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Sri Lanka
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Sri Lanka and Algeria 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.

Algeria
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
Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Algeria ALGERIA
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Algeria ALGERIA
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    62.1
    62.1
    62.1
    43
    59
    54
     
    46.3
    48.4
    47.3
    103
    108
    103
    1970
    63.7
    66.2
    64.9
    54
    64
    61
     
    52.3
    54.3
    53.3
    104
    110
    106
    1980
    65.7
    70.4
    68.0
    55
    66
    60
     
    58.9
    61.2
    60.0
    99
    109
    105
    1990
    66.9
    73.5
    70.1
    61
    63
    62
     
    65.8
    68.3
    67.0
    80
    102
    95
    2000
    68.2
    75.1
    71.5
    78
    65
    74
     
    69.6
    73.2
    71.3
    61
    91
    77
    2010
    70.9
    78.1
    74.5
    72
    50
    62
     
    73.0
    76.5
    74.7
    49
    78
    61
    2019
    73.8
    79.8
    76.9
    61
    52
    54
     
    76.2
    78.1
    77.1
    43
    72
    51
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Algeria ALGERIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    73.8
    79.8
    61
    52
    76.2
    78.1
    43
    72
    Age 5
    74.4
    80.3
    64
    53
    78.1
    79.8
    36
    65
    Age 10
    74.4
    80.4
    65
    53
    78.2
    79.9
    36
    63
    Age 15
    74.5
    80.4
    65
    54
    78.4
    80.0
    36
    63
    Age 20
    74.7
    80.6
    64
    54
    78.5
    80.2
    36
    63
    Age 25
    75.1
    80.7
    67
    54
    78.8
    80.3
    38
    62
    Age 30
    75.3
    80.9
    68
    54
    79.0
    80.4
    38
    60
    Age 35
    75.6
    81.0
    71
    55
    79.3
    80.6
    39
    60
    Age 40
    75.8
    81.1
    74
    55
    79.6
    80.9
    37
    60
    Age 45
    76.2
    81.4
    77
    56
    79.9
    81.2
    37
    60
    Age 50
    76.7
    81.6
    76
    57
    80.3
    81.5
    37
    60
    Age 55
    77.6
    82.1
    79
    59
    80.8
    82.0
    37
    60
    Age 60
    78.6
    82.6
    79
    60
    81.5
    82.6
    39
    62
    Age 65
    80.1
    83.4
    79
    66
    82.5
    83.4
    39
    63
    Age 70
    81.5
    84.2
    93
    73
    83.7
    84.5
    41
    69
    Age 75
    83.8
    85.8
    96
    76
    85.1
    85.8
    57
    79
    Age 80
    87.0
    88.3
    74
    62
    86.9
    87.6
    77
    93
    Age 85
    90.8
    91.2
    35
    44
    88.9
    90.2
    167
    114
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Algeria ALGERIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    101.31
    106
    154.36
    45
    2. Diabetes Mellitus
    47.34
    45
    13.25
    134
    3. Lung Disease
    36.99
    33
    13.25
    150
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    27.62
    14
    16.08
    124
    5. Stroke
    26.55
    154
    66.29
    108
    6. Kidney Disease
    26.23
    72
    21.12
    104
    7. Asthma
    25.43
    10
    5.72
    83
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    20.42
    113
    17.36
    125
    9. Road Traffic Accidents
    18.07
    82
    21.81
    67
    10. Suicide
    12.89
    42
    2.60
    169
    11. Oral Cancer
    10.87
    7
    1.90
    139
    12. Breast Cancer
    9.49
    165
    18.09
    77
    13. Lung Cancers
    6.56
    126
    11.00
    100
    14. Other Injuries
    6.41
    112
    3.26
    167
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.72
    30
    0.87
    165
    16. Cervical Cancer
    5.15
    125
    5.97
    113
    17. Liver Disease
    4.96
    160
    9.52
    129
    18. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    107
    5.61
    97
    19. Prostate Cancer
    4.61
    165
    6.45
    151
    20. Leukemia
    4.61
    35
    3.03
    120
    21. Congenital Anomalies
    4.53
    125
    6.20
    85
    22. Hypertension
    4.08
    161
    23.82
    62
    23. Liver Cancer
    4.05
    128
    1.52
    181
    24. Lymphomas
    3.88
    126
    5.07
    79
    25. Falls
    3.85
    129
    3.38
    141
    26. Tuberculosis
    3.45
    95
    6.72
    77
    27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3.43
    175
    8.74
    91
    28. Drownings
    3.24
    68
    1.01
    149
    29. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.47
    100
    2.25
    104
    30. Violence
    2.36
    122
    1.71
    138
    31. Low Birth Weight
    2.13
    145
    6.68
    68
    32. Ovary Cancer
    1.93
    174
    3.31
    135
    33. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.83
    165
    2.19
    160
    34. Endocrine Disorders
    1.82
    154
    2.23
    144
    35. Anemia
    1.74
    8
    0.00
    67
    36. Bladder Cancer
    1.63
    117
    4.05
    24
    37. Uterin Cancer
    1.40
    144
    0.42
    178
    38. War
    1.35
    16
    0.10
