45
    		  
    7.00
    70
    36. Asthma
    9.13
    52
    		  
    0.42
    169
    37. Skin Disease
    9.13
    11
    		  
    0.19
    159
    38. Violence
    9.11
    57
    		  
    0.63
    164
    39. Tetanus
    7.19
    1
    		  
    0.00
    172
    40. Other Neoplasms
    7.19
    8
    		  
    2.25
    108
    41. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.47
    100
    		  
    15.20
    40
    42. Stomach Cancer
    6.41
    70
    		  
    4.06
    120
    43. Ovary Cancer
    6.40
    32
    		  
    6.30
    35
    44. Lymphomas
    6.02
    52
    		  
    10.90
    1
    45. Schistosomiasis
    5.72
    6
    		  
    0.00
    172
    46. Leishmaniasis
    5.32
    2
    		  
    0.00
    172
    47. Anemia
    4.93
    27
    		  
    0.19
    130
    48. Leukemia
    4.82
    39
    		  
    3.62
    96
    49. Oral Cancer
    4.70
    48
    		  
    1.56
    145
    50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    4.49
    14
    		  
    0.19
    145
     
     
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
     
      Somalia SOMALIA   Iceland ICELAND
      Deaths %   Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    18,701
    14.56
    		  
    60
    3.60
    2. Diarrhoeal diseases
    15,559
    12.11
    		  
    2
    0.14
    3. Measles
    8,670
    6.75
    		  
    0
    0.00
    4. Birth Trauma
    7,039
    5.48
    		  
    0
    0.00
    5. Malnutrition
    7,001
    5.45
    		  
    2
    0.12
    6. Low Birth Weight
    6,663
    5.19
    		  
    4
    0.24
    7. Tuberculosis
    6,458
    5.03
    		  
    4
    0.24
    8. War
    5,781
    4.50
    		  
    0
    0.00
    9. Meningitis
    5,011
    3.90
    		  
    1
    0.08
    10. Maternal Conditions
    3,984
    3.10
    		  
    0
    0.01
    11. Stroke
    3,746
    2.92
    		  
    147
    8.77
    12. Malaria
    2,937
    2.29
    		  
    0
    0.00
    13. HIV/AIDS
    2,481
    1.93
    		  
    0
    0.02
    14. Other Injuries
    2,455
    1.91
    		  
    18
    1.07
    15. Congenital Anomalies
    2,233
    1.74
    		  
    7
    0.41
    16. Coronary Heart Disease
    2,071
    1.61
    		  
    315
    18.81
    17. Fires
    1,825
    1.42
    		  
    1
    0.05
    18. Road Traffic Accidents
    1,820
    1.42
    		  
    14
    0.83
    19. Tetanus
    1,542
    1.20
    		  
    0
    0.00
    20. Drownings
    1,499
    1.17
    		  
    3
    0.19
    21. Kidney Disease
    1,238
    0.96
    		  
    28
    1.69
    22. Endocrine Disorders
    1,177
    0.92
    		  
    7
    0.45
    23. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,136
    0.88
    		  
    30
    1.80
    24. Poisonings
    1,023
    0.80
    		  
    2
    0.10
    25. Epilepsy
    1,020
    0.79
    		  
    3
    0.15
    26. Liver Disease
    931
    0.73
    		  
    7
    0.40
    27. Violence
    833
    0.65
    		  
    2
    0.12
    28. Suicide
    815
    0.63
    		  
    49
    2.93
    29. Pertussis
    808
    0.63
    		  
    0
    0.00
    30. Lung Disease
    777
    0.61
    		  
    106
    6.30
    31. Leishmaniasis
    670
    0.52
    		  
    0
    0.00
    32. Falls
    636
    0.50
    		  
    36
    2.13
    33. Breast Cancer
    608
    0.47
    		  
    46
    2.75
    34. Syphilis
    605
    0.47
    		  
    0
    0.00
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    595
    0.46
    		  
    7
    0.44
    36. Cervical Cancer
    542
    0.42
    		  
    3
    0.18
    37. Skin Disease
    517
    0.40
    		  
    1
    0.07
    38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    513
    0.40
    		  
    2
    0.09
    39. Hypertension
    472
    0.37
    		  
    53
    3.15
    40. Asthma
    458
    0.36
    		  
    2
    0.13
    41. Oesophagus Cancer
    458
    0.36
    		  
    19
    1.14
    42. Encephalitis
    423
    0.33
    		  
    0
    0.01
    43. Anemia
    380
    0.30
    		  
    1
    0.09
    44. Other Neoplasms
    357
    0.28
    		  
    11
    0.67
    45. Lymphomas
    331
    0.26
    		  
    56
    3.36
    46. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    308
    0.24
    		  
    74
    4.41
    47. Leukemia
    300
    0.23
    		  
    18
    1.07
    48. Schistosomiasis
    298
    0.23
    		  
    0
    0.00
    49. Drug Use
    294
    0.23
    		  
    6
    0.36
    50. Prostate Cancer
    277
    0.22
    		  
    50
    2.95
     
     
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Somalia SOMALIA   Iceland ICELAND
      Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    22.07
    29
    		  
    18.65
    64
    2. Cervical Cancer
    21.01
    26
    		  
    0.92
    170
    3. Prostate Cancer
    17.67
    74
    		  
    21.29
    53
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    10.56
    14
    		  
    4.07
    54
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.47
    100
    		  
    15.20
    40
    6. Stomach Cancer
    6.41
    70
    		  
    4.06
    120
    7. Ovary Cancer
    6.40
    32
    		  
    6.30
    35
    8. Lymphomas
    6.02
    52
    		  
    10.90
    1
    9. Leukemia
    4.82
    39
    		  
    3.62
    96
    10. Oral Cancer
    4.70
    48
    		  
    1.56
    145
    11. Liver Cancer
    3.63
    133
    		  
    1.88
    165
    12. Lung Cancers
    2.70
    138
    		  
    29.45
    26
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    1.95
    120
    		  
    8.28
    29
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.90
    90
    		  
    1.14
    137
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.41
    117
    		  
    2.96
    59
    16. Skin Cancers
    1.28
    112
    		  
    2.40
    40
     
     
     
    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.