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Israel
COUNTRY #1
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ISRAEL VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Israel and South 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.

South 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   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Israel ISRAEL   South Korea SOUTH 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
    		  
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    69.6
    73.0
    71.2
    7
    33
    16
    		  
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    72.1
    75.6
    73.8
    11
    25
    16
    		  
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    74.9
    78.4
    76.6
    3
    21
    12
    		  
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    76.8
    80.8
    78.9
    5
    18
    9
    		  
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    79.7
    83.6
    81.7
    3
    9
    8
    		  
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    80.8
    84.4
    82.6
    10
    12
    9
    		  
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Israel ISRAEL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.8
    84.4
    10
    12
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    81.1
    84.6
    8
    12
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    81.2
    84.6
    8
    12
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    81.2
    84.7
    8
    12
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    81.3
    84.7
    8
    12
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    81.4
    84.8
    8
    12
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    81.6
    84.8
    7
    12
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    81.7
    84.9
    9
    12
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    81.9
    85.0
    9
    13
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    82.1
    85.2
    10
    14
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    82.5
    85.4
    9
    14
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    82.9
    85.6
    8
    14
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    83.6
    86.0
    9
    14
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    84.5
    86.6
    9
    15
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    85.6
    87.3
    10
    17
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    87.0
    88.3
    10
    19
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    88.9
    89.6
    10
    21
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    91.1
    91.4
    17
    31
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Israel ISRAEL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    34.58
    180
    27.78
    183
    2. Breast Cancer
    19.51
    54
    6.59
    180
    3. Lung Cancers
    17.55
    70
    20.90
    49
    4. Stroke
    16.79
    180
    25.48
    155
    5. Alzheimers & Dementia
    16.75
    111
    11.04
    154
    6. Kidney Disease
    16.54
    118
    9.92
    142
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    13.96
    132
    6.84
    160
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.94
    54
    10.56
    68
    9. Lung Disease
    11.05
    162
    8.14
    175
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    9.67
    162
    25.21
    100
    11. Prostate Cancer
    8.58
    136
    6.10
    155
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    8.52
    15
    7.34
    34
    13. Lymphomas
    7.57
    13
    3.72
    131
    14. Endocrine Disorders
    7.51
    30
    2.11
    148
    15. Other Injuries
    6.22
    116
    3.88
    154
    16. Ovary Cancer
    5.43
    53
    2.84
    149
    17. Suicide
    5.15
    139
    21.16
    12
    18. Leukemia
    4.99
    20
    2.65
    138
    19. Stomach Cancer
    4.83
    114
    9.13
    50
    20. Road Traffic Accidents
    3.93
    163
    5.76
    150
    21. Bladder Cancer
    3.59
    37
    1.74
    111
    22. Other Neoplasms
    3.08
    30
    1.89
    55
    23. Liver Cancer
    2.97
    168
    12.57
    21
    24. Uterin Cancer
    2.91
    62
    0.89
    165
    25. Congenital Anomalies
    2.84
    160
    1.82
    181
    26. Skin Cancers
    2.83
    37
    0.60
    157
    27. Liver Disease
    2.66
    178
    7.50
    148
    28. Parkinson's Disease
    2.60
    151
    3.78
    114
    29. Skin Disease
    2.47
    39
    0.67
    126
    30. Cervical Cancer
    2.43
    158
    2.29
    160
    31. Hypertension
    2.36
    174
    3.45
    163
    32. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.79
    167
    1.55
    172
    33. Oral Cancer
    1.29
    169
    1.60
    154
    34. Violence
    1.27
    141
    0.68
    170
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.16
    130
    0.91
    139
    36. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.14
    148
    1.84
    115
    37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.10
