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United States
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
UNITED STATES VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare United States 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
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      United States UNITED STATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      United States UNITED STATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    66.6
    73.1
    69.8
    23
    15
    16
    		  
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    67.1
    74.7
    70.8
    24
    12
    21
    		  
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    70.0
    77.5
    73.7
    22
    11
    18
    		  
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    71.8
    78.8
    75.2
    29
    17
    21
    		  
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    74.0
    79.5
    76.8
    28
    29
    28
    		  
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    76.2
    81.1
    78.7
    30
    30
    30
    		  
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    76.3
    80.7
    78.5
    41
    42
    40
    		  
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      United States UNITED STATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    76.3
    80.7
    41
    42
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    76.8
    81.2
    42
    45
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    76.9
    81.2
    43
    45
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    76.9
    81.3
    43
    45
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    77.1
    81.4
    43
    45
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    77.5
    81.5
    43
    45
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    77.9
    81.7
    41
    45
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    78.3
    81.9
    41
    43
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    78.8
    82.2
    40
    43
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    79.3
    82.5
    40
    42
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    79.9
    83.0
    41
    41
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    80.7
    83.6
    40
    40
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    81.8
    84.4
    37
    38
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    83.1
    85.3
    34
    38
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    84.6
    86.4
    32
    38
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    86.5
    87.7
    23
    35
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    88.6
    89.4
    18
    27
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    91.1
    91.5
    22
    30
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      United States UNITED STATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    73.49
    142
    27.78
    183
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    33.26
    8
    11.04
    154
    3. Lung Disease
    28.49
    60
    8.14
    175
    4. Lung Cancers
    25.54
    24
    20.90
    49
    5. Stroke
    22.27
    164
    25.48
    155
    6. Drug Use
    21.28
    1
    0.20
    181
    7. Breast Cancer
    15.93
    105
    6.59
    180
    8. Suicide
    14.51
    31
    21.16
    12
    9. Kidney Disease
    13.08
    127
    9.92
    142
    10. Prostate Cancer
    11.64
    126
    6.10
    155
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    11.10
    120
    5.76
    150
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    10.58
    144
    6.84
    160
    13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.28
    71
    10.56
    68
    14. Hypertension
    10.26
    133
    3.45
    163
    15. Liver Disease
    8.98
    134
    7.50
    148
    16. Influenza and Pneumonia
    8.86
    163
    25.21
    100
    17. Endocrine Disorders
    8.22
    28
    2.11
    148
    18. Pancreas Cancer
    7.26
    36
    7.34
    34
    19. Lymphomas
    6.36
    31
    3.72
    131
    20. Violence
    6.00
    81
    0.68
    170
    21. Falls
    5.68
    90
    3.34
    142
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.64
    73
    1.55
    172
    23. Other Injuries
    5.11
    130
    3.88
    154
    24. Ovary Cancer
    4.70
    79
    2.84
    149
    25. Liver Cancer
    4.69
    110
    12.57
    21
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    4.55
    68
    3.78
    114
    27. Leukemia
    4.43
    49
    2.65
    138
    28. Congenital Anomalies
    3.78
    140
    1.82
    181
    29. Alcohol
    3.50
    28
    1.34
    97
    30. Uterin Cancer
    3.11
    50
    0.89
    165
    31. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.04
    71
    1.84
    115
    32. Bladder Cancer
    2.84
    61
    1.74
    111
    33. Cervical Cancer
    2.77
    151
    2.29
    160
    34. Other Neoplasms
    2.68
    37
    1.89
    55
    35. Low Birth Weight
    2.37
    138
    1.62
    152
    36. Skin Cancers
    2.36
    57
    0.60
    157
    37. Stomach Cancer
    2.24
    173
    9.13
    50
    38. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    132
    1.60
    154
    39. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.55
