WORLD HEALTH REVIEW SOUTH KOREA VS AFGHANISTAN

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Compare South Korea and Afghanistan 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

South Korea Population Pyramid

46,829,924

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Afghanistan Population Pyramid

64,682,976

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	SOUTH KOREA				AFGHANISTAN
	SOUTH KOREA						AFGHANISTAN
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	52.6	55.8	54.2	81	82	82	31.6	31.0	31.3	171	172	172
1970	58.7	65.1	61.8	80	68	73	35.5	35.0	35.3	171	173	172
1980	61.8	70.0	65.8	80	69	76	39.5	39.1	39.3	172	175	173
1990	67.3	75.5	71.3	59	41	49	41.4	41.3	41.3	178	181	180
2000	72.3	79.5	76.0	38	27	33	53.7	56.1	54.8	150	150	150
2010	77.2	84.0	80.7	24	8	15	57.7	60.1	58.8	154	155	154
2019	80.3	86.1	83.3	16	2	3	63.3	63.2	63.2	147	174	160

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	SOUTH KOREA				AFGHANISTAN
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	80.3	86.1	16	2	63.3	63.2	147	174
Age	80.3	86.1	16	2	63.3	63.2	147	174
Age 5	80.6	86.4	17	2	67.5	66.9	146	177
Age 10	80.7	86.4	17	2	67.7	67.0	147	178
Age 15	80.7	86.4	17	2	67.8	67.1	150	178
Age 20	80.8	86.5	17	2	68.1	67.4	150	179
Age 25	80.9	86.6	17	2	68.6	67.8	149	180
Age 30	81.0	86.7	17	2	69.2	68.3	149	180
Age 35	81.2	86.8	17	2	69.7	68.9	149	180
Age 40	81.4	86.9	15	2	70.4	69.6	151	180
Age 45	81.7	87.1	16	2	71.3	70.6	156	180
Age 50	82.1	87.3	15	2	72.3	71.8	157	180
Age 55	82.6	87.6	15	2	73.7	73.2	157	180
Age 60	83.4	87.9	12	2	75.4	75.1	157	181
Age 65	84.2	88.2	14	2	77.5	77.2	160	181
Age 70	85.3	88.7	15	2	79.9	79.6	158	181
Age 75	86.6	89.4	21	5	82.7	82.4	156	180
Age 80	88.6	90.5	19	4	85.8	85.6	154	174
Age 85	91.2	92.3	13	5	89.2	89.1	156	171

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		SOUTH KOREA		AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	27.78	183	301.71	6
2.	Stroke	25.48	155	149.10	25
3.	Influenza and Pneumonia	25.21	100	49.80	62
4.	Suicide	21.16	12	5.96	129
5.	Lung Cancers	20.90	49	6.90	122
6.	Liver Cancer	12.57	21	4.22	119
7.	Alzheimers & Dementia	11.04	154	22.34	26
8.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	10.56	68	4.09	169
9.	Kidney Disease	9.92	142	46.10	15
10.	Stomach Cancer	9.13	50	10.39	42
11.	Lung Disease	8.14	175	37.01	32
12.	Liver Disease	7.50	148	27.20	67
13.	Pancreas Cancer	7.34	34	1.54	153
14.	Diabetes Mellitus	6.84	160	40.94	58
15.	Breast Cancer	6.59	180	20.24	48
16.	Prostate Cancer	6.10	155	4.49	167
17.	Road Traffic Accidents	5.76	150	19.81	76
18.	Other Injuries	3.88	154	13.02	36
19.	Parkinson's Disease	3.78	114	5.98	24
20.	Lymphomas	3.72	131	4.32	108
21.	Hypertension	3.45	163	65.86	4
22.	Falls	3.34	142	5.13	99
23.	Ovary Cancer	2.84	149	4.07	106
24.	Leukemia	2.65	138	1.95	154
25.	Cervical Cancer	2.29	160	5.73	117
26.	Endocrine Disorders	2.11	148	4.30	80
27.	Tuberculosis	1.93	110	41.14	24
28.	Other Neoplasms	1.89	55	0.20	166
29.	Oesophagus Cancer	1.84	115	8.78	13
30.	Congenital Anomalies	1.82	181	6.42	70
31.	Bladder Cancer	1.74	111	1.95	98
32.	Low Birth Weight	1.62	152	12.07	17
33.	Oral Cancer	1.60	154	8.18	9
34.	Inflammatory/Heart	1.55	172	3.32	130
35.	Alcohol	1.34	97	0.68	133
36.	Asthma	1.08	129	24.23	13
37.	Diarrhoeal diseases	0.91	139	9.72	68
38.	Uterin Cancer	0.89	165	3.66	32
39.	Epilepsy	0.72	166	2.70	37
40.	Drownings	0.71	161	2.78	78
41.	Violence	0.68	170	9.87	52
42.	Skin Disease	0.67	126	0.77	121
43.	Hepatitis B	0.61	58	4.96	1
44.	Skin Cancers	0.60	157	1.03	138
45.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	0.54	171	10.64	9
46.	Birth Trauma	0.39	164	10.16	24
47.	Fires	0.33	159	1.60	89
48.	Anemia	0.30	41	0.00	65
49.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	0.23	175	5.86	17
50.	Drug Use	0.20	181	1.36	77

