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Myanmar
COUNTRY #1
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MYANMAR VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Myanmar 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
Myanmar Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Myanmar MYANMAR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Myanmar MYANMAR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    42.4
    45.4
    43.9
    126
    127
    125
    		  
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    49.8
    53.6
    51.7
    120
    115
    117
    		  
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    55.4
    59.4
    57.3
    121
    119
    118
    		  
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    57.0
    61.1
    59.0
    133
    129
    132
    		  
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    60.2
    64.1
    62.1
    126
    127
    130
    		  
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    63.5
    67.3
    65.4
    127
    133
    131
    		  
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    65.9
    72.2
    69.1
    133
    121
    126
    		  
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Myanmar MYANMAR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    65.9
    72.2
    133
    121
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    69.3
    75.2
    133
    115
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    69.4
    75.3
    135
    115
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    69.6
    75.5
    136
    115
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    69.9
    75.6
    136
    115
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    70.4
    75.9
    135
    115
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    70.8
    76.1
    134
    114
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    71.3
    76.4
    134
    114
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    71.8
    76.8
    134
    112
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    72.5
    77.3
    135
    111
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    73.4
    77.9
    138
    111
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    74.7
    78.7
    138
    108
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    76.2
    79.6
    139
    107
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    78.1
    80.9
    143
    107
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    80.3
    82.4
    140
    110
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    83.0
    84.5
    142
    112
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    86.0
    87.0
    139
    120
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    89.4
    90.1
    135
    121
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Myanmar MYANMAR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Stroke
    185.28
    7
    25.48
    155
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    90.33
    123
    27.78
    183
    3. Lung Disease
    73.61
    9
    8.14
    175
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    48.14
    42
    6.84
    160
    5. Influenza and Pneumonia
    40.28
    67
    25.21
    100
    6. Tuberculosis
    38.12
    27
    1.93
    110
    7. Liver Disease
    33.29
    50
    7.50
    148
    8. Asthma
    24.48
    11
    1.08
    129
    9. Kidney Disease
    23.48
    89
    9.92
    142
    10. Road Traffic Accidents
    20.94
    71
    5.76
    150
    11. Hypertension
    20.51
    79
    3.45
    163
    12. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.12
    104
    11.04
    154
    13. Diarrhoeal diseases
    17.00
    61
    0.91
    139
    14. Lung Cancers
    16.58
    74
    20.90
    49
    15. Cervical Cancer
    14.20
    59
    2.29
    160
    16. HIV/AIDS
    13.93
    50
    0.11
    155
    17. Falls
    13.85
    9
    3.34
    142
    18. Stomach Cancer
    11.58
    26
    9.13
    50
    19. Breast Cancer
    11.49
    147
    6.59
    180
    20. Liver Cancer
    10.79
    27
    12.57
    21
    21. Low Birth Weight
    8.91
    46
    1.62
    152
    22. Oral Cancer
    8.77
    8
    1.60
    154
    23. Measles
    8.71
    8
    0.00
    160
    24. Birth Trauma
    7.82
    43
    0.39
    164
    25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.75
    122
    10.56
    68
    26. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.70
    25
    1.84
    115
    27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    6.05
    47
    0.54
    171
    28. Other Injuries
    5.48
    124
    3.88
    154
    29. Congenital Anomalies
    5.25
    108
    1.82
    181
    30. Parkinson's Disease
    4.36
    78
    3.78
    114
    31. Drownings
    4.24
    40
    0.71
    161
    32. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.16
    110
    1.55
    172
    33. Violence
    3.92
    102
    0.68
    170
    34. Ovary Cancer
    3.69
    122
    2.84
    149
    35. Lymphomas
    3.11
    142
    3.72
    131
    36. Leukemia
    3.05
    119
    2.65
    138
    37. Maternal Conditions
    3.00
    58
    0.07
    158
    38. Suicide
