NORTH KOREA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,016	2	31,342	- 8,326
Kidney Disease	2	13,915	12	3,959	+ 9,956
Stroke	3	8,762	1	49,648	- 40,886
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,143	14	3,671	+ 4,473
Lung Disease	5	6,182	3	26,178	- 19,996
Liver Disease	6	4,739	10	4,506	+ 233
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,536	6	6,231	- 1,695
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,367	7	6,210	- 1,843
Hypertension	9	4,345	8	5,368	- 1,023
Violence	10	2,436	28	1,082	+ 1,354
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,248	29	991	+ 1,257
Liver Cancer	12	2,003	9	5,326	- 3,322
Low Birth Weight	13	1,929	25	1,208	+ 720
Stomach Cancer	14	1,881	13	3,771	- 1,890
Prostate Cancer	15	1,520	48	219	+ 1,301
Cervical Cancer	16	1,474	33	704	+ 769
Other Injuries	17	1,408	20	1,531	- 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,242	15	3,232	- 1,990
Suicide	19	1,121	16	2,407	- 1,286
Breast Cancer	20	1,115	23	1,366	- 251
Alcohol	21	1,097	44	304	+ 793
Falls	22	1,087	18	1,801	- 714
Lung Cancers	23	1,079	5	11,893	- 10,815
Leukemia	24	894	30	965	- 71
Birth Trauma	25	780	32	736	+ 44
Other Neoplasms	26	757	59	44	+ 713
Pancreas Cancer	27	700	21	1,525	- 825
Endocrine Disorders	28	644	39	452	+ 193
Lymphomas	29	644	35	560	+ 85
Malnutrition	30	642	43	317	+ 325
Skin Disease	31	637	52	158	+ 479
Drownings	32	618	27	1,126	- 508
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	587	11	4,340	- 3,753
Inflammatory/Heart	34	549	34	684	- 135
HIV/AIDS	35	548	31	753	- 205
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	482	40	374	+ 108
Tuberculosis	37	452	4	17,417	- 16,965
Asthma	38	413	22	1,439	- 1,026
Maternal Conditions	39	347	47	252	+ 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	337	19	1,712	- 1,375
Epilepsy	41	292	45	266	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	42	263	26	1,155	- 892
Oral Cancer	43	253	37	513	- 259
Ovary Cancer	44	241	36	532	- 291
Skin Cancers	45	232	51	168	+ 64
Drug Use	46	198	42	356	- 158
Oesophagus Cancer	47	165	24	1,222	- 1,057
Uterin Cancer	48	153	53	138	+ 15
Appendicitis	49	125	57	57	+ 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	121	50	198	- 78
Meningitis	51	114	49	207	- 93
Bladder Cancer	52	110	38	500	- 389
Anemia	53	110	85	0	+ 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	79	17	2,093	- 2,014
Poisonings	55	69	41	366	- 297
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	67	80	0	+ 67
Fires	57	64	46	253	- 189
Encephalitis	58	40	54	117	- 77
Osteoarthritis	59	38	81	0	+ 38
Syphilis	60	37	58	54	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	61	27	60	40	- 13
Hepatitis B	62	20	55	68	- 48
Oral conditions	63	18	82	0	+ 18
Dengue	64	17	76	0	+ 17
Chagas disease	65	16	72	0	+ 16
Schizophrenia	66	13	83	0	+ 13
Pertussis	67	12	61	34	- 22
Hepatitis C	68	5	64	10	- 6
Ascariasis	69	3	67	1	+ 2
War	70	3	63	16	- 14
Leprosy	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	56	67	- 65
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	1	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	75	1	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	65	4	- 4
Tetanus	79	0	62	28	- 28
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Nicaragua

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.