    109
    0.23
    175
    38. Epilepsy
    1.09
    130
    0.72
    166
    39. Asthma
    0.99
    135
    1.08
    129
    40. Falls
    0.89
    182
    3.34
    142
    41. Anemia
    0.89
    15
    0.30
    41
    42. Low Birth Weight
    0.77
    172
    1.62
    152
    43. Drug Use
    0.69
    143
    0.20
    181
    44. Schizophrenia
    0.66
    4
    0.09
    48
    45. Drownings
    0.43
    176
    0.71
    161
    46. Alcohol
    0.42
    149
    1.34
    97
    47. Hepatitis C
    0.38
    25
    0.17
    65
    48. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.38
    42
    0.01
    178
    49. Birth Trauma
    0.29
    173
    0.39
    164
    50. HIV/AIDS
    0.28
    136
    0.11
    155
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Israel ISRAEL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    5,122
    14.57
    28,043
    11.19
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2,996
    8.52
    12,145
    4.85
    3. Kidney Disease
    2,437
    6.93
    10,107
    4.03
    4. Stroke
    2,431
    6.91
    25,596
    10.21
    5. Lung Cancers
    2,026
    5.76
    20,293
    8.10
    6. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,913
    5.44
    6,812
    2.72
    7. Lung Disease
    1,546
    4.40
    8,526
    3.40
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,519
    4.32
    26,650
    10.63
    9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,510
    4.29
    10,180
    4.06
    10. Breast Cancer
    1,237
    3.52
    2,880
    1.15
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    1,023
    2.91
    6,994
    2.79
    12. Endocrine Disorders
    1,002
    2.85
    1,891
    0.75
    13. Lymphomas
    925
    2.63
    3,477
    1.39
    14. Other Injuries
    828
    2.36
    3,634
    1.45
    15. Leukemia
    612
    1.74
    2,140
    0.85
    16. Stomach Cancer
    565
    1.61
    8,625
    3.44
    17. Prostate Cancer
    521
    1.48
    2,316
    0.92
    18. Bladder Cancer
    496
    1.41
    1,768
    0.71
    19. Suicide
    453
    1.29
    14,636
    5.84
    20. Other Neoplasms
    420
    1.19
    1,807
    0.72
    21. Hypertension
    400
    1.14
    3,711
    1.48
    22. Parkinson's Disease
    398
    1.13
    3,951
    1.58
    23. Skin Cancers
    379
    1.08
    585
    0.23
    24. Skin Disease
    368
    1.05
    704
    0.28
    25. Liver Cancer
    345
    0.98
    11,589
    4.62
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    333
    0.95
    4,399
    1.76
    27. Ovary Cancer
    323
    0.92
    1,330
    0.53
    28. Liver Disease
    292
    0.83
    6,348
    2.53
    29. Congenital Anomalies
    291
    0.83
    518
    0.21
    30. Inflammatory/Heart
    214
    0.61
    1,325
    0.53
    31. Uterin Cancer
    202
    0.57
    420
    0.17
    32. Diarrhoeal diseases
    166
    0.47
    929
    0.37
    33. Oral Cancer
    150
    0.43
    1,457
    0.58
    34. Anemia
    149
    0.42
    329
    0.13
    35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    144
    0.41
    224
    0.09
    36. Asthma
    142
    0.40
    1,150
    0.46
    37. Oesophagus Cancer
    138
    0.39
    1,733
    0.69
    38. Cervical Cancer
    133
    0.38
    1,065
    0.42
    39. Falls
    123
    0.35
    2,934
    1.17
    40. Epilepsy
    109
    0.31
    524
    0.21
    41. Violence
    104
    0.30
    386
    0.15
    42. Low Birth Weight
    94
    0.27
    370
    0.15
    43. Drug Use
    67
    0.19
    154
    0.06
    44. Schizophrenia
    66
    0.19
    77
    0.03
    45. Hepatitis C
    39
    0.11
    168
    0.07
    46. Malnutrition
    39
    0.11
    88
    0.04
    47. Alcohol
    39
    0.11
    1,081
    0.43
    48. Multiple Sclerosis
    39
    0.11
    11
    0.00
    49. Drownings
    39
    0.11
    501
    0.20
    50. Birth Trauma
    35
    0.10
    88
    0.04
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Israel ISRAEL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    19.51
    54
    6.59
    180
    2. Lung Cancers
    17.55
    70
    20.90
    49
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.94
    54
    10.56
    68
    4. Prostate Cancer
    8.58
    136
    6.10
    155
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.52
    15
    7.34
    34
    6. Lymphomas
    7.57
    13
    3.72
    131
    7. Ovary Cancer
    5.43
    53
    2.84
    149
    8. Leukemia
    4.99
    20
    2.65
    138
    9. Stomach Cancer
    4.83
    114
    9.13
    50
    10. Bladder Cancer
    3.59
    37
    1.74
    111
    11. Liver Cancer
    2.97
    168
    12.57
    21
    12. Uterin Cancer
    2.91
    62
    0.89
    165
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.83
    37
    0.60
    157
    14. Cervical Cancer
    2.43
    158
    2.29
    160
    15. Oral Cancer
    1.29
    169
    1.60
    154
    16. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.14
    148
    1.84
    115
    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.