KUWAIT VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,925	3	599	+ 5,325
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,740	1	2,325	+ 1,415
Lung Disease	3	3,124	21	84	+ 3,040
Tuberculosis	4	2,078	34	31	+ 2,048
Lung Cancers	5	1,419	12	161	+ 1,258
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	744	4	340	+ 404
Road Traffic Accidents	7	741	2	649	+ 92
Hypertension	8	641	5	256	+ 384
Liver Cancer	9	636	16	129	+ 506
Liver Disease	10	538	11	192	+ 346
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	518	14	139	+ 378
Kidney Disease	12	472	8	204	+ 269
Stomach Cancer	13	450	25	72	+ 378
Diabetes Mellitus	14	438	6	242	+ 196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	386	10	198	+ 187
Suicide	16	287	18	122	+ 165
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	250	46	8	+ 241
Falls	18	215	19	102	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	204	43	14	+ 191
Other Injuries	20	183	22	83	+ 100
Pancreas Cancer	21	182	20	89	+ 94
Asthma	22	172	40	21	+ 150
Breast Cancer	23	163	7	230	- 67
Oesophagus Cancer	24	146	32	35	+ 111
Low Birth Weight	25	144	13	158	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	26	138	36	29	+ 109
Drownings	27	134	41	19	+ 115
Violence	28	129	23	75	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	29	118	9	202	- 84
Leukemia	30	115	17	123	- 8
HIV/AIDS	31	90	48	7	+ 83
Birth Trauma	32	88	47	7	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	33	84	33	32	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	34	82	31	36	+ 45
Lymphomas	35	67	15	132	- 65
Ovary Cancer	36	63	29	41	+ 22
Oral Cancer	37	61	24	74	- 13
Bladder Cancer	38	60	27	52	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	39	54	28	44	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	45	49	6	+ 38
Poisonings	41	44	42	16	+ 27
Drug Use	42	43	30	38	+ 4
Malnutrition	43	38	60	0	+ 38
Alcohol	44	36	44	12	+ 25
Epilepsy	45	32	39	22	+ 10
Fires	46	30	38	28	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	47	30	54	4	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	48	26	26	58	- 32
Meningitis	49	25	45	9	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	24	56	1	+ 23
Skin Cancers	51	20	37	28	- 8
Skin Disease	52	19	53	4	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	53	16	35	31	- 14
Encephalitis	54	14	52	4	+ 10
Hepatitis B	55	8	58	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	56	8	62	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	57	7	55	1	+ 5
Syphilis	58	6	64	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	59	5	51	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	50	5	+ 0
Pertussis	61	4	63	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	3	66	0	+ 3
War	63	2	57	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	59	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

North Korea

Kuwait

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.