NORTH KOREA VS BAHRAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHRAIN		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,298	2	31,342	- 15,044
Diabetes Mellitus	2	12,508	14	3,671	+ 8,838
Stroke	3	4,833	1	49,648	- 44,815
Kidney Disease	4	3,270	12	3,959	- 688
Liver Disease	5	2,649	10	4,506	- 1,857
Endocrine Disorders	6	2,576	39	452	+ 2,125
Suicide	7	2,441	16	2,407	+ 34
Lung Disease	8	2,185	3	26,178	- 23,993
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,752	6	6,231	- 4,478
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,614	11	4,340	- 2,726
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,426	7	6,210	- 4,784
Lung Cancers	12	1,386	5	11,893	- 10,508
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,250	15	3,232	- 1,982
Breast Cancer	14	1,157	23	1,366	- 209
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,070	29	991	+ 79
Low Birth Weight	16	947	25	1,208	- 261
Other Injuries	17	928	20	1,531	- 603
Falls	18	791	18	1,801	- 1,011
Lymphomas	19	694	35	560	+ 134
Leukemia	20	691	30	965	- 274
Skin Disease	21	690	52	158	+ 531
Hypertension	22	684	8	5,368	- 4,684
Inflammatory/Heart	23	675	34	684	- 9
Asthma	24	597	22	1,439	- 842
Pancreas Cancer	25	535	21	1,525	- 991
Liver Cancer	26	501	9	5,326	- 4,825
Stomach Cancer	27	480	13	3,771	- 3,291
Bladder Cancer	28	449	38	500	- 50
Ovary Cancer	29	439	36	532	- 93
Parkinson's Disease	30	432	26	1,155	- 723
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	421	19	1,712	- 1,291
Epilepsy	32	420	45	266	+ 154
Fires	33	403	46	253	+ 149
Drownings	34	371	27	1,126	- 755
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	286	40	374	- 89
Oral Cancer	36	264	37	513	- 249
Prostate Cancer	37	252	48	219	+ 33
Drug Use	38	252	42	356	- 105
Cervical Cancer	39	204	33	704	- 500
Oesophagus Cancer	40	163	24	1,222	- 1,060
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	157	17	2,093	- 1,935
Alcohol	42	148	44	304	- 156
Tuberculosis	43	141	4	17,417	- 17,276
Uterin Cancer	44	136	53	138	- 2
Violence	45	86	28	1,082	- 997
HIV/AIDS	46	84	31	753	- 669
Other Neoplasms	47	81	59	44	+ 37
Meningitis	48	79	49	207	- 128
Malnutrition	49	76	43	317	- 241
Birth Trauma	50	70	32	736	- 665
Poisonings	51	70	41	366	- 297
Maternal Conditions	52	69	47	252	- 182
Hepatitis B	53	61	55	68	- 8
Encephalitis	54	55	54	117	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	44	50	198	- 155
Multiple Sclerosis	56	38	60	40	- 2
Appendicitis	57	37	57	57	- 20
Syphilis	58	31	58	54	- 23
Skin Cancers	59	18	51	168	- 150
Pertussis	60	10	61	34	- 25
Tetanus	61	4	62	28	- 23
War	62	4	63	16	- 13
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	10	- 10
Ascariasis	64	1	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	56	67	- 66
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	65	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Bahrain

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.