FIJI VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,796	3	583	+ 1,214
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,134	2	1,481	- 347
Lung Disease	3	947	9	141	+ 807
Tuberculosis	4	630	27	39	+ 591
Lung Cancers	5	430	22	48	+ 383
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	225	5	228	- 3
Road Traffic Accidents	7	225	11	120	+ 104
Hypertension	8	194	7	170	+ 24
Liver Cancer	9	193	18	68	+ 125
Liver Disease	10	163	15	82	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	157	19	63	+ 94
Kidney Disease	12	143	4	277	- 134
Stomach Cancer	13	136	37	23	+ 113
Diabetes Mellitus	14	133	1	1,628	- 1,495
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	117	24	45	+ 72
Suicide	16	87	16	80	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	76	20	62	+ 14
Falls	18	65	36	27	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	62	29	34	+ 28
Other Injuries	20	55	17	77	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	21	55	38	21	+ 34
Asthma	22	52	6	226	- 174
Breast Cancer	23	49	8	162	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	24	44	42	18	+ 26
Low Birth Weight	25	44	14	86	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	26	42	26	40	+ 1
Drownings	27	41	21	60	- 19
Violence	28	39	40	19	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	29	36	10	129	- 94
Leukemia	30	35	30	31	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	31	27	31	30	- 3
Birth Trauma	32	27	28	36	- 10
Cervical Cancer	33	25	13	86	- 61
Inflammatory/Heart	34	25	23	45	- 21
Lymphomas	35	20	35	27	- 7
Ovary Cancer	36	19	32	29	- 10
Oral Cancer	37	19	46	13	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	38	18	50	8	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	39	16	34	28	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	14	12	96	- 83
Poisonings	41	13	56	2	+ 11
Drug Use	42	13	52	4	+ 9
Malnutrition	43	11	45	14	- 3
Alcohol	44	11	57	2	+ 9
Epilepsy	45	10	44	16	- 7
Fires	46	9	33	28	- 19
Maternal Conditions	47	9	49	9	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	48	8	25	41	- 33
Meningitis	49	7	43	17	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	62	0	+ 7
Skin Cancers	51	6	61	1	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	6	41	19	- 13
Uterin Cancer	53	5	39	20	- 15
Encephalitis	54	4	51	7	- 3
Hepatitis B	55	2	59	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	56	2	69	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	2	54	3	- 1
Syphilis	58	2	47	11	- 9
Other Neoplasms	59	2	53	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	60	1	+ 1
Pertussis	61	1	48	10	- 9
Tetanus	62	1	58	1	- 0
War	63	1	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

North Korea

Fiji

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.