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South Korea
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

Compare South Korea and Uganda 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.

Uganda
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Uganda UGANDA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Uganda UGANDA
       
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
 
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
 
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
 
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
 
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
 
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
 
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
 
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Uganda UGANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
66.5
73.0
155
133
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
67.1
73.5
154
132
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
67.4
73.8
154
131
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
67.9
74.1
154
130
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
68.3
74.4
154
129
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
68.9
74.8
154
129
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
69.5
75.4
154
126
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
70.3
75.9
153
123
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
71.3
76.6
154
123
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
72.5
77.4
154
119
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
74.0
78.3
153
116
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
75.7
79.4
152
113
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
77.7
80.8
154
109
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
80.1
82.4
153
109
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
82.8
84.6
151
105
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.0
87.2
145
98
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.5
90.4
131
86
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Uganda UGANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
82.33
131
2. Stroke
25.48
155
99.89
72
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
81.99
41
4. Suicide
21.16
12
10.45
65
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
3.20
157
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
7.69
50
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
19.36
60
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
7.45
112
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
24.60
77
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
4.55
124
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
28.73
59
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
33.70
47
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
2.88
116
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
40.31
60
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
11.12
150
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
25.14
45
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
53.60
6
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
10.15
64
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
4.10
93
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
8.13
7
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
30.73
43
22. Falls
3.34
142
7.78
59
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
5.62
44
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
2.67
137
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
45.76
8
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
2.94
115
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
24.27
45
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.31
136
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
11.56
7
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
6.31
78
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.70
113
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
7.36
61
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
4.38
50
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
4.44
95
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
1.67
74
36. Asthma
1.08
129
11.28
56
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
46.00
40
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
2.93
60
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
1.99
70
40. Drownings
0.71
161
2.33
95
41. Violence
0.68
170
17.69
24
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
1.53
95
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
0.69
51
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
2.54
51
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
4.66
63
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
7.85
42
47. Fires
0.33
159
2.83
54
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
174
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
1.93
72
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
1.09
109
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Uganda UGANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
8,784
4.23
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
18,865
9.09
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
11,181
5.39
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
441
0.21
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
2,033
0.98
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
1,286
0.62
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
1,522
0.73
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
919
0.44
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
3,168
1.53
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
515
0.25
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
3,051
1.47
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
358
0.17
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
4,794
2.31
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
5,122
2.47
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
13,012
6.27
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
351
0.17
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
3,120
1.50
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
3,130
1.51
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
1,762
0.85
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
1,127
0.54
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
1,128
0.54
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
950
0.46
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
599
0.29
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
7,255
3.50
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
761
0.37
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
37
0.02
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
181
0.09
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
1,674
0.81
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
731
0.35
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
519
0.25
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
859
0.41
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
1,745
0.84
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
256
0.12
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
4,378
2.11
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
12,103
5.83
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
242
0.12
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
349
0.17
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
687
0.33
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
123
0.06
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
599
0.29
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
6,641
3.20
42. Drownings
501
0.20
1,238
0.60
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
234
0.11
44. Violence
386
0.15
6,175
2.98
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
9,673
4.66
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
872
0.42
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
348
0.17
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
30
0.01
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
233
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Uganda UGANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
3.20
157
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
7.69
50
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
7.45
112
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
4.55
124
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
2.88
116
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
11.12
150
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
25.14
45
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
8.13
7
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
5.62
44
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
2.67
137
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
45.76
8
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
11.56
7
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.70
113
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
4.38
50
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
2.93
60
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
2.54
51
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.