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Cyprus
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
CYPRUS VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Cyprus 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
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Cyprus CYPRUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Cyprus CYPRUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    67.0
    70.6
    68.8
    17
    30
    26
    		  
    53.8
    57.1
    55.4
    76
    77
    76
    1970
    69.5
    72.5
    71.0
    8
    34
    20
    		  
    59.5
    64.5
    62.0
    72
    70
    71
    1980
    72.6
    76.7
    74.6
    3
    16
    8
    		  
    64.6
    71.0
    67.8
    63
    63
    63
    1990
    74.1
    78.6
    76.3
    7
    18
    14
    		  
    66.5
    73.6
    69.9
    71
    62
    66
    2000
    76.0
    80.2
    78.1
    9
    22
    16
    		  
    61.1
    69.3
    65.4
    122
    115
    117
    2010
    77.4
    81.7
    79.5
    22
    28
    27
    		  
    65.4
    72.4
    69.0
    115
    110
    110
    2019
    81.1
    85.1
    83.1
    4
    5
    6
    		  
    69.3
    75.7
    72.6
    109
    97
    106
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Cyprus CYPRUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.1
    85.1
    4
    5
    69.3
    75.7
    109
    97
    Age 5
    81.3
    85.3
    4
    7
    70.6
    76.8
    116
    98
    Age 10
    81.4
    85.3
    4
    7
    70.7
    77.0
    116
    98
    Age 15
    81.4
    85.4
    4
    7
    70.9
    77.1
    118
    98
    Age 20
    81.5
    85.4
    4
    7
    71.2
    77.2
    117
    98
    Age 25
    81.6
    85.4
    4
    7
    71.6
    77.4
    115
    99
    Age 30
    81.7
    85.5
    5
    7
    72.0
    77.5
    116
    100
    Age 35
    81.8
    85.5
    8
    7
    72.4
    77.8
    116
    99
    Age 40
    81.9
    85.6
    10
    8
    72.8
    78.1
    119
    99
    Age 45
    82.1
    85.7
    11
    8
    73.4
    78.5
    120
    97
    Age 50
    82.4
    85.8
    11
    10
    74.2
    79.0
    121
    97
    Age 55
    82.8
    86.1
    13
    10
    75.3
    79.8
    124
    96
    Age 60
    83.3
    86.4
    15
    10
    76.8
    80.8
    122
    97
    Age 65
    84.1
    86.9
    17
    12
    78.6
    82.0
    119
    94
    Age 70
    85.1
    87.5
    18
    14
    80.8
    83.6
    120
    91
    Age 75
    86.6
    88.3
    20
    18
    83.4
    85.5
    118
    87
    Age 80
    88.2
    89.4
    32
    30
    86.4
    87.8
    113
    85
    Age 85
    90.5
    91.1
    52
    51
    89.7
    90.5
    104
    77
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Cyprus CYPRUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    52.89
    160
    105.37
    99
    2. Stroke
    20.33
    168
    162.14
    15
    3. Lung Cancers
    16.60
    73
    37.70
    4
    4. Alzheimers & Dementia
    16.57
    116
    16.26
    122
    5. Lung Disease
    15.39
    140
    87.71
    5
    6. Breast Cancer
    15.03
    116
    7.80
    177
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    14.74
    129
    11.82
    137
    8. Prostate Cancer
    12.52
    121
    2.38
    178
    9. Kidney Disease
    9.09
    145
    12.98
    129
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.30
    97
    10.37
    70
    11. Other Injuries
    6.43
    111
    5.48
    125
    12. Endocrine Disorders
    5.95
    53
    1.60
    160
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    5.46
    60
    4.85
    68
    14. Hypertension
    5.17
    156
    18.24
    92
    15. Lymphomas
    4.90
    82
    1.84
    175
    16. Road Traffic Accidents
    4.90
    155
    22.21
    64
    17. Ovary Cancer
    4.52
    86
    2.96
    147
    18. Leukemia
    4.25
    56
    3.44
    99
    19. Influenza and Pneumonia
    4.24
    182
    22.75
    104
    20. Stomach Cancer
    3.29
    146
    11.99
    21
    21. Liver Cancer
    3.28
    157
    16.66
    12
    22. Bladder Cancer
    3.21
    51
    1.61
    120
    23. Suicide
    3.18
    160
    8.20
    95
    24. Liver Disease
    2.80
    176
    14.33
    111
    25. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.68
    147
    2.40
    153
    26. Uterin Cancer
    2.59
    75
    0.78
    168
    27. Falls
    2.57
    162
    6.34
    79
    28. Other Neoplasms
    2.47
    42
    0.14
    180
    29. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.39
    101
    1.70
    109
    30. Drownings
    2.00
    116
    4.46
    35
    31. Skin Cancers
    1.96
    88
    0.55
    160
    32. Cervical Cancer
    1.95
    168
    4.11
    136
    33. Parkinson's Disease
    1.88
    165
    3.78
    113
    34. Skin Disease
    1.84
    78
    0.58
    138
    35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.62
    83
    6.87
    15
    36. Congenital Anomalies
    1.43
    182
    3.79
    139
    37. Violence
    1.08
    150
    3.97
    101
    38. Oral Cancer
    1.07
    173
    1.62
