GABON VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,635	5	896	+ 3,739
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,926	3	1,019	+ 1,907
Lung Disease	3	2,444	16	215	+ 2,229
Tuberculosis	4	1,626	1	1,819	- 193
Lung Cancers	5	1,110	29	87	+ 1,023
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	582	4	966	- 384
Road Traffic Accidents	7	580	8	518	+ 61
Hypertension	8	501	11	412	+ 89
Liver Cancer	9	497	35	53	+ 445
Liver Disease	10	421	10	416	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	405	19	152	+ 254
Kidney Disease	12	370	12	384	- 14
Stomach Cancer	13	352	48	32	+ 320
Diabetes Mellitus	14	343	6	643	- 300
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	302	37	43	+ 259
Suicide	16	225	18	183	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	195	54	20	+ 175
Falls	18	168	30	84	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	160	41	36	+ 123
Other Injuries	20	143	22	140	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	21	142	53	21	+ 122
Asthma	22	134	28	90	+ 44
Breast Cancer	23	128	27	92	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	24	114	44	35	+ 80
Low Birth Weight	25	113	9	494	- 382
Parkinson's Disease	26	108	36	47	+ 61
Drownings	27	105	38	42	+ 63
Violence	28	101	17	184	- 83
Congenital Anomalies	29	93	15	285	- 193
Leukemia	30	90	57	17	+ 73
HIV/AIDS	31	70	2	1,128	- 1,058
Birth Trauma	32	69	13	362	- 294
Cervical Cancer	33	66	26	96	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	34	64	24	101	- 37
Lymphomas	35	52	49	32	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	36	50	51	27	+ 23
Oral Cancer	37	48	34	69	- 21
Bladder Cancer	38	47	43	35	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	39	42	25	98	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	35	14	318	- 283
Poisonings	41	34	50	28	+ 6
Drug Use	42	33	45	34	- 1
Malnutrition	43	30	33	78	- 48
Alcohol	44	28	56	19	+ 9
Epilepsy	45	25	40	37	- 12
Fires	46	24	39	39	- 15
Maternal Conditions	47	23	21	145	- 122
Prostate Cancer	48	20	32	80	- 59
Meningitis	49	19	23	113	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	19	63	6	+ 12
Skin Cancers	51	16	46	34	- 18
Skin Disease	52	15	52	22	- 7
Uterin Cancer	53	13	55	19	- 6
Encephalitis	54	11	60	7	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	6	62	7	- 0
Upper Respiratory	56	6	66	3	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	5	61	7	- 1
Syphilis	58	5	47	33	- 28
Other Neoplasms	59	4	64	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	67	2	+ 2
Pertussis	61	3	31	81	- 78
Tetanus	62	3	59	8	- 6
War	63	2	65	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	20	146	- 146
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	7	540	- 540
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	74	0	58	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	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 GABON

North Korea

Gabon

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.