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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea
NORTH KOREA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
64.1
69.7
66.8
109
112
112
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
61.5
66.9
64.1
136
134
136
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  North Korea
NORTH KOREA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
61.5
66.9
136
134
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
70.8
75.8
103
111
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
71.0
76.0
103
111
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
71.2
76.1
103
111
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
71.5
76.3
102
111
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
72.0
76.5
103
110
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
72.4
76.8
103
110
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
72.8
77.0
105
113
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
73.3
77.4
105
115
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
74.0
77.8
103
115
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
74.8
78.4
110
114
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
75.9
79.2
115
114
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
77.3
80.1
116
115
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.0
81.3
117
112
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.1
82.8
120
117
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.7
84.9
121
117
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.7
87.5
128
118
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.2
90.6
127
123
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.1
94.3
125
121
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.4
159
117
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea
NORTH KOREA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
113.17
91
  
68.80
155
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
112.37
42
  
23.69
125
3 Stroke
61.65
133
  
36.89
160
4 Hypertension
55.90
27
  
3.67
183
5 Tuberculosis
34.76
49
  
0.41
170
6 Lung Cancers
30.01
20
  
30.98
18
7 Lung Disease
27.23
81
  
21.47
98
8 Diabetes Mellitus
23.14
112
  
5.04
185
9 Kidney Disease
15.11
97
  
3.23
185
10 Violence
14.55
59
  
1.14
160
11 Low Birth Weight
13.44
71
  
3.39
144
12 Asthma
13.26
47
  
1.09
153
13 Peptic Ulcer Disease
11.78
6
  
2.54
123
14 Liver Cancer
11.67
32
  
3.07
164
15 Breast Cancer
11.54
154
  
23.62
20
16 Stomach Cancer
11.46
44
  
4.81
130
17 Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.89
66
  
15.49
33
18 Road Traffic Accidents
10.24
139
  
4.77
180
19 Liver Disease
9.39
97
  
9.48
96
20 Diarrhoeal diseases
8.55
81
  
1.95
119
21 Birth Trauma
7.43
69
  
0.64
166
22 Anaemia
7.25
30
  
0.15
171
23 Other Injuries
6.49
160
  
5.54
170
24 Meningitis
5.98
56
  
0.41
149
25 Endocrine Disorders
5.30
108
  
3.13
147
26 Congenital Anomalies
4.71
140
  
3.68
164
27 Falls
4.32
82
  
3.51
109
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.31
25
  
0.90
140
29 Pancreas Cancer
4.10
78
  
6.81
39
30 Hepatitis B
3.71
18
  
0.07
177
31 Drownings
3.51
98
  
0.35
187
32 Suicide
3.47
163
  
6.90
101
33 Maternal Conditions
3.30
63
  
0.15
151
34 Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
83
  
7.62
30
35 Alzheimers/Dementia
3.16
113
  
17.08
14
36 Syphilis
2.76
25
  
0.00
147
37 Inflammatory/Heart
2.67
158
  
2.97
152
38 Leukemia
2.31
155
  
4.39
63
39 Bladder Cancer
2.15
96
  
4.27
28
40 Skin Disease
2.12
91
  
1.50
104
41 Cervical Cancer
2.06
146
  
1.38
161
42 Fires
2.04
95
  
0.45
158
43 Lymphomas
2.02
181
  
7.35
36
44 Upper Respiratory
1.81
42
  
0.07
144
45 Ovary Cancer
1.76
132
  
3.96
20
46 Poisonings
1.57
118
  
2.81
89
47 Oral Cancer
1.47
169
  
2.39
113
48 Pertussis
1.30
47
  
0.02
106
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
1.18
11
  
0.67
68
50 Epilepsy
1.17
139
  
1.57
104
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  North Korea
NORTH KOREA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
27,569
16.35
  
