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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
SOUTH KOREA VS UNITED STATES

Compare South Korea and United States 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.

United States
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
South Korea Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   United States UNITED STATES
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   United States UNITED STATES
           
    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
    		  
    66.6
    73.1
    69.8
    23
    15
    16
    1970
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    		  
    67.1
    74.7
    70.8
    24
    12
    21
    1980
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    		  
    70.0
    77.5
    73.7
    22
    11
    18
    1990
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    		  
    71.8
    78.8
    75.2
    29
    17
    21
    2000
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    		  
    74.0
    79.5
    76.8
    28
    29
    28
    2010
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    		  
    76.2
    81.1
    78.7
    30
    30
    30
    2019
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    		  
    76.3
    80.7
    78.5
    41
    42
    40
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   United States UNITED STATES
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    76.3
    80.7
    41
    42
    Age 5
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    76.8
    81.2
    42
    45
    Age 10
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    76.9
    81.2
    43
    45
    Age 15
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    76.9
    81.3
    43
    45
    Age 20
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    77.1
    81.4
    43
    45
    Age 25
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    77.5
    81.5
    43
    45
    Age 30
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    77.9
    81.7
    41
    45
    Age 35
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    78.3
    81.9
    41
    43
    Age 40
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    78.8
    82.2
    40
    43
    Age 45
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    79.3
    82.5
    40
    42
    Age 50
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    79.9
    83.0
    41
    41
    Age 55
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    80.7
    83.6
    40
    40
    Age 60
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    81.8
    84.4
    37
    38
    Age 65
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    83.1
    85.3
    34
    38
    Age 70
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    84.6
    86.4
    32
    38
    Age 75
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    86.5
    87.7
    23
    35
    Age 80
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    88.6
    89.4
    18
    27
    Age 85
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    91.1
    91.5
    22
    30
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   United States UNITED STATES
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    27.78
    183
    73.49
    142
    2. Stroke
    25.48
    155
    22.27
    164
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    25.21
    100
    8.86
    163
    4. Suicide
    21.16
    12
    14.51
    31
    5. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    25.54
    24
    6. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    4.69
    110
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    11.04
    154
    33.26
    8
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    10.28
    71
    9. Kidney Disease
    9.92
    142
    13.08
    127
    10. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    2.24
    173
    11. Lung Disease
    8.14
    175
    28.49
    60
    12. Liver Disease
    7.50
    148
    8.98
    134
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    7.26
    36
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    6.84
    160
    10.58
    144
    15. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    15.93
    105
    16. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    11.64
    126
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.76
    150
    11.10
    120
    18. Other Injuries
    3.88
    154
    5.11
    130
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    3.78
    114
    4.55
    68
    20. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    6.36
    31
    21. Hypertension
    3.45
    163
    10.26
    133
    22. Falls
    3.34
    142
    5.68
    90
    23. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    4.70
    79
    24. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    4.43
    49
    25. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    2.77
    151
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    2.11
    148
    8.22
    28
    27. Tuberculosis
    1.93
    110
    0.09
    178
    28. Other Neoplasms
    1.89
    55
    2.68
    37
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    3.04
    71
    30. Congenital Anomalies
    1.82
    181
    3.78
    140
    31. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    2.84
    61
    32. Low Birth Weight
    1.62
    152
    2.37
    138
    33. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    2.01
    132
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.55
    172
    5.64
    73
    35. Alcohol
    1.34
    97
    3.50
    28
