COSTA RICA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	9,941	2	1,624	+ 8,316
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,275	1	2,639	+ 3,636
Lung Disease	3	5,241	4	1,046	+ 4,195
Tuberculosis	4	3,487	50	32	+ 3,456
Lung Cancers	5	2,381	20	343	+ 2,038
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,248	7	836	+ 412
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,243	9	746	+ 497
Hypertension	8	1,075	6	863	+ 212
Liver Cancer	9	1,066	17	382	+ 685
Liver Disease	10	902	18	370	+ 533
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	869	8	818	+ 51
Kidney Disease	12	793	3	1,482	- 690
Stomach Cancer	13	755	10	661	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	14	735	5	953	- 218
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	647	12	621	+ 26
Suicide	16	482	15	407	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	419	49	32	+ 387
Falls	18	361	35	116	+ 245
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	343	42	74	+ 269
Other Injuries	20	307	13	571	- 264
Pancreas Cancer	21	305	22	294	+ 12
Asthma	22	288	45	60	+ 228
Breast Cancer	23	273	16	384	- 111
Oesophagus Cancer	24	245	44	61	+ 184
Low Birth Weight	25	242	28	178	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	26	231	30	138	+ 93
Drownings	27	225	37	97	+ 129
Violence	28	217	11	635	- 419
Congenital Anomalies	29	198	21	315	- 117
Leukemia	30	193	24	262	- 68
HIV/AIDS	31	151	25	192	- 41
Birth Trauma	32	147	47	48	+ 99
Cervical Cancer	33	141	29	159	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	34	137	26	191	- 54
Lymphomas	35	112	19	356	- 244
Ovary Cancer	36	106	40	80	+ 26
Oral Cancer	37	103	38	96	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	38	100	36	100	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	39	90	27	183	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	75	39	87	- 12
Poisonings	41	73	60	5	+ 68
Drug Use	42	71	43	63	+ 8
Malnutrition	43	64	48	37	+ 27
Alcohol	44	61	33	126	- 65
Epilepsy	45	53	34	116	- 63
Fires	46	51	58	10	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	47	50	55	17	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	48	44	14	448	- 404
Meningitis	49	41	54	18	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	40	46	55	- 15
Skin Cancers	51	34	31	137	- 103
Skin Disease	52	32	32	126	- 94
Uterin Cancer	53	28	41	80	- 53
Encephalitis	54	23	63	3	+ 21
Hepatitis B	55	14	59	7	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	56	13	62	3	+ 10
Appendicitis	57	11	52	22	- 10
Syphilis	58	11	65	1	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	59	9	23	266	- 257
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	57	11	- 3
Pertussis	61	7	69	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	6	74	0	+ 6
War	63	3	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	1	+ 1
Measles	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.