NORTH KOREA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,065	2	31,342	- 8,277
Violence	2	21,762	28	1,082	+ 20,680
Kidney Disease	3	18,748	12	3,959	+ 14,789
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,593	6	6,231	+ 3,362
Stroke	5	6,329	1	49,648	- 43,319
Lung Disease	6	5,922	3	26,178	- 20,256
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,496	14	3,671	+ 1,826
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,344	7	6,210	- 866
HIV/AIDS	9	3,341	31	753	+ 2,588
Liver Disease	10	3,163	10	4,506	- 1,344
Stomach Cancer	11	2,785	13	3,771	- 986
Alcohol	12	2,572	44	304	+ 2,268
Cervical Cancer	13	1,791	33	704	+ 1,087
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,782	29	991	+ 791
Suicide	15	1,549	16	2,407	- 858
Liver Cancer	16	1,409	9	5,326	- 3,917
Prostate Cancer	17	1,303	48	219	+ 1,084
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,269	11	4,340	- 3,071
Low Birth Weight	19	1,258	25	1,208	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,248	15	3,232	- 1,983
Leukemia	21	1,237	30	965	+ 272
Breast Cancer	22	1,156	23	1,366	- 210
Lung Cancers	23	1,150	5	11,893	- 10,744
Falls	24	964	18	1,801	- 838
Endocrine Disorders	25	883	39	452	+ 432
Malnutrition	26	851	43	317	+ 533
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	789	40	374	+ 415
Lymphomas	28	739	35	560	+ 179
Pancreas Cancer	29	638	21	1,525	- 888
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	623	19	1,712	- 1,089
Hypertension	31	579	8	5,368	- 4,789
Other Neoplasms	32	575	59	44	+ 532
Drownings	33	542	27	1,126	- 584
Anemia	34	520	85	0	+ 520
Asthma	35	484	22	1,439	- 955
Skin Disease	36	479	52	158	+ 321
Birth Trauma	37	479	32	736	- 257
Other Injuries	38	378	20	1,531	- 1,153
Oral Cancer	39	372	37	513	- 140
Ovary Cancer	40	370	36	532	- 162
Oesophagus Cancer	41	319	24	1,222	- 903
Inflammatory/Heart	42	308	34	684	- 377
Drug Use	43	292	42	356	- 65
Parkinson's Disease	44	277	26	1,155	- 878
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	254	80	0	+ 254
Tuberculosis	46	238	4	17,417	- 17,179
Skin Cancers	47	237	51	168	+ 68
Epilepsy	48	200	45	266	- 66
Bladder Cancer	49	165	38	500	- 334
Uterin Cancer	50	157	53	138	+ 18
Meningitis	51	141	49	207	- 66
Pertussis	52	128	61	34	+ 93
Maternal Conditions	53	105	47	252	- 147
Fires	54	85	46	253	- 168
Chagas disease	55	72	72	0	+ 72
Appendicitis	56	71	57	57	+ 14
Poisonings	57	59	41	366	- 307
Syphilis	58	56	58	54	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	56	50	198	- 143
Tetanus	60	45	62	28	+ 17
Dengue	61	36	76	0	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	62	34	56	67	- 33
Encephalitis	63	29	54	117	- 88
Multiple Sclerosis	64	27	60	40	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	24	17	2,093	- 2,068
Hepatitis B	66	18	55	68	- 50
Schizophrenia	67	15	83	0	+ 15
Oral conditions	68	9	82	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	69	6	81	0	+ 6
War	70	2	63	16	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	10	- 10
Measles	76	0	65	4	- 4
Otitis Media	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	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

El Salvador

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.