    2.96
    162
    21.16
    12
    39. Endocrine Disorders
    2.91
    116
    2.11
    148
    40. Malnutrition
    2.65
    78
    0.09
    158
    41. Prostate Cancer
    2.63
    177
    6.10
    155
    42. Pertussis
    2.43
    32
    0.03
    116
    43. Skin Cancers
    2.27
    64
    0.60
    157
    44. Skin Disease
    2.02
    63
    0.67
    126
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2.00
    71
    0.23
    175
    46. Pancreas Cancer
    1.68
    149
    7.34
    34
    47. Bladder Cancer
    1.46
    130
    1.74
    111
    48. Poisonings
    1.44
    60
    0.15
    158
    49. War
    1.26
    17
    0.01
    177
    50. Epilepsy
    1.02
    134
    0.72
    166
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Myanmar MYANMAR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Stroke
    71,440
    19.81
    25,596
    10.21
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    34,871
    9.67
    28,043
    11.19
    3. Lung Disease
    26,531
    7.36
    8,526
    3.40
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    19,944
    5.53
    6,812
    2.72
    5. Tuberculosis
    19,299
    5.35
    1,950
    0.78
    6. Liver Disease
    17,143
    4.75
    6,348
    2.53
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16,726
    4.64
    26,650
    10.63
    8. Road Traffic Accidents
    11,004
    3.05
    4,399
    1.76
    9. Kidney Disease
    9,924
    2.75
    10,107
    4.03
    10. Asthma
    9,557
    2.65
    1,150
    0.46
    11. Hypertension
    7,843
    2.18
    3,711
    1.48
    12. HIV/AIDS
    7,707
    2.14
    84
    0.03
    13. Lung Cancers
    7,558
    2.10
    20,293
    8.10
    14. Diarrhoeal diseases
    7,237
    2.01
    929
    0.37
    15. Low Birth Weight
    7,125
    1.98
    370
    0.15
    16. Birth Trauma
    6,169
    1.71
    88
    0.04
    17. Falls
    5,686
    1.58
    2,934
    1.17
    18. Stomach Cancer
    5,343
    1.48
    8,625
    3.44
    19. Liver Cancer
    5,215
    1.45
    11,589
    4.62
    20. Alzheimers & Dementia
    5,082
    1.41
    12,145
    4.85
    21. Measles
    4,465
    1.24
    0
    0.00
    22. Oral Cancer
    4,209
    1.17
    1,457
    0.58
    23. Cervical Cancer
    3,945
    1.09
    1,065
    0.42
    24. Congenital Anomalies
    3,679
    1.02
    518
    0.21
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    3,325
    0.92
    1,733
    0.69
    26. Breast Cancer
    3,192
    0.89
    2,880
    1.15
    27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    2,996
    0.83
    10,180
    4.06
    28. Other Injuries
    2,762
    0.77
    3,634
    1.45
    29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,558
    0.71
    540
    0.22
    30. Drownings
    2,212
    0.61
    501
    0.20
    31. Violence
    2,124
    0.59
    386
    0.15
    32. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,702
    0.47
    1,325
    0.53
    33. Maternal Conditions
    1,681
    0.47
    34
    0.01
    34. Suicide
    1,565
    0.43
    14,636
    5.84
    35. Leukemia
    1,546
    0.43
    2,140
    0.85
    36. Lymphomas
    1,472
    0.41
    3,477
    1.39
    37. Parkinson's Disease
    1,450
    0.40
    3,951
    1.58
    38. Endocrine Disorders
    1,265
    0.35
    1,891
    0.75
    39. Pertussis
    1,244
    0.35
    6
    0.00
    40. Ovary Cancer
    1,053
    0.29
    1,330
    0.53
    41. Skin Cancers
    962
    0.27
    585
    0.23
    42. Malnutrition
    945
    0.26
    88
    0.04
    43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    893
    0.25
    224
    0.09
    44. Pancreas Cancer
    743
    0.21
    6,994
    2.79
    45. Skin Disease
    734
    0.20
    704
    0.28
    46. Poisonings
    728
    0.20
    115
    0.05
    47. War
    688
    0.19
    5
    0.00
    48. Bladder Cancer
    573
    0.16
    1,768
    0.71
    49. Meningitis
    550
    0.15
    51
    0.02
    50. Epilepsy
    524
    0.15
    524
    0.21
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Myanmar MYANMAR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    16.58
    74
    20.90
    49
    2. Cervical Cancer
    14.20
    59
    2.29
    160
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.58
    26
    9.13
    50
    4. Breast Cancer
    11.49
    147
    6.59
    180
    5. Liver Cancer
    10.79
    27
    12.57
    21
    6. Oral Cancer
    8.77
    8
    1.60
    154
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.75
    122
    10.56
    68
    8. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.70
    25
    1.84
    115
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.69
    122
    2.84
    149
    10. Lymphomas
    3.11
    142
    3.72
    131
    11. Leukemia
    3.05
    119
    2.65
    138
    12. Prostate Cancer
    2.63
    177
    6.10
    155
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.27
    64
    0.60
    157
    14. Pancreas Cancer
    1.68
    149
    7.34
    34
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.46
    130
    1.74
    111
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.94
    163
    0.89
    165
    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.