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Czech Republic
COUNTRY #1
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CZECH REPUBLIC VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Czech Republic 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
Czech Republic Population Pyramid
10,545,590
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.5
73.3
70.3
14
13
12
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
66.1
73.0
69.4
35
31
34
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
66.8
73.9
70.3
42
42
43
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
67.5
75.4
71.4
57
43
48
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
71.2
78.1
74.7
42
37
38
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
74.3
80.5
77.5
38
32
33
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
76.3
81.9
79.1
40
34
36
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
81.9
40
34
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
76.3
81.9
40
34
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
76.6
82.2
44
37
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
76.6
82.2
44
37
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
76.6
82.2
44
37
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
76.8
82.3
44
37
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
76.9
82.4
45
37
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
77.1
82.4
45
37
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
77.3
82.5
46
38
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
77.6
82.7
47
38
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
77.9
82.9
47
39
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
78.3
83.1
48
40
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
79.0
83.5
51
41
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
79.9
84.0
58
41
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
81.3
84.8
57
42
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
83.0
85.7
57
45
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
85.0
87.0
59
49
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
87.3
88.6
63
54
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.1
90.7
75
65
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
118.91
81
105.37
99
2. Stroke
30.06
151
162.14
15
3. Lung Cancers
24.04
31
37.70
4
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.00
13
10.37
70
5. Lung Disease
16.76
129
87.71
5
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.64
128
22.75
104
7. Breast Cancer
16.10
100
7.80
177
8. Prostate Cancer
15.56
95
2.38
178
9. Diabetes Mellitus
15.38
121
11.82
137
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.71
143
16.26
122
11. Liver Disease
12.83
115
14.33
111
12. Other Injuries
11.02
55
5.48
125
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.31
3
4.85
68
14. Suicide
9.48
79
8.20
95
15. Hypertension
9.13
135
18.24
92
16. Kidney Disease
6.53
157
12.98
129
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.54
152
22.21
64
18. Ovary Cancer
5.48
52
2.96
147
19. Lymphomas
5.33
68
1.84
175
20. Stomach Cancer
4.84
112
11.99
21
21. Oral Cancer
4.84
39
1.62
152
22. Leukemia
4.71
30
3.44
99
23. Bladder Cancer
4.23
20
1.61
120
24. Liver Cancer
4.05
127
16.66
12
25. Falls
3.65
133
6.34
79
26. Inflammatory/Heart
3.64
119
2.40
153
27. Cervical Cancer
3.57
140
4.11
136
28. Endocrine Disorders
3.53
90
1.60
160
29. Uterin Cancer
3.26
44
0.78
168
30. Oesophagus Cancer
3.09
66
3.80
49
31. Alcohol
2.86
39
1.00
116
32. Skin Cancers
2.77
39
0.55
160
33. Other Neoplasms
2.71
36
0.14
180
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.98
111
5.64
51
35. Parkinson's Disease
1.88
164
3.78
113
36. Congenital Anomalies
1.85
180
3.79
139
37. Epilepsy
1.39
110
0.98
137
38. Low Birth Weight
1.16
163
4.39
98
39. Malnutrition
1.12
97
1.25
93
40. Drownings
1.09
145
4.46
35
41. Drug Use
1.06
112
1.24
89
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.03
117
6.87
15
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.99
135
1.70
109
44. Skin Disease
0.83
117
0.58
138
45. Asthma
0.78
142
4.81
90
46. Multiple Sclerosis
0.63
27
0.13
135
47. Violence
0.54
176
3.97
101
48. Fires
0.34
157
0.90
118
49. Birth Trauma
0.34
170
2.66
86
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.32
85
0.65
30
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
31,621
32.35
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
8,000
8.19
49,648
23.17
3. Lung Cancers
5,442
5.57
11,893
5.55
4. Lung Disease
4,175
4.27
26,178
12.22
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,114
4.21
6,231
2.91
6. Diabetes Mellitus
3,993
4.09
3,671
1.71
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,958
4.05
4,340
2.03
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,917
4.01
3,232
1.51
9. Hypertension
2,506
2.56
5,368
2.51
10. Other Injuries
2,369
2.42
1,531
0.71
11. Pancreas Cancer
2,312
2.37
1,525
0.71
12. Liver Disease
2,180
2.23
4,506
2.10
13. Breast Cancer
1,960
2.01
1,366
0.64
14. Kidney Disease
1,716
1.76
3,959
1.85
15. Prostate Cancer
1,600
1.64
219
0.10
16. Suicide
1,302
1.33
2,407
1.12
17. Lymphomas
1,210
1.24
560
0.26
18. Stomach Cancer
1,090
1.12
3,771
1.76
19. Leukemia
1,088
1.11
965
0.45
20. Bladder Cancer
1,061
1.09
500
0.23
21. Oral Cancer
951
0.97
513
0.24
22. Liver Cancer
927
0.95
5,326
2.49
23. Endocrine Disorders
790
0.81
452
0.21
24. Falls
733
0.75
1,801
0.84
25. Inflammatory/Heart
704
0.72
684
0.32
26. Other Neoplasms
686
0.70
44
0.02
27. Skin Cancers
645
0.66
168
0.08
28. Oesophagus Cancer
644
0.66
1,222
0.57
29. Road Traffic Accidents
636
0.65
6,210
2.90
30. Ovary Cancer
619
0.63
532
0.25
31. Parkinson's Disease
505
0.52
1,155
0.54
32. Alcohol
461
0.47
304
0.14
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
434
0.44
1,712
0.80
34. Uterin Cancer
430
0.44
138
0.06
35. Cervical Cancer
346
0.35
704
0.33
36. Malnutrition
299
0.31
317
0.15
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
277
0.28
2,093
0.98
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
255
0.26
374
0.17
39. Epilepsy
246
0.25
266
0.12
40. Skin Disease
203
0.21
158
0.07
41. Asthma
187
0.19
1,439
0.67
42. Congenital Anomalies
185
0.19
991
0.46
43. Drownings
152
0.16
1,126
0.53
44. Drug Use
148
0.15
356
0.17
45. Multiple Sclerosis
117
0.12
40
0.02
46. Low Birth Weight
94
0.10
1,208
0.56
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
77
0.08
198
0.09
48. Violence
66
0.07
1,082
0.50
49. Fires
54
0.06
253
0.12
50. Poisonings
40
0.04
366
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.04
31
37.70
4
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.00
13
10.37
70
3. Breast Cancer
16.10
100
7.80
177
4. Prostate Cancer
15.56
95
2.38
178
5. Pancreas Cancer
10.31
3
4.85
68
6. Ovary Cancer
5.48
52
2.96
147
7. Lymphomas
5.33
68
1.84
175
8. Stomach Cancer
4.84
112
11.99
21
9. Oral Cancer
4.84
39
1.62
152
10. Leukemia
4.71
30
3.44
99
11. Bladder Cancer
4.23
20
1.61
120
12. Liver Cancer
4.05
127
16.66
12
13. Cervical Cancer
3.57
140
4.11
136
14. Uterin Cancer
3.26
44
0.78
168
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.09
66
3.80
49
16. Skin Cancers
2.77
39
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.