WORLD HEALTH REVIEW ZAMBIA VS NORTH MACEDONIA

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Compare Zambia and North Macedonia 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

Zambia Population Pyramid

39,120,906

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North Macedonia Population Pyramid

1,856,775

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	ZAMBIA				NORTH MACEDONIA
	ZAMBIA						NORTH MACEDONIA
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	43.8	46.8	45.3	119	116	118	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
1970	47.6	50.8	49.2	125	123	126	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
1980	50.0	53.4	51.7	139	138	137	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
1990	45.9	50.3	48.0	171	165	166	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
2000	42.1	45.6	43.8	181	181	181	70.5	74.9	72.6	51	68	54
2010	56.1	60.0	58.0	163	156	158	72.4	77.0	74.7	55	71	60
2019	59.5	65.4	62.5	172	161	168	72.8	76.9	74.8	73	92	78

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	ZAMBIA				NORTH MACEDONIA
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	59.5	65.4	172	161	72.8	76.9	73	92
Age	59.5	65.4	172	161	72.8	76.9	73	92
Age 5	63.8	69.3	172	164	73.3	77.3	80	95
Age 10	64.2	69.7	172	164	73.4	77.4	81	95
Age 15	64.5	69.9	172	166	73.4	77.4	82	95
Age 20	64.9	70.2	171	166	73.5	77.5	81	95
Age 25	65.5	70.7	172	166	73.7	77.5	86	95
Age 30	66.1	71.3	172	166	73.8	77.6	86	97
Age 35	66.9	72.0	172	166	74.0	77.7	89	100
Age 40	67.9	72.9	171	165	74.2	77.9	94	100
Age 45	69.2	74.0	170	162	74.5	78.1	96	102
Age 50	70.8	75.2	170	159	75.1	78.4	98	104
Age 55	72.6	76.6	170	155	75.8	78.9	110	105
Age 60	74.7	78.1	171	153	77.0	79.6	115	106
Age 65	77.0	79.7	168	149	78.5	80.5	126	121
Age 70	79.7	81.7	167	146	80.2	81.7	145	144
Age 75	82.6	84.0	160	144	82.3	83.3	167	169
Age 80	85.8	86.7	155	139	84.9	85.5	180	177
Age 85	89.3	89.9	150	142	88.2	88.6	181	177

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		ZAMBIA		NORTH MACEDONIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Stroke	156.50	19	165.58	13
2.	HIV/AIDS	132.99	8	0.02	166
3.	Influenza and Pneumonia	87.45	35	5.58	181
4.	Coronary Heart Disease	85.40	126	135.53	62
5.	Liver Disease	63.86	4	6.93	152
6.	Hypertension	56.20	6	19.07	87
7.	Diarrhoeal diseases	54.75	30	0.06	181
8.	Malaria	54.16	2	0.00	145
9.	Tuberculosis	49.91	19	0.97	129
10.	Cervical Cancer	48.42	6	4.36	133
11.	Diabetes Mellitus	42.93	53	32.55	85
12.	Prostate Cancer	37.64	19	17.47	77
13.	Road Traffic Accidents	32.93	43	4.25	160
14.	Kidney Disease	29.46	63	15.54	121
15.	Lung Disease	25.95	72	24.14	83
16.	Alzheimers & Dementia	18.87	72	2.15	179
17.	Malnutrition	17.63	11	0.02	173
18.	Meningitis	15.31	15	0.14	169
19.	Suicide	14.43	32	7.15	114
20.	Other Injuries	13.38	34	6.73	104
21.	Asthma	10.81	57	1.60	120
22.	Birth Trauma	10.07	26	0.44	156
23.	Low Birth Weight	9.64	36	4.49	96
24.	Breast Cancer	9.51	164	22.40	40
25.	Falls	9.14	30	2.53	165
26.	Congenital Anomalies	8.15	24	1.99	175
27.	Maternal Conditions	7.77	38	0.10	146
28.	Violence	7.04	67	1.27	142
29.	Lymphomas	6.38	29	3.03	146
30.	Inflammatory/Heart	6.33	60	130.29	1
31.	Oesophagus Cancer	5.61	32	1.42	131
32.	Lung Cancers	4.41	142	31.93	10
33.	Parkinson's Disease	4.09	94	4.11	92
34.	Fires	3.87	31	0.43	151
35.	Poisonings	3.48	11	0.41	109
36.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	3.48	77	1.69	127
37.	Endocrine Disorders	3.28	99	0.47	183
38.	Drownings	3.21	69	0.73	158
39.	Stomach Cancer	3.21	149	13.66	14
40.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	2.98	177	16.77	15
41.	Leukemia	2.93	124	3.83	79
42.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	2.70	47	0.39	163
43.	Epilepsy	2.68	38	0.86	146
44.	Syphilis	2.49	3	0.02	128
45.	Oral Cancer	2.39	110	2.27	117
46.	Bladder Cancer	2.36	75	4.82	12
47.	Pertussis	2.30	37	0.29	87
48.	Liver Cancer	2.22	179	7.85	48
49.	Ovary Cancer	2.00	173	5.54	50
50.	Alcohol	1.90	63	0.44	146

