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Philippines
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
PHILIPPINES VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Philippines 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
Philippines Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    51.6
    55.3
    53.4
    85
    83
    85
    		  
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    55.7
    59.2
    57.4
    88
    90
    89
    		  
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    59.4
    63.3
    61.3
    95
    97
    96
    		  
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    63.6
    67.8
    65.6
    102
    107
    106
    		  
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    63.9
    69.9
    66.8
    110
    113
    111
    		  
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    64.8
    71.2
    67.9
    118
    116
    121
    		  
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    67.4
    73.6
    70.4
    124
    113
    119
    		  
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    67.4
    73.6
    124
    113
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    69.6
    75.5
    125
    113
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    69.8
    75.7
    131
    113
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    69.9
    75.8
    131
    113
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    70.1
    75.9
    132
    113
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    70.4
    76.1
    133
    113
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    70.8
    76.3
    133
    112
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    71.3
    76.6
    133
    111
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    71.9
    76.9
    133
    110
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    72.6
    77.4
    134
    110
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    73.4
    78.0
    139
    110
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    74.6
    78.7
    140
    109
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    75.8
    79.6
    147
    109
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    77.6
    80.7
    155
    112
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    79.9
    82.2
    160
    120
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    82.3
    83.7
    169
    158
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    84.8
    85.4
    182
    179
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    86.8
    87.4
    183
    182
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    192.11
    32
    27.78
    183
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    146.92
    6
    25.21
    100
    3. Stroke
    104.08
    66
    25.48
    155
    4. Kidney Disease
    51.96
    10
    9.92
    142
    5. Lung Disease
    51.31
    14
    8.14
    175
    6. Hypertension
    49.65
    16
    3.45
    163
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    44.43
    49
    6.84
    160
    8. Tuberculosis
    26.98
    40
    1.93
    110
    9. Breast Cancer
    21.58
    42
    6.59
    180
    10. Prostate Cancer
    17.74
    76
    6.10
    155
    11. Asthma
    15.56
    36
    1.08
    129
    12. Endocrine Disorders
    15.28
    8
    2.11
    148
    13. Violence
    14.87
    28
    0.68
    170
    14. Lung Cancers
    13.46
    85
    20.90
    49
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    13.42
    109
    5.76
    150
    16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.50
    69
    10.56
    68
    17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    9.95
    12
    0.54
    171
    18. Liver Cancer
    9.73
    30
    12.57
    21
    19. Liver Disease
    8.65
    135
    7.50
    148
    20. Skin Disease
    6.88
    10
    0.67
    126
    21. Cervical Cancer
    6.78
    110
    2.29
    160
    22. Other Neoplasms
    6.71
    5
    1.89
    55
    23. Malnutrition
    6.71
    42
    0.09
    158
    24. Diarrhoeal diseases
    6.44
    75
    0.91
    139
    25. Low Birth Weight
    6.40
    72
    1.62
    152
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    5.74
    95
    1.82
    181
    27. Falls
    5.41
    95
    3.34
    142
    28. Birth Trauma
    5.07
    65
    0.39
    164
    29. Anemia
    4.91
    2
    0.30
    41
    30. Ovary Cancer
    4.41
    93
    2.84
    149
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.37
    96
    1.55
    172
    32. Leukemia
    3.83
    80
    2.65
    138
    33. Other Injuries
    3.79
    156
    3.88
    154
    34. Drownings
    3.74
    53
    0.71
    161
    35. Oral Cancer
    3.74
    62
    1.60
    154
    36. Alzheimers & Dementia
    3.10
    172
    11.04
    154
    37. Pancreas Cancer
    2.81
    120
    7.34
    34
    38. Lymphomas
    2.77
    155
    3.72
    131