    114
    0.91
    139
    40. HIV/AIDS
    1.37
    113
    0.11
    155
    41. Drownings
    1.19
    140
    0.71
    161
    42. Hepatitis C
    1.13
    5
    0.17
    65
    43. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.97
    8
    0.01
    178
    44. Malnutrition
    0.90
    104
    0.09
    158
    45. Skin Disease
    0.86
    115
    0.67
    126
    46. Asthma
    0.84
    141
    1.08
    129
    47. Epilepsy
    0.78
    159
    0.72
    166
    48. Fires
    0.73
    124
    0.33
    159
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.55
    152
    0.23
    175
    50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.55
    170
    0.54
    171
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      United States UNITED STATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    504,904
    20.15
    28,043
    11.19
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    287,198
    11.46
    12,145
    4.85
    3. Lung Disease
    195,387
    7.80
    8,526
    3.40
    4. Stroke
    158,520
    6.33
    25,596
    10.21
    5. Lung Cancers
    155,533
    6.21
    20,293
    8.10
    6. Kidney Disease
    85,861
    3.43
    10,107
    4.03
    7. Drug Use
    74,435
    2.97
    154
    0.06
    8. Hypertension
    65,960
    2.63
    3,711
    1.48
    9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    61,827
    2.47
    10,180
    4.06
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    61,418
    2.45
    6,812
    2.72
    11. Influenza and Pneumonia
    60,317
    2.41
    26,650
    10.63
    12. Suicide
    53,099
    2.12
    14,636
    5.84
    13. Breast Cancer
    48,671
    1.94
    2,880
    1.15
    14. Endocrine Disorders
    46,985
    1.87
    1,891
    0.75
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    44,293
    1.77
    6,994
    2.79
    16. Liver Disease
    43,402
    1.73
    6,348
    2.53
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    41,694
    1.66
    4,399
    1.76
    18. Falls
    40,418
    1.61
    2,934
    1.17
    19. Lymphomas
    40,281
    1.61
    3,477
    1.39
    20. Prostate Cancer
    35,612
    1.42
    2,316
    0.92
    21. Parkinson's Disease
    34,491
    1.38
    3,951
    1.58
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    32,529
    1.30
    1,325
    0.53
    23. Liver Cancer
    27,064
    1.08
    11,589
    4.62
    24. Leukemia
    26,966
    1.08
    2,140
    0.85
    25. Other Injuries
    25,997
    1.04
    3,634
    1.45
    26. Bladder Cancer
    19,622
    0.78
    1,768
    0.71
    27. Violence
    18,976
    0.76
    386
    0.15
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    17,829
    0.71
    1,733
    0.69
    29. Other Neoplasms
    17,743
    0.71
    1,807
    0.72
    30. Alcohol
    14,659
    0.58
    1,081
    0.43
    31. Ovary Cancer
    14,591
    0.58
    1,330
    0.53
    32. Skin Cancers
    14,311
    0.57
    585
    0.23
    33. Stomach Cancer
    13,077
    0.52
    8,625
    3.44
    34. Congenital Anomalies
    11,762
    0.47
    518
    0.21
    35. Oral Cancer
    11,555
    0.46
    1,457
    0.58
    36. Uterin Cancer
    10,063
    0.40
    420
    0.17
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    9,955
    0.40
    929
    0.37
    38. Cervical Cancer
    6,984
    0.28
    1,065
    0.42
    39. Low Birth Weight
    6,924
    0.28
    370
    0.15
    40. Malnutrition
    6,762
    0.27
    88
    0.04
    41. Hepatitis C
    5,684
    0.23
    168
    0.07
    42. HIV/AIDS
    5,660
    0.23
    84
    0.03
    43. Skin Disease
    5,409
    0.22
    704
    0.28
    44. Multiple Sclerosis
    5,059
    0.20
    11
    0.00
    45. Drownings
    4,070
    0.16
    501
    0.20
    46. Asthma
    3,818
    0.15
    1,150
    0.46
    47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3,646
    0.15
    224
    0.09
    48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3,461
    0.14
    540
    0.22
    49. Fires
    3,183
    0.13
    263
    0.10
    50. Epilepsy
    3,162
    0.13
    524
    0.21
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      United States UNITED STATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    25.54
    24
    20.90
    49
    2. Breast Cancer
    15.93
    105
    6.59
    180
    3. Prostate Cancer
    11.64
    126
    6.10
    155
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.28
    71
    10.56
    68
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.26
    36
    7.34
    34
    6. Lymphomas
    6.36
    31
    3.72
    131
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.70
    79
    2.84
    149
    8. Liver Cancer
    4.69
    110
    12.57
    21
    9. Leukemia
    4.43
    49
    2.65
    138
    10. Uterin Cancer
    3.11
    50
    0.89
    165
    11. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.04
    71
    1.84
    115
    12. Bladder Cancer
    2.84
    61
    1.74
    111
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.77
    151
    2.29
    160
    14. Skin Cancers
    2.36
    57
    0.60
    157
    15. Stomach Cancer
    2.24
    173
    9.13
    50
    16. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    132
    1.60
    154
    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.