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Uruguay
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
URUGUAY VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Uruguay 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
Uruguay Population Pyramid
3,639,106
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Uruguay URUGUAY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.9
71.2
68.0
32
28
33
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
80.6
63
44
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
73.5
80.6
63
44
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
74.0
81.1
68
47
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
74.0
81.1
69
47
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
74.1
81.1
70
47
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
74.4
81.3
70
46
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
74.9
81.4
70
46
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
75.3
81.6
69
46
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
75.7
81.8
68
46
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
76.1
82.0
66
44
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
76.6
82.3
67
44
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
77.1
82.7
68
44
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
77.9
83.2
72
43
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
79.0
84.0
73
42
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
80.4
84.9
71
41
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
82.2
86.1
70
41
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.5
87.7
70
38
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
87.1
89.6
70
22
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.1
92.1
73
11
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
59.81
151
105.37
99
2. Stroke
38.74
139
162.14
15
3. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
37.70
4
4. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
2.38
178
5. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
7.80
177
6. Lung Disease
25.09
79
87.71
5
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
10.37
70
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
56
16.26
122
9. Suicide
18.83
16
8.20
95
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.00
126
22.75
104
11. Kidney Disease
14.07
124
12.98
129
12. Road Traffic Accidents
13.84
106
22.21
64
13. Other Injuries
12.74
38
5.48
125
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.96
136
11.82
137
15. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
4.85
68
16. Violence
8.60
60
3.97
101
17. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
11.99
21
18. Hypertension
8.00
144
18.24
92
19. Lymphomas
7.95
9
1.84
175
20. Other Neoplasms
7.48
4
0.14
180
21. Endocrine Disorders
7.33
31
1.60
160
22. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
4.11
136
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
2.96
147
24. HIV/AIDS
5.35
74
2.53
100
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.33
104
3.79
139
26. Inflammatory/Heart
5.26
80
2.40
153
27. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.44
99
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
3.80
49
29. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
1.61
120
30. Liver Disease
4.17
168
14.33
111
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
103
3.78
113
32. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
0.78
168
33. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
1.62
152
34. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
16.66
12
35. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
0.55
160
36. Alcohol
2.09
57
1.00
116
37. Low Birth Weight
2.08
146
4.39
98
38. Asthma
2.01
116
4.81
90
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.91
106
1.70
109
40. Epilepsy
1.83
79
0.98
137
41. Drownings
1.79
121
4.46
35
42. Tuberculosis
1.72
112
57.14
16
43. Skin Disease
1.49
96
0.58
138
44. Fires
1.21
101
0.90
118
45. Malnutrition
1.10
98
1.25
93
46. Falls
0.90
181
6.34
79
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.81
156
5.64
51
48. Anemia
0.81
16
0.00
91
49. Drug Use
0.76
135
1.24
89
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.65
142
6.87
15
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uruguay URUGUAY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,265
15.23
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
2,850
10.18
49,648
23.17
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,899
6.78
4,340
2.03
4. Lung Disease
1,706
6.09
26,178
12.22
5. Lung Cancers
1,463
5.23
11,893
5.55
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,370
4.89
6,231
2.91
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,245
4.45
3,232
1.51
8. Kidney Disease
1,040
3.71
3,959
1.85
9. Breast Cancer
848
3.03
1,366
0.64
10. Other Injuries
774
2.76
1,531
0.71
11. Diabetes Mellitus
747
2.67
3,671
1.71
12. Suicide
735
2.63
2,407
1.12
13. Prostate Cancer
707
2.53
219
0.10
14. Pancreas Cancer
656
2.34
1,525
0.71
15. Hypertension
648
2.31
5,368
2.51
16. Road Traffic Accidents
512
1.83
6,210
2.90
17. Endocrine Disorders
487
1.74
452
0.21
18. Stomach Cancer
480
1.71
3,771
1.76
19. Other Neoplasms
464
1.66
44
0.02
20. Lymphomas
457
1.63
560
0.26
21. Parkinson's Disease
320
1.14
1,155
0.54
22. Inflammatory/Heart
314
1.12
684
0.32
23. Violence
295
1.05
1,082
0.50
24. Oesophagus Cancer
286
1.02
1,222
0.57
25. Leukemia
280
1.00
965
0.45
26. Bladder Cancer
276
0.99
500
0.23
27. Liver Disease
206
0.74
4,506
2.10
28. HIV/AIDS
195
0.70
753
0.35
29. Cervical Cancer
172
0.61
704
0.33
30. Congenital Anomalies
170
0.61
991
0.46
31. Oral Cancer
167
0.60
513
0.24
32. Ovary Cancer
160
0.57
532
0.25
33. Skin Cancers
149
0.53
168
0.08
34. Liver Cancer
147
0.53
5,326
2.49
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
134
0.48
374
0.17
36. Skin Disease
130
0.46
158
0.07
37. Asthma
127
0.45
1,439
0.67
38. Uterin Cancer
115
0.41
138
0.06
39. Alcohol
104
0.37
304
0.14
40. Epilepsy
86
0.31
266
0.12
41. Tuberculosis
81
0.29
17,417
8.13
42. Low Birth Weight
73
0.26
1,208
0.56
43. Malnutrition
73
0.26
317
0.15
44. Anemia
71
0.25
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.23
1,126
0.53
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.20
1,712
0.80
47. Falls
55
0.20
1,801
0.84
48. Fires
54
0.19
253
0.12
49. Drug Use
41
0.15
356
0.17
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.14
2,093
0.98
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
37.70
4
2. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
2.38
178
3. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
7.80
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
10.37
70
5. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
4.85
68
6. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
11.99
21
7. Lymphomas
7.95
9
1.84
175
8. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
4.11
136
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
2.96
147
10. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.44
99
11. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
3.80
49
12. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
1.61
120
13. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
0.78
168
14. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
1.62
152
15. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
16.66
12
16. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
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.