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Thailand
COUNTRY #1
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THAILAND VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Thailand 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.

North 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
Thailand Population Pyramid
65,940,494
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Thailand THAILAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.4
57.0
55.1
77
78
77
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
57.4
62.1
59.7
84
84
83
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
60.9
67.1
63.9
89
82
85
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
63.6
70.6
67.0
101
88
96
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
67.8
74.6
71.1
83
72
79
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
70.9
77.1
73.9
74
68
70
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
74.4
81.0
77.7
56
40
47
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.4
81.0
56
40
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
74.4
81.0
56
40
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
75.1
81.7
57
40
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
75.2
81.8
57
40
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
75.4
82.0
56
39
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
75.8
82.1
53
38
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
76.3
82.2
50
38
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
76.9
82.4
46
38
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
77.6
82.7
44
36
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
78.4
83.0
42
36
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
79.2
83.3
41
36
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
80.1
83.7
39
36
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
81.0
84.2
34
37
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
82.1
84.8
32
37
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
83.4
85.7
30
36
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
84.9
86.7
24
33
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
86.8
88.1
13
27
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
89.1
89.8
7
14
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
91.6
92.0
6
14
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
46.81
134
162.14
15
2. Coronary Heart Disease
46.80
165
105.37
99
3. Road Traffic Accidents
30.48
47
22.21
64
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.71
85
22.75
104
5. Kidney Disease
25.13
74
12.98
129
6. Liver Cancer
23.18
8
16.66
12
7. Lung Cancers
21.30
47
37.70
4
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.33
61
16.26
122
9. Liver Disease
17.93
96
14.33
111
10. Diabetes Mellitus
17.78
112
11.82
137
11. Lung Disease
17.59
122
87.71
5
12. HIV/AIDS
17.53
46
2.53
100
13. Breast Cancer
11.63
144
7.80
177
14. Tuberculosis
9.62
67
57.14
16
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.60
81
10.37
70
16. Cervical Cancer
9.60
86
4.11
136
17. Suicide
7.95
100
8.20
95
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.97
72
1.70
109
19. Prostate Cancer
6.50
150
2.38
178
20. Other Injuries
5.93
119
5.48
125
21. Falls
5.66
91
6.34
79
22. Drownings
5.49
22
4.46
35
23. Oral Cancer
4.94
38
1.62
152
24. Lymphomas
4.61
94
1.84
175
25. Leukemia
4.55
40
3.44
99
26. Congenital Anomalies
4.31
129
3.79
139
27. Violence
4.23
97
3.97
101
28. Asthma
3.93
96
4.81
90
29. Ovary Cancer
3.83
116
2.96
147
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.82
108
3.78
113
31. Stomach Cancer
3.41
141
11.99
21
32. Skin Disease
3.15
25
0.58
138
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.06
70
3.80
49
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
137
2.40
153
35. Low Birth Weight
2.91
127
4.39
98
36. Pancreas Cancer
2.30
135
4.85
68
37. Endocrine Disorders
2.02
150
1.60
160
38. Hypertension
1.97
177
18.24
92
39. Bladder Cancer
1.70
114
1.61
120
40. Uterin Cancer
1.54
135
0.78
168
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.54
132
5.64
51
42. Skin Cancers
1.12
133
0.55
160
43. Drug Use
1.11
103
1.24
89
44. Meningitis
1.08
76
0.81
89
45. Birth Trauma
1.01
122
2.66
86
46. Encephalitis
0.85
35
0.51
77
47. Epilepsy
0.85
147
0.98
137
48. Malnutrition
0.84
106
1.25
93
49. Fires
0.73
123
0.90
118
50. Alcohol
0.62
135
1.00
116
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Thailand THAILAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
51,305
11.53
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
50,273
11.30
49,648
23.17
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
31,289
7.03
6,231
2.91
4. Kidney Disease
26,822
6.03
3,959
1.85
5. Liver Cancer
23,883
5.37
5,326
2.49
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22,851
5.13
4,340
2.03
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22,428
5.04
6,210
2.90
8. Lung Cancers
22,296
5.01
11,893
5.55
9. Lung Disease
19,474
4.38
26,178
12.22
10. Diabetes Mellitus
18,776
4.22
3,671
1.71
11. Liver Disease
17,596
3.95
4,506
2.10
12. HIV/AIDS
13,922
3.13
753
0.35
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,908
2.23
3,232
1.51
14. Tuberculosis
9,551
2.15
17,417
8.13
15. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,863
1.54
374
0.17
16. Suicide
6,147
1.38
2,407
1.12
17. Breast Cancer
6,053
1.36
1,366
0.64
18. Falls
5,409
1.22
1,801
0.84
19. Cervical Cancer
5,110
1.15
704
0.33
20. Oral Cancer
4,961
1.11
513
0.24
21. Other Injuries
4,869
1.09
1,531
0.71
22. Lymphomas
4,539
1.02
560
0.26
23. Parkinson's Disease
4,292
0.96
1,155
0.54
24. Asthma
4,182
0.94
1,439
0.67
25. Drownings
3,956
0.89
1,126
0.53
26. Leukemia
3,902
0.88
965
0.45
27. Stomach Cancer
3,451
0.78
3,771
1.76
28. Skin Disease
3,375
0.76
158
0.07
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,156
0.71
1,222
0.57
30. Prostate Cancer
3,013
0.68
219
0.10
31. Violence
2,965
0.67
1,082
0.50
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2,879
0.65
684
0.32
33. Pancreas Cancer
2,383
0.54
1,525
0.71
34. Hypertension
2,179
0.49
5,368
2.51
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,107
0.47
991
0.46
36. Ovary Cancer
2,003
0.45
532
0.25
37. Endocrine Disorders
1,888
0.42
452
0.21
38. Bladder Cancer
1,798
0.40
500
0.23
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,679
0.38
1,712
0.80
40. Low Birth Weight
1,548
0.35
1,208
0.56
41. Skin Cancers
1,133
0.25
168
0.08
42. Malnutrition
962
0.22
317
0.15
43. Meningitis
931
0.21
207
0.10
44. Uterin Cancer
864
0.19
138
0.06
45. Drug Use
794
0.18
356
0.17
46. Encephalitis
722
0.16
117
0.05
47. Epilepsy
689
0.15
266
0.12
48. Fires
617
0.14
253
0.12
49. Alcohol
548
0.12
304
0.14
50. Birth Trauma
533
0.12
736
0.34
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
23.18
8
16.66
12
2. Lung Cancers
21.30
47
37.70
4
3. Breast Cancer
11.63
144
7.80
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.60
81
10.37
70
5. Cervical Cancer
9.60
86
4.11
136
6. Prostate Cancer
6.50
150
2.38
178
7. Oral Cancer
4.94
38
1.62
152
8. Lymphomas
4.61
94
1.84
175
9. Leukemia
4.55
40
3.44
99
10. Ovary Cancer
3.83
116
2.96
147
11. Stomach Cancer
3.41
141
11.99
21
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.06
70
3.80
49
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.30
135
4.85
68
14. Bladder Cancer
1.70
114
1.61
120
15. Uterin Cancer
1.54
135
0.78
168
16. Skin Cancers
1.12
133
0.55
160
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.