GAMBIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,764	4	802	+ 3,961
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,007	3	1,007	+ 2,001
Lung Disease	3	2,512	19	206	+ 2,306
Tuberculosis	4	1,671	10	445	+ 1,226
Lung Cancers	5	1,141	38	34	+ 1,108
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	598	1	1,340	- 742
Road Traffic Accidents	7	596	6	695	- 99
Hypertension	8	515	22	172	+ 343
Liver Cancer	9	511	12	377	+ 134
Liver Disease	10	432	14	323	+ 109
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	416	28	89	+ 327
Kidney Disease	12	380	16	266	+ 114
Stomach Cancer	13	362	47	14	+ 348
Diabetes Mellitus	14	352	15	290	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	310	52	11	+ 299
Suicide	16	231	25	113	+ 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	201	41	24	+ 177
Falls	18	173	29	83	+ 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	164	33	56	+ 108
Other Injuries	20	147	21	194	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	21	146	53	6	+ 141
Asthma	22	138	24	134	+ 4
Breast Cancer	23	131	40	26	+ 105
Oesophagus Cancer	24	117	54	5	+ 112
Low Birth Weight	25	116	8	662	- 546
Parkinson's Disease	26	111	37	34	+ 77
Drownings	27	108	30	69	+ 39
Violence	28	104	20	195	- 91
Congenital Anomalies	29	95	11	383	- 288
Leukemia	30	93	59	2	+ 90
HIV/AIDS	31	72	2	1,125	- 1,052
Birth Trauma	32	71	5	754	- 684
Cervical Cancer	33	68	23	145	- 77
Inflammatory/Heart	34	66	32	59	+ 6
Lymphomas	35	54	51	12	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	36	51	61	2	+ 49
Oral Cancer	37	49	71	0	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	38	48	56	4	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	39	43	17	230	- 186
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	36	9	626	- 590
Poisonings	41	35	36	42	- 7
Drug Use	42	34	39	28	+ 6
Malnutrition	43	30	26	110	- 79
Alcohol	44	29	50	12	+ 17
Epilepsy	45	26	35	43	- 18
Fires	46	24	31	67	- 42
Maternal Conditions	47	24	13	345	- 321
Prostate Cancer	48	21	43	21	+ 0
Meningitis	49	20	18	229	- 209
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	19	62	2	+ 17
Skin Cancers	51	16	68	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	52	15	44	19	- 3
Uterin Cancer	53	13	66	1	+ 12
Encephalitis	54	11	48	14	- 2
Hepatitis B	55	7	46	14	- 7
Upper Respiratory	56	6	64	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	5	55	5	+ 1
Syphilis	58	5	34	55	- 49
Other Neoplasms	59	4	57	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	58	3	+ 1
Pertussis	61	3	27	99	- 95
Tetanus	62	3	45	18	- 16
War	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	7	674	- 674
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
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	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

North Korea

Gambia

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.