ISRAEL VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	17,751	4	2,431	+ 15,319
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,206	1	5,122	+ 6,083
Lung Disease	3	9,359	7	1,546	+ 7,813
Tuberculosis	4	6,227	57	16	+ 6,211
Lung Cancers	5	4,252	5	2,026	+ 2,226
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,228	8	1,519	+ 709
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,220	26	333	+ 1,887
Hypertension	8	1,919	21	400	+ 1,519
Liver Cancer	9	1,904	25	345	+ 1,559
Liver Disease	10	1,611	28	292	+ 1,319
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,552	2	2,996	- 1,444
Kidney Disease	12	1,415	3	2,437	- 1,021
Stomach Cancer	13	1,348	16	565	+ 783
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,312	6	1,913	- 601
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,155	9	1,510	- 355
Suicide	16	861	19	453	+ 407
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	748	35	144	+ 604
Falls	18	644	39	123	+ 521
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	612	51	33	+ 579
Other Injuries	20	547	14	828	- 280
Pancreas Cancer	21	545	11	1,023	- 477
Asthma	22	514	36	142	+ 373
Breast Cancer	23	488	10	1,237	- 748
Oesophagus Cancer	24	437	37	138	+ 299
Low Birth Weight	25	432	42	94	+ 338
Parkinson's Disease	26	413	22	398	+ 15
Drownings	27	403	45	39	+ 364
Violence	28	387	41	104	+ 283
Congenital Anomalies	29	354	29	291	+ 63
Leukemia	30	345	15	612	- 267
HIV/AIDS	31	269	52	25	+ 244
Birth Trauma	32	263	50	35	+ 228
Cervical Cancer	33	252	38	133	+ 119
Inflammatory/Heart	34	245	30	214	+ 30
Lymphomas	35	200	13	925	- 725
Ovary Cancer	36	190	27	323	- 132
Oral Cancer	37	183	33	150	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	38	179	18	496	- 318
Endocrine Disorders	39	162	12	1,002	- 841
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	134	32	166	- 32
Poisonings	41	131	63	4	+ 127
Drug Use	42	127	43	67	+ 60
Malnutrition	43	113	48	39	+ 75
Alcohol	44	109	49	39	+ 70
Epilepsy	45	95	40	109	- 14
Fires	46	91	53	24	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	47	90	61	6	+ 84
Prostate Cancer	48	78	17	521	- 443
Meningitis	49	74	55	20	+ 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	71	54	23	+ 48
Skin Cancers	51	60	23	379	- 319
Skin Disease	52	57	24	368	- 311
Uterin Cancer	53	49	31	202	- 153
Encephalitis	54	42	66	3	+ 38
Hepatitis B	55	24	58	16	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	56	24	62	5	+ 18
Appendicitis	57	20	64	4	+ 16
Syphilis	58	19	71	0	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	59	16	20	420	- 404
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	47	39	- 25
Pertussis	61	12	69	0	+ 12
Tetanus	62	10	73	0	+ 10
War	63	6	60	7	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	4	46	39	- 35
Measles	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	65	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	44	66	- 66
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	34	149	- 149
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

North Korea

Israel

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.