HAITI VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	22,190	2	11,779	+ 10,411
Coronary Heart Disease	2	14,008	1	13,208	+ 800
Lung Disease	3	11,700	11	2,334	+ 9,366
Tuberculosis	4	7,784	22	1,007	+ 6,777
Lung Cancers	5	5,316	36	492	+ 4,824
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,785	3	7,064	- 4,279
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,775	13	2,115	+ 661
Hypertension	8	2,399	7	2,632	- 233
Liver Cancer	9	2,380	33	662	+ 1,718
Liver Disease	10	2,014	10	2,425	- 411
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,940	23	955	+ 985
Kidney Disease	12	1,769	6	2,701	- 932
Stomach Cancer	13	1,685	26	863	+ 822
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,641	4	5,026	- 3,385
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,444	32	680	+ 764
Suicide	16	1,076	21	1,085	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	935	27	814	+ 121
Falls	18	805	35	549	+ 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	765	31	704	+ 61
Other Injuries	20	684	16	1,499	- 814
Pancreas Cancer	21	682	44	268	+ 414
Asthma	22	643	20	1,107	- 464
Breast Cancer	23	610	30	705	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	24	546	49	155	+ 391
Low Birth Weight	25	540	9	2,516	- 1,976
Parkinson's Disease	26	516	42	329	+ 187
Drownings	27	503	19	1,306	- 803
Violence	28	484	12	2,330	- 1,846
Congenital Anomalies	29	443	15	1,819	- 1,376
Leukemia	30	431	43	300	+ 131
HIV/AIDS	31	337	5	2,706	- 2,369
Birth Trauma	32	329	14	2,100	- 1,771
Cervical Cancer	33	315	34	573	- 258
Inflammatory/Heart	34	306	25	941	- 635
Lymphomas	35	250	47	235	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	36	238	51	153	+ 84
Oral Cancer	37	229	45	261	- 32
Bladder Cancer	38	223	55	92	+ 131
Endocrine Disorders	39	202	24	951	- 750
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	167	8	2,540	- 2,372
Poisonings	41	164	50	154	+ 9
Drug Use	42	159	52	140	+ 19
Malnutrition	43	142	29	717	- 575
Alcohol	44	136	39	428	- 291
Epilepsy	45	119	41	409	- 290
Fires	46	113	37	470	- 357
Maternal Conditions	47	112	18	1,349	- 1,236
Prostate Cancer	48	98	17	1,356	- 1,259
Meningitis	49	92	28	780	- 687
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	89	58	37	+ 52
Skin Cancers	51	75	56	56	+ 19
Skin Disease	52	71	40	425	- 354
Uterin Cancer	53	62	57	42	+ 20
Encephalitis	54	52	54	118	- 65
Hepatitis B	55	31	62	26	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	56	30	63	19	+ 11
Appendicitis	57	25	48	172	- 146
Syphilis	58	24	46	251	- 227
Other Neoplasms	59	20	60	31	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	61	28	- 11
Pertussis	61	15	38	446	- 431
Tetanus	62	12	53	119	- 106
War	63	7	66	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	7	- 3
Measles	65	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	68	5	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	67	5	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	69	3	- 3
Malaria	69	0	59	36	- 36
Otitis Media	70	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	64	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

North Korea

Haiti

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.