ALBANIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,866	2	8,790	- 2,925
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,703	1	8,797	- 5,094
Lung Disease	3	3,093	5	876	+ 2,216
Tuberculosis	4	2,058	54	8	+ 2,049
Lung Cancers	5	1,405	4	1,026	+ 379
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	736	6	634	+ 102
Road Traffic Accidents	7	734	14	337	+ 397
Hypertension	8	634	10	425	+ 209
Liver Cancer	9	629	9	434	+ 195
Liver Disease	10	532	12	376	+ 156
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	513	3	1,827	- 1,314
Kidney Disease	12	468	11	399	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	13	446	7	493	- 48
Diabetes Mellitus	14	434	19	208	+ 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	382	20	197	+ 185
Suicide	16	284	24	125	+ 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	247	35	50	+ 197
Falls	18	213	23	125	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	202	33	57	+ 145
Other Injuries	20	181	26	105	+ 75
Pancreas Cancer	21	180	18	225	- 44
Asthma	22	170	21	193	- 23
Breast Cancer	23	161	17	229	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	24	144	34	52	+ 93
Low Birth Weight	25	143	25	106	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	26	136	13	369	- 232
Drownings	27	133	43	25	+ 108
Violence	28	128	27	103	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	29	117	28	102	+ 15
Leukemia	30	114	22	131	- 17
HIV/AIDS	31	89	42	26	+ 63
Birth Trauma	32	87	41	32	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	33	83	36	48	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	34	81	8	465	- 384
Lymphomas	35	66	31	69	- 3
Ovary Cancer	36	63	39	39	+ 23
Oral Cancer	37	61	30	90	- 29
Bladder Cancer	38	59	15	330	- 271
Endocrine Disorders	39	53	29	91	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	44	52	9	+ 35
Poisonings	41	43	53	9	+ 34
Drug Use	42	42	44	25	+ 17
Malnutrition	43	37	58	3	+ 35
Alcohol	44	36	48	18	+ 18
Epilepsy	45	31	37	44	- 13
Fires	46	30	45	20	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	47	30	59	2	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	48	26	16	311	- 285
Meningitis	49	24	49	14	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	23	51	11	+ 12
Skin Cancers	51	20	32	64	- 44
Skin Disease	52	19	55	6	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	53	16	38	42	- 26
Encephalitis	54	14	46	20	- 6
Hepatitis B	55	8	63	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	56	8	50	12	- 4
Appendicitis	57	7	56	5	+ 1
Syphilis	58	6	62	1	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	59	5	47	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	40	39	- 34
Pertussis	61	4	60	1	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	57	3	+ 1
War	63	2	64	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	61	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	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
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

North Korea

Albania

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.