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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
 
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    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 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.