NORTH KOREA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,840	2	31,342	- 8,502
Violence	2	10,219	28	1,082	+ 9,137
Stroke	3	8,789	1	49,648	- 40,859
Lung Disease	4	8,447	3	26,178	- 17,730
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,714	6	6,231	- 517
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,118	7	6,210	- 2,092
Kidney Disease	7	3,624	12	3,959	- 334
Hypertension	8	3,394	8	5,368	- 1,974
Stomach Cancer	9	3,241	13	3,771	- 530
Lung Cancers	10	2,784	5	11,893	- 9,109
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,667	14	3,671	- 1,004
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,318	15	3,232	- 914
Breast Cancer	13	1,946	23	1,366	+ 580
Prostate Cancer	14	1,901	48	219	+ 1,682
Other Neoplasms	15	1,700	59	44	+ 1,656
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,571	29	991	+ 580
HIV/AIDS	17	1,423	31	753	+ 670
Lymphomas	18	1,380	35	560	+ 821
Liver Disease	19	1,287	10	4,506	- 3,220
Cervical Cancer	20	1,202	33	704	+ 498
Leukemia	21	1,171	30	965	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,144	11	4,340	- 3,196
Low Birth Weight	23	1,111	25	1,208	- 97
Liver Cancer	24	1,095	9	5,326	- 4,231
Pancreas Cancer	25	1,073	21	1,525	- 453
Suicide	26	1,042	16	2,407	- 1,365
Malnutrition	27	996	43	317	+ 679
Other Injuries	28	844	20	1,531	- 687
Falls	29	805	18	1,801	- 996
Endocrine Disorders	30	725	39	452	+ 273
Inflammatory/Heart	31	705	34	684	+ 21
Tuberculosis	32	675	4	17,417	- 16,743
Ovary Cancer	33	595	36	532	+ 63
Skin Disease	34	584	52	158	+ 426
Skin Cancers	35	545	51	168	+ 377
Oesophagus Cancer	36	443	24	1,222	- 779
Oral Cancer	37	428	37	513	- 85
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	396	40	374	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	370	19	1,712	- 1,342
Drownings	40	365	27	1,126	- 761
Birth Trauma	41	344	32	736	- 392
Bladder Cancer	42	323	38	500	- 177
Epilepsy	43	317	45	266	+ 51
Drug Use	44	261	42	356	- 96
Uterin Cancer	45	224	53	138	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	46	209	47	252	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	47	203	26	1,155	- 952
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	177	80	0	+ 177
War	49	138	63	16	+ 122
Meningitis	50	129	49	207	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	128	50	198	- 70
Appendicitis	52	113	57	57	+ 56
Chagas disease	53	108	72	0	+ 108
Asthma	54	101	22	1,439	- 1,338
Dengue	55	71	76	0	+ 71
Fires	56	67	46	253	- 186
Anemia	57	53	85	0	+ 53
Osteoarthritis	58	35	81	0	+ 35
Hepatitis C	59	34	64	10	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	60	33	60	40	- 7
Poisonings	61	32	41	366	- 334
Hepatitis B	62	27	55	68	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	20	17	2,093	- 2,072
Encephalitis	64	20	54	117	- 97
Syphilis	65	16	58	54	- 38
Upper Respiratory	66	14	56	67	- 53
Malaria	67	14	69	0	+ 13
Alcohol	68	12	44	304	- 292
Pertussis	69	10	61	34	- 25
Schizophrenia	70	9	83	0	+ 9
Tetanus	71	7	62	28	- 20
Leprosy	72	4	71	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	73	4	70	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	74	4	75	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	75	4	82	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	76	2	67	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	65	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	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

Colombia

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.