BOTSWANA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,626	4	1,588	+ 3,038
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,921	3	1,632	+ 1,289
Lung Disease	3	2,439	10	482	+ 1,958
Tuberculosis	4	1,623	6	649	+ 974
Lung Cancers	5	1,108	39	45	+ 1,063
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	581	2	1,674	- 1,093
Road Traffic Accidents	7	579	7	608	- 30
Hypertension	8	500	11	471	+ 29
Liver Cancer	9	496	35	57	+ 439
Liver Disease	10	420	12	459	- 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	404	23	164	+ 241
Kidney Disease	12	369	9	506	- 137
Stomach Cancer	13	351	53	10	+ 341
Diabetes Mellitus	14	342	5	1,273	- 931
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	301	47	28	+ 274
Suicide	16	224	15	370	- 146
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	195	43	37	+ 158
Falls	18	168	34	62	+ 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	160	29	90	+ 69
Other Injuries	20	143	19	216	- 74
Pancreas Cancer	21	142	50	16	+ 126
Asthma	22	134	18	232	- 98
Breast Cancer	23	127	33	68	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	24	114	28	103	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	25	113	13	447	- 334
Parkinson's Disease	26	108	38	47	+ 60
Drownings	27	105	30	83	+ 22
Violence	28	101	14	389	- 288
Congenital Anomalies	29	92	16	287	- 195
Leukemia	30	90	51	13	+ 77
HIV/AIDS	31	70	1	4,950	- 4,880
Birth Trauma	32	69	17	261	- 193
Cervical Cancer	33	66	22	164	- 98
Inflammatory/Heart	34	64	20	177	- 113
Lymphomas	35	52	31	77	- 25
Ovary Cancer	36	50	49	19	+ 30
Oral Cancer	37	48	32	70	- 22
Bladder Cancer	38	47	60	6	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	39	42	27	103	- 61
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	35	8	527	- 492
Poisonings	41	34	42	42	- 8
Drug Use	42	33	48	26	+ 8
Malnutrition	43	30	21	171	- 141
Alcohol	44	28	45	31	- 2
Epilepsy	45	25	36	56	- 31
Fires	46	24	26	108	- 85
Maternal Conditions	47	23	24	118	- 94
Prostate Cancer	48	20	41	45	- 24
Meningitis	49	19	25	108	- 89
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	18	52	11	+ 8
Skin Cancers	51	16	37	52	- 36
Skin Disease	52	15	46	30	- 15
Uterin Cancer	53	13	56	9	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	11	59	7	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	6	62	6	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	56	6	58	7	- 1
Appendicitis	57	5	57	8	- 2
Syphilis	58	5	44	36	- 31
Other Neoplasms	59	4	55	9	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	63	3	+ 1
Pertussis	61	3	40	45	- 41
Tetanus	62	3	61	6	- 4
War	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

North Korea

Botswana

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.