BELARUS VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	17,937	2	16,393	+ 1,544
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,324	1	53,186	- 41,862
Lung Disease	3	9,458	7	2,208	+ 7,250
Tuberculosis	4	6,293	37	269	+ 6,024
Lung Cancers	5	4,297	4	2,950	+ 1,347
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,251	15	1,086	+ 1,165
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,244	19	722	+ 1,522
Hypertension	8	1,939	31	367	+ 1,572
Liver Cancer	9	1,924	32	363	+ 1,561
Liver Disease	10	1,628	8	2,078	- 450
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,568	3	3,530	- 1,962
Kidney Disease	12	1,430	26	480	+ 950
Stomach Cancer	13	1,362	10	1,690	- 327
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,326	30	373	+ 954
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,168	5	2,886	- 1,719
Suicide	16	870	9	2,004	- 1,134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	756	39	239	+ 517
Falls	18	651	16	952	- 301
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	619	40	235	+ 383
Other Injuries	20	553	14	1,099	- 546
Pancreas Cancer	21	551	13	1,171	- 620
Asthma	22	520	44	122	+ 398
Breast Cancer	23	493	12	1,230	- 737
Oesophagus Cancer	24	442	25	493	- 51
Low Birth Weight	25	436	47	64	+ 372
Parkinson's Disease	26	417	21	621	- 204
Drownings	27	407	24	543	- 137
Violence	28	391	38	255	+ 136
Congenital Anomalies	29	358	41	202	+ 156
Leukemia	30	349	23	554	- 205
HIV/AIDS	31	272	42	167	+ 105
Birth Trauma	32	266	52	25	+ 241
Cervical Cancer	33	254	34	303	- 49
Inflammatory/Heart	34	247	11	1,361	- 1,113
Lymphomas	35	202	20	672	- 469
Ovary Cancer	36	192	27	429	- 237
Oral Cancer	37	185	18	901	- 716
Bladder Cancer	38	181	35	295	- 115
Endocrine Disorders	39	163	43	141	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	135	57	13	+ 123
Poisonings	41	132	33	311	- 179
Drug Use	42	129	29	389	- 260
Malnutrition	43	115	53	22	+ 93
Alcohol	44	110	6	2,761	- 2,651
Epilepsy	45	96	45	116	- 20
Fires	46	92	22	620	- 529
Maternal Conditions	47	91	60	2	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	48	79	17	936	- 857
Meningitis	49	75	50	36	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	72	55	15	+ 57
Skin Cancers	51	61	36	272	- 211
Skin Disease	52	57	51	31	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	53	50	28	391	- 341
Encephalitis	54	42	46	93	- 51
Hepatitis B	55	25	56	14	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	56	24	58	5	+ 19
Appendicitis	57	20	54	20	+ 1
Syphilis	58	20	63	1	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	59	16	48	52	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	49	42	- 28
Pertussis	61	12	65	0	+ 12
Tetanus	62	10	64	0	+ 10
War	63	6	59	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	4	62	1	+ 3
Measles	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

North Korea

Belarus

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.