WORLD HEALTH REVIEW NORTH KOREA VS YEMEN

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Compare North Korea and Yemen 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.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

North Korea Population Pyramid

26,561,614

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Yemen Population Pyramid

48,080,012

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	NORTH KOREA				YEMEN
	NORTH KOREA						YEMEN
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	53.8	57.1	55.4	76	77	76	34.5	34.9	34.7	164	167	166
1970	59.5	64.5	62.0	72	70	71	38.5	38.9	38.7	164	167	167
1980	64.6	71.0	67.8	63	63	63	46.9	47.4	47.1	150	158	155
1990	66.5	73.6	69.9	71	62	66	53.8	55.2	54.5	146	150	150
2000	61.1	69.3	65.4	122	115	117	59.5	62.2	60.8	131	131	131
2010	65.4	72.4	69.0	115	110	110	63.1	65.8	64.4	129	135	134
2019	69.3	75.7	72.6	109	97	106	64.4	68.9	66.6	136	139	137

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	NORTH KOREA				YEMEN
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	69.3	75.7	109	97	64.4	68.9	136	139
Age	69.3	75.7	109	97	64.4	68.9	136	139
Age 5	70.6	76.8	116	98	68.7	72.8	137	134
Age 10	70.7	77.0	116	98	69.1	73.3	136	134
Age 15	70.9	77.1	118	98	69.5	73.6	137	134
Age 20	71.2	77.2	117	98	69.9	73.9	137	134
Age 25	71.6	77.4	115	99	70.7	74.2	129	133
Age 30	72.0	77.5	116	100	71.3	74.6	123	132
Age 35	72.4	77.8	116	99	71.9	75.0	122	132
Age 40	72.8	78.1	119	99	72.6	75.4	122	134
Age 45	73.4	78.5	120	97	73.3	76.0	122	135
Age 50	74.2	79.0	121	97	74.2	76.7	123	137
Age 55	75.3	79.8	124	96	75.3	77.6	123	140
Age 60	76.8	80.8	122	97	76.8	78.7	124	139
Age 65	78.6	82.0	119	94	78.6	80.2	120	141
Age 70	80.8	83.6	120	91	80.8	82.0	121	137
Age 75	83.4	85.5	118	87	83.4	84.2	121	133
Age 80	86.4	87.8	113	85	86.3	86.9	121	131
Age 85	89.7	90.5	104	77	89.6	90.1	119	128

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		NORTH KOREA		YEMEN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Stroke	162.14	15	127.49	32
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	105.37	99	278.48	14
3.	Lung Disease	87.71	5	30.33	49
4.	Tuberculosis	57.14	16	9.58	68
5.	Lung Cancers	37.70	4	4.89	137
6.	Influenza and Pneumonia	22.75	104	44.65	63
7.	Road Traffic Accidents	22.21	64	34.92	36
8.	Hypertension	18.24	92	52.65	11
9.	Liver Cancer	16.66	12	4.88	102
10.	Alzheimers & Dementia	16.26	122	19.18	65
11.	Liver Disease	14.33	111	21.23	84
12.	Kidney Disease	12.98	129	22.46	95
13.	Stomach Cancer	11.99	21	7.79	67
14.	Diabetes Mellitus	11.82	137	15.42	120
15.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	10.37	70	7.78	107
16.	Suicide	8.20	95	7.06	115
17.	Breast Cancer	7.80	177	14.77	121
18.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	6.87	15	4.35	21
19.	Falls	6.34	79	6.19	82
20.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	5.64	51	7.19	30
21.	Other Injuries	5.48	125	8.91	78
22.	Pancreas Cancer	4.85	68	2.35	134
23.	Asthma	4.81	90	17.56	26
24.	Drownings	4.46	35	3.37	65
25.	Low Birth Weight	4.39	98	12.37	16
26.	Cervical Cancer	4.11	136	1.52	178
27.	Violence	3.97	101	10.22	49
28.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.80	49	6.92	24
29.	Congenital Anomalies	3.79	139	8.06	29
30.	Parkinson's Disease	3.78	113	4.06	95
31.	Leukemia	3.44	99	3.41	101
32.	Ovary Cancer	2.96	147	2.25	166
33.	Birth Trauma	2.66	86	8.05	39
34.	HIV/AIDS	2.53	100	1.93	107
35.	Inflammatory/Heart	2.40	153	3.58	121
36.	Prostate Cancer	2.38	178	0.88	183
37.	Lymphomas	1.84	175	2.30	168
38.	Diarrhoeal diseases	1.70	109	13.11	64
39.	Oral Cancer	1.62	152	3.26	77
40.	Bladder Cancer	1.61	120	1.50	129
41.	Endocrine Disorders	1.60	160	2.84	118
42.	Poisonings	1.29	64	1.93	46
43.	Malnutrition	1.25	93	4.37	57
44.	Drug Use	1.24	89	2.68	29
45.	Maternal Conditions	1.02	84	3.12	56
46.	Alcohol	1.00	116	0.44	145
47.	Epilepsy	0.98	137	1.86	77
48.	Fires	0.90	118	4.01	27
49.	Meningitis	0.81	89	3.13	52
50.	Uterin Cancer	0.78	168	0.05	181

