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Zambia
COUNTRY #1
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ZAMBIA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Zambia 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
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Zambia ZAMBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Zambia ZAMBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
162.14
15
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
2.53
100
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
22.75
104
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
105.37
99
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
14.33
111
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
18.24
92
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
1.70
109
8. Malaria
54.16
2
0.00
68
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
57.14
16
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
4.11
136
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
11.82
137
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
2.38
178
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
22.21
64
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
12.98
129
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
87.71
5
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
16.26
122
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
1.25
93
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
0.81
89
19. Suicide
14.43
32
8.20
95
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
5.48
125
21. Asthma
10.81
57
4.81
90
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
2.66
86
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
4.39
98
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
7.80
177
25. Falls
9.14
30
6.34
79
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
3.79
139
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
1.02
84
28. Violence
7.04
67
3.97
101
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
1.84
175
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
2.40
153
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
3.80
49
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
37.70
4
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
3.78
113
34. Fires
3.87
31
0.90
118
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
1.29
64
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
5.64
51
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
1.60
160
38. Drownings
3.21
69
4.46
35
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
11.99
21
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
10.37
70
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.44
99
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
6.87
15
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
0.98
137
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.21
78
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
1.62
152
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.61
120
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
0.17
96
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
16.66
12
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
2.96
147
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
1.00
116
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
753
0.35
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
6,231
2.91
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
49,648
23.17
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
0
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
374
0.17
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
17,417
8.13
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
736
0.34
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
1,208
0.56
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
4,506
2.10
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
31,342
14.63
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
6,210
2.90
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
991
0.46
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
5,368
2.51
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
3,671
1.71
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
317
0.15
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
207
0.10
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
704
0.33
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
3,959
1.85
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
1,531
0.71
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
2,407
1.12
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
26,178
12.22
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
252
0.12
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
1,082
0.50
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
54
0.03
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
34
0.02
26. Asthma
741
0.66
1,439
0.67
27. Drownings
689
0.62
1,126
0.53
28. Falls
596
0.53
1,801
0.84
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
4,340
2.03
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
219
0.10
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
560
0.26
32. Fires
546
0.49
253
0.12
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
684
0.32
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
366
0.17
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
1,366
0.64
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
1,222
0.57
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
452
0.21
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
266
0.12
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
965
0.45
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
1,712
0.80
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
11,893
5.55
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
3,771
1.76
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
3,232
1.51
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
28
0.01
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
2,093
0.98
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
5,326
2.49
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
1,155
0.54
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
513
0.24
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
304
0.14
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
500
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
4.11
136
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
2.38
178
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
7.80
177
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
1.84
175
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
3.80
49
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
37.70
4
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
11.99
21
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
10.37
70
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.44
99
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
1.62
152
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.61
120
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
16.66
12
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
2.96
147
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
0.55
160
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
0.78
168
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
4.85
68
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.