ARMENIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		ARMENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,620	2	2,121	+ 3,498
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,548	1	8,901	- 5,354
Lung Disease	3	2,963	5	832	+ 2,131
Tuberculosis	4	1,971	38	44	+ 1,928
Lung Cancers	5	1,346	4	1,030	+ 317
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	705	3	1,214	- 509
Road Traffic Accidents	7	703	9	590	+ 113
Hypertension	8	608	6	773	- 165
Liver Cancer	9	603	14	362	+ 241
Liver Disease	10	510	8	627	- 116
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	491	39	40	+ 451
Kidney Disease	12	448	11	467	- 19
Stomach Cancer	13	427	12	448	- 21
Diabetes Mellitus	14	415	7	714	- 298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	366	10	469	- 103
Suicide	16	272	28	98	+ 174
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	237	30	67	+ 170
Falls	18	204	40	38	+ 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	194	18	235	- 41
Other Injuries	20	173	17	263	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	21	173	15	358	- 185
Asthma	22	163	49	10	+ 153
Breast Cancer	23	155	13	444	- 289
Oesophagus Cancer	24	138	36	51	+ 87
Low Birth Weight	25	137	23	130	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	26	131	48	12	+ 119
Drownings	27	127	45	21	+ 106
Violence	28	122	25	112	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	29	112	16	282	- 170
Leukemia	30	109	22	136	- 27
HIV/AIDS	31	85	32	64	+ 21
Birth Trauma	32	83	42	34	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	33	80	27	99	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	34	77	21	174	- 96
Lymphomas	35	63	26	106	- 43
Ovary Cancer	36	60	29	91	- 30
Oral Cancer	37	58	33	60	- 2
Bladder Cancer	38	57	20	178	- 122
Endocrine Disorders	39	51	35	52	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	42	50	9	+ 33
Poisonings	41	41	46	20	+ 21
Drug Use	42	40	41	36	+ 5
Malnutrition	43	36	66	1	+ 35
Alcohol	44	34	62	3	+ 31
Epilepsy	45	30	52	9	+ 21
Fires	46	29	47	13	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	47	28	55	8	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	48	25	19	221	- 196
Meningitis	49	23	56	7	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	22	54	9	+ 14
Skin Cancers	51	19	34	57	- 37
Skin Disease	52	18	43	27	- 9
Uterin Cancer	53	16	24	121	- 106
Encephalitis	54	13	57	5	+ 8
Hepatitis B	55	8	51	9	- 1
Upper Respiratory	56	8	63	3	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	6	59	5	+ 2
Syphilis	58	6	75	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	59	5	37	44	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	53	9	- 4
Pertussis	61	4	71	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	3	81	0	+ 3
War	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	31	64	- 63
Measles	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	85	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	27	- 27
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	61	3	- 3
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	58	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARMENIA

North Korea

Armenia

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.