ESTONIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,254	3	1,116	+ 1,138
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,423	1	3,009	- 1,586
Lung Disease	3	1,188	13	229	+ 960
Tuberculosis	4	791	47	16	+ 774
Lung Cancers	5	540	4	657	- 117
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	283	6	349	- 66
Road Traffic Accidents	7	282	35	59	+ 223
Hypertension	8	244	2	2,700	- 2,457
Liver Cancer	9	242	26	107	+ 135
Liver Disease	10	205	7	328	- 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	197	12	229	- 32
Kidney Disease	12	180	17	176	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	13	171	9	290	- 119
Diabetes Mellitus	14	167	19	146	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	147	5	527	- 380
Suicide	16	109	16	197	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	95	45	22	+ 73
Falls	18	82	24	119	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	78	36	55	+ 23
Other Injuries	20	70	20	141	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	21	69	10	268	- 199
Asthma	22	65	44	24	+ 41
Breast Cancer	23	62	11	260	- 198
Oesophagus Cancer	24	55	27	99	- 43
Low Birth Weight	25	55	55	7	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	26	52	29	82	- 30
Drownings	27	51	40	30	+ 21
Violence	28	49	42	28	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	29	45	43	25	+ 20
Leukemia	30	44	22	126	- 82
HIV/AIDS	31	34	39	40	- 6
Birth Trauma	32	33	57	5	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	33	32	32	68	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	34	31	14	217	- 186
Lymphomas	35	25	15	213	- 187
Ovary Cancer	36	24	28	87	- 63
Oral Cancer	37	23	25	110	- 87
Bladder Cancer	38	23	21	126	- 103
Endocrine Disorders	39	21	33	66	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	17	53	8	+ 9
Poisonings	41	17	52	8	+ 8
Drug Use	42	16	31	75	- 59
Malnutrition	43	14	79	0	+ 14
Alcohol	44	14	18	148	- 135
Epilepsy	45	12	37	45	- 32
Fires	46	11	38	41	- 29
Maternal Conditions	47	11	61	1	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	48	10	8	298	- 289
Meningitis	49	9	54	7	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	9	46	17	- 8
Skin Cancers	51	8	30	79	- 71
Skin Disease	52	7	41	29	- 21
Uterin Cancer	53	6	34	60	- 54
Encephalitis	54	5	63	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	3	65	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	56	3	66	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	3	59	2	+ 1
Syphilis	58	2	62	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	59	2	23	123	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	48	16	- 14
Pertussis	61	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	81	0	+ 1
War	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	58	4	- 4
Measles	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

North Korea

Estonia

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.