NORTH KOREA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,055	2	31,342	- 16,287
Stroke	2	13,711	1	49,648	- 35,936
Kidney Disease	3	5,727	12	3,959	+ 1,769
Lung Disease	4	5,724	3	26,178	- 20,454
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,636	11	4,340	+ 1,296
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,523	6	6,231	- 708
Hypertension	7	5,378	8	5,368	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	8	5,115	13	3,771	+ 1,345
Lung Cancers	9	4,864	5	11,893	- 7,029
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,476	14	3,671	+ 805
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	4,258	15	3,232	+ 1,027
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,983	7	6,210	- 2,227
Liver Disease	13	3,730	10	4,506	- 776
Prostate Cancer	14	3,431	48	219	+ 3,212
Suicide	15	2,396	16	2,407	- 11
Breast Cancer	16	2,379	23	1,366	+ 1,013
Pancreas Cancer	17	2,208	21	1,525	+ 682
Lymphomas	18	1,964	35	560	+ 1,404
Liver Cancer	19	1,929	9	5,326	- 3,397
Other Neoplasms	20	1,913	59	44	+ 1,869
Other Injuries	21	1,846	20	1,531	+ 315
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,813	39	452	+ 1,361
Falls	23	1,274	18	1,801	- 527
Leukemia	24	1,239	30	965	+ 274
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,209	29	991	+ 218
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,113	26	1,155	- 42
Cervical Cancer	27	1,098	33	704	+ 394
Skin Disease	28	1,076	52	158	+ 917
Violence	29	1,048	28	1,082	- 34
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,017	24	1,222	- 205
Inflammatory/Heart	31	999	34	684	+ 315
Bladder Cancer	32	903	38	500	+ 404
HIV/AIDS	33	760	31	753	+ 7
Skin Cancers	34	741	51	168	+ 572
Ovary Cancer	35	725	36	532	+ 193
Low Birth Weight	36	616	25	1,208	- 592
Malnutrition	37	592	43	317	+ 275
Tuberculosis	38	578	4	17,417	- 16,839
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	471	40	374	+ 97
Oral Cancer	40	432	37	513	- 80
Fires	41	416	46	253	+ 163
Asthma	42	415	22	1,439	- 1,024
Epilepsy	43	415	45	266	+ 149
Drownings	44	399	27	1,126	- 727
Uterin Cancer	45	387	53	138	+ 249
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	315	19	1,712	- 1,398
Alcohol	47	292	44	304	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	263	50	198	+ 64
Anemia	49	253	85	0	+ 253
Drug Use	50	209	42	356	- 147
Osteoarthritis	51	185	81	0	+ 185
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	147	17	2,093	- 1,945
Meningitis	53	134	49	207	- 73
Birth Trauma	54	123	32	736	- 613
Chagas disease	55	111	72	0	+ 111
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	103	80	0	+ 103
Poisonings	57	96	41	366	- 270
Schizophrenia	58	53	83	0	+ 53
Appendicitis	59	52	57	57	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	42	55	68	- 26
Hepatitis C	61	38	64	10	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	62	37	60	40	- 2
Maternal Conditions	63	33	47	252	- 218
War	64	19	63	16	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	7	82	0	+ 7
Syphilis	66	7	58	54	- 47
Upper Respiratory	67	6	56	67	- 61
Pertussis	68	4	61	34	- 31
Tetanus	69	2	62	28	- 25
Encephalitis	70	2	54	117	- 115
Otitis Media	71	2	70	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	65	4	- 4
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Chile

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.