NORTH KOREA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,429	2	31,342	- 19,912
Stroke	2	6,845	1	49,648	- 42,803
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,041	7	6,210	- 2,169
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,963	14	3,671	+ 292
Hypertension	5	3,605	8	5,368	- 1,763
Kidney Disease	6	3,516	12	3,959	- 443
Lung Cancers	7	2,492	5	11,893	- 9,402
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,206	6	6,231	- 4,024
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,199	29	991	+ 1,208
Low Birth Weight	10	2,017	25	1,208	+ 809
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,662	11	4,340	- 2,677
Breast Cancer	12	1,614	23	1,366	+ 248
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,451	15	3,232	- 1,781
Liver Disease	14	1,161	10	4,506	- 3,345
Lung Disease	15	1,045	3	26,178	- 25,133
Leukemia	16	870	30	965	- 95
Stomach Cancer	17	859	13	3,771	- 2,912
Lymphomas	18	761	35	560	+ 201
Other Injuries	19	691	20	1,531	- 840
Birth Trauma	20	637	32	736	- 98
Violence	21	633	28	1,082	- 449
Pancreas Cancer	22	578	21	1,525	- 948
Bladder Cancer	23	500	38	500	+ 1
Falls	24	448	18	1,801	- 1,353
Liver Cancer	25	437	9	5,326	- 4,888
Endocrine Disorders	26	424	39	452	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	27	398	26	1,155	- 757
Suicide	28	389	16	2,407	- 2,018
Fires	29	360	46	253	+ 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	358	40	374	- 16
Oral Cancer	31	336	37	513	- 176
Ovary Cancer	32	328	36	532	- 204
Prostate Cancer	33	308	48	219	+ 89
Drug Use	34	270	42	356	- 86
Asthma	35	269	22	1,439	- 1,170
Drownings	36	252	27	1,126	- 874
Meningitis	37	184	49	207	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	38	175	34	684	- 509
Uterin Cancer	39	175	53	138	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	157	19	1,712	- 1,555
Cervical Cancer	41	150	33	704	- 554
Oesophagus Cancer	42	149	24	1,222	- 1,074
Pertussis	43	129	61	34	+ 94
Maternal Conditions	44	124	47	252	- 128
Syphilis	45	122	58	54	+ 68
Epilepsy	46	115	45	266	- 151
Poisonings	47	110	41	366	- 257
Skin Disease	48	99	52	158	- 59
Skin Cancers	49	89	51	168	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	53	17	2,093	- 2,040
Malnutrition	51	35	43	317	- 282
Encephalitis	52	32	54	117	- 85
Tuberculosis	53	29	4	17,417	- 17,389
Multiple Sclerosis	54	28	60	40	- 12
Alcohol	55	25	44	304	- 280
Tetanus	56	25	62	28	- 3
Other Neoplasms	57	22	59	44	- 22
Appendicitis	58	18	57	57	- 38
War	59	15	63	16	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	10	55	68	- 59
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	9	50	198	- 189
Schistosomiasis	62	6	74	0	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	63	5	31	753	- 749
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	10	- 7
Measles	65	2	65	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	56	67	- 66
Chlamydia	70	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

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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.