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Zambia
COUNTRY #1
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ZAMBIA VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Zambia 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
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Zambia ZAMBIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
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
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
25.48
155
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
0.11
155
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
25.21
100
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
27.78
183
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
7.50
148
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
3.45
163
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
0.91
139
8. Malaria
54.16
2
0.00
67
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
1.93
110
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
2.29
160
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
6.84
160
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
6.10
155
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
5.76
150
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
9.92
142
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
8.14
175
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
11.04
154
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
0.09
158
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
0.07
181
19. Suicide
14.43
32
21.16
12
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
3.88
154
21. Asthma
10.81
57
1.08
129
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
0.39
164
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
1.62
152
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
6.59
180
25. Falls
9.14
30
3.34
142
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
1.82
181
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
0.07
158
28. Violence
7.04
67
0.68
170
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
3.72
131
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
1.55
172
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
1.84
115
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
20.90
49
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
3.78
114
34. Fires
3.87
31
0.33
159
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
0.15
158
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
0.54
171
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
2.11
148
38. Drownings
3.21
69
0.71
161
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
9.13
50
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
10.56
68
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
2.65
138
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
0.23
175
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
0.72
166
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.10
96
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
1.60
154
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.74
111
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
0.03
116
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
12.57
21
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
2.84
149
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
1.34
97
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
84
0.03
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
26,650
10.63
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
25,596
10.21
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
1
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
929
0.37
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
1,950
0.78
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
88
0.04
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
370
0.15
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
6,348
2.53
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
28,043
11.19
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
4,399
1.76
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
518
0.21
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
3,711
1.48
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
6,812
2.72
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
88
0.04
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
51
0.02
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
1,065
0.42
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
10,107
4.03
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
3,634
1.45
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
14,636
5.84
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
8,526
3.40
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
34
0.01
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
386
0.15
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
27
0.01
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
6
0.00
26. Asthma
741
0.66
1,150
0.46
27. Drownings
689
0.62
501
0.20
28. Falls
596
0.53
2,934
1.17
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
12,145
4.85
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
2,316
0.92
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
3,477
1.39
32. Fires
546
0.49
263
0.10
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
1,325
0.53
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
115
0.05
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
2,880
1.15
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
1,733
0.69
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
1,891
0.75
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
524
0.21
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
2,140
0.85
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
540
0.22
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
20,293
8.10
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
8,625
3.44
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
10,180
4.06
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
5
0.00
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
224
0.09
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
11,589
4.62
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
3,951
1.58
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
1,457
0.58
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
1,081
0.43
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
1,768
0.71
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
2.29
160
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
6.10
155
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
6.59
180
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
3.72
131
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
1.84
115
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
20.90
49
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
9.13
50
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
10.56
68
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
2.65
138
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
1.60
154
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.74
111
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
12.57
21
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
2.84
149
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
0.60
157
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
0.89
165
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
7.34
34
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.