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Greece
COUNTRY #1
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GREECE VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Greece 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
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%
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
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 Korea NORTH KOREA
  Greece GREECE   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
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
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
83.6
27
23
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
78.6
83.6
27
23
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
79.0
83.9
30
25
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
79.0
83.9
30
25
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
79.0
83.9
30
25
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
79.1
84.0
30
26
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
79.3
84.0
30
26
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
79.4
84.1
31
26
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
79.6
84.2
32
26
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
79.8
84.3
32
27
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
80.1
84.4
33
27
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
80.5
84.7
32
27
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
81.1
85.0
33
27
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
82.1
85.5
33
28
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
83.4
86.1
31
27
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
84.8
86.8
25
29
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
86.7
87.9
18
32
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.7
89.1
14
41
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
91.2
90.9
14
59
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63.02
148
105.37
99
2. Stroke
35.72
144
162.14
15
3. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
37.70
4
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.43
121
22.75
104
5. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
7.80
177
6. Lung Disease
13.43
149
87.71
5
7. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
2.38
178
8. Kidney Disease
12.11
134
12.98
129
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
10.37
70
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.74
156
16.26
122
11. Hypertension
7.48
146
18.24
92
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
4.85
68
13. Road Traffic Accidents
6.68
140
22.21
64
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.56
16
3.78
113
15. Other Injuries
6.19
117
5.48
125
16. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
11.99
21
17. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
16.66
12
18. Leukemia
5.01
18
3.44
99
19. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
1.61
120
20. Lymphomas
4.87
84
1.84
175
21. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
2.96
147
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.49
173
11.82
137
23. Liver Disease
3.87
173
14.33
111
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.67
117
2.40
153
25. Suicide
3.63
156
8.20
95
26. Falls
3.05
146
6.34
79
27. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
0.78
168
28. Endocrine Disorders
2.60
127
1.60
160
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.37
171
3.79
139
30. Low Birth Weight
2.25
143
4.39
98
31. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
4.11
136
32. Drownings
2.08
114
4.46
35
33. Drug Use
1.95
47
1.24
89
34. Other Neoplasms
1.91
54
0.14
180
35. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
1.62
152
36. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
0.55
160
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.60
129
5.64
51
38. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
3.80
49
39. Epilepsy
0.99
136
0.98
137
40. Violence
0.86
160
3.97
101
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
20
0.13
135
42. Fires
0.54
137
0.90
118
43. HIV/AIDS
0.38
129
2.53
100
44. Alcohol
0.33
158
1.00
116
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.29
171
6.87
15
46. Birth Trauma
0.28
174
2.66
86
47. Tuberculosis
0.25
154
57.14
16
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.25
108
0.65
30
49. Hepatitis B
0.24
91
0.23
94
50. Meningitis
0.21
155
0.81
89
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Greece GREECE   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,124
20.92
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
14,077
13.94
49,648
23.17
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,282
8.20
6,231
2.91
4. Lung Cancers
7,355
7.28
11,893
5.55
5. Lung Disease
5,526
5.47
26,178
12.22
6. Kidney Disease
4,759
4.71
3,959
1.85
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,940
3.90
4,340
2.03
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,264
3.23
3,232
1.51
9. Hypertension
2,922
2.89
5,368
2.51
10. Parkinson's Disease
2,646
2.62
1,155
0.54
11. Breast Cancer
2,520
2.50
1,366
0.64
12. Prostate Cancer
2,023
2.00
219
0.10
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,904
1.89
1,525
0.71
14. Liver Cancer
1,566
1.55
5,326
2.49
15. Bladder Cancer
1,551
1.54
500
0.23
16. Stomach Cancer
1,535
1.52
3,771
1.76
17. Other Injuries
1,453
1.44
1,531
0.71
18. Leukemia
1,354
1.34
965
0.45
19. Lymphomas
1,268
1.26
560
0.26
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,266
1.25
3,671
1.71
21. Falls
1,245
1.23
1,801
0.84
22. Road Traffic Accidents
870
0.86
6,210
2.90
23. Liver Disease
809
0.80
4,506
2.10
24. Inflammatory/Heart
725
0.72
684
0.32
25. Other Neoplasms
679
0.67
44
0.02
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
611
0.61
1,712
0.80
27. Ovary Cancer
557
0.55
532
0.25
28. Suicide
533
0.53
2,407
1.12
29. Endocrine Disorders
526
0.52
452
0.21
30. Oral Cancer
440
0.44
513
0.24
31. Skin Cancers
438
0.43
168
0.08
32. Drownings
435
0.43
1,126
0.53
33. Uterin Cancer
373
0.37
138
0.06
34. Epilepsy
249
0.25
266
0.12
35. Oesophagus Cancer
246
0.24
1,222
0.57
36. Cervical Cancer
243
0.24
704
0.33
37. Drug Use
193
0.19
356
0.17
38. Congenital Anomalies
174
0.17
991
0.46
39. Fires
146
0.14
253
0.12
40. Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.13
40
0.02
41. Low Birth Weight
127
0.13
1,208
0.56
42. Violence
104
0.10
1,082
0.50
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.10
2,093
0.98
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
95
0.09
374
0.17
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
67
0.07
198
0.09
46. Tuberculosis
66
0.07
17,417
8.13
47. Hepatitis B
56
0.06
68
0.03
48. Skin Disease
56
0.06
158
0.07
49. Alcohol
50
0.05
304
0.14
50. HIV/AIDS
47
0.05
753
0.35
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
37.70
4
2. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
7.80
177
3. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
2.38
178
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
10.37
70
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
4.85
68
6. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
11.99
21
7. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
16.66
12
8. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
1.61
120
9. Leukemia
5.01
18
3.44
99
10. Lymphomas
4.87
84
1.84
175
11. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
2.96
147
12. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
0.78
168
13. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
4.11
136
14. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
1.62
152
15. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
0.55
160
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
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.