NORTH KOREA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,145	2	31,342	- 19,197
Violence	2	9,220	28	1,082	+ 8,138
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,892	14	3,671	+ 5,222
Stroke	4	8,022	1	49,648	- 41,625
HIV/AIDS	5	7,536	31	753	+ 6,783
Kidney Disease	6	6,473	12	3,959	+ 2,515
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,105	6	6,231	- 126
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,569	7	6,210	- 641
Liver Disease	9	3,644	10	4,506	- 863
Prostate Cancer	10	2,994	48	219	+ 2,775
Lung Disease	11	2,905	3	26,178	- 23,273
Hypertension	12	2,895	8	5,368	- 2,473
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,831	11	4,340	- 1,508
Other Injuries	14	2,247	20	1,531	+ 716
Lung Cancers	15	1,928	5	11,893	- 9,965
Suicide	16	1,745	16	2,407	- 662
Cervical Cancer	17	1,739	33	704	+ 1,035
Drownings	18	1,507	27	1,126	+ 381
Liver Cancer	19	1,506	9	5,326	- 3,820
Stomach Cancer	20	1,466	13	3,771	- 2,305
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,457	29	991	+ 467
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,424	39	452	+ 972
Breast Cancer	23	1,370	23	1,366	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,266	15	3,232	- 1,966
Low Birth Weight	25	1,248	25	1,208	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,140	34	684	+ 456
Falls	27	814	18	1,801	- 988
Parkinson's Disease	28	695	26	1,155	- 459
Malnutrition	29	620	43	317	+ 302
Alcohol	30	613	44	304	+ 309
Pancreas Cancer	31	591	21	1,525	- 934
Birth Trauma	32	583	32	736	- 152
Tuberculosis	33	556	4	17,417	- 16,861
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	548	40	374	+ 173
Asthma	35	486	22	1,439	- 953
Epilepsy	36	485	45	266	+ 219
Skin Disease	37	346	52	158	+ 188
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	327	19	1,712	- 1,385
Leukemia	39	252	30	965	- 713
Fires	40	230	46	253	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	216	17	2,093	- 1,877
Maternal Conditions	42	146	47	252	- 105
Oesophagus Cancer	43	139	24	1,222	- 1,083
Appendicitis	44	92	57	57	+ 35
Poisonings	45	91	41	366	- 276
Meningitis	46	89	49	207	- 118
Drug Use	47	88	42	356	- 269
Encephalitis	48	87	54	117	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	70	50	198	- 129
Lymphomas	50	70	35	560	- 490
Uterin Cancer	51	69	53	138	- 69
Ovary Cancer	52	60	36	532	- 472
Other Neoplasms	53	59	59	44	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	54	27	60	40	- 13
Dengue	55	13	76	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	56	13	55	68	- 56
Chagas disease	57	12	72	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	58	8	56	67	- 59
Tetanus	59	7	62	28	- 21
War	60	7	63	16	- 10
Hepatitis C	61	3	64	10	- 8
Syphilis	62	2	58	54	- 52
Pertussis	63	2	61	34	- 32
Ascariasis	64	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	66	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	51	168	- 168
Oral Cancer	67	0	37	513	- 512
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	65	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	38	500	- 500
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

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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.