92,299
19.77
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
24,592
14.59
  
37,348
8.00
3 Stroke
15,048
8.93
  
55,919
11.98
4 Hypertension
13,726
8.14
  
5,191
1.11
5 Tuberculosis
8,880
5.27
  
443
0.09
6 Lung Cancers
7,750
4.60
  
35,845
7.68
7 Lung Disease
6,787
4.03
  
29,069
6.23
8 Diabetes Mellitus
5,883
3.49
  
6,682
1.43
9 Kidney Disease
3,757
2.23
  
4,804
1.03
10 Violence
3,658
2.17
  
703
0.15
11 Asthma
3,345
1.98
  
1,260
0.27
12 Liver Cancer
2,992
1.77
  
3,470
0.74
13 Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,918
1.73
  
3,294
0.71
14 Stomach Cancer
2,875
1.71
  
6,006
1.29
15 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,691
1.60
  
18,951
4.06
16 Road Traffic Accidents
2,529
1.50
  
3,073
0.66
17 Liver Disease
2,443
1.45
  
7,767
1.66
18 Low Birth Weight
2,405
1.43
  
1,386
0.30
19 Anaemia
1,824
1.08
  
260
0.06
20 Breast Cancer
1,629
0.97
  
14,343
3.07
21 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,597
0.95
  
3,081
0.66
22 Other Injuries
1,559
0.92
  
6,029
1.29
23 Meningitis
1,368
0.81
  
278
0.06
24 Birth Trauma
1,329
0.79
  
262
0.06
25 Endocrine Disorders
1,192
0.71
  
3,056
0.65
26 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,060
0.63
  
1,204
0.26
27 Pancreas Cancer
1,038
0.62
  
7,954
1.70
28 Falls
1,006
0.60
  
4,450
0.95
29 Hepatitis B
970
0.58
  
57
0.01
30 Congenital Anomalies
875
0.52
  
1,950
0.42
31 Suicide
852
0.51
  
4,660
1.00
32 Oesophagus Cancer
826
0.49
  
8,762
1.88
33 Maternal Conditions
807
0.48
  
81
0.02
34 Drownings
799
0.47
  
233
0.05
35 Syphilis
732
0.43
  
3
0.00
36 Alzheimers/Dementia
678
0.40
  
29,116
6.24
37 Inflammatory/Heart
652
0.39
  
3,014
0.65
38 Leukemia
561
0.33
  
5,077
1.09
39 Bladder Cancer
526
0.31
  
5,842
1.25
40 Cervical Cancer
518
0.31
  
1,322
0.28
41 Lymphomas
510
0.30
  
8,744
1.87
42 Fires
492
0.29
  
380
0.08
43 Skin Disease
471
0.28
  
2,188
0.47
44 Upper Respiratory
465
0.28
  
56
0.01
45 Ovary Cancer
450
0.27
  
4,366
0.94
46 Poisonings
394
0.23
  
1,805
0.39
47 Oral Cancer
370
0.22
  
2,428
0.52
48 Epilepsy
282
0.17
  
1,201
0.26
49 Other Neoplasms
276
0.16
  
3,829
0.82
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
261
0.15
  
905
0.19
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea
NORTH KOREA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
30.01
20
  
30.98
18
2 Liver Cancer
11.67
32
  
3.07
164
3 Breast Cancer
11.54
154
  
23.62
20
4 Stomach Cancer
11.46
44
  
4.81
130
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.89
66
  
15.49
33
6 Pancreas Cancer
4.10
78
  
6.81
39
7 Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
83
  
7.62
30
8 Leukemia
2.31
155
  
4.39
63
9 Bladder Cancer
2.15
96
  
4.27
28
10 Cervical Cancer
2.06
146
  
1.38
161
11 Lymphomas
2.02
181
  
7.35
36
12 Ovary Cancer
1.76
132
  
3.96
20
13 Oral Cancer
1.47
169
  
2.39
113
14 Other Neoplasms
1.10
172
  
2.95
92
15 Skin Cancers
0.64
141
  
2.74
32
16 Uterin Cancer
0.60
133
  
1.53
64
17 Prostate Cancer
0.53
190
  
8.21
58
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  North Korea
NORTH KOREA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
22,665,345
49
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.95
168
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
21.3 %
136
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
69.4 %
39
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
9.4 %
57
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
14.82
130
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.52
54
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.96
122
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
51.34
46
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.98
142
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.63
174
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.09
73
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.42
140
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
64.1
136
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
59.0
122
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$1,700
156
  
$36,600
23
 

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