GUYANA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,499	2	1,022	+ 477
Coronary Heart Disease	2	946	1	1,335	- 388
Lung Disease	3	790	13	174	+ 616
Tuberculosis	4	526	16	137	+ 389
Lung Cancers	5	359	29	38	+ 321
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	188	6	302	- 113
Road Traffic Accidents	7	188	11	175	+ 13
Hypertension	8	162	4	320	- 158
Liver Cancer	9	161	34	29	+ 132
Liver Disease	10	136	9	197	- 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	131	38	23	+ 108
Kidney Disease	12	120	8	233	- 114
Stomach Cancer	13	114	31	34	+ 80
Diabetes Mellitus	14	111	3	579	- 468
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	98	25	59	+ 39
Suicide	16	73	5	315	- 243
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	63	47	13	+ 50
Falls	18	54	48	11	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	52	26	54	- 3
Other Injuries	20	46	14	167	- 121
Pancreas Cancer	21	46	42	19	+ 27
Asthma	22	43	36	25	+ 18
Breast Cancer	23	41	19	96	- 55
Oesophagus Cancer	24	37	51	8	+ 29
Low Birth Weight	25	36	22	89	- 53
Parkinson's Disease	26	35	49	9	+ 26
Drownings	27	34	15	145	- 111
Violence	28	33	10	194	- 161
Congenital Anomalies	29	30	23	69	- 39
Leukemia	30	29	39	21	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	31	23	7	256	- 233
Birth Trauma	32	22	24	64	- 42
Cervical Cancer	33	21	21	91	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	34	21	20	92	- 71
Lymphomas	35	17	32	32	- 15
Ovary Cancer	36	16	43	18	- 2
Oral Cancer	37	15	40	20	- 5
Bladder Cancer	38	15	50	8	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	39	14	12	174	- 161
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	11	27	48	- 36
Poisonings	41	11	65	1	+ 10
Drug Use	42	11	45	16	- 5
Malnutrition	43	10	30	37	- 28
Alcohol	44	9	57	3	+ 6
Epilepsy	45	8	37	24	- 16
Fires	46	8	41	19	- 12
Maternal Conditions	47	8	35	28	- 21
Prostate Cancer	48	7	17	123	- 117
Meningitis	49	6	44	17	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	63	1	+ 5
Skin Cancers	51	5	55	5	+ 0
Skin Disease	52	5	56	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	53	4	46	13	- 9
Encephalitis	54	4	53	7	- 3
Hepatitis B	55	2	59	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	56	2	66	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	2	54	6	- 4
Syphilis	58	2	71	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	59	1	28	40	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	61	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	72	0	+ 1
War	63	0	64	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	33	30	- 30
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

North Korea

Guyana

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.