WORLD HEALTH REVIEW POLAND VS NORTH KOREA

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Compare Poland and North 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.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Poland Population Pyramid

33,294,573

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North Korea Population Pyramid

26,561,614

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	POLAND				NORTH KOREA
	POLAND						NORTH KOREA
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	64.9	70.6	67.7	33	31	34	53.8	57.1	55.4	76	77	76
1970	66.6	73.3	69.9	29	29	31	59.5	64.5	62.0	72	70	71
1980	66.0	74.4	70.1	52	33	46	64.6	71.0	67.8	63	63	63
1990	66.5	75.5	70.9	70	40	55	66.5	73.6	69.9	71	62	66
2000	69.5	77.9	73.7	64	38	44	61.1	69.3	65.4	122	115	117
2010	72.1	80.4	76.3	58	33	41	65.4	72.4	69.0	115	110	110
2019	74.5	81.9	78.3	54	35	42	69.3	75.7	72.6	109	97	106

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	POLAND				NORTH KOREA
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	74.5	81.9	54	35	69.3	75.7	109	97
Age	74.5	81.9	54	35	69.3	75.7	109	97
Age 5	74.9	82.2	60	36	70.6	76.8	116	98
Age 10	74.9	82.3	60	36	70.7	77.0	116	98
Age 15	74.9	82.3	60	36	70.9	77.1	118	98
Age 20	75.1	82.4	61	36	71.2	77.2	117	98
Age 25	75.3	82.4	61	36	71.6	77.4	115	99
Age 30	75.5	82.5	62	36	72.0	77.5	116	100
Age 35	75.8	82.6	63	37	72.4	77.8	116	99
Age 40	76.2	82.7	63	37	72.8	78.1	119	99
Age 45	76.6	82.9	65	38	73.4	78.5	120	97
Age 50	77.3	83.2	65	38	74.2	79.0	121	97
Age 55	78.2	83.7	64	39	75.3	79.8	124	96
Age 60	79.5	84.3	61	39	76.8	80.8	122	97
Age 65	81.2	85.2	60	39	78.6	82.0	119	94
Age 70	83.2	86.3	52	39	80.8	83.6	120	91
Age 75	85.3	87.6	54	39	83.4	85.5	118	87
Age 80	87.8	89.2	52	37	86.4	87.8	113	85
Age 85	90.6	91.3	43	35	89.7	90.5	104	77

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		POLAND		NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	125.44	72	105.37	99
2.	Stroke	37.09	141	162.14	15
3.	Lung Cancers	34.89	6	37.70	4
4.	Influenza and Pneumonia	22.64	105	22.75	104
5.	Prostate Cancer	19.88	67	2.38	178
6.	Breast Cancer	18.79	67	7.80	177
7.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	18.53	9	10.37	70
8.	Lung Disease	15.56	137	87.71	5
9.	Liver Disease	14.35	110	14.33	111
10.	Other Neoplasms	11.05	1	0.14	180
11.	Diabetes Mellitus	10.67	143	11.82	137
12.	Alcohol	9.80	8	1.00	116
13.	Suicide	9.30	83	8.20	95
14.	Road Traffic Accidents	8.18	131	22.21	64
15.	Stomach Cancer	7.91	64	11.99	21
16.	Ovary Cancer	7.50	11	2.96	147
17.	Pancreas Cancer	7.25	38	4.85	68
18.	Falls	5.99	84	6.34	79
19.	Bladder Cancer	5.63	5	1.61	120
20.	Lymphomas	5.60	59	1.84	175
21.	Hypertension	5.31	155	18.24	92
22.	Cervical Cancer	5.18	123	4.11	136
23.	Inflammatory/Heart	5.12	84	2.40	153
24.	Oral Cancer	5.03	37	1.62	152
25.	Kidney Disease	4.69	173	12.98	129
26.	Leukemia	4.63	34	3.44	99
27.	Other Injuries	4.61	139	5.48	125
28.	Uterin Cancer	4.52	24	0.78	168
29.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	4.07	68	5.64	51
30.	Alzheimers & Dementia	3.73	169	16.26	122
31.	Congenital Anomalies	3.40	148	3.79	139
32.	Liver Cancer	3.10	162	16.66	12
33.	Skin Cancers	2.72	42	0.55	160
34.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.61	86	3.80	49
35.	Low Birth Weight	2.08	147	4.39	98
36.	Epilepsy	2.07	62	0.98	137
37.	Parkinson's Disease	1.65	166	3.78	113
38.	Drownings	1.39	132	4.46	35
39.	Endocrine Disorders	1.38	166	1.60	160
40.	Tuberculosis	1.00	128	57.14	16
41.	Diarrhoeal diseases	0.89	141	1.70	109
42.	Fires	0.85	120	0.90	118
43.	Multiple Sclerosis	0.82	16	0.13	135
44.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	0.71	138	6.87	15
45.	Drug Use	0.69	142	1.24	89
46.	Asthma	0.67	150	4.81	90
47.	Violence	0.66	171	3.97	101
48.	Skin Disease	0.59	135	0.58	138
49.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	0.47	61	0.65	30
50.	Poisonings	0.46	103	1.29	64

