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Latvia
COUNTRY #1
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
LATVIA VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Latvia 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
Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
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South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
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
  Latvia LATVIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Latvia LATVIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
70.6
79.8
94
51
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
27.78
183
2. Stroke
99.14
74
25.48
155
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
1.55
172
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
6.10
155
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
20.90
49
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
3.45
163
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
6.59
180
8. Suicide
16.06
24
21.16
12
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
10.56
68
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
7.50
148
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
25.21
100
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
3.88
154
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
9.13
50
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
6.84
160
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
7.34
34
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
11.04
154
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
2.84
149
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
1.34
97
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
8.14
175
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
5.76
150
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
2.29
160
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
9.92
142
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.60
154
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
3.72
131
25. Drownings
5.64
21
0.71
161
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
0.89
165
27. Falls
4.77
106
3.34
142
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.74
111
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
2.65
138
30. Violence
4.15
98
0.68
170
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
12.57
21
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
0.11
155
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
1.84
115
34. Fires
3.48
36
0.33
159
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
0.54
171
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
0.60
157
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
1.89
55
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
1.82
181
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
1.93
110
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
3.78
114
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.17
65
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
2.11
148
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
0.72
166
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
0.20
181
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
0.67
126
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
0.23
175
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
0.15
158
48. Asthma
0.88
139
1.08
129
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.05
57
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.01
178
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
28,043
11.19
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
25,596
10.21
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
3,711
1.48
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
20,293
8.10
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
1,325
0.53
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
10,180
4.06
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
12,145
4.85
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
6,812
2.72
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
26,650
10.63
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
2,880
1.15
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
8,625
3.44
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
2,316
0.92
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
6,994
2.79
14. Suicide
384
1.42
14,636
5.84
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
6,348
2.53
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
3,634
1.45
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
10,107
4.03
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
8,526
3.40
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
3,477
1.39
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
1,768
0.71
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
1,081
0.43
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
1,457
0.58
23. Falls
201
0.74
2,934
1.17
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
1,330
0.53
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
2,140
0.85
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
11,589
4.62
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
4,399
1.76
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
1,807
0.72
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
420
0.17
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
585
0.23
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
540
0.22
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
1,733
0.69
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
1,065
0.42
34. Drownings
127
0.47
501
0.20
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
3,951
1.58
36. Fires
103
0.38
263
0.10
37. Violence
94
0.35
386
0.15
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
704
0.28
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
84
0.03
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
1,950
0.78
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
1,891
0.75
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
168
0.07
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
518
0.21
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
49
0.02
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
524
0.21
46. Asthma
42
0.16
1,150
0.46
47. Drug Use
41
0.15
154
0.06
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
224
0.09
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
115
0.05
50. Multiple Sclerosis
20
0.07
11
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
6.10
155
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
20.90
49
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
6.59
180
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
10.56
68
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
9.13
50
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
7.34
34
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
2.84
149
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
2.29
160
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.60
154
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
3.72
131
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
0.89
165
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.74
111
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
2.65
138
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
12.57
21
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
1.84
115
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
0.60
157
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.