NORTH KOREA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	74,460	2	31,342	+ 43,118
Stroke	2	74,402	1	49,648	+ 24,754
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	15,465	11	4,340	+ 11,125
Lung Cancers	4	8,687	5	11,893	- 3,207
Lung Disease	5	7,418	3	26,178	- 18,760
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,364	6	6,231	- 866
Stomach Cancer	7	4,174	13	3,771	+ 403
Inflammatory/Heart	8	3,934	34	684	+ 3,250
Liver Cancer	9	3,671	9	5,326	- 1,654
Hypertension	10	3,599	8	5,368	- 1,769
Kidney Disease	11	3,373	12	3,959	- 586
Liver Disease	12	3,183	10	4,506	- 1,323
Parkinson's Disease	13	3,119	26	1,155	+ 1,965
Road Traffic Accidents	14	2,853	7	6,210	- 3,357
Bladder Cancer	15	2,791	38	500	+ 2,292
Prostate Cancer	16	2,630	48	219	+ 2,411
Breast Cancer	17	1,942	23	1,366	+ 576
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,901	21	1,525	+ 376
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,765	14	3,671	- 1,906
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,668	15	3,232	- 1,564
Asthma	21	1,630	22	1,439	+ 191
Leukemia	22	1,112	30	965	+ 147
Falls	23	1,058	18	1,801	- 743
Suicide	24	1,058	16	2,407	- 1,349
Low Birth Weight	25	900	25	1,208	- 308
Other Injuries	26	893	20	1,531	- 638
Violence	27	868	28	1,082	- 214
Congenital Anomalies	28	867	29	991	- 124
Endocrine Disorders	29	768	39	452	+ 316
Oral Cancer	30	758	37	513	+ 245
Lymphomas	31	582	35	560	+ 22
Skin Cancers	32	539	51	168	+ 371
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	481	19	1,712	- 1,231
Oesophagus Cancer	34	436	24	1,222	- 786
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	425	17	2,093	- 1,667
Cervical Cancer	36	405	33	704	- 300
Epilepsy	37	373	45	266	+ 107
Uterin Cancer	38	355	53	138	+ 217
Ovary Cancer	39	334	36	532	- 198
Multiple Sclerosis	40	328	60	40	+ 288
Birth Trauma	41	274	32	736	- 462
HIV/AIDS	42	217	31	753	- 537
Drownings	43	215	27	1,126	- 911
Drug Use	44	213	42	356	- 144
Fires	45	166	46	253	- 87
Encephalitis	46	166	54	117	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	47	164	59	44	+ 121
Alcohol	48	156	44	304	- 149
Meningitis	49	117	49	207	- 90
Upper Respiratory	50	103	56	67	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	94	50	198	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	79	40	374	- 296
Poisonings	53	76	41	366	- 291
Tuberculosis	54	71	4	17,417	- 17,346
Skin Disease	55	51	52	158	- 108
Appendicitis	56	45	57	57	- 12
Tetanus	57	23	62	28	- 4
Malnutrition	58	22	43	317	- 295
Maternal Conditions	59	17	47	252	- 235
Pertussis	60	12	61	34	- 23
Leishmaniasis	61	7	75	0	+ 7
Syphilis	62	7	58	54	- 47
Hepatitis B	63	4	55	68	- 64
War	64	3	63	16	- 13
Measles	65	2	65	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	10	- 9
Chlamydia	67	1	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Albania

North Korea

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.