EL SALVADOR VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	12,514	5	1,595	+ 10,919
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,900	1	5,814	+ 2,086
Lung Disease	3	6,598	6	1,493	+ 5,106
Tuberculosis	4	4,390	46	60	+ 4,330
Lung Cancers	5	2,998	23	290	+ 2,708
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,570	4	2,418	- 847
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,565	8	1,347	+ 218
Hypertension	8	1,353	31	146	+ 1,207
Liver Cancer	9	1,342	16	355	+ 987
Liver Disease	10	1,136	10	797	+ 339
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,094	18	320	+ 774
Kidney Disease	12	998	3	4,726	- 3,728
Stomach Cancer	13	950	11	702	+ 248
Diabetes Mellitus	14	925	7	1,385	- 460
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	815	20	315	+ 500
Suicide	16	607	15	391	+ 216
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	527	65	6	+ 521
Falls	18	454	24	243	+ 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	432	30	157	+ 274
Other Injuries	20	386	38	95	+ 291
Pancreas Cancer	21	385	29	161	+ 224
Asthma	22	363	35	122	+ 241
Breast Cancer	23	344	22	291	+ 53
Oesophagus Cancer	24	308	41	80	+ 228
Low Birth Weight	25	305	19	317	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	26	291	44	70	+ 221
Drownings	27	284	33	137	+ 147
Violence	28	273	2	5,485	- 5,213
Congenital Anomalies	29	250	14	449	- 199
Leukemia	30	243	21	312	- 69
HIV/AIDS	31	190	9	842	- 652
Birth Trauma	32	185	37	121	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	33	177	13	451	- 274
Inflammatory/Heart	34	172	42	78	+ 95
Lymphomas	35	141	28	186	- 45
Ovary Cancer	36	134	40	93	+ 41
Oral Cancer	37	129	39	94	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	38	126	49	42	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	39	114	25	223	- 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	94	27	199	- 104
Poisonings	41	92	57	15	+ 77
Drug Use	42	90	43	74	+ 16
Malnutrition	43	80	26	214	- 134
Alcohol	44	77	12	648	- 572
Epilepsy	45	67	48	50	+ 17
Fires	46	64	54	21	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	47	63	53	26	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	48	55	17	328	- 273
Meningitis	49	52	51	36	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	50	59	14	+ 36
Skin Cancers	51	42	47	60	- 17
Skin Disease	52	40	36	121	- 81
Uterin Cancer	53	35	50	39	- 5
Encephalitis	54	29	63	7	+ 22
Hepatitis B	55	17	66	5	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	56	17	62	9	+ 8
Appendicitis	57	14	56	18	- 4
Syphilis	58	14	58	14	- 1
Other Neoplasms	59	11	32	145	- 134
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	64	7	+ 3
Pertussis	61	9	52	32	- 24
Tetanus	62	7	60	11	- 4
War	63	4	70	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	75	0	+ 3
Measles	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

North Korea

El Salvador

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.