NORTH KOREA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,507	2	31,342	- 835
Stroke	2	13,083	1	49,648	- 36,565
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,032	7	6,210	- 1,178
Hypertension	4	4,681	8	5,368	- 687
Kidney Disease	5	4,210	12	3,959	+ 252
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,077	6	6,231	- 2,154
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,151	11	4,340	- 1,188
Low Birth Weight	8	3,043	25	1,208	+ 1,835
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,616	14	3,671	- 1,054
Lung Disease	10	2,611	3	26,178	- 23,567
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,437	29	991	+ 1,446
Lung Cancers	12	2,199	5	11,893	- 9,695
Birth Trauma	13	2,125	32	736	+ 1,390
Breast Cancer	14	1,938	23	1,366	+ 572
Liver Disease	15	1,938	10	4,506	- 2,569
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,756	15	3,232	- 1,476
Tuberculosis	17	1,589	4	17,417	- 15,829
Asthma	18	1,141	22	1,439	- 298
Stomach Cancer	19	1,137	13	3,771	- 2,634
Lymphomas	20	1,025	35	560	+ 465
Bladder Cancer	21	796	38	500	+ 296
Other Injuries	22	784	20	1,531	- 748
Falls	23	735	18	1,801	- 1,066
Parkinson's Disease	24	698	26	1,155	- 456
Leukemia	25	647	30	965	- 318
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	621	40	374	+ 247
Cervical Cancer	27	608	33	704	- 96
Suicide	28	599	16	2,407	- 1,808
Prostate Cancer	29	598	48	219	+ 379
Drug Use	30	550	42	356	+ 193
Pancreas Cancer	31	544	21	1,525	- 981
Endocrine Disorders	32	518	39	452	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	33	513	47	252	+ 261
Inflammatory/Heart	34	461	34	684	- 223
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	403	19	1,712	- 1,309
Violence	36	399	28	1,082	- 683
Skin Cancers	37	398	51	168	+ 230
Oral Cancer	38	389	37	513	- 124
Fires	39	356	46	253	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	40	342	36	532	- 190
Liver Cancer	41	308	9	5,326	- 5,018
Drownings	42	252	27	1,126	- 874
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	202	17	2,093	- 1,890
Epilepsy	44	198	45	266	- 67
Meningitis	45	179	49	207	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	46	175	24	1,222	- 1,047
Poisonings	47	160	41	366	- 206
HIV/AIDS	48	108	31	753	- 645
Pertussis	49	95	61	34	+ 60
Hepatitis B	50	92	55	68	+ 24
Encephalitis	51	81	54	117	- 36
Skin Disease	52	62	52	158	- 96
Malnutrition	53	46	43	317	- 272
Alcohol	54	45	44	304	- 259
Appendicitis	55	45	57	57	- 12
Uterin Cancer	56	42	53	138	- 96
Multiple Sclerosis	57	41	60	40	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	32	59	44	- 11
Measles	59	31	65	4	+ 27
Tetanus	60	29	62	28	+ 1
Syphilis	61	23	58	54	- 31
War	62	23	63	16	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	63	12	74	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	12	50	198	- 186
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	10	- 8
Leishmaniasis	66	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	56	67	- 66
Chlamydia	69	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Algeria

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.