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Greece
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Greece and North Macedonia 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 Macedonia
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
Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
North Macedonia Population Pyramid
1,856,775
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
  Greece GREECE   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
 
70.5
74.9
72.6
51
68
54
2010
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
 
72.4
77.0
74.7
55
71
60
2019
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
 
72.8
76.9
74.8
73
92
78
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
83.6
27
23
72.8
76.9
73
92
Age 5
79.0
83.9
30
25
73.3
77.3
80
95
Age 10
79.0
83.9
30
25
73.4
77.4
81
95
Age 15
79.0
83.9
30
25
73.4
77.4
82
95
Age 20
79.1
84.0
30
26
73.5
77.5
81
95
Age 25
79.3
84.0
30
26
73.7
77.5
86
95
Age 30
79.4
84.1
31
26
73.8
77.6
86
97
Age 35
79.6
84.2
32
26
74.0
77.7
89
100
Age 40
79.8
84.3
32
27
74.2
77.9
94
100
Age 45
80.1
84.4
33
27
74.5
78.1
96
102
Age 50
80.5
84.7
32
27
75.1
78.4
98
104
Age 55
81.1
85.0
33
27
75.8
78.9
110
105
Age 60
82.1
85.5
33
28
77.0
79.6
115
106
Age 65
83.4
86.1
31
27
78.5
80.5
126
121
Age 70
84.8
86.8
25
29
80.2
81.7
145
144
Age 75
86.7
87.9
18
32
82.3
83.3
167
169
Age 80
88.7
89.1
14
41
84.9
85.5
180
177
Age 85
91.2
90.9
14
59
88.2
88.6
181
177
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63.02
148
135.53
62
2. Stroke
35.72
144
165.58
13
3. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
31.93
10
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.43
121
5.58
181
5. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
22.40
40
6. Lung Disease
13.43
149
24.14
83
7. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
17.47
77
8. Kidney Disease
12.11
134
15.54
121
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
16.77
15
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.74
156
2.15
179
11. Hypertension
7.48
146
19.07
87
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
8.02
21
13. Road Traffic Accidents
6.68
140
4.25
160
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.56
16
4.11
92
15. Other Injuries
6.19
117
6.73
104
16. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
13.66
14
17. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
7.85
48
18. Leukemia
5.01
18
3.83
79
19. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
4.82
12
20. Lymphomas
4.87
84
3.03
146
21. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
5.54
50
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.49
173
32.55
85
23. Liver Disease
3.87
173
6.93
152
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.67
117
130.29
1
25. Suicide
3.63
156
7.15
114
26. Falls
3.05
146
2.53
165
27. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
6.29
10
28. Endocrine Disorders
2.60
127
0.47
183
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.37
171
1.99
175
30. Low Birth Weight
2.25
143
4.49
96
31. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
4.36
133
32. Drownings
2.08
114
0.73
158
33. Drug Use
1.95
47
0.39
170
34. Other Neoplasms
1.91
54
0.58
78
35. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
2.27
117
36. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
4.00
13
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.60
129
1.69
127
38. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
1.42
131
39. Epilepsy
0.99
136
0.86
146
40. Violence
0.86
160
1.27
142
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
20
0.78
17
42. Fires
0.54
137
0.43
151
43. HIV/AIDS
0.38
129
0.02
166
44. Alcohol
0.33
158
0.44
146
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.29
171
0.39
163
46. Birth Trauma
0.28
174
0.44
156
47. Tuberculosis
0.25
154
0.97
129
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.25
108
0.01
182
49. Hepatitis B
0.24
91
0.24
90
50. Meningitis
0.21
155
0.14
169
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Greece GREECE   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,124
20.92
4,420
19.23
2. Stroke
14,077
13.94
5,521
24.02
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,282
8.20
157
0.68
4. Lung Cancers
7,355
7.28
1,055
4.59
5. Lung Disease
5,526
5.47
807
3.51
6. Kidney Disease
4,759
4.71
516
2.25
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,940
3.90
71
0.31
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,264
3.23
560
2.44
9. Hypertension
2,922
2.89
627
2.73
10. Parkinson's Disease
2,646
2.62
141
0.61
11. Breast Cancer
2,520
2.50
386
1.68
12. Prostate Cancer
2,023
2.00
259
1.13
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,904
1.89
267
1.16
14. Liver Cancer
1,566
1.55
260
1.13
15. Bladder Cancer
1,551
1.54
163
0.71
16. Stomach Cancer
1,535
1.52
455
1.98
17. Other Injuries
1,453
1.44
183
0.80
18. Leukemia
1,354
1.34
114
0.50
19. Lymphomas
1,268
1.26
96
0.42
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,266
1.25
1,104
4.80
21. Falls
1,245
1.23
78
0.34
22. Road Traffic Accidents
870
0.86
107
0.47
23. Liver Disease
809
0.80
218
0.95
24. Inflammatory/Heart
725
0.72
4,249
18.49
25. Other Neoplasms
679
0.67
19
0.08
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
611
0.61
56
0.24
27. Ovary Cancer
557
0.55
93
0.40
28. Suicide
533
0.53
196
0.85
29. Endocrine Disorders
526
0.52
12
0.05
30. Oral Cancer
440
0.44
72
0.31
31. Skin Cancers
438
0.43
126
0.55
32. Drownings
435
0.43
18
0.08
33. Uterin Cancer
373
0.37
108
0.47
34. Epilepsy
249
0.25
23
0.10
35. Oesophagus Cancer
246
0.24
45
0.20
36. Cervical Cancer
243
0.24
68
0.30
37. Drug Use
193
0.19
9
0.04
38. Congenital Anomalies
174
0.17
29
0.13
39. Fires
146
0.14
11
0.05
40. Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.13
21
0.09
41. Low Birth Weight
127
0.13
73
0.32
42. Violence
104
0.10
31
0.13
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.10
13
0.06
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
95
0.09
1
0.00
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
67
0.07
0
0.00
46. Tuberculosis
66
0.07
32
0.14
47. Hepatitis B
56
0.06
7
0.03
48. Skin Disease
56
0.06
1
0.00
49. Alcohol
50
0.05
14
0.06
50. HIV/AIDS
47
0.05
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
31.93
10
2. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
22.40
40
3. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
17.47
77
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
16.77
15
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
8.02
21
6. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
13.66
14
7. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
7.85
48
8. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
4.82
12
9. Leukemia
5.01
18
3.83
79
10. Lymphomas
4.87
84
3.03
146
11. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
5.54
50
12. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
6.29
10
13. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
4.36
133
14. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
2.27
117
15. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
4.00
13
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
1.42
131
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.