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Serbia
COUNTRY #1
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SERBIA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Serbia 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
Serbia Population Pyramid
7,083,830
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Serbia SERBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
69.7
75.6
72.6
59
58
60
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
71.8
77.1
74.4
64
70
64
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
73.5
78.3
75.9
64
70
69
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
78.3
64
70
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
73.5
78.3
64
70
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
73.9
78.6
70
77
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
73.9
78.7
71
79
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
74.0
78.7
72
79
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
74.1
78.8
73
80
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
74.2
78.8
77
80
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
74.4
78.9
80
85
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
74.6
79.0
83
88
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
74.9
79.2
83
90
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
75.2
79.4
87
91
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
75.8
79.8
89
90
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
76.7
80.4
88
91
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
77.9
81.1
88
93
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
79.6
82.1
88
93
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
81.8
83.3
86
99
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.0
84.9
86
101
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.5
87.0
102
122
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.8
89.9
93
141
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
116.50
86
105.37
99
2. Stroke
83.30
91
162.14
15
3. Inflammatory/Heart
75.38
2
2.40
153
4. Lung Cancers
40.20
2
37.70
4
5. Breast Cancer
25.62
22
7.80
177
6. Kidney Disease
22.07
97
12.98
129
7. Lung Disease
20.58
102
87.71
5
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.81
7
10.37
70
9. Diabetes Mellitus
19.21
110
11.82
137
10. Prostate Cancer
16.14
86
2.38
178
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.58
146
16.26
122
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.50
158
22.75
104
13. Cervical Cancer
8.76
91
4.11
136
14. Pancreas Cancer
8.20
19
4.85
68
15. Hypertension
8.11
141
18.24
92
16. Suicide
7.86
101
8.20
95
17. Stomach Cancer
7.17
74
11.99
21
18. Ovary Cancer
6.75
20
2.96
147
19. Liver Disease
6.26
155
14.33
111
20. Road Traffic Accidents
6.23
148
22.21
64
21. Liver Cancer
5.39
92
16.66
12
22. Lymphomas
5.30
71
1.84
175
23. Bladder Cancer
4.93
10
1.61
120
24. Leukemia
4.67
32
3.44
99
25. Oral Cancer
4.38
49
1.62
152
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
101
3.78
113
27. Uterin Cancer
3.92
28
0.78
168
28. Skin Cancers
3.84
16
0.55
160
29. Other Neoplasms
3.43
26
0.14
180
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.25
82
5.64
51
31. Other Injuries
3.18
169
5.48
125
32. Low Birth Weight
2.99
123
4.39
98
33. Congenital Anomalies
2.56
166
3.79
139
34. Alcohol
2.48
47
1.00
116
35. Asthma
2.18
109
4.81
90
36. Falls
2.17
169
6.34
79
37. Endocrine Disorders
2.12
146
1.60
160
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
107
3.80
49
39. Epilepsy
1.68
87
0.98
137
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
4
0.13
135
41. Violence
1.05
154
3.97
101
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
144
1.70
109
43. Anemia
0.79
17
0.00
91
44. Schizophrenia
0.77
3
0.00
88
45. Birth Trauma
0.75
137
2.66
86
46. Drownings
0.71
159
4.46
35
47. Skin Disease
0.67
125
0.58
138
48. Drug Use
0.66
145
1.24
89
49. Tuberculosis
0.63
136
57.14
16
50. Fires
0.44
149
0.90
118
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Serbia SERBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,776
21.26
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
16,241
15.86
49,648
23.17
3. Inflammatory/Heart
15,274
14.91
684
0.32
4. Lung Cancers
6,539
6.38
11,893
5.55
5. Kidney Disease
4,169
4.07
3,959
1.85
6. Lung Disease
3,853
3.76
26,178
12.22
7. Diabetes Mellitus
3,611
3.53
3,671
1.71
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,429
3.35
3,232
1.51
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,876
2.81
4,340
2.03
10. Breast Cancer
2,284
2.23
1,366
0.64
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,832
1.79
6,231
2.91
12. Hypertension
1,621
1.58
5,368
2.51
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,402
1.37
1,525
0.71
14. Prostate Cancer
1,317
1.29
219
0.10
15. Stomach Cancer
1,203
1.17
3,771
1.76
16. Suicide
996
0.97
2,407
1.12
17. Liver Cancer
918
0.90
5,326
2.49
18. Bladder Cancer
893
0.87
500
0.23
19. Liver Disease
887
0.87
4,506
2.10
20. Lymphomas
831
0.81
560
0.26
21. Parkinson's Disease
804
0.79
1,155
0.54
22. Leukemia
710
0.69
965
0.45
23. Oral Cancer
680
0.66
513
0.24
24. Road Traffic Accidents
655
0.64
6,210
2.90
25. Skin Cancers
638
0.62
168
0.08
26. Cervical Cancer
638
0.62
704
0.33
27. Other Neoplasms
601
0.59
44
0.02
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
594
0.58
1,712
0.80
29. Ovary Cancer
555
0.54
532
0.25
30. Other Injuries
406
0.40
1,531
0.71
31. Asthma
390
0.38
1,439
0.67
32. Uterin Cancer
369
0.36
138
0.06
33. Falls
362
0.35
1,801
0.84
34. Alcohol
341
0.33
304
0.14
35. Oesophagus Cancer
332
0.32
1,222
0.57
36. Endocrine Disorders
309
0.30
452
0.21
37. Epilepsy
223
0.22
266
0.12
38. Low Birth Weight
187
0.18
1,208
0.56
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
167
0.16
374
0.17
40. Congenital Anomalies
162
0.16
991
0.46
41. Anemia
152
0.15
0
0.00
42. Multiple Sclerosis
146
0.14
40
0.02
43. Skin Disease
113
0.11
158
0.07
44. Schizophrenia
109
0.11
0
0.00
45. Violence
108
0.11
1,082
0.50
46. Tuberculosis
100
0.10
17,417
8.13
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.08
2,093
0.98
48. Drownings
73
0.07
1,126
0.53
49. Drug Use
72
0.07
356
0.17
50. Fires
64
0.06
253
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Serbia SERBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
40.20
2
37.70
4
2. Breast Cancer
25.62
22
7.80
177
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.81
7
10.37
70
4. Prostate Cancer
16.14
86
2.38
178
5. Cervical Cancer
8.76
91
4.11
136
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.20
19
4.85
68
7. Stomach Cancer
7.17
74
11.99
21
8. Ovary Cancer
6.75
20
2.96
147
9. Liver Cancer
5.39
92
16.66
12
10. Lymphomas
5.30
71
1.84
175
11. Bladder Cancer
4.93
10
1.61
120
12. Leukemia
4.67
32
3.44
99
13. Oral Cancer
4.38
49
1.62
152
14. Uterin Cancer
3.92
28
0.78
168
15. Skin Cancers
3.84
16
0.55
160
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
107
3.80
49
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.