COMOROS VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,699	3	356	+ 1,344
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,073	4	349	+ 724
Lung Disease	3	896	17	83	+ 813
Tuberculosis	4	596	19	79	+ 517
Lung Cancers	5	407	60	1	+ 406
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	213	1	594	- 381
Road Traffic Accidents	7	213	6	226	- 14
Hypertension	8	184	12	115	+ 69
Liver Cancer	9	182	28	29	+ 153
Liver Disease	10	154	8	160	- 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	149	23	46	+ 102
Kidney Disease	12	135	14	101	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	13	129	45	11	+ 118
Diabetes Mellitus	14	126	9	136	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	111	39	19	+ 92
Suicide	16	82	24	46	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	72	47	10	+ 61
Falls	18	62	32	26	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	59	34	21	+ 38
Other Injuries	20	52	16	90	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	21	52	82	0	+ 52
Asthma	22	49	21	49	+ 0
Breast Cancer	23	47	33	23	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	24	42	26	34	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	25	41	5	328	- 287
Parkinson's Disease	26	40	44	11	+ 28
Drownings	27	39	25	35	+ 4
Violence	28	37	20	63	- 26
Congenital Anomalies	29	34	10	131	- 97
Leukemia	30	33	57	3	+ 30
HIV/AIDS	31	26	76	0	+ 26
Birth Trauma	32	25	7	211	- 186
Cervical Cancer	33	24	13	104	- 80
Inflammatory/Heart	34	23	31	26	- 3
Lymphomas	35	19	37	19	- 0
Ovary Cancer	36	18	56	3	+ 15
Oral Cancer	37	18	41	15	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	38	17	46	10	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	39	15	36	19	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	13	2	363	- 350
Poisonings	41	13	35	20	- 8
Drug Use	42	12	49	7	+ 6
Malnutrition	43	11	15	96	- 85
Alcohol	44	10	51	6	+ 5
Epilepsy	45	9	40	17	- 8
Fires	46	9	30	27	- 18
Maternal Conditions	47	9	22	47	- 38
Prostate Cancer	48	7	27	33	- 25
Meningitis	49	7	11	115	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	58	2	+ 5
Skin Cancers	51	6	42	12	- 7
Skin Disease	52	5	48	9	- 4
Uterin Cancer	53	5	55	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	4	54	4	- 0
Hepatitis B	55	2	52	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	56	2	53	4	- 2
Appendicitis	57	2	50	6	- 4
Syphilis	58	2	38	19	- 17
Other Neoplasms	59	1	59	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 1
Pertussis	61	1	18	80	- 79
Tetanus	62	1	43	12	- 11
War	63	1	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	65	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	29	29	- 29
Otitis Media	70	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.