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		NORTH KOREA		YEMEN
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Stroke	49,648	23.17	13,570	8.72
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	31,342	14.63	30,158	19.39
3.	Lung Disease	26,178	12.22	3,196	2.05
4.	Tuberculosis	17,417	8.13	1,899	1.22
5.	Lung Cancers	11,893	5.55	569	0.37
6.	Influenza and Pneumonia	6,231	2.91	11,978	7.70
7.	Road Traffic Accidents	6,210	2.90	8,561	5.50
8.	Hypertension	5,368	2.51	5,293	3.40
9.	Liver Cancer	5,326	2.49	609	0.39
10.	Liver Disease	4,506	2.10	2,891	1.86
11.	Alzheimers & Dementia	4,340	2.03	1,405	0.90
12.	Kidney Disease	3,959	1.85	2,679	1.72
13.	Stomach Cancer	3,771	1.76	902	0.58
14.	Diabetes Mellitus	3,671	1.71	1,794	1.15
15.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	3,232	1.51	913	0.59
16.	Suicide	2,407	1.12	1,699	1.09
17.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	2,093	0.98	707	0.45
18.	Falls	1,801	0.84	1,170	0.75
19.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	1,712	0.80	833	0.54
20.	Other Injuries	1,531	0.71	2,225	1.43
21.	Pancreas Cancer	1,525	0.71	283	0.18
22.	Asthma	1,439	0.67	2,106	1.35
23.	Breast Cancer	1,366	0.64	1,134	0.73
24.	Oesophagus Cancer	1,222	0.57	765	0.49
25.	Low Birth Weight	1,208	0.56	8,810	5.66
26.	Parkinson's Disease	1,155	0.54	362	0.23
27.	Drownings	1,126	0.53	1,142	0.73
28.	Violence	1,082	0.50	2,839	1.83
29.	Congenital Anomalies	991	0.46	4,291	2.76
30.	Leukemia	965	0.45	776	0.50
31.	HIV/AIDS	753	0.35	396	0.25
32.	Birth Trauma	736	0.34	5,939	3.82
33.	Cervical Cancer	704	0.33	119	0.08
34.	Inflammatory/Heart	684	0.32	585	0.38
35.	Lymphomas	560	0.26	433	0.28
36.	Ovary Cancer	532	0.25	188	0.12
37.	Oral Cancer	513	0.24	547	0.35
38.	Bladder Cancer	500	0.23	160	0.10
39.	Endocrine Disorders	452	0.21	738	0.47
40.	Diarrhoeal diseases	374	0.17	4,372	2.81
41.	Poisonings	366	0.17	532	0.34
42.	Drug Use	356	0.17	613	0.39
43.	Malnutrition	317	0.15	1,058	0.68
44.	Alcohol	304	0.14	78	0.05
45.	Epilepsy	266	0.12	539	0.35
46.	Fires	253	0.12	991	0.64
47.	Maternal Conditions	252	0.12	890	0.57
48.	Prostate Cancer	219	0.10	39	0.03
49.	Meningitis	207	0.10	1,018	0.65
50.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	198	0.09	14	0.01

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		NORTH KOREA		YEMEN
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Lung Cancers	37.70	4	4.89	137
2.	Liver Cancer	16.66	12	4.88	102
3.	Stomach Cancer	11.99	21	7.79	67
4.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	10.37	70	7.78	107
5.	Breast Cancer	7.80	177	14.77	121
6.	Pancreas Cancer	4.85	68	2.35	134
7.	Cervical Cancer	4.11	136	1.52	178
8.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.80	49	6.92	24
9.	Leukemia	3.44	99	3.41	101
10.	Ovary Cancer	2.96	147	2.25	166
11.	Prostate Cancer	2.38	178	0.88	183
12.	Lymphomas	1.84	175	2.30	168
13.	Oral Cancer	1.62	152	3.26	77
14.	Bladder Cancer	1.61	120	1.50	129
15.	Uterin Cancer	0.78	168	0.05	181
16.	Skin Cancers	0.55	160	0.81	144

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.