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		POLAND		NORTH KOREA
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	117,700	32.99	31,342	14.63
2.	Stroke	32,693	9.16	49,648	23.17
3.	Lung Cancers	25,781	7.23	11,893	5.55
4.	Influenza and Pneumonia	19,998	5.60	6,231	2.91
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	14,610	4.09	3,232	1.51
6.	Lung Disease	13,677	3.83	26,178	12.22
7.	Other Neoplasms	9,256	2.59	44	0.02
8.	Diabetes Mellitus	8,947	2.51	3,671	1.71
9.	Breast Cancer	7,967	2.23	1,366	0.64
10.	Liver Disease	7,912	2.22	4,506	2.10
11.	Prostate Cancer	6,489	1.82	219	0.10
12.	Stomach Cancer	5,910	1.66	3,771	1.76
13.	Pancreas Cancer	5,430	1.52	1,525	0.71
14.	Alcohol	5,238	1.47	304	0.14
15.	Hypertension	4,937	1.38	5,368	2.51
16.	Falls	4,712	1.32	1,801	0.84
17.	Bladder Cancer	4,700	1.32	500	0.23
18.	Suicide	4,282	1.20	2,407	1.12
19.	Lymphomas	4,141	1.16	560	0.26
20.	Kidney Disease	4,065	1.14	3,959	1.85
21.	Alzheimers & Dementia	3,701	1.04	4,340	2.03
22.	Road Traffic Accidents	3,555	1.00	6,210	2.90
23.	Inflammatory/Heart	3,495	0.98	684	0.32
24.	Leukemia	3,456	0.97	965	0.45
25.	Oral Cancer	3,377	0.95	513	0.24
26.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	3,091	0.87	1,712	0.80
27.	Ovary Cancer	2,929	0.82	532	0.25
28.	Other Injuries	2,527	0.71	1,531	0.71
29.	Liver Cancer	2,290	0.64	5,326	2.49
30.	Uterin Cancer	2,163	0.61	138	0.06
31.	Skin Cancers	2,155	0.60	168	0.08
32.	Cervical Cancer	1,907	0.53	704	0.33
33.	Oesophagus Cancer	1,803	0.51	1,222	0.57
34.	Parkinson's Disease	1,500	0.42	1,155	0.54
35.	Epilepsy	1,145	0.32	266	0.12
36.	Congenital Anomalies	916	0.26	991	0.46
37.	Diarrhoeal diseases	839	0.24	374	0.17
38.	Endocrine Disorders	831	0.23	452	0.21
39.	Drownings	636	0.18	1,126	0.53
40.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	612	0.17	2,093	0.98
41.	Tuberculosis	597	0.17	17,417	8.13
42.	Low Birth Weight	579	0.16	1,208	0.56
43.	Asthma	540	0.15	1,439	0.67
44.	Multiple Sclerosis	502	0.14	40	0.02
45.	Fires	474	0.13	253	0.12
46.	Skin Disease	469	0.13	158	0.07
47.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	369	0.10	198	0.09
48.	Drug Use	321	0.09	356	0.17
49.	Violence	294	0.08	1,082	0.50
50.	Malnutrition	291	0.08	317	0.15

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		POLAND		NORTH KOREA
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Lung Cancers	34.89	6	37.70	4
2.	Prostate Cancer	19.88	67	2.38	178
3.	Breast Cancer	18.79	67	7.80	177
4.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	18.53	9	10.37	70
5.	Stomach Cancer	7.91	64	11.99	21
6.	Ovary Cancer	7.50	11	2.96	147
7.	Pancreas Cancer	7.25	38	4.85	68
8.	Bladder Cancer	5.63	5	1.61	120
9.	Lymphomas	5.60	59	1.84	175
10.	Cervical Cancer	5.18	123	4.11	136
11.	Oral Cancer	5.03	37	1.62	152
12.	Leukemia	4.63	34	3.44	99
13.	Uterin Cancer	4.52	24	0.78	168
14.	Liver Cancer	3.10	162	16.66	12
15.	Skin Cancers	2.72	42	0.55	160
16.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.61	86	3.80	49

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.