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Bahamas
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
BAHAMAS VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Bahamas 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
Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Bahamas BAHAMAS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
76.6
101
94
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
69.9
76.6
101
94
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
70.7
77.4
115
94
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
70.8
77.5
115
94
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
70.9
77.6
114
94
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
71.3
77.8
113
93
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
71.9
78.0
110
93
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
72.6
78.4
102
92
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
73.5
78.8
97
91
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
74.4
79.3
90
86
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
75.4
79.9
85
82
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
76.5
80.6
80
75
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
77.7
81.4
77
71
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
79.1
82.4
70
66
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
80.8
83.6
67
61
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
82.8
85.0
61
57
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
85.0
86.6
61
56
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
87.5
88.7
56
52
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.2
91.3
64
38
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
89.11
124
105.37
99
2. Stroke
60.37
118
162.14
15
3. Hypertension
53.15
10
18.24
92
4. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
2.38
178
5. Diabetes Mellitus
40.27
61
11.82
137
6. Violence
36.36
10
3.97
101
7. HIV/AIDS
32.20
32
2.53
100
8. Kidney Disease
30.95
52
12.98
129
9. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
7.80
177
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.39
90
22.75
104
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.83
110
16.26
122
12. Other Injuries
16.64
13
5.48
125
13. Liver Disease
16.20
103
14.33
111
14. Endocrine Disorders
16.00
7
1.60
160
15. Inflammatory/Heart
11.79
20
2.40
153
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
10.37
70
17. Lung Disease
9.23
170
87.71
5
18. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
4.11
136
19. Road Traffic Accidents
7.42
134
22.21
64
20. Skin Disease
7.42
9
0.58
138
21. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
37.70
4
22. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
0.78
168
23. Drownings
6.38
17
4.46
35
24. Lymphomas
6.37
30
1.84
175
25. Falls
4.97
103
6.34
79
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.97
49
3.78
113
27. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
11.99
21
28. Alcohol
4.67
20
1.00
116
29. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
2.96
147
30. Congenital Anomalies
4.13
133
3.79
139
31. Low Birth Weight
3.70
109
4.39
98
32. Suicide
3.37
159
8.20
95
33. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
16.66
12
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.69
90
5.64
51
35. Fires
2.66
59
0.90
118
36. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
4.85
68
37. Leukemia
2.45
143
3.44
99
38. Asthma
2.16
112
4.81
90
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
3.80
49
40. Epilepsy
1.91
73
0.98
137
41. Maternal Conditions
1.63
75
1.02
84
42. Birth Trauma
1.47
107
2.66
86
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.45
115
1.70
109
44. Malnutrition
1.19
94
1.25
93
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
112
6.87
15
46. Other Neoplasms
0.87
63
0.14
180
47. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
1.62
152
48. Drug Use
0.62
149
1.24
89
49. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
1.61
120
50. Meningitis
0.61
105
0.81
89
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
334
14.26
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
224
9.56
49,648
23.17
3. Hypertension
198
8.45
5,368
2.51
4. Diabetes Mellitus
154
6.58
3,671
1.71
5. Violence
148
6.32
1,082
0.50
6. HIV/AIDS
134
5.72
753
0.35
7. Kidney Disease
120
5.12
3,959
1.85
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
98
4.18
6,231
2.91
9. Breast Cancer
69
2.95
1,366
0.64
10. Liver Disease
67
2.86
4,506
2.10
11. Other Injuries
67
2.86
1,531
0.71
12. Prostate Cancer
65
2.78
219
0.10
13. Endocrine Disorders
62
2.65
452
0.21
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
53
2.26
4,340
2.03
15. Inflammatory/Heart
47
2.01
684
0.32
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42
1.79
3,232
1.51
17. Lung Disease
33
1.41
26,178
12.22
18. Road Traffic Accidents
30
1.28
6,210
2.90
19. Lung Cancers
29
1.24
11,893
5.55
20. Skin Disease
27
1.15
158
0.07
21. Drownings
26
1.11
1,126
0.53
22. Lymphomas
25
1.07
560
0.26
23. Cervical Cancer
21
0.90
704
0.33
24. Alcohol
20
0.85
304
0.14
25. Stomach Cancer
18
0.77
3,771
1.76
26. Falls
18
0.77
1,801
0.84
27. Parkinson's Disease
17
0.73
1,155
0.54
28. Low Birth Weight
16
0.68
1,208
0.56
29. Congenital Anomalies
16
0.68
991
0.46
30. Uterin Cancer
14
0.60
138
0.06
31. Suicide
14
0.60
2,407
1.12
32. Liver Cancer
12
0.51
5,326
2.49
33. Pancreas Cancer
10
0.43
1,525
0.71
34. Ovary Cancer
10
0.43
532
0.25
35. Leukemia
10
0.43
965
0.45
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10
0.43
1,712
0.80
37. Fires
10
0.43
253
0.12
38. Oesophagus Cancer
9
0.38
1,222
0.57
39. Asthma
9
0.38
1,439
0.67
40. Epilepsy
8
0.34
266
0.12
41. Maternal Conditions
6
0.26
252
0.12
42. Birth Trauma
6
0.26
736
0.34
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.21
374
0.17
44. Malnutrition
4
0.17
317
0.15
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.17
2,093
0.98
46. Oral Cancer
3
0.13
513
0.24
47. Other Neoplasms
3
0.13
44
0.02
48. Meningitis
2
0.09
207
0.10
49. Encephalitis
2
0.09
117
0.05
50. Bladder Cancer
2
0.09
500
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
2.38
178
2. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
7.80
177
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
10.37
70
4. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
4.11
136
5. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
37.70
4
6. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
0.78
168
7. Lymphomas
6.37
30
1.84
175
8. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
11.99
21
9. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
2.96
147
10. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
16.66
12
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
4.85
68
12. Leukemia
2.45
143
3.44
99
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
3.80
49
14. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
1.62
152
15. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
1.61
120
16. Skin Cancers
0.23
173
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.