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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
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
Israel Population Pyramid
 
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    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 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.