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Azerbaijan
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
AZERBAIJAN VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Azerbaijan and North Korea 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.

North Korea
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
Azerbaijan Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    60.6
    68.2
    64.3
    53
    38
    42
    		  
    53.8
    57.1
    55.4
    76
    77
    76
    1970
    64.3
    71.9
    68.0
    49
    39
    43
    		  
    59.5
    64.5
    62.0
    72
    70
    71
    1980
    64.2
    71.8
    67.9
    68
    57
    62
    		  
    64.6
    71.0
    67.8
    63
    63
    63
    1990
    62.2
    69.6
    65.8
    109
    96
    104
    		  
    66.5
    73.6
    69.9
    71
    62
    66
    2000
    63.4
    69.8
    66.6
    112
    114
    113
    		  
    61.1
    69.3
    65.4
    122
    115
    117
    2010
    68.2
    73.9
    71.1
    98
    102
    98
    		  
    65.4
    72.4
    69.0
    115
    110
    110
    2019
    68.8
    74.1
    71.4
    116
    112
    114
    		  
    69.3
    75.7
    72.6
    109
    97
    106
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    68.8
    74.1
    116
    112
    69.3
    75.7
    109
    97
    Age 5
    70.5
    75.5
    117
    114
    70.6
    76.8
    116
    98
    Age 10
    70.6
    75.6
    118
    114
    70.7
    77.0
    116
    98
    Age 15
    70.7
    75.7
    119
    114
    70.9
    77.1
    118
    98
    Age 20
    70.9
    75.8
    119
    114
    71.2
    77.2
    117
    98
    Age 25
    71.1
    76.0
    120
    114
    71.6
    77.4
    115
    99
    Age 30
    71.4
    76.1
    122
    115
    72.0
    77.5
    116
    100
    Age 35
    71.7
    76.2
    127
    116
    72.4
    77.8
    116
    99
    Age 40
    72.1
    76.4
    130
    117
    72.8
    78.1
    119
    99
    Age 45
    72.6
    76.7
    133
    122
    73.4
    78.5
    120
    97
    Age 50
    73.3
    77.0
    140
    125
    74.2
    79.0
    121
    97
    Age 55
    74.3
    77.6
    146
    141
    75.3
    79.8
    124
    96
    Age 60
    75.7
    78.3
    154
    150
    76.8
    80.8
    122
    97
    Age 65
    77.4
    79.4
    162
    159
    78.6
    82.0
    119
    94
    Age 70
    79.7
    80.9
    166
    171
    80.8
    83.6
    120
    91
    Age 75
    82.2
    82.8
    172
    175
    83.4
    85.5
    118
    87
    Age 80
    85.1
    85.3
    175
    180
    86.4
    87.8
    113
    85
    Age 85
    88.5
    88.4
    177
    179
    89.7
    90.5
    104
    77
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    388.41
    2
    105.37
    99
    2. Stroke
    151.52
    22
    162.14
    15
    3. Liver Disease
    37.38
    32
    14.33
    111
    4. Hypertension
    27.98
    48
    18.24
    92
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    24.99
    99
    11.82
    137
    6. Lung Disease
    21.56
    94
    87.71
    5
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    19.87
    117
    22.75
    104
    8. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.36
    98
    16.26
    122
    9. Kidney Disease
    17.11
    116
    12.98
    129
    10. Inflammatory/Heart
    17.04
    9
    2.40
    153
    11. Breast Cancer
    16.48
    96
    7.80
    177
    12. Stomach Cancer
    13.20
    17
    11.99
    21
    13. Lung Cancers
    13.09
    88
    37.70
    4
    14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.13
    100
    10.37
    70
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    6.56
    143
    22.21
    64
    16. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.12
    27
    3.80
    49
    17. Low Birth Weight
    6.07
    77
    4.39
    98
    18. Tuberculosis
    5.92
    81
    57.14
    16
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    5.45
    36
    3.78
    113
    20. Congenital Anomalies
    5.13
    111
    3.79
    139
    21. Asthma
    4.91
    89
    4.81
    90
    22. Cervical Cancer
    4.89
    130
    4.11
    136
    23. Fires
    4.77
    14
    0.90
    118
    24. Other Injuries
    4.59
    140
    5.48
    125
    25. Prostate Cancer
    4.45
    168
    2.38
    178
    26. Ovary Cancer
    4.36
    96
    2.96
    147
    27. Suicide
    3.97
    152
    8.20
    95
    28. Birth Trauma
    3.97
    74
    2.66
    86
    29. Liver Cancer
    3.86
    138
    16.66
    12
    30. HIV/AIDS
    3.61
    83
    2.53
    100
    31. Drownings
    3.36
    66
    4.46
    35
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    3.23
    104
    1.60
    160
    33. Falls
    3.12
    145
    6.34
    79
    34. Pancreas Cancer
    3.08
    108
    4.85
    68
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.98
    91
    1.70
    109
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.58
    91
    5.64
    51
