NORTH KOREA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,182	2	31,342	- 18,160
Stroke	2	8,112	1	49,648	- 41,535
Kidney Disease	3	7,403	12	3,959	+ 3,444
Lung Disease	4	5,226	3	26,178	- 20,952
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,762	14	3,671	+ 1,091
Hypertension	6	4,311	8	5,368	- 1,057
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,173	6	6,231	- 2,057
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	4,087	11	4,340	- 253
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,725	7	6,210	- 2,485
Stomach Cancer	10	3,299	13	3,771	- 472
Violence	11	3,173	28	1,082	+ 2,091
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,100	15	3,232	- 132
Other Injuries	13	2,850	20	1,531	+ 1,319
Prostate Cancer	14	2,238	48	219	+ 2,019
Suicide	15	2,032	16	2,407	- 375
Breast Cancer	16	1,919	23	1,366	+ 553
Liver Cancer	17	1,907	9	5,326	- 3,419
Liver Disease	18	1,846	10	4,506	- 2,660
Lymphomas	19	1,777	35	560	+ 1,217
Lung Cancers	20	1,715	5	11,893	- 10,178
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,575	29	991	+ 584
Pancreas Cancer	22	1,466	21	1,525	- 59
Other Neoplasms	23	1,326	59	44	+ 1,283
Leukemia	24	1,306	30	965	+ 341
HIV/AIDS	25	959	31	753	+ 205
Inflammatory/Heart	26	955	34	684	+ 271
Endocrine Disorders	27	916	39	452	+ 464
Low Birth Weight	28	888	25	1,208	- 320
Cervical Cancer	29	794	33	704	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	30	689	26	1,155	- 465
Skin Cancers	31	683	51	168	+ 514
Skin Disease	32	630	52	158	+ 472
Alcohol	33	630	44	304	+ 326
Epilepsy	34	580	45	266	+ 314
Falls	35	580	18	1,801	- 1,222
Bladder Cancer	36	498	38	500	- 2
Drownings	37	483	27	1,126	- 643
Oral Cancer	38	480	37	513	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	436	40	374	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	40	401	36	532	- 131
Uterin Cancer	41	401	53	138	+ 263
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	367	19	1,712	- 1,345
Drug Use	43	315	42	356	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	44	304	24	1,222	- 918
Asthma	45	302	22	1,439	- 1,137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	275	50	198	+ 77
Birth Trauma	47	240	32	736	- 496
Malnutrition	48	184	43	317	- 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	161	17	2,093	- 1,932
Tuberculosis	50	158	4	17,417	- 17,259
Anemia	51	124	85	0	+ 124
Appendicitis	52	108	57	57	+ 51
Schizophrenia	53	103	83	0	+ 103
Meningitis	54	89	49	207	- 118
Maternal Conditions	55	85	47	252	- 167
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	66	80	0	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	57	54	60	40	+ 14
Fires	58	51	46	253	- 203
Hepatitis B	59	35	55	68	- 34
Poisonings	60	27	41	366	- 340
Osteoarthritis	61	25	81	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	62	15	56	67	- 52
Encephalitis	63	13	54	117	- 104
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	10	- 5
Syphilis	65	5	58	54	- 49
Oral conditions	66	5	82	0	+ 5
Leprosy	67	5	71	0	+ 5
War	68	3	63	16	- 14
Pertussis	69	0	61	34	- 34
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	28	- 28
Measles	75	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Costa Rica

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.