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Vanuatu
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
VANUATU VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Vanuatu and South 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.

South 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
Vanuatu Population Pyramid
556,750
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South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Vanuatu VANUATU   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.4
48.3
46.8
109
109
111
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
51.3
54.4
52.8
110
109
108
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
57.1
60.6
58.8
111
111
110
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
62.0
65.0
63.5
111
119
113
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
67.6
70.7
69.0
87
107
99
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
69.3
72.9
71.0
94
107
99
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
62.7
68.3
65.3
151
144
147
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.7
68.3
151
144
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
62.7
68.3
151
144
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
64.5
70.0
169
158
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
64.6
70.1
169
162
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
64.8
70.3
169
163
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
65.2
70.5
169
163
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
65.8
70.8
169
165
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
66.6
71.2
168
167
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
67.5
71.6
168
167
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
68.5
72.2
168
168
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
69.7
73.0
168
172
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
71.2
74.0
168
174
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
72.9
75.2
168
175
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
74.8
76.7
168
176
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
77.2
78.5
166
176
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
79.8
80.5
163
174
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
82.6
83.0
163
173
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
85.6
85.9
160
168
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.0
89.2
165
170
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
299.44
7
27.78
183
2. Stroke
190.53
6
25.48
155
3. Diabetes Mellitus
81.66
15
6.84
160
4. Lung Disease
78.03
7
8.14
175
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.97
58
25.21
100
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
46.26
39
0.91
139
7. Kidney Disease
43.29
16
9.92
142
8. Hypertension
31.50
40
3.45
163
9. Asthma
29.89
7
1.08
129
10. Liver Disease
27.40
64
7.50
148
11. Suicide
20.97
13
21.16
12
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.62
90
11.04
154
13. Road Traffic Accidents
17.40
84
5.76
150
14. Rheumatic Heart Disease
16.53
4
0.23
175
15. Liver Cancer
14.32
16
12.57
21
16. Prostate Cancer
14.31
108
6.10
155
17. Breast Cancer
13.78
124
6.59
180
18. Drownings
12.56
4
0.71
161
19. Other Injuries
12.56
41
3.88
154
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
12.20
7
0.54
171
21. Cervical Cancer
11.35
72
2.29
160
22. Parkinson's Disease
9.71
3
3.78
114
23. Congenital Anomalies
9.24
16
1.82
181
24. Lung Cancers
8.83
109
20.90
49
25. Falls
7.87
55
3.34
142
26. Tuberculosis
7.46
74
1.93
110
27. Malnutrition
6.59
44
0.09
158
28. Low Birth Weight
6.17
75
1.62
152
29. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
68
1.55
172
30. Maternal Conditions
5.24
47
0.07
158
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.85
152
10.56
68
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.71
68
2.11
148
33. Skin Disease
4.13
20
0.67
126
34. Leukemia
4.06
66
2.65
138
35. Ovary Cancer
3.60
126
2.84
149
36. Birth Trauma
2.94
84
0.39
164
37. Stomach Cancer
2.91
160
9.13
50
38. Violence
2.69
117
0.68
170
39. Meningitis
2.40
58
0.07
181
40. Pertussis
2.20
40
0.03
116
41. Epilepsy
2.01
68
0.72
166
42. Alcohol
1.85
65
1.34
97
43. Uterin Cancer
1.75
125
0.89
165
44. Fires
1.74
82
0.33
159
45. Syphilis
1.35
28
0.10
96
46. Lymphomas
1.32
178
3.72
131
47. Bladder Cancer
1.17
144
1.74
111
48. Poisonings
0.79
75
0.15
158
49. Appendicitis
0.72
39
0.06
164
50. Pancreas Cancer
0.65
176
7.34
34
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Vanuatu VANUATU   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
454
22.70
28,043
11.19
2. Stroke
288
14.40
25,596
10.21
3. Diabetes Mellitus
127
6.35
6,812
2.72
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
124
6.20
26,650
10.63
5. Lung Disease
108
5.40
8,526
3.40
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
80
4.00
929
0.37
7. Kidney Disease
70
3.50
10,107
4.03
8. Suicide
54
2.70
14,636
5.84
9. Liver Disease
51
2.55
6,348
2.53
10. Congenital Anomalies
48
2.40
518
0.21
11. Hypertension
47
2.35
3,711
1.48
12. Asthma
45
2.25
1,150
0.46
13. Road Traffic Accidents
45
2.25
4,399
1.76
14. Low Birth Weight
43
2.15
370
0.15
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
35
1.75
224
0.09
16. Drownings
35
1.75
501
0.20
17. Other Injuries
30
1.50
3,634
1.45
18. Liver Cancer
27
1.35
11,589
4.62
19. Birth Trauma
20
1.00
88
0.04
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
18
0.90
12,145
4.85
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18
0.90
540
0.22
22. Tuberculosis
16
0.80
1,950
0.78
23. Lung Cancers
15
0.75
20,293
8.10
24. Maternal Conditions
14
0.70
34
0.01
25. Breast Cancer
13
0.65
2,880
1.15
26. Cervical Cancer
13
0.65
1,065
0.42
27. Falls
13
0.65
2,934
1.17
28. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.60
3,951
1.58
29. Inflammatory/Heart
11
0.55
1,325
0.53
30. Pertussis
10
0.50
6
0.00
31. Malnutrition
10
0.50
88
0.04
32. Prostate Cancer
9
0.45
2,316
0.92
33. Leukemia
9
0.45
2,140
0.85
34. Endocrine Disorders
9
0.45
1,891
0.75
35. Syphilis
8
0.40
27
0.01
36. Meningitis
8
0.40
51
0.02
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8
0.40
10,180
4.06
38. Skin Disease
7
0.35
704
0.28
39. Violence
7
0.35
386
0.15
40. Stomach Cancer
6
0.30
8,625
3.44
41. Epilepsy
5
0.25
524
0.21
42. Ovary Cancer
4
0.20
1,330
0.53
43. Alcohol
4
0.20
1,081
0.43
44. Fires
4
0.20
263
0.10
45. Tetanus
3
0.15
5
0.00
46. Lymphomas
3
0.15
3,477
1.39
47. Uterin Cancer
2
0.10
420
0.17
48. Bladder Cancer
2
0.10
1,768
0.71
49. Poisonings
2
0.10
115
0.05
50. Encephalitis
1
0.05
19
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
14.32
16
12.57
21
2. Prostate Cancer
14.31
108
6.10
155
3. Breast Cancer
13.78
124
6.59
180
4. Cervical Cancer
11.35
72
2.29
160
5. Lung Cancers
8.83
109
20.90
49
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.85
152
10.56
68
7. Leukemia
4.06
66
2.65
138
8. Ovary Cancer
3.60
126
2.84
149
9. Stomach Cancer
2.91
160
9.13
50
10. Uterin Cancer
1.75
125
0.89
165
11. Lymphomas
1.32
178
3.72
131
12. Bladder Cancer
1.17
144
1.74
111
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.65
176
7.34
34
14. Oral Cancer
0.61
180
1.60
154
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.00
183
1.84
115
16. Skin Cancers
0.00
183
0.60
157
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.