    36. Asthma
    1.08
    129
    0.84
    141
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.91
    139
    1.55
    114
    38. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    3.11
    50
    39. Epilepsy
    0.72
    166
    0.78
    159
    40. Drownings
    0.71
    161
    1.19
    140
    41. Violence
    0.68
    170
    6.00
    81
    42. Skin Disease
    0.67
    126
    0.86
    115
    43. Hepatitis B
    0.61
    58
    0.12
    121
    44. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    2.36
    57
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.54
    171
    0.55
    170
    46. Birth Trauma
    0.39
    164
    0.42
    157
    47. Fires
    0.33
    159
    0.73
    124
    48. Anemia
    0.30
    41
    0.42
    32
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.23
    175
    0.55
    152
    50. Drug Use
    0.20
    181
    21.28
    1
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   United States UNITED STATES
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    28,043
    11.19
    504,904
    20.15
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26,650
    10.63
    60,317
    2.41
    3. Stroke
    25,596
    10.21
    158,520
    6.33
    4. Lung Cancers
    20,293
    8.10
    155,533
    6.21
    5. Suicide
    14,636
    5.84
    53,099
    2.12
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    12,145
    4.85
    287,198
    11.46
    7. Liver Cancer
    11,589
    4.62
    27,064
    1.08
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10,180
    4.06
    61,827
    2.47
    9. Kidney Disease
    10,107
    4.03
    85,861
    3.43
    10. Stomach Cancer
    8,625
    3.44
    13,077
    0.52
    11. Lung Disease
    8,526
    3.40
    195,387
    7.80
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    6,994
    2.79
    44,293
    1.77
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    6,812
    2.72
    61,418
    2.45
    14. Liver Disease
    6,348
    2.53
    43,402
    1.73
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,399
    1.76
    41,694
    1.66
    16. Parkinson's Disease
    3,951
    1.58
    34,491
    1.38
    17. Hypertension
    3,711
    1.48
    65,960
    2.63
    18. Other Injuries
    3,634
    1.45
    25,997
    1.04
    19. Lymphomas
    3,477
    1.39
    40,281
    1.61
    20. Falls
    2,934
    1.17
    40,418
    1.61
    21. Breast Cancer
    2,880
    1.15
    48,671
    1.94
    22. Prostate Cancer
    2,316
    0.92
    35,612
    1.42
    23. Leukemia
    2,140
    0.85
    26,966
    1.08
    24. Tuberculosis
    1,950
    0.78
    546
    0.02
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    1,891
    0.75
    46,985
    1.87
    26. Other Neoplasms
    1,807
    0.72
    17,743
    0.71
    27. Bladder Cancer
    1,768
    0.71
    19,622
    0.78
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,733
    0.69
    17,829
    0.71
    29. Oral Cancer
    1,457
    0.58
    11,555
    0.46
    30. Ovary Cancer
    1,330
    0.53
    14,591
    0.58
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,325
    0.53
    32,529
    1.30
    32. Asthma
    1,150
    0.46
    3,818
    0.15
    33. Alcohol
    1,081
    0.43
    14,659
    0.58
    34. Cervical Cancer
    1,065
    0.42
    6,984
    0.28
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    929
    0.37
    9,955
    0.40
    36. Skin Disease
    704
    0.28
    5,409
    0.22
    37. Skin Cancers
    585
    0.23
    14,311
    0.57
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    540
    0.22
    3,461
    0.14
    39. Hepatitis B
    526
    0.21
    608
    0.02
    40. Epilepsy
    524
    0.21
    3,162
    0.13
    41. Congenital Anomalies
    518
    0.21
    11,762
    0.47
    42. Drownings
    501
    0.20
    4,070
    0.16
    43. Uterin Cancer
    420
    0.17
    10,063
    0.40
    44. Violence
    386
    0.15
    18,976
    0.76
    45. Low Birth Weight
    370
    0.15
    6,924
    0.28
    46. Anemia
    329
    0.13
    3,115
    0.12
    47. Fires
    263
    0.10
    3,183
    0.13
    48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    224
    0.09
    3,646
    0.15
    49. Hepatitis C
    168
    0.07
    5,684
    0.23
    50. Drug Use
    154
    0.06
    74,435
    2.97
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   United States UNITED STATES
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    25.54
    24
    2. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    4.69
    110
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    10.28
    71
    4. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    2.24
    173
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    7.26
    36
    6. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    15.93
    105
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    11.64
    126
    8. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    6.36
    31
    9. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    4.70
    79
    10. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    4.43
    49
    11. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    2.77
    151
    12. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    3.04
    71
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    2.84
    61
    14. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    2.01
    132
    15. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    3.11
    50
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    2.36
    57
    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.