NORTH KOREA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,103	2	31,342	+ 9,761
Liver Disease	2	14,213	10	4,506	+ 9,706
Stroke	3	10,363	1	49,648	- 39,284
Liver Cancer	4	5,795	9	5,326	+ 469
Hypertension	5	4,987	8	5,368	- 381
Kidney Disease	6	4,985	12	3,959	+ 1,026
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,892	6	6,231	- 1,338
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,523	14	3,671	+ 852
Lung Disease	9	3,166	3	26,178	- 23,012
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,875	29	991	+ 1,884
Low Birth Weight	11	2,693	25	1,208	+ 1,485
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,397	7	6,210	- 3,813
Breast Cancer	13	2,170	23	1,366	+ 804
Lymphomas	14	1,782	35	560	+ 1,222
Asthma	15	1,679	22	1,439	+ 240
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,649	11	4,340	- 2,691
Birth Trauma	17	1,444	32	736	+ 708
Lung Cancers	18	1,342	5	11,893	- 10,551
Bladder Cancer	19	1,213	38	500	+ 714
Violence	20	985	28	1,082	- 98
Other Injuries	21	903	20	1,531	- 628
Leukemia	22	890	30	965	- 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	873	40	374	+ 498
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	729	15	3,232	- 2,503
Suicide	25	714	16	2,407	- 1,693
Pancreas Cancer	26	687	21	1,525	- 838
Inflammatory/Heart	27	588	34	684	- 96
Parkinson's Disease	28	565	26	1,155	- 590
Endocrine Disorders	29	561	39	452	+ 109
Falls	30	477	18	1,801	- 1,324
Ovary Cancer	31	459	36	532	- 72
Stomach Cancer	32	436	13	3,771	- 3,335
Fires	33	371	46	253	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	316	19	1,712	- 1,396
Prostate Cancer	35	303	48	219	+ 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	295	17	2,093	- 1,798
Drownings	37	265	27	1,126	- 861
Encephalitis	38	247	54	117	+ 130
Skin Cancers	39	240	51	168	+ 71
Hepatitis B	40	234	55	68	+ 165
Oesophagus Cancer	41	225	24	1,222	- 997
Pertussis	42	214	61	34	+ 180
Meningitis	43	196	49	207	- 11
Maternal Conditions	44	188	47	252	- 64
Oral Cancer	45	187	37	513	- 325
Malnutrition	46	179	43	317	- 138
War	47	169	63	16	+ 152
Cervical Cancer	48	148	33	704	- 556
Tetanus	49	128	62	28	+ 100
Epilepsy	50	107	45	266	- 159
Tuberculosis	51	102	4	17,417	- 17,315
Uterin Cancer	52	100	53	138	- 38
HIV/AIDS	53	94	31	753	- 660
Schistosomiasis	54	52	74	0	+ 52
Skin Disease	55	52	52	158	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	56	50	60	40	+ 11
Poisonings	57	46	41	366	- 320
Syphilis	58	38	58	54	- 16
Appendicitis	59	34	57	57	- 23
Alcohol	60	33	44	304	- 271
Other Neoplasms	61	28	59	44	- 16
Drug Use	62	27	42	356	- 329
Hepatitis C	63	23	64	10	+ 12
Measles	64	10	65	4	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	50	198	- 192
Leishmaniasis	66	3	75	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	56	67	- 65
Dengue	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Egypt

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.