ERITREA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	11,976	2	2,564	+ 9,412
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,561	4	2,154	+ 5,407
Lung Disease	3	6,315	9	662	+ 5,653
Tuberculosis	4	4,201	14	543	+ 3,658
Lung Cancers	5	2,869	46	62	+ 2,807
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,503	1	3,277	- 1,774
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,498	5	1,326	+ 172
Hypertension	8	1,295	8	926	+ 369
Liver Cancer	9	1,285	45	69	+ 1,216
Liver Disease	10	1,087	6	1,215	- 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,047	24	310	+ 737
Kidney Disease	12	955	12	578	+ 377
Stomach Cancer	13	910	48	48	+ 861
Diabetes Mellitus	14	885	7	944	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	780	35	113	+ 666
Suicide	16	581	21	382	+ 199
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	505	41	77	+ 428
Falls	18	435	26	168	+ 266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	413	27	147	+ 266
Other Injuries	20	369	15	540	- 171
Pancreas Cancer	21	368	58	20	+ 348
Asthma	22	347	22	326	+ 21
Breast Cancer	23	330	23	311	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	24	295	39	81	+ 214
Low Birth Weight	25	291	16	531	- 240
Parkinson's Disease	26	279	37	85	+ 194
Drownings	27	272	33	118	+ 154
Violence	28	261	20	384	- 123
Congenital Anomalies	29	239	18	432	- 193
Leukemia	30	233	29	144	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	31	182	25	308	- 126
Birth Trauma	32	177	11	616	- 439
Cervical Cancer	33	170	30	132	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	34	165	32	123	+ 42
Lymphomas	35	135	28	147	- 12
Ovary Cancer	36	128	40	79	+ 49
Oral Cancer	37	124	44	71	+ 53
Bladder Cancer	38	121	51	42	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	39	109	43	71	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	90	3	2,292	- 2,202
Poisonings	41	88	34	114	- 26
Drug Use	42	86	53	36	+ 50
Malnutrition	43	77	10	660	- 583
Alcohol	44	73	49	45	+ 28
Epilepsy	45	64	38	81	- 17
Fires	46	61	31	132	- 71
Maternal Conditions	47	61	13	544	- 483
Prostate Cancer	48	53	47	54	- 1
Meningitis	49	50	19	404	- 355
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	48	64	12	+ 36
Skin Cancers	51	41	56	30	+ 11
Skin Disease	52	38	50	45	- 6
Uterin Cancer	53	33	61	18	+ 16
Encephalitis	54	28	62	16	+ 13
Hepatitis B	55	17	57	28	- 11
Upper Respiratory	56	16	60	18	- 2
Appendicitis	57	14	55	31	- 18
Syphilis	58	13	54	35	- 22
Other Neoplasms	59	11	66	6	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	67	4	+ 6
Pertussis	61	8	36	90	- 81
Tetanus	62	7	52	37	- 31
War	63	4	71	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	6	- 4
Measles	65	1	63	13	- 12
Chlamydia	66	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	68	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	17	437	- 437
Otitis Media	70	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	73	- 73
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	19	- 19
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

North Korea

Eritrea

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.