NORTH KOREA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,170	2	31,342	- 10,172
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	15,315	11	4,340	+ 10,975
Stroke	3	10,150	1	49,648	- 39,498
Lung Cancers	4	8,615	5	11,893	- 3,279
Lung Disease	5	8,338	3	26,178	- 17,839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	6,100	15	3,232	+ 2,868
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,393	14	3,671	+ 722
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,368	6	6,231	- 1,862
Prostate Cancer	9	3,700	48	219	+ 3,481
Breast Cancer	10	3,346	23	1,366	+ 1,980
Suicide	11	3,094	16	2,407	+ 687
Kidney Disease	12	3,084	12	3,959	- 875
Pancreas Cancer	13	3,063	21	1,525	+ 1,537
Falls	14	3,061	18	1,801	+ 1,260
Lymphomas	15	2,985	35	560	+ 2,426
Endocrine Disorders	16	2,287	39	452	+ 1,836
Skin Cancers	17	2,278	51	168	+ 2,110
Leukemia	18	2,089	30	965	+ 1,124
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,000	26	1,155	+ 846
Liver Cancer	20	2,000	9	5,326	- 3,325
Drug Use	21	1,751	42	356	+ 1,395
Other Injuries	22	1,614	20	1,531	+ 82
Hypertension	23	1,603	8	5,368	- 3,765
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,543	34	684	+ 859
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,467	24	1,222	+ 245
Liver Disease	26	1,397	10	4,506	- 3,110
Stomach Cancer	27	1,265	13	3,771	- 2,506
Other Neoplasms	28	1,230	59	44	+ 1,187
Road Traffic Accidents	29	1,223	7	6,210	- 4,987
Bladder Cancer	30	1,166	38	500	+ 667
Ovary Cancer	31	985	36	532	+ 453
Oral Cancer	32	955	37	513	+ 443
Congenital Anomalies	33	698	29	991	- 293
Skin Disease	34	584	52	158	+ 425
Uterin Cancer	35	515	53	138	+ 377
Asthma	36	447	22	1,439	- 992
Alcohol	37	373	44	304	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	372	17	2,093	- 1,720
Cervical Cancer	39	336	33	704	- 369
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	290	40	374	- 84
Epilepsy	41	280	45	266	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	271	19	1,712	- 1,441
Low Birth Weight	43	244	25	1,208	- 964
Violence	44	239	28	1,082	- 843
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	225	50	198	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	46	184	60	40	+ 145
Drownings	47	174	27	1,126	- 952
Hepatitis C	48	170	64	10	+ 160
Anemia	49	155	85	0	+ 155
Birth Trauma	50	138	32	736	- 598
Malnutrition	51	115	43	317	- 203
Osteoarthritis	52	112	81	0	+ 112
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	70	80	0	+ 70
Schizophrenia	54	63	83	0	+ 63
Fires	55	54	46	253	- 200
Tuberculosis	56	52	4	17,417	- 17,365
HIV/AIDS	57	49	31	753	- 704
Hepatitis B	58	40	55	68	- 28
Oral conditions	59	39	82	0	+ 39
Meningitis	60	36	49	207	- 170
Poisonings	61	34	41	366	- 332
Appendicitis	62	26	57	57	- 31
Maternal Conditions	63	20	47	252	- 232
Upper Respiratory	64	17	56	67	- 50
War	65	8	63	16	- 9
Otitis Media	66	6	70	0	+ 6
Syphilis	67	3	58	54	- 51
Encephalitis	68	3	54	117	- 114
Pertussis	69	1	61	34	- 33
Tetanus	70	1	62	28	- 26
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Australia

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.