GUINEA-BISSAU VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,025	6	829	+ 3,196
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,541	5	907	+ 1,634
Lung Disease	3	2,123	20	191	+ 1,931
Tuberculosis	4	1,412	3	1,387	+ 25
Lung Cancers	5	964	50	18	+ 946
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	505	2	1,390	- 884
Road Traffic Accidents	7	504	10	619	- 116
Hypertension	8	435	21	177	+ 258
Liver Cancer	9	432	28	116	+ 316
Liver Disease	10	365	11	405	- 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	352	34	69	+ 283
Kidney Disease	12	321	15	268	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	13	306	36	55	+ 251
Diabetes Mellitus	14	298	14	313	- 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	262	38	50	+ 212
Suicide	16	195	26	134	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	170	43	33	+ 137
Falls	18	146	33	71	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	139	32	77	+ 62
Other Injuries	20	124	17	234	- 110
Pancreas Cancer	21	124	54	14	+ 110
Asthma	22	117	24	150	- 33
Breast Cancer	23	111	29	93	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	24	99	49	19	+ 80
Low Birth Weight	25	98	8	705	- 607
Parkinson's Disease	26	94	46	27	+ 67
Drownings	27	91	30	89	+ 2
Violence	28	88	22	173	- 85
Congenital Anomalies	29	80	12	373	- 293
Leukemia	30	78	61	6	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	31	61	1	1,445	- 1,384
Birth Trauma	32	60	7	790	- 730
Cervical Cancer	33	57	23	154	- 97
Inflammatory/Heart	34	55	37	53	+ 3
Lymphomas	35	45	45	28	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	36	43	48	19	+ 24
Oral Cancer	37	42	56	13	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	38	41	51	17	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	39	37	18	221	- 185
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	30	4	913	- 883
Poisonings	41	30	41	45	- 15
Drug Use	42	29	55	13	+ 15
Malnutrition	43	26	27	121	- 95
Alcohol	44	25	57	12	+ 12
Epilepsy	45	22	39	48	- 27
Fires	46	21	35	64	- 43
Maternal Conditions	47	20	13	333	- 313
Prostate Cancer	48	18	42	41	- 23
Meningitis	49	17	16	258	- 242
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	16	67	2	+ 14
Skin Cancers	51	14	52	17	- 4
Skin Disease	52	13	53	16	- 3
Uterin Cancer	53	11	59	8	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	9	58	10	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	6	47	20	- 15
Upper Respiratory	56	5	66	2	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	5	60	7	- 2
Syphilis	58	4	31	85	- 81
Other Neoplasms	59	4	65	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	64	2	+ 1
Pertussis	61	3	19	212	- 209
Tetanus	62	2	40	48	- 46
War	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	3	- 2
Measles	65	0	25	147	- 147
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	69	0	9	684	- 684
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	44	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

North Korea

Guinea-Bissau

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.