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Latvia
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
LATVIA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Latvia 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
Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Latvia LATVIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
70.6
79.8
94
51
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
105.37
99
2. Stroke
99.14
74
162.14
15
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
2.40
153
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
2.38
178
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
37.70
4
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
18.24
92
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
7.80
177
8. Suicide
16.06
24
8.20
95
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
10.37
70
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
14.33
111
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
22.75
104
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
5.48
125
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
11.99
21
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
11.82
137
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
4.85
68
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
16.26
122
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
2.96
147
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
1.00
116
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
87.71
5
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
22.21
64
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
4.11
136
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
12.98
129
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.62
152
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
1.84
175
25. Drownings
5.64
21
4.46
35
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
0.78
168
27. Falls
4.77
106
6.34
79
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.61
120
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
3.44
99
30. Violence
4.15
98
3.97
101
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
16.66
12
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
2.53
100
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
3.80
49
34. Fires
3.48
36
0.90
118
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
5.64
51
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
0.55
160
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
0.14
180
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
3.79
139
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
57.14
16
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
3.78
113
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.03
126
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
1.60
160
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
0.98
137
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
1.24
89
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
0.58
138
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
6.87
15
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
1.29
64
48. Asthma
0.88
139
4.81
90
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.00
90
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.13
135
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
49,648
23.17
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
5,368
2.51
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
11,893
5.55
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
684
0.32
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
3,232
1.51
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
4,340
2.03
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
3,671
1.71
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
6,231
2.91
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
1,366
0.64
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
3,771
1.76
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
219
0.10
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
1,525
0.71
14. Suicide
384
1.42
2,407
1.12
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
4,506
2.10
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
1,531
0.71
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
3,959
1.85
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
26,178
12.22
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
560
0.26
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
500
0.23
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
304
0.14
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
513
0.24
23. Falls
201
0.74
1,801
0.84
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
532
0.25
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
965
0.45
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
5,326
2.49
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
6,210
2.90
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
44
0.02
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
138
0.06
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
168
0.08
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
1,712
0.80
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
1,222
0.57
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
704
0.33
34. Drownings
127
0.47
1,126
0.53
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
1,155
0.54
36. Fires
103
0.38
253
0.12
37. Violence
94
0.35
1,082
0.50
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
158
0.07
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
753
0.35
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
17,417
8.13
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
452
0.21
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
10
0.00
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
991
0.46
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
266
0.12
46. Asthma
42
0.16
1,439
0.67
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
2,093
0.98
48. Drug Use
41
0.15
356
0.17
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
366
0.17
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
20
0.07
198
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
2.38
178
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
37.70
4
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
7.80
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
10.37
70
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
11.99
21
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
4.85
68
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
2.96
147
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
4.11
136
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.62
152
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
1.84
175
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
0.78
168
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.61
120
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
3.44
99
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
16.66
12
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
3.80
49
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
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.