    152
    39. Asthma
    1.04
    132
    4.81
    90
    40. Drug Use
    0.92
    124
    1.24
    89
    41. Low Birth Weight
    0.79
    171
    4.39
    98
    42. Anemia
    0.70
    18
    0.00
    91
    43. Epilepsy
    0.56
    173
    0.98
    137
    44. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.55
    32
    0.13
    135
    45. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.54
    175
    3.80
    49
    46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.50
    176
    5.64
    51
    47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.45
    65
    0.65
    30
    48. Birth Trauma
    0.33
    171
    2.66
    86
    49. Alcohol
    0.33
    160
    1.00
    116
    50. Tuberculosis
    0.27
    150
    57.14
    16
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Cyprus CYPRUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    1,120
    20.48
    31,342
    14.63
    2. Stroke
    462
    8.45
    49,648
    23.17
    3. Alzheimers & Dementia
    400
    7.31
    4,340
    2.03
    4. Lung Disease
    355
    6.49
    26,178
    12.22
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    332
    6.07
    3,671
    1.71
    6. Lung Cancers
    319
    5.83
    11,893
    5.55
    7. Kidney Disease
    213
    3.89
    3,959
    1.85
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    167
    3.05
    3,232
    1.51
    9. Breast Cancer
    155
    2.83
    1,366
    0.64
    10. Other Injuries
    136
    2.49
    1,531
    0.71
    11. Hypertension
    127
    2.32
    5,368
    2.51
    12. Endocrine Disorders
    126
    2.30
    452
    0.21
    13. Prostate Cancer
    118
    2.16
    219
    0.10
    14. Pancreas Cancer
    104
    1.90
    1,525
    0.71
    15. Influenza and Pneumonia
    98
    1.79
    6,231
    2.91
    16. Lymphomas
    97
    1.77
    560
    0.26
    17. Leukemia
    83
    1.52
    965
    0.45
    18. Road Traffic Accidents
    69
    1.26
    6,210
    2.90
    19. Bladder Cancer
    67
    1.22
    500
    0.23
    20. Liver Cancer
    64
    1.17
    5,326
    2.49
    21. Stomach Cancer
    63
    1.15
    3,771
    1.76
    22. Diarrhoeal diseases
    56
    1.02
    374
    0.17
    23. Other Neoplasms
    53
    0.97
    44
    0.02
    24. Inflammatory/Heart
    51
    0.93
    684
    0.32
    25. Falls
    51
    0.93
    1,801
    0.84
    26. Liver Disease
    50
    0.91
    4,506
    2.10
    27. Ovary Cancer
    45
    0.82
    532
    0.25
    28. Parkinson's Disease
    44
    0.80
    1,155
    0.54
    29. Skin Disease
    44
    0.80
    158
    0.07
    30. Suicide
    44
    0.80
    2,407
    1.12
    31. Skin Cancers
    39
    0.71
    168
    0.08
    32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    35
    0.64
    2,093
    0.98
    33. Drownings
    33
    0.60
    1,126
    0.53
    34. Uterin Cancer
    27
    0.49
    138
    0.06
    35. Asthma
    24
    0.44
    1,439
    0.67
    36. Oral Cancer
    21
    0.38
    513
    0.24
    37. Cervical Cancer
    18
    0.33
    704
    0.33
    38. Congenital Anomalies
    18
    0.33
    991
    0.46
    39. Anemia
    17
    0.31
    0
    0.00
    40. Violence
    15
    0.27
    1,082
    0.50
    41. Drug Use
    13
    0.24
    356
    0.17
    42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    11
    0.20
    1,712
    0.80
    43. Oesophagus Cancer
    10
    0.18
    1,222
    0.57
    44. Epilepsy
    10
    0.18
    266
    0.12
    45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    10
    0.18
    198
    0.09
    46. Multiple Sclerosis
    9
    0.16
    40
    0.02
    47. Low Birth Weight
    6
    0.11
    1,208
    0.56
    48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    6
    0.11
    0
    0.00
    49. Alcohol
    5
    0.09
    304
    0.14
    50. Fires
    5
    0.09
    253
    0.12
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Cyprus CYPRUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    16.60
    73
    37.70
    4
    2. Breast Cancer
    15.03
    116
    7.80
    177
    3. Prostate Cancer
    12.52
    121
    2.38
    178
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.30
    97
    10.37
    70
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    5.46
    60
    4.85
    68
    6. Lymphomas
    4.90
    82
    1.84
    175
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.52
    86
    2.96
    147
    8. Leukemia
    4.25
    56
    3.44
    99
    9. Stomach Cancer
    3.29
    146
    11.99
    21
    10. Liver Cancer
    3.28
    157
    16.66
    12
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.21
    51
    1.61
    120
    12. Uterin Cancer
    2.59
    75
    0.78
    168
    13. Skin Cancers
    1.96
    88
    0.55
    160
    14. Cervical Cancer
    1.95
    168
    4.11
    136
    15. Oral Cancer
    1.07
    173
    1.62
    152
    16. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.54
    175
    3.80
    49
    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.