CYPRUS VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,493	2	462	+ 2,031
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,574	1	1,120	+ 454
Lung Disease	3	1,314	4	355	+ 959
Tuberculosis	4	875	52	4	+ 871
Lung Cancers	5	597	6	319	+ 278
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	313	15	98	+ 215
Road Traffic Accidents	7	312	18	69	+ 243
Hypertension	8	270	11	127	+ 142
Liver Cancer	9	267	20	64	+ 203
Liver Disease	10	226	26	50	+ 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	218	3	400	- 182
Kidney Disease	12	199	7	213	- 14
Stomach Cancer	13	189	21	63	+ 126
Diabetes Mellitus	14	184	5	332	- 147
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	162	8	167	- 5
Suicide	16	121	29	44	+ 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	105	32	35	+ 71
Falls	18	90	25	51	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	86	42	11	+ 75
Other Injuries	20	77	10	136	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	21	77	14	104	- 28
Asthma	22	72	35	24	+ 48
Breast Cancer	23	69	9	155	- 86
Oesophagus Cancer	24	61	43	10	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	25	61	47	6	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	26	58	28	44	+ 14
Drownings	27	57	33	33	+ 23
Violence	28	54	40	15	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	29	50	38	18	+ 32
Leukemia	30	48	17	83	- 34
HIV/AIDS	31	38	64	0	+ 37
Birth Trauma	32	37	53	2	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	33	35	37	18	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	34	34	24	51	- 17
Lymphomas	35	28	16	97	- 69
Ovary Cancer	36	27	27	45	- 18
Oral Cancer	37	26	36	21	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	38	25	19	67	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	39	23	12	126	- 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	19	22	56	- 38
Poisonings	41	18	51	4	+ 14
Drug Use	42	18	41	13	+ 5
Malnutrition	43	16	56	2	+ 14
Alcohol	44	15	49	5	+ 10
Epilepsy	45	13	44	10	+ 4
Fires	46	13	50	5	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	47	13	63	1	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	48	11	13	118	- 107
Meningitis	49	10	55	2	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	45	10	+ 0
Skin Cancers	51	8	31	39	- 30
Skin Disease	52	8	30	44	- 36
Uterin Cancer	53	7	34	27	- 21
Encephalitis	54	6	69	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	3	54	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	56	3	59	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	3	66	0	+ 2
Syphilis	58	3	62	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	59	2	23	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	46	9	- 7
Pertussis	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 1
War	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	2	- 1
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	48	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	61	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	2	- 2
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	39	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

North Korea

Cyprus

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.