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South Korea
COUNTRY #1
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SOUTH KOREA VS NICARAGUA

Compare South Korea and Nicaragua 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.

Nicaragua
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
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Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
  
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
124.46
73
2. Stroke
25.48
155
47.78
132
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
20.90
111
4. Suicide
21.16
12
4.66
146
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
5.94
131
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
10.93
25
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
3.05
173
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
6.63
125
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
73.96
2
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
10.11
45
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
33.61
40
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
24.52
77
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
3.88
86
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
44.63
48
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
10.15
158
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
20.62
60
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
18.75
81
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
6.63
106
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
1.49
168
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
3.32
140
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
23.51
64
22. Falls
3.34
142
5.61
94
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.18
169
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.91
74
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
13.48
64
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
3.03
110
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
2.20
107
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
3.94
22
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.90
161
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
6.84
56
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.61
176
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
4.70
91
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.33
167
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
2.78
143
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
5.38
16
36. Asthma
1.08
129
2.14
114
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
2.06
105
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.51
139
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
1.29
115
40. Drownings
0.71
161
2.57
86
41. Violence
0.68
170
9.50
55
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
3.39
24
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
0.08
141
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.27
128
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
1.82
121
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
1.90
93
47. Fires
0.33
159
0.30
163
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.57
20
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
0.38
165
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
0.86
127
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
5,843
20.44
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
1,152
4.03
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
2,225
7.78
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
274
0.96
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
285
1.00
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
149
0.52
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
509
1.78
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
315
1.10
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
3,533
12.36
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
478
1.67
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
1,570
5.49
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
178
0.62
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
2,068
7.23
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
1,203
4.21
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
1,109
3.88
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
67
0.23
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
1,103
3.86
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
358
1.25
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
164
0.57
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
276
0.97
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
283
0.99
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
386
1.35
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
227
0.79
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
115
0.40
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
164
0.57
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
192
0.67
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
28
0.10
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
42
0.15
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
64
0.22
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
61
0.21
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
139
0.49
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
105
0.37
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
279
0.98
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
374
1.31
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
122
0.43
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
162
0.57
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
59
0.21
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
85
0.30
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
5
0.02
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
74
0.26
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
571
2.00
42. Drownings
501
0.20
157
0.55
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
39
0.14
44. Violence
386
0.15
619
2.17
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
490
1.71
46. Anemia
329
0.13
28
0.10
47. Fires
263
0.10
16
0.06
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
20
0.07
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
1
0.00
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
50
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
5.94
131
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
10.93
25
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
6.63
125
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
10.11
45
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
3.88
86
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
10.15
158
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
20.62
60
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
3.32
140
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.18
169
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.91
74
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
13.48
64
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.90
161
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.61
176
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.33
167
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.51
139
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.27
128
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.