NORTH KOREA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,301	2	31,342	- 7,041
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	20,446	11	4,340	+ 16,106
Stroke	3	13,983	1	49,648	- 35,665
Lung Cancers	4	13,715	5	11,893	+ 1,821
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	8,405	15	3,232	+ 5,174
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,604	6	6,231	+ 1,374
Lung Disease	7	7,012	3	26,178	- 19,165
Breast Cancer	8	5,975	23	1,366	+ 4,609
Other Injuries	9	5,815	20	1,531	+ 4,284
Pancreas Cancer	10	4,754	21	1,525	+ 3,228
Kidney Disease	11	4,414	12	3,959	+ 456
Diabetes Mellitus	12	4,197	14	3,671	+ 526
Prostate Cancer	13	4,182	48	219	+ 3,963
Lymphomas	14	3,872	35	560	+ 3,312
Liver Cancer	15	3,682	9	5,326	- 1,644
Suicide	16	3,447	16	2,407	+ 1,040
Other Neoplasms	17	3,373	59	44	+ 3,330
Falls	18	3,186	18	1,801	+ 1,385
Endocrine Disorders	19	3,110	39	452	+ 2,658
Parkinson's Disease	20	2,912	26	1,155	+ 1,757
Leukemia	21	2,868	30	965	+ 1,903
Liver Disease	22	2,839	10	4,506	- 1,667
Hypertension	23	2,734	8	5,368	- 2,634
Bladder Cancer	24	2,525	38	500	+ 2,026
Inflammatory/Heart	25	2,333	34	684	+ 1,649
Stomach Cancer	26	2,127	13	3,771	- 1,644
Oral Cancer	27	1,799	37	513	+ 1,286
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,797	24	1,222	+ 575
Malnutrition	29	1,620	43	317	+ 1,302
Ovary Cancer	30	1,525	36	532	+ 993
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,284	7	6,210	- 4,926
Skin Cancers	32	1,252	51	168	+ 1,084
Alcohol	33	1,226	44	304	+ 922
Uterin Cancer	34	1,046	53	138	+ 908
Congenital Anomalies	35	774	29	991	- 217
Drug Use	36	723	42	356	+ 367
Epilepsy	37	717	45	266	+ 452
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	695	40	374	+ 321
Skin Disease	39	615	52	158	+ 456
Cervical Cancer	40	605	33	704	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	532	17	2,093	- 1,560
Asthma	42	400	22	1,439	- 1,039
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	379	19	1,712	- 1,333
Anemia	44	374	85	0	+ 374
Drownings	45	334	27	1,126	- 792
Multiple Sclerosis	46	289	60	40	+ 250
Low Birth Weight	47	250	25	1,208	- 958
Schizophrenia	48	249	83	0	+ 249
Violence	49	207	28	1,082	- 875
Tuberculosis	50	167	4	17,417	- 17,250
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	164	50	198	- 34
Hepatitis C	52	160	64	10	+ 150
Fires	53	155	46	253	- 98
HIV/AIDS	54	139	31	753	- 614
Birth Trauma	55	119	32	736	- 617
Osteoarthritis	56	94	81	0	+ 94
Poisonings	57	88	41	366	- 279
Meningitis	58	63	49	207	- 144
Hepatitis B	59	52	55	68	- 16
Oral conditions	60	45	82	0	+ 45
Appendicitis	61	35	57	57	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	29	80	0	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	63	21	56	67	- 46
Maternal Conditions	64	20	47	252	- 232
Otitis Media	65	6	70	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	66	3	54	117	- 114
War	67	3	63	16	- 14
Syphilis	68	1	58	54	- 53
Pertussis	69	1	61	34	- 33
Tetanus	70	1	62	28	- 27
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	65	4	- 4
Chlamydia	78	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	79	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	72	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

France

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.