NORTH KOREA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,616	2	31,342	- 7,726
Stroke	2	9,299	1	49,648	- 40,348
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,157	7	6,210	- 1,052
Kidney Disease	4	4,237	12	3,959	+ 278
War	5	3,768	63	16	+ 3,751
Hypertension	6	3,268	8	5,368	- 2,100
Tuberculosis	7	2,902	4	17,417	- 14,515
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,870	14	3,671	- 801
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,656	6	6,231	- 3,574
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,654	11	4,340	- 1,686
Liver Disease	11	2,252	10	4,506	- 2,255
Lung Disease	12	2,169	3	26,178	- 24,009
Lung Cancers	13	2,116	5	11,893	- 9,778
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,761	29	991	+ 770
Other Injuries	15	1,545	20	1,531	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,524	15	3,232	- 1,708
Drug Use	17	1,325	42	356	+ 969
Low Birth Weight	18	1,282	25	1,208	+ 74
Suicide	19	1,084	16	2,407	- 1,323
Asthma	20	1,061	22	1,439	- 378
HIV/AIDS	21	800	31	753	+ 47
Leukemia	22	774	30	965	- 191
Pancreas Cancer	23	746	21	1,525	- 780
Falls	24	727	18	1,801	- 1,074
Breast Cancer	25	679	23	1,366	- 687
Lymphomas	26	675	35	560	+ 115
Parkinson's Disease	27	569	26	1,155	- 586
Liver Cancer	28	546	9	5,326	- 4,780
Endocrine Disorders	29	545	39	452	+ 93
Violence	30	519	28	1,082	- 563
Bladder Cancer	31	485	38	500	- 15
Cervical Cancer	32	481	33	704	- 223
Stomach Cancer	33	478	13	3,771	- 3,292
Birth Trauma	34	473	32	736	- 263
Maternal Conditions	35	442	47	252	+ 191
Fires	36	412	46	253	+ 159
Inflammatory/Heart	37	384	34	684	- 301
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	353	19	1,712	- 1,359
Prostate Cancer	39	341	48	219	+ 122
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	327	40	374	- 48
Oral Cancer	41	288	37	513	- 224
Ovary Cancer	42	268	36	532	- 264
Drownings	43	264	27	1,126	- 862
Epilepsy	44	238	45	266	- 28
Poisonings	45	199	41	366	- 167
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	176	17	2,093	- 1,916
Meningitis	47	148	49	207	- 59
Hepatitis B	48	122	55	68	+ 53
Oesophagus Cancer	49	118	24	1,222	- 1,105
Alcohol	50	77	44	304	- 228
Skin Cancers	51	72	51	168	- 96
Multiple Sclerosis	52	71	60	40	+ 31
Encephalitis	53	69	54	117	- 48
Skin Disease	54	61	52	158	- 97
Pertussis	55	60	61	34	+ 26
Appendicitis	56	53	57	57	- 4
Malnutrition	57	38	43	317	- 280
Other Neoplasms	58	36	59	44	- 8
Schistosomiasis	59	31	74	0	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	60	30	53	138	- 108
Syphilis	61	20	58	54	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	50	198	- 183
Leishmaniasis	63	7	75	0	+ 7
Tetanus	64	4	62	28	- 24
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	10	- 8
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	56	67	- 66
Diphtheria	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	65	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Libya

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.