NORTH KOREA VS MONGOLIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MONGOLIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,684	2	31,342	+ 10,342
Stroke	2	35,268	1	49,648	- 14,379
Liver Cancer	3	14,698	9	5,326	+ 9,373
Liver Disease	4	13,805	10	4,506	+ 9,299
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,438	7	6,210	- 771
Stomach Cancer	6	4,948	13	3,771	+ 1,178
Alcohol	7	4,668	44	304	+ 4,364
Suicide	8	4,623	16	2,407	+ 2,216
Other Injuries	9	3,543	20	1,531	+ 2,012
Lung Cancers	10	3,295	5	11,893	- 8,598
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,282	6	6,231	- 2,949
Kidney Disease	12	3,272	12	3,959	- 687
Oesophagus Cancer	13	2,930	24	1,222	+ 1,707
Tuberculosis	14	2,624	4	17,417	- 14,794
Lung Disease	15	2,621	3	26,178	- 23,557
Inflammatory/Heart	16	2,105	34	684	+ 1,420
Congenital Anomalies	17	2,102	29	991	+ 1,112
Falls	18	1,955	18	1,801	+ 153
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,947	11	4,340	- 2,392
Low Birth Weight	20	1,633	25	1,208	+ 425
Hypertension	21	1,591	8	5,368	- 3,777
Violence	22	1,577	28	1,082	+ 495
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,541	19	1,712	- 171
Birth Trauma	24	1,284	32	736	+ 548
Cervical Cancer	25	1,244	33	704	+ 540
Drownings	26	1,213	27	1,126	+ 87
Diabetes Mellitus	27	1,162	14	3,671	- 2,509
Rheumatic Heart Disease	28	1,031	17	2,093	- 1,062
Asthma	29	901	22	1,439	- 538
Pancreas Cancer	30	757	21	1,525	- 768
Fires	31	755	46	253	+ 502
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	749	15	3,232	- 2,483
Poisonings	33	714	41	366	+ 347
Epilepsy	34	644	45	266	+ 378
Endocrine Disorders	35	556	39	452	+ 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	532	40	374	+ 157
Oral Cancer	37	492	37	513	- 21
Breast Cancer	38	488	23	1,366	- 878
Parkinson's Disease	39	441	26	1,155	- 713
Maternal Conditions	40	390	47	252	+ 138
Ovary Cancer	41	363	36	532	- 169
Lymphomas	42	345	35	560	- 215
Encephalitis	43	324	54	117	+ 207
Syphilis	44	275	58	54	+ 221
Drug Use	45	261	42	356	- 96
Leukemia	46	238	30	965	- 727
Appendicitis	47	203	57	57	+ 147
Meningitis	48	171	49	207	- 36
HIV/AIDS	49	168	31	753	- 585
Bladder Cancer	50	152	38	500	- 348
Skin Disease	51	146	52	158	- 12
Prostate Cancer	52	144	48	219	- 75
Pertussis	53	119	61	34	+ 85
Skin Cancers	54	101	51	168	- 68
Hepatitis B	55	84	55	68	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	67	50	198	- 131
Uterin Cancer	57	59	53	138	- 79
Other Neoplasms	58	27	59	44	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	59	23	60	40	- 17
Tetanus	60	13	62	28	- 14
Upper Respiratory	61	11	56	67	- 56
Hepatitis C	62	4	64	10	- 6
War	63	3	63	16	- 14
Malnutrition	64	3	43	317	- 315
Chlamydia	65	3	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	66	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	69	0	65	4	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Mongolia

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.