NORTH KOREA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,881	2	31,342	- 12,461
Stroke	2	9,682	1	49,648	- 39,966
Lung Disease	3	6,161	3	26,178	- 20,016
Kidney Disease	4	5,437	12	3,959	+ 1,479
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,194	11	4,340	- 1,146
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,167	14	3,671	- 503
Lung Cancers	7	2,458	5	11,893	- 9,435
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,234	6	6,231	- 3,997
Breast Cancer	9	1,892	23	1,366	+ 526
Liver Cancer	10	1,814	9	5,326	- 3,512
Liver Disease	11	1,649	10	4,506	- 2,857
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,463	39	452	+ 1,011
Cervical Cancer	13	1,455	33	704	+ 750
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,418	15	3,232	- 1,813
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,303	29	991	+ 312
Falls	16	1,272	18	1,801	- 529
Hypertension	17	1,108	8	5,368	- 4,260
Other Injuries	18	1,060	20	1,531	- 471
Oral Cancer	19	1,043	37	513	+ 531
Low Birth Weight	20	992	25	1,208	- 216
Suicide	21	983	16	2,407	- 1,424
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	971	40	374	+ 596
Drownings	23	936	27	1,126	- 190
Leukemia	24	865	30	965	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	25	783	26	1,155	- 371
Prostate Cancer	26	777	48	219	+ 558
Tuberculosis	27	764	4	17,417	- 16,653
Violence	28	677	28	1,082	- 406
Asthma	29	665	22	1,439	- 774
Ovary Cancer	30	627	36	532	+ 95
Road Traffic Accidents	31	584	7	6,210	- 5,625
Skin Disease	32	572	52	158	+ 414
Dengue	33	510	76	0	+ 510
Lymphomas	34	500	35	560	- 60
Maternal Conditions	35	368	47	252	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	36	362	34	684	- 323
Bladder Cancer	37	355	38	500	- 145
Epilepsy	38	331	45	266	+ 65
Birth Trauma	39	326	32	736	- 410
Pancreas Cancer	40	297	21	1,525	- 1,228
Fires	41	266	46	253	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	243	19	1,712	- 1,469
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	230	17	2,093	- 1,863
Encephalitis	44	183	54	117	+ 66
Malnutrition	45	183	43	317	- 135
Other Neoplasms	46	138	59	44	+ 94
Uterin Cancer	47	133	53	138	- 5
Drug Use	48	124	42	356	- 233
Stomach Cancer	49	82	13	3,771	- 3,688
Meningitis	50	73	49	207	- 134
Alcohol	51	45	44	304	- 259
Pertussis	52	25	61	34	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	23	50	198	- 176
Tetanus	54	19	62	28	- 9
Poisonings	55	17	41	366	- 349
Hepatitis B	56	15	55	68	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	57	14	60	40	- 25
Syphilis	58	10	58	54	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	59	10	24	1,222	- 1,213
Measles	60	9	65	4	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	8	57	57	- 49
War	62	5	63	16	- 11
Skin Cancers	63	3	51	168	- 165
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	10	- 7
Ascariasis	65	3	67	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	56	67	- 64
Chlamydia	67	1	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	31	753	- 753
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
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Maldives

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.