NORTH KOREA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	20,916	1	49,648	- 28,732
Coronary Heart Disease	2	16,919	2	31,342	- 14,423
Lung Disease	3	7,124	3	26,178	- 19,054
Tuberculosis	4	5,795	4	17,417	- 11,622
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,629	40	374	+ 5,255
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,612	6	6,231	- 1,618
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,517	14	3,671	+ 847
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,901	7	6,210	- 2,309
Liver Disease	9	3,278	10	4,506	- 1,229
Oesophagus Cancer	10	3,044	24	1,222	+ 1,822
Low Birth Weight	11	2,721	25	1,208	+ 1,513
Oral Cancer	12	2,418	37	513	+ 1,905
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,337	11	4,340	- 2,003
Hypertension	14	2,303	8	5,368	- 3,065
Birth Trauma	15	2,088	32	736	+ 1,352
Lung Cancers	16	1,898	5	11,893	- 9,995
Kidney Disease	17	1,690	12	3,959	- 2,269
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,577	29	991	+ 586
Measles	19	1,406	65	4	+ 1,403
Asthma	20	1,386	22	1,439	- 53
Other Injuries	21	1,189	20	1,531	- 342
Drownings	22	1,106	27	1,126	- 20
Breast Cancer	23	1,061	23	1,366	- 305
Stomach Cancer	24	1,060	13	3,771	- 2,711
Suicide	25	935	16	2,407	- 1,472
Cervical Cancer	26	800	33	704	+ 96
Violence	27	721	28	1,082	- 362
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	707	15	3,232	- 2,525
Maternal Conditions	29	611	47	252	+ 359
Parkinson's Disease	30	590	26	1,155	- 565
Falls	31	519	18	1,801	- 1,282
Drug Use	32	463	42	356	+ 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	456	17	2,093	- 1,637
Liver Cancer	34	450	9	5,326	- 4,876
Lymphomas	35	416	35	560	- 144
Malnutrition	36	377	43	317	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	37	348	36	532	- 184
Meningitis	38	328	49	207	+ 121
Pertussis	39	314	61	34	+ 279
Leukemia	40	295	30	965	- 670
Prostate Cancer	41	259	48	219	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	42	231	34	684	- 453
Pancreas Cancer	43	220	21	1,525	- 1,305
Epilepsy	44	211	45	266	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	45	208	39	452	- 244
Fires	46	198	46	253	- 55
Appendicitis	47	197	57	57	+ 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	195	19	1,712	- 1,517
Syphilis	49	191	58	54	+ 137
Skin Disease	50	176	52	158	+ 18
Hepatitis B	51	175	55	68	+ 106
Bladder Cancer	52	154	38	500	- 345
Skin Cancers	53	133	51	168	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	127	50	198	- 71
HIV/AIDS	55	88	31	753	- 666
Poisonings	56	84	41	366	- 282
Tetanus	57	70	62	28	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	58	63	53	138	- 75
Encephalitis	59	58	54	117	- 59
Alcohol	60	41	44	304	- 264
Other Neoplasms	61	38	59	44	- 6
Hepatitis C	62	32	64	10	+ 22
War	63	32	63	16	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	64	28	60	40	- 12
Dengue	65	25	76	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	66	16	56	67	- 51
Leishmaniasis	67	9	75	0	+ 9
Malaria	68	7	69	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	69	5	67	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	3	66	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	2	70	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	1	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Bangladesh

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.