IRELAND VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	9,880	5	1,770	+ 8,110
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,237	1	4,762	+ 1,475
Lung Disease	3	5,209	4	1,915	+ 3,294
Tuberculosis	4	3,466	50	23	+ 3,443
Lung Cancers	5	2,367	3	1,916	+ 451
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,240	6	1,298	- 58
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,236	33	153	+ 1,083
Hypertension	8	1,068	29	175	+ 893
Liver Cancer	9	1,060	18	318	+ 742
Liver Disease	10	897	19	279	+ 617
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	864	2	3,209	- 2,346
Kidney Disease	12	788	10	566	+ 221
Stomach Cancer	13	750	17	357	+ 394
Diabetes Mellitus	14	730	16	414	+ 317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	643	7	1,095	- 452
Suicide	16	479	14	470	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	416	46	50	+ 367
Falls	18	358	25	247	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	341	38	67	+ 274
Other Injuries	20	305	30	171	+ 134
Pancreas Cancer	21	304	11	530	- 227
Asthma	22	286	41	58	+ 228
Breast Cancer	23	272	8	760	- 488
Oesophagus Cancer	24	243	15	419	- 175
Low Birth Weight	25	240	44	56	+ 185
Parkinson's Disease	26	230	12	530	- 300
Drownings	27	224	43	57	+ 167
Violence	28	215	47	38	+ 177
Congenital Anomalies	29	197	32	153	+ 44
Leukemia	30	192	20	274	- 82
HIV/AIDS	31	150	57	9	+ 141
Birth Trauma	32	146	56	10	+ 136
Cervical Cancer	33	140	35	103	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	34	136	26	240	- 104
Lymphomas	35	111	13	513	- 401
Ovary Cancer	36	106	21	273	- 167
Oral Cancer	37	102	28	183	- 81
Bladder Cancer	38	99	22	256	- 156
Endocrine Disorders	39	90	24	249	- 159
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	75	45	53	+ 22
Poisonings	41	73	53	14	+ 59
Drug Use	42	71	31	167	- 96
Malnutrition	43	63	63	2	+ 61
Alcohol	44	61	39	64	- 4
Epilepsy	45	53	36	85	- 32
Fires	46	50	48	30	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	47	50	61	3	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	48	44	9	585	- 541
Meningitis	49	41	58	7	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	39	40	59	- 19
Skin Cancers	51	33	23	252	- 218
Skin Disease	52	32	42	58	- 26
Uterin Cancer	53	27	34	126	- 99
Encephalitis	54	23	66	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	55	14	59	6	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	56	13	64	1	+ 12
Appendicitis	57	11	60	3	+ 8
Syphilis	58	11	68	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	59	9	27	218	- 209
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	37	83	- 75
Pertussis	61	7	67	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	5	81	0	+ 5
War	63	3	65	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	52	19	- 17
Measles	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

North Korea

Ireland

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.