    37. Violence
    2.45
    120
    3.97
    101
    38. Lymphomas
    2.29
    169
    1.84
    175
    39. Alcohol
    2.28
    53
    1.00
    116
    40. Epilepsy
    2.24
    53
    0.98
    137
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2.05
    68
    6.87
    15
    42. Bladder Cancer
    1.95
    99
    1.61
    120
    43. Uterin Cancer
    1.86
    114
    0.78
    168
    44. Oral Cancer
    1.59
    155
    1.62
    152
    45. Skin Cancers
    1.44
    121
    0.55
    160
    46. Leukemia
    1.42
    161
    3.44
    99
    47. Encephalitis
    1.08
    15
    0.51
    77
    48. Poisonings
    0.89
    72
    1.29
    64
    49. Pertussis
    0.76
    74
    0.17
    96
    50. Meningitis
    0.62
    104
    0.81
    89
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    33,319
    42.39
    31,342
    14.63
    2. Stroke
    12,939
    16.46
    49,648
    23.17
    3. Liver Disease
    3,539
    4.50
    4,506
    2.10
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,383
    3.03
    3,671
    1.71
    5. Hypertension
    2,370
    3.02
    5,368
    2.51
    6. Lung Disease
    1,839
    2.34
    26,178
    12.22
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,781
    2.27
    6,231
    2.91
    8. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,681
    2.14
    684
    0.32
    9. Kidney Disease
    1,590
    2.02
    3,959
    1.85
    10. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,370
    1.74
    4,340
    2.03
    11. Lung Cancers
    1,343
    1.71
    11,893
    5.55
    12. Stomach Cancer
    1,299
    1.65
    3,771
    1.76
    13. Breast Cancer
    917
    1.17
    1,366
    0.64
    14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    788
    1.00
    3,232
    1.51
    15. Low Birth Weight
    725
    0.92
    1,208
    0.56
    16. Road Traffic Accidents
    676
    0.86
    6,210
    2.90
    17. Tuberculosis
    594
    0.76
    17,417
    8.13
    18. Oesophagus Cancer
    572
    0.73
    1,222
    0.57
    19. Congenital Anomalies
    542
    0.69
    991
    0.46
    20. Fires
    473
    0.60
    253
    0.12
    21. Other Injuries
    465
    0.59
    1,531
    0.71
    22. Birth Trauma
    459
    0.58
    736
    0.34
    23. Parkinson's Disease
    436
    0.55
    1,155
    0.54
    24. Asthma
    430
    0.55
    1,439
    0.67
    25. Suicide
    411
    0.52
    2,407
    1.12
    26. HIV/AIDS
    398
    0.51
    753
    0.35
    27. Liver Cancer
    379
    0.48
    5,326
    2.49
    28. Drownings
    335
    0.43
    1,126
    0.53
    29. Falls
    306
    0.39
    1,801
    0.84
    30. Endocrine Disorders
    300
    0.38
    452
    0.21
    31. Pancreas Cancer
    291
    0.37
    1,525
    0.71
    32. Cervical Cancer
    278
    0.35
    704
    0.33
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    262
    0.33
    374
    0.17
    34. Violence
    252
    0.32
    1,082
    0.50
    35. Ovary Cancer
    251
    0.32
    532
    0.25
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    246
    0.31
    1,712
    0.80
    37. Alcohol
    244
    0.31
    304
    0.14
    38. Lymphomas
    229
    0.29
    560
    0.26
    39. Epilepsy
    224
    0.29
    266
    0.12
    40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    202
    0.26
    2,093
    0.98
    41. Bladder Cancer
    181
    0.23
    500
    0.23
    42. Oral Cancer
    159
    0.20
    513
    0.24
    43. Prostate Cancer
    156
    0.20
    219
    0.10
    44. Leukemia
    143
    0.18
    965
    0.45
    45. Skin Cancers
    126
    0.16
    168
    0.08
    46. Encephalitis
    108
    0.14
    117
    0.05
    47. Uterin Cancer
    97
    0.12
    138
    0.06
    48. Poisonings
    93
    0.12
    366
    0.17
    49. Pertussis
    68
    0.09
    34
    0.02
    50. Meningitis
    63
    0.08
    207
    0.10
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    16.48
    96
    7.80
    177
    2. Stomach Cancer
    13.20
    17
    11.99
    21
    3. Lung Cancers
    13.09
    88
    37.70
    4
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.13
    100
    10.37
    70
    5. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.12
    27
    3.80
    49
    6. Cervical Cancer
    4.89
    130
    4.11
    136
    7. Prostate Cancer
    4.45
    168
    2.38
    178
    8. Ovary Cancer
    4.36
    96
    2.96
    147
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.86
    138
    16.66
    12
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    3.08
    108
    4.85
    68
    11. Lymphomas
    2.29
    169
    1.84
    175
    12. Bladder Cancer
    1.95
    99
    1.61
    120
    13. Uterin Cancer
    1.86
    114
    0.78
    168
    14. Oral Cancer
    1.59
    155
    1.62
    152
    15. Skin Cancers
    1.44
    121
    0.55
    160
    16. Leukemia
    1.42
    161
    3.44
    99
    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.