GUINEA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	26,404	5	5,777	+ 20,627
Coronary Heart Disease	2	16,668	6	5,665	+ 11,003
Lung Disease	3	13,922	20	1,373	+ 12,549
Tuberculosis	4	9,263	13	2,369	+ 6,894
Lung Cancers	5	6,325	50	128	+ 6,197
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,314	1	12,790	- 9,477
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,303	9	3,788	- 486
Hypertension	8	2,855	21	1,348	+ 1,507
Liver Cancer	9	2,832	23	1,167	+ 1,665
Liver Disease	10	2,397	12	2,550	- 153
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,308	30	579	+ 1,729
Kidney Disease	12	2,105	16	1,939	+ 166
Stomach Cancer	13	2,005	41	245	+ 1,760
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,952	15	2,138	- 186
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,719	53	100	+ 1,619
Suicide	16	1,280	29	892	+ 388
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,113	42	238	+ 875
Falls	18	958	33	480	+ 478
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	911	34	448	+ 463
Other Injuries	20	814	18	1,504	- 690
Pancreas Cancer	21	811	65	19	+ 792
Asthma	22	765	22	1,179	- 414
Breast Cancer	23	726	38	345	+ 382
Oesophagus Cancer	24	650	63	20	+ 630
Low Birth Weight	25	643	8	4,319	- 3,676
Parkinson's Disease	26	614	44	212	+ 402
Drownings	27	599	31	528	+ 70
Violence	28	576	26	1,128	- 553
Congenital Anomalies	29	527	14	2,181	- 1,654
Leukemia	30	513	67	17	+ 496
HIV/AIDS	31	401	10	3,020	- 2,619
Birth Trauma	32	391	7	4,797	- 4,405
Cervical Cancer	33	374	19	1,491	- 1,117
Inflammatory/Heart	34	364	35	439	- 76
Lymphomas	35	298	48	158	+ 140
Ovary Cancer	36	283	54	93	+ 190
Oral Cancer	37	273	52	122	+ 151
Bladder Cancer	38	266	60	32	+ 234
Endocrine Disorders	39	240	25	1,140	- 899
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	199	3	6,788	- 6,589
Poisonings	41	195	40	295	- 100
Drug Use	42	190	46	169	+ 21
Malnutrition	43	169	28	1,032	- 863
Alcohol	44	162	55	83	+ 78
Epilepsy	45	141	37	350	- 208
Fires	46	135	36	410	- 275
Maternal Conditions	47	134	17	1,793	- 1,659
Prostate Cancer	48	116	32	525	- 409
Meningitis	49	110	11	2,633	- 2,523
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	106	70	13	+ 93
Skin Cancers	51	89	49	152	- 63
Skin Disease	52	84	51	127	- 43
Uterin Cancer	53	73	59	38	+ 36
Encephalitis	54	62	56	81	- 19
Hepatitis B	55	36	47	162	- 126
Upper Respiratory	56	35	69	15	+ 20
Appendicitis	57	30	57	41	- 11
Syphilis	58	29	39	328	- 299
Other Neoplasms	59	23	68	16	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	21	66	18	+ 3
Pertussis	61	18	24	1,165	- 1,147
Tetanus	62	15	45	170	- 155
War	63	9	64	20	- 11
Hepatitis C	64	6	61	22	- 17
Measles	65	2	4	6,025	- 6,023
Chlamydia	66	1	71	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	62	22	- 22
Diphtheria	68	0	58	40	- 39
Malaria	69	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Schistosomiasis	74	0	43	232	- 232
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	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	76	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	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

North Korea

Guinea

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.