NORTH KOREA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	65,339	2	31,342	+ 33,997
Stroke	2	8,799	1	49,648	- 40,849
Lung Cancers	3	7,346	5	11,893	- 4,547
Hypertension	4	6,991	8	5,368	+ 1,623
Kidney Disease	5	6,093	12	3,959	+ 2,134
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	5,948	11	4,340	+ 1,608
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,527	7	6,210	- 683
Breast Cancer	8	4,836	23	1,366	+ 3,470
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,579	14	3,671	+ 908
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	4,566	6	6,231	- 1,664
Lung Disease	11	4,359	3	26,178	- 21,819
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	4,125	15	3,232	+ 893
Bladder Cancer	13	3,451	38	500	+ 2,951
Liver Disease	14	3,250	10	4,506	- 1,256
Lymphomas	15	3,165	35	560	+ 2,605
Stomach Cancer	16	2,350	13	3,771	- 1,421
Prostate Cancer	17	2,168	48	219	+ 1,949
Leukemia	18	1,636	30	965	+ 671
Asthma	19	1,460	22	1,439	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,459	29	991	+ 468
Skin Cancers	21	1,453	51	168	+ 1,285
Violence	22	1,395	28	1,082	+ 313
Drug Use	23	1,375	42	356	+ 1,019
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,336	21	1,525	- 190
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,108	26	1,155	- 47
Ovary Cancer	26	1,098	36	532	+ 567
Liver Cancer	27	1,066	9	5,326	- 4,260
Low Birth Weight	28	933	25	1,208	- 275
Suicide	29	932	16	2,407	- 1,475
Other Injuries	30	823	20	1,531	- 708
Oral Cancer	31	793	37	513	+ 281
Inflammatory/Heart	32	749	34	684	+ 65
Falls	33	724	18	1,801	- 1,077
Endocrine Disorders	34	711	39	452	+ 259
Cervical Cancer	35	660	33	704	- 44
Hepatitis B	36	601	55	68	+ 532
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	560	19	1,712	- 1,153
Uterin Cancer	38	485	53	138	+ 347
Fires	39	484	46	253	+ 231
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	397	40	374	+ 22
Tuberculosis	41	346	4	17,417	- 17,072
Birth Trauma	42	330	32	736	- 406
Drownings	43	302	27	1,126	- 824
Oesophagus Cancer	44	257	24	1,222	- 966
HIV/AIDS	45	250	31	753	- 503
Epilepsy	46	240	45	266	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	231	17	2,093	- 1,861
Poisonings	48	190	41	366	- 177
Meningitis	49	173	49	207	- 34
Maternal Conditions	50	149	47	252	- 102
War	51	124	63	16	+ 107
Tetanus	52	114	62	28	+ 86
Skin Disease	53	93	52	158	- 65
Alcohol	54	88	44	304	- 216
Multiple Sclerosis	55	80	60	40	+ 40
Encephalitis	56	77	54	117	- 40
Pertussis	57	76	61	34	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	58	71	59	44	+ 27
Measles	59	60	65	4	+ 56
Malnutrition	60	55	43	317	- 263
Appendicitis	61	54	57	57	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	25	50	198	- 173
Syphilis	63	24	58	54	- 30
Hepatitis C	64	19	64	10	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	65	11	74	0	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	66	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	56	67	- 66
Diphtheria	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	67	1	- 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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

Lebanon

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.