ECUADOR VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	34,566	3	5,429	+ 29,137
Coronary Heart Disease	2	21,821	1	9,805	+ 12,016
Lung Disease	3	18,226	8	2,576	+ 15,649
Tuberculosis	4	12,126	29	574	+ 11,553
Lung Cancers	5	8,281	20	1,075	+ 7,206
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,338	4	5,083	- 745
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,324	6	3,490	+ 833
Hypertension	8	3,737	10	2,507	+ 1,230
Liver Cancer	9	3,708	21	954	+ 2,754
Liver Disease	10	3,138	7	3,330	- 193
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,021	9	2,565	+ 457
Kidney Disease	12	2,756	2	6,184	- 3,428
Stomach Cancer	13	2,625	11	2,089	+ 537
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,556	5	4,321	- 1,766
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	2,250	19	1,109	+ 1,141
Suicide	16	1,676	14	1,326	+ 350
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,457	47	163	+ 1,294
Falls	18	1,254	18	1,114	+ 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	1,192	33	417	+ 775
Other Injuries	20	1,066	17	1,161	- 95
Pancreas Cancer	21	1,062	30	562	+ 500
Asthma	22	1,002	53	85	+ 916
Breast Cancer	23	951	25	825	+ 126
Oesophagus Cancer	24	851	42	180	+ 671
Low Birth Weight	25	841	16	1,172	- 331
Parkinson's Disease	26	804	26	658	+ 146
Drownings	27	784	32	470	+ 314
Violence	28	753	15	1,210	- 456
Congenital Anomalies	29	690	13	1,335	- 645
Leukemia	30	672	23	882	- 210
HIV/AIDS	31	525	27	609	- 85
Birth Trauma	32	512	38	302	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	33	490	24	840	- 349
Inflammatory/Heart	34	476	36	308	+ 169
Lymphomas	35	390	22	883	- 493
Ovary Cancer	36	370	35	322	+ 48
Oral Cancer	37	357	45	166	+ 191
Bladder Cancer	38	348	44	168	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	39	315	31	507	- 192
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	261	34	410	- 150
Poisonings	41	255	58	59	+ 197
Drug Use	42	248	41	214	+ 34
Malnutrition	43	221	28	578	- 357
Alcohol	44	212	39	280	- 68
Epilepsy	45	185	40	273	- 88
Fires	46	176	43	175	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	175	46	164	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	48	152	12	1,362	- 1,209
Meningitis	49	144	52	90	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	138	49	124	+ 15
Skin Cancers	51	117	37	308	- 190
Skin Disease	52	110	51	103	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	53	96	48	129	- 33
Encephalitis	54	81	55	82	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	48	64	3	+ 45
Upper Respiratory	56	46	63	8	+ 38
Appendicitis	57	39	50	110	- 71
Syphilis	58	38	54	85	- 47
Other Neoplasms	59	30	57	64	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	60	28	60	18	+ 10
Pertussis	61	24	56	79	- 55
Tetanus	62	19	62	9	+ 10
War	63	11	66	2	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	7	67	1	+ 6
Measles	65	3	72	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 0
Malaria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	59	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	61	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

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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.