    39. Suicide
    2.54
    173
    21.16
    12
    40. Stomach Cancer
    2.47
    171
    9.13
    50
    41. Maternal Conditions
    1.87
    72
    0.07
    158
    42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.81
    75
    0.23
    175
    43. Uterin Cancer
    1.71
    128
    0.89
    165
    44. Pertussis
    1.52
    53
    0.03
    116
    45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    1.22
    5
    0.05
    57
    46. Epilepsy
    1.10
    129
    0.72
    166
    47. Osteoarthritis
    0.99
    2
    0.04
    46
    48. Meningitis
    0.97
    81
    0.07
    181
    49. Syphilis
    0.93
    39
    0.10
    96
    50. Dengue
    0.93
    8
    0.00
    162
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    129,955
    19.27
    28,043
    11.19
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    93,807
    13.91
    26,650
    10.63
    3. Stroke
    74,167
    11.00
    25,596
    10.21
    4. Kidney Disease
    39,380
    5.84
    10,107
    4.03
    5. Hypertension
    34,500
    5.12
    3,711
    1.48
    6. Lung Disease
    32,559
    4.83
    8,526
    3.40
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    32,260
    4.78
    6,812
    2.72
    8. Tuberculosis
    27,061
    4.01
    1,950
    0.78
    9. Violence
    14,835
    2.20
    386
    0.15
    10. Road Traffic Accidents
    13,017
    1.93
    4,399
    1.76
    11. Asthma
    11,404
    1.69
    1,150
    0.46
    12. Endocrine Disorders
    10,464
    1.55
    1,891
    0.75
    13. Lung Cancers
    10,296
    1.53
    20,293
    8.10
    14. Low Birth Weight
    10,141
    1.50
    370
    0.15
    15. Breast Cancer
    9,802
    1.45
    2,880
    1.15
    16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8,063
    1.20
    10,180
    4.06
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    8,051
    1.19
    518
    0.21
    18. Birth Trauma
    7,960
    1.18
    88
    0.04
    19. Liver Cancer
    7,663
    1.14
    11,589
    4.62
    20. Liver Disease
    7,076
    1.05
    6,348
    2.53
    21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    6,865
    1.02
    540
    0.22
    22. Diarrhoeal diseases
    6,189
    0.92
    929
    0.37
    23. Other Neoplasms
    5,146
    0.76
    1,807
    0.72
    24. Malnutrition
    4,311
    0.64
    88
    0.04
    25. Skin Disease
    4,229
    0.63
    704
    0.28
    26. Prostate Cancer
    4,149
    0.62
    2,316
    0.92
    27. Drownings
    3,881
    0.58
    501
    0.20
    28. Falls
    3,861
    0.57
    2,934
    1.17
    29. Leukemia
    3,596
    0.53
    2,140
    0.85
    30. Inflammatory/Heart
    3,545
    0.53
    1,325
    0.53
    31. Other Injuries
    3,536
    0.52
    3,634
    1.45
    32. Anemia
    3,435
    0.51
    329
    0.13
    33. Cervical Cancer
    3,076
    0.46
    1,065
    0.42
    34. Oral Cancer
    2,916
    0.43
    1,457
    0.58
    35. Suicide
    2,325
    0.34
    14,636
    5.84
    36. Lymphomas
    2,279
    0.34
    3,477
    1.39
    37. Pancreas Cancer
    2,121
    0.31
    6,994
    2.79
    38. Maternal Conditions
    2,042
    0.30
    34
    0.01
    39. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2,010
    0.30
    12,145
    4.85
    40. Ovary Cancer
    1,994
    0.30
    1,330
    0.53
    41. Stomach Cancer
    1,868
    0.28
    8,625
    3.44
    42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1,807
    0.27
    224
    0.09
    43. Pertussis
    1,760
    0.26
    6
    0.00
    44. Syphilis
    1,157
    0.17
    27
    0.01
    45. Epilepsy
    1,120
    0.17
    524
    0.21
    46. Dengue
    1,060
    0.16
    0
    0.00
    47. Meningitis
    1,041
    0.15
    51
    0.02
    48. Measles
    894
    0.13
    0
    0.00
    49. War
    817
    0.12
    5
    0.00
    50. Uterin Cancer
    761
    0.11
    420
    0.17
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    21.58
    42
    6.59
    180
    2. Prostate Cancer
    17.74
    76
    6.10
    155
    3. Lung Cancers
    13.46
    85
    20.90
    49
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.50
    69
    10.56
    68
    5. Liver Cancer
    9.73
    30
    12.57
    21
    6. Cervical Cancer
    6.78
    110
    2.29
    160
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.41
    93
    2.84
    149
    8. Leukemia
    3.83
    80
    2.65
    138
    9. Oral Cancer
    3.74
    62
    1.60
    154
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    2.81
    120
    7.34
    34
    11. Lymphomas
    2.77
    155
    3.72
    131
    12. Stomach Cancer
    2.47
    171
    9.13
    50
    13. Uterin Cancer
    1.71
    128
    0.89
    165
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.87
    166
    1.84
    115
    15. Bladder Cancer
    0.82
    164
    1.74
    111
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.52
    161
    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.