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		ZAMBIA		NORTH MACEDONIA
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	HIV/AIDS	17,234	15.43	0	0.00
2.	Influenza and Pneumonia	9,517	8.52	157	0.68
3.	Stroke	7,948	7.12	5,521	24.02
4.	Malaria	7,882	7.06	0	0.00
5.	Diarrhoeal diseases	6,275	5.62	1	0.00
6.	Tuberculosis	5,941	5.32	32	0.14
7.	Birth Trauma	5,062	4.53	7	0.03
8.	Low Birth Weight	4,857	4.35	73	0.32
9.	Liver Disease	4,501	4.03	218	0.95
10.	Coronary Heart Disease	4,432	3.97	4,420	19.23
11.	Road Traffic Accidents	3,654	3.27	107	0.47
12.	Congenital Anomalies	3,146	2.82	29	0.13
13.	Hypertension	2,616	2.34	627	2.73
14.	Diabetes Mellitus	2,395	2.14	1,104	4.80
15.	Malnutrition	2,303	2.06	1	0.00
16.	Meningitis	1,976	1.77	4	0.02
17.	Cervical Cancer	1,799	1.61	68	0.30
18.	Kidney Disease	1,760	1.58	516	2.25
19.	Other Injuries	1,729	1.55	183	0.80
20.	Suicide	1,303	1.17	196	0.85
21.	Lung Disease	1,273	1.14	807	3.51
22.	Maternal Conditions	1,188	1.06	2	0.01
23.	Violence	1,153	1.03	31	0.13
24.	Syphilis	885	0.79	0	0.00
25.	Pertussis	743	0.67	4	0.02
26.	Asthma	741	0.66	53	0.23
27.	Drownings	689	0.62	18	0.08
28.	Falls	596	0.53	78	0.34
29.	Alzheimers & Dementia	590	0.53	71	0.31
30.	Prostate Cancer	561	0.50	259	1.13
31.	Lymphomas	548	0.49	96	0.42
32.	Fires	546	0.49	11	0.05
33.	Inflammatory/Heart	501	0.45	4,249	18.49
34.	Poisonings	456	0.41	11	0.05
35.	Breast Cancer	366	0.33	386	1.68
36.	Oesophagus Cancer	359	0.32	45	0.20
37.	Endocrine Disorders	354	0.32	12	0.05
38.	Epilepsy	332	0.30	23	0.10
39.	Leukemia	261	0.23	114	0.50
40.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	246	0.22	56	0.24
41.	Lung Cancers	226	0.20	1,055	4.59
42.	Stomach Cancer	206	0.18	455	1.98
43.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	203	0.18	560	2.44
44.	Tetanus	190	0.17	0	0.00
45.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	190	0.17	13	0.06
46.	Liver Cancer	177	0.16	260	1.13
47.	Parkinson's Disease	164	0.15	141	0.61
48.	Oral Cancer	155	0.14	72	0.31
49.	Alcohol	140	0.13	14	0.06
50.	Bladder Cancer	132	0.12	163	0.71

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		ZAMBIA		NORTH MACEDONIA
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Cervical Cancer	48.42	6	4.36	133
2.	Prostate Cancer	37.64	19	17.47	77
3.	Breast Cancer	9.51	164	22.40	40
4.	Lymphomas	6.38	29	3.03	146
5.	Oesophagus Cancer	5.61	32	1.42	131
6.	Lung Cancers	4.41	142	31.93	10
7.	Stomach Cancer	3.21	149	13.66	14
8.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	2.98	177	16.77	15
9.	Leukemia	2.93	124	3.83	79
10.	Oral Cancer	2.39	110	2.27	117
11.	Bladder Cancer	2.36	75	4.82	12
12.	Liver Cancer	2.22	179	7.85	48
13.	Ovary Cancer	2.00	173	5.54	50
14.	Skin Cancers	1.87	93	4.00	13
15.	Uterin Cancer	0.90	164	6.29	10
16.	Pancreas Cancer	0.68	175	8.02	21

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.