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		SOUTH KOREA		AFGHANISTAN
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	28,043	11.19	40,195	17.35
2.	Influenza and Pneumonia	26,650	10.63	14,649	6.32
3.	Stroke	25,596	10.21	19,060	8.23
4.	Lung Cancers	20,293	8.10	1,076	0.46
5.	Suicide	14,636	5.84	1,573	0.68
6.	Alzheimers & Dementia	12,145	4.85	1,765	0.76
7.	Liver Cancer	11,589	4.62	657	0.28
8.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	10,180	4.06	741	0.32
9.	Kidney Disease	10,107	4.03	6,590	2.85
10.	Stomach Cancer	8,625	3.44	1,501	0.65
11.	Lung Disease	8,526	3.40	4,650	2.01
12.	Pancreas Cancer	6,994	2.79	229	0.10
13.	Diabetes Mellitus	6,812	2.72	5,750	2.48
14.	Liver Disease	6,348	2.53	4,600	1.99
15.	Road Traffic Accidents	4,399	1.76	6,033	2.60
16.	Parkinson's Disease	3,951	1.58	628	0.27
17.	Hypertension	3,711	1.48	7,995	3.45
18.	Other Injuries	3,634	1.45	3,241	1.40
19.	Lymphomas	3,477	1.39	946	0.41
20.	Falls	2,934	1.17	905	0.39
21.	Breast Cancer	2,880	1.15	1,822	0.79
22.	Prostate Cancer	2,316	0.92	258	0.11
23.	Leukemia	2,140	0.85	610	0.26
24.	Tuberculosis	1,950	0.78	9,839	4.25
25.	Endocrine Disorders	1,891	0.75	1,364	0.59
26.	Other Neoplasms	1,807	0.72	29	0.01
27.	Bladder Cancer	1,768	0.71	272	0.12
28.	Oesophagus Cancer	1,733	0.69	1,314	0.57
29.	Oral Cancer	1,457	0.58	1,467	0.63
30.	Ovary Cancer	1,330	0.53	369	0.16
31.	Inflammatory/Heart	1,325	0.53	527	0.23
32.	Asthma	1,150	0.46	3,403	1.47
33.	Alcohol	1,081	0.43	150	0.06
34.	Cervical Cancer	1,065	0.42	541	0.23
35.	Diarrhoeal diseases	929	0.37	5,555	2.40
36.	Skin Disease	704	0.28	94	0.04
37.	Skin Cancers	585	0.23	145	0.06
38.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	540	0.22	1,505	0.65
39.	Hepatitis B	526	0.21	863	0.37
40.	Epilepsy	524	0.21	993	0.43
41.	Congenital Anomalies	518	0.21	5,001	2.16
42.	Drownings	501	0.20	996	0.43
43.	Uterin Cancer	420	0.17	289	0.12
44.	Violence	386	0.15	3,217	1.39
45.	Low Birth Weight	370	0.15	12,631	5.45
46.	Anemia	329	0.13	0	0.00
47.	Fires	263	0.10	348	0.15
48.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	224	0.09	1,041	0.45
49.	Hepatitis C	168	0.07	28	0.01
50.	Drug Use	154	0.06	328	0.14

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		SOUTH KOREA		AFGHANISTAN
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Lung Cancers	20.90	49	6.90	122
2.	Liver Cancer	12.57	21	4.22	119
3.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	10.56	68	4.09	169
4.	Stomach Cancer	9.13	50	10.39	42
5.	Pancreas Cancer	7.34	34	1.54	153
6.	Breast Cancer	6.59	180	20.24	48
7.	Prostate Cancer	6.10	155	4.49	167
8.	Lymphomas	3.72	131	4.32	108
9.	Ovary Cancer	2.84	149	4.07	106
10.	Leukemia	2.65	138	1.95	154
11.	Cervical Cancer	2.29	160	5.73	117
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	1.84	115	8.78	13
13.	Bladder Cancer	1.74	111	1.95	98
14.	Oral Cancer	1.60	154	8.18	9
15.	Uterin Cancer	0.89	165	3.66	32
16.	Skin Cancers	0.60	157	1.03	138

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.