    50
    39. Drug Use
    1.16
    96
    2.46
    32
    40. Skin Disease
    1.14
    107
    0.31
    160
    41. Epilepsy
    1.14
    127
    0.82
    151
    42. Fires
    1.04
    112
    1.54
    90
    43. Pancreas Cancer
    0.80
    171
    2.72
    122
    44. Birth Trauma
    0.78
    135
    4.61
    69
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    0.65
    181
    3.57
    122
    46. Dengue
    0.60
    12
    0.00
    105
    47. Meningitis
    0.59
    106
    0.71
    95
    48. Maternal Conditions
    0.50
    110
    2.07
    69
    49. Poisonings
    0.39
    113
    0.65
    85
    50. Alcohol
    0.33
    159
    0.20
    174
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Algeria ALGERIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    26,304
    22.66
    54,547
    29.46
    2. Diabetes Mellitus
    12,460
    10.73
    4,678
    2.53
    3. Lung Disease
    9,456
    8.15
    4,668
    2.52
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    6,939
    5.98
    5,635
    3.04
    5. Kidney Disease
    6,858
    5.91
    7,528
    4.07
    6. Stroke
    6,805
    5.86
    23,393
    12.63
    7. Asthma
    6,471
    5.57
    2,040
    1.10
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,117
    4.41
    7,289
    3.94
    9. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,200
    3.62
    8,996
    4.86
    10. Suicide
    2,977
    2.56
    1,072
    0.58
    11. Oral Cancer
    2,893
    2.49
    695
    0.38
    12. Lung Cancers
    1,775
    1.53
    3,931
    2.12
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,544
    1.33
    313
    0.17
    14. Other Injuries
    1,529
    1.32
    1,401
    0.76
    15. Breast Cancer
    1,383
    1.19
    3,465
    1.87
    16. Stomach Cancer
    1,321
    1.14
    2,032
    1.10
    17. Liver Disease
    1,303
    1.12
    3,464
    1.87
    18. Leukemia
    1,155
    0.99
    1,157
    0.62
    19. Liver Cancer
    1,090
    0.94
    551
    0.30
    20. Hypertension
    1,055
    0.91
    8,369
    4.52
    21. Lymphomas
    1,027
    0.88
    1,833
    0.99
    22. Congenital Anomalies
    989
    0.85
    4,357
    2.35
    23. Falls
    964
    0.83
    1,315
    0.71
    24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    911
    0.78
    3,139
    1.70
    25. Tuberculosis
    769
    0.66
    2,840
    1.53
    26. Cervical Cancer
    762
    0.66
    1,088
    0.59
    27. Drownings
    731
    0.63
    451
    0.24
    28. Diarrhoeal diseases
    605
    0.52
    1,111
    0.60
    29. Low Birth Weight
    536
    0.46
    5,441
    2.94
    30. Prostate Cancer
    507
    0.44
    1,069
    0.58
    31. Violence
    499
    0.43
    713
    0.39
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    462
    0.40
    926
    0.50
    33. Anemia
    445
    0.38
    0
    0.00
    34. Bladder Cancer
    432
    0.37
    1,423
    0.77
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    425
    0.37
    825
    0.45
    36. Skin Disease
    293
    0.25
    111
    0.06
    37. Ovary Cancer
    281
    0.24
    611
    0.33
    38. War
    280
    0.24
    41
    0.02
    39. Epilepsy
    269
    0.23
    355
    0.19
    40. Drug Use
    257
    0.22
    983
    0.53
    41. Fires
    239
    0.21
    636
    0.34
    42. Uterin Cancer
    218
    0.19
    75
    0.04
    43. Pancreas Cancer
    214
    0.18
    973
    0.53
    44. Birth Trauma
    193
    0.17
    3,800
    2.05
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    168
    0.14
    1,249
    0.67
    46. Meningitis
    146
    0.13
    320
    0.17
    47. Dengue
    131
    0.11
    0
    0.00
    48. Maternal Conditions
    96
    0.08
    917
    0.50
    49. Poisonings
    93
    0.08
    287
    0.16
    50. Other Neoplasms
    86
    0.07
    58
    0.03
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Algeria ALGERIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Oral Cancer
    10.87
    7
    1.90
    139
    2. Breast Cancer
    9.49
    165
    18.09
    77
    3. Lung Cancers
    6.56
    126
    11.00
    100
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.72
    30
    0.87
    165
    5. Cervical Cancer
    5.15
    125
    5.97
    113
    6. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    107
    5.61
    97
    7. Prostate Cancer
    4.61
    165
    6.45
    151
    8. Leukemia
    4.61
    35
    3.03
    120
    9. Liver Cancer
    4.05
    128
    1.52
    181
    10. Lymphomas
    3.88
    126
    5.07
    79
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3.43
    175
    8.74
    91
    12. Ovary Cancer
    1.93
    174
    3.31
    135
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.63
    117
    4.05
    24
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.40
    144
    0.42
    178
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    0.80
    171
    2.72
    122
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.22
    174
    2.00
    86
    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.