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Israel
COUNTRY #1
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ISRAEL VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Israel 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
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Israel Population Pyramid
12,720,415
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
  Israel ISRAEL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Israel ISRAEL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
70.2
73.2
71.7
5
14
5
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
69.6
73.0
71.2
7
33
16
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
72.1
75.6
73.8
11
25
16
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
3
21
12
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
76.8
80.8
78.9
5
18
9
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
79.7
83.6
81.7
3
9
8
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
80.8
84.4
82.6
10
12
9
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Israel ISRAEL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.4
10
12
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
80.8
84.4
10
12
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
81.1
84.6
8
12
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
81.2
84.6
8
12
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
81.2
84.7
8
12
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
81.3
84.7
8
12
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
81.4
84.8
8
12
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
81.6
84.8
7
12
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
81.7
84.9
9
12
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
81.9
85.0
9
13
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
82.1
85.2
10
14
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
82.5
85.4
9
14
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
82.9
85.6
8
14
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
83.6
86.0
9
14
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
84.5
86.6
9
15
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
85.6
87.3
10
17
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
87.0
88.3
10
19
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.9
89.6
10
21
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
91.1
91.4
17
31
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Israel ISRAEL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
34.58
180
105.37
99
2. Breast Cancer
19.51
54
7.80
177
3. Lung Cancers
17.55
70
37.70
4
4. Stroke
16.79
180
162.14
15
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.75
111
16.26
122
6. Kidney Disease
16.54
118
12.98
129
7. Diabetes Mellitus
13.96
132
11.82
137
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.94
54
10.37
70
9. Lung Disease
11.05
162
87.71
5
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
162
22.75
104
11. Prostate Cancer
8.58
136
2.38
178
12. Pancreas Cancer
8.52
15
4.85
68
13. Lymphomas
7.57
13
1.84
175
14. Endocrine Disorders
7.51
30
1.60
160
15. Other Injuries
6.22
116
5.48
125
16. Ovary Cancer
5.43
53
2.96
147
17. Suicide
5.15
139
8.20
95
18. Leukemia
4.99
20
3.44
99
19. Stomach Cancer
4.83
114
11.99
21
20. Road Traffic Accidents
3.93
163
22.21
64
21. Bladder Cancer
3.59
37
1.61
120
22. Other Neoplasms
3.08
30
0.14
180
23. Liver Cancer
2.97
168
16.66
12
24. Uterin Cancer
2.91
62
0.78
168
25. Congenital Anomalies
2.84
160
3.79
139
26. Skin Cancers
2.83
37
0.55
160
27. Liver Disease
2.66
178
14.33
111
28. Parkinson's Disease
2.60
151
3.78
113
29. Skin Disease
2.47
39
0.58
138
30. Cervical Cancer
2.43
158
4.11
136
31. Hypertension
2.36
174
18.24
92
32. Inflammatory/Heart
1.79
167
2.40
153
33. Oral Cancer
1.29
169
1.62
152
34. Violence
1.27
141
3.97
101
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.16
130
1.70
109
36. Oesophagus Cancer
1.14
148
3.80
49
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.10
109
6.87
15
38. Epilepsy
1.09
130
0.98
137
39. Asthma
0.99
135
4.81
90
40. Falls
0.89
182
6.34
79
41. Anemia
0.89
15
0.00
91
42. Low Birth Weight
0.77
172
4.39
98
43. Drug Use
0.69
143
1.24
89
44. Schizophrenia
0.66
4
0.00
88
45. Drownings
0.43
176
4.46
35
46. Alcohol
0.42
149
1.00
116
47. Hepatitis C
0.38
25
0.03
126
48. Multiple Sclerosis
0.38
42
0.13
135
49. Birth Trauma
0.29
173
2.66
86
50. HIV/AIDS
0.28
136
2.53
100
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Israel ISRAEL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,122
14.57
31,342
14.63
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,996
8.52
4,340
2.03
3. Kidney Disease
2,437
6.93
3,959
1.85
4. Stroke
2,431
6.91
49,648
23.17
5. Lung Cancers
2,026
5.76
11,893
5.55
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,913
5.44
3,671
1.71
7. Lung Disease
1,546
4.40
26,178
12.22
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,519
4.32
6,231
2.91
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,510
4.29
3,232
1.51
10. Breast Cancer
1,237
3.52
1,366
0.64
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,023
2.91
1,525
0.71
12. Endocrine Disorders
1,002
2.85
452
0.21
13. Lymphomas
925
2.63
560
0.26
14. Other Injuries
828
2.36
1,531
0.71
15. Leukemia
612
1.74
965
0.45
16. Stomach Cancer
565
1.61
3,771
1.76
17. Prostate Cancer
521
1.48
219
0.10
18. Bladder Cancer
496
1.41
500
0.23
19. Suicide
453
1.29
2,407
1.12
20. Other Neoplasms
420
1.19
44
0.02
21. Hypertension
400
1.14
5,368
2.51
22. Parkinson's Disease
398
1.13
1,155
0.54
23. Skin Cancers
379
1.08
168
0.08
24. Skin Disease
368
1.05
158
0.07
25. Liver Cancer
345
0.98
5,326
2.49
26. Road Traffic Accidents
333
0.95
6,210
2.90
27. Ovary Cancer
323
0.92
532
0.25
28. Liver Disease
292
0.83
4,506
2.10
29. Congenital Anomalies
291
0.83
991
0.46
30. Inflammatory/Heart
214
0.61
684
0.32
31. Uterin Cancer
202
0.57
138
0.06
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
166
0.47
374
0.17
33. Oral Cancer
150
0.43
513
0.24
34. Anemia
149
0.42
0
0.00
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
144
0.41
2,093
0.98
36. Asthma
142
0.40
1,439
0.67
37. Oesophagus Cancer
138
0.39
1,222
0.57
38. Cervical Cancer
133
0.38
704
0.33
39. Falls
123
0.35
1,801
0.84
40. Epilepsy
109
0.31
266
0.12
41. Violence
104
0.30
1,082
0.50
42. Low Birth Weight
94
0.27
1,208
0.56
43. Drug Use
67
0.19
356
0.17
44. Schizophrenia
66
0.19
0
0.00
45. Hepatitis C
39
0.11
10
0.00
46. Malnutrition
39
0.11
317
0.15
47. Alcohol
39
0.11
304
0.14
48. Multiple Sclerosis
39
0.11
40
0.02
49. Drownings
39
0.11
1,126
0.53
50. Birth Trauma
35
0.10
736
0.34
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Israel ISRAEL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
19.51
54
7.80
177
2. Lung Cancers
17.55
70
37.70
4
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.94
54
10.37
70
4. Prostate Cancer
8.58
136
2.38
178
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.52
15
4.85
68
6. Lymphomas
7.57
13
1.84
175
7. Ovary Cancer
5.43
53
2.96
147
8. Leukemia
4.99
20
3.44
99
9. Stomach Cancer
4.83
114
11.99
21
10. Bladder Cancer
3.59
37
1.61
120
11. Liver Cancer
2.97
168
16.66
12
12. Uterin Cancer
2.91
62
0.78
168
13. Skin Cancers
2.83
37
0.55
160
14. Cervical Cancer
2.43
158
4.11
136
15. Oral Cancer
1.29
169
1.62
152
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.14
148
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.