KYRGYZSTAN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		KYRGYZSTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	11,652	2	3,706	+ 7,946
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,356	1	9,152	- 1,796
Lung Disease	3	6,144	4	1,139	+ 5,005
Tuberculosis	4	4,088	17	350	+ 3,738
Lung Cancers	5	2,791	9	605	+ 2,186
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,462	8	696	+ 766
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,457	6	812	+ 645
Hypertension	8	1,260	14	413	+ 847
Liver Cancer	9	1,250	15	403	+ 847
Liver Disease	10	1,058	3	1,695	- 637
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,019	11	535	+ 484
Kidney Disease	12	929	16	393	+ 536
Stomach Cancer	13	885	7	770	+ 115
Diabetes Mellitus	14	861	25	260	+ 602
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	758	24	270	+ 489
Suicide	16	565	12	474	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	491	33	139	+ 352
Falls	18	423	34	137	+ 286
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	402	41	72	+ 330
Other Injuries	20	359	23	277	+ 82
Pancreas Cancer	21	358	27	211	+ 147
Asthma	22	338	50	46	+ 291
Breast Cancer	23	321	21	294	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	24	287	30	150	+ 137
Low Birth Weight	25	284	5	900	- 616
Parkinson's Disease	26	271	37	94	+ 177
Drownings	27	264	26	226	+ 39
Violence	28	254	22	294	- 40
Congenital Anomalies	29	233	10	582	- 349
Leukemia	30	226	32	143	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	31	177	28	198	- 21
Birth Trauma	32	173	13	470	- 298
Cervical Cancer	33	165	19	313	- 148
Inflammatory/Heart	34	161	18	335	- 175
Lymphomas	35	131	42	66	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	36	125	31	149	- 24
Oral Cancer	37	120	36	122	- 2
Bladder Cancer	38	117	47	56	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	39	106	48	51	+ 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	88	38	88	+ 0
Poisonings	41	86	45	61	+ 25
Drug Use	42	84	35	127	- 43
Malnutrition	43	74	58	6	+ 69
Alcohol	44	71	20	311	- 240
Epilepsy	45	62	29	176	- 114
Fires	46	59	43	65	- 6
Maternal Conditions	47	59	39	78	- 19
Prostate Cancer	48	51	40	78	- 27
Meningitis	49	49	52	30	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	47	51	38	+ 9
Skin Cancers	51	39	46	58	- 18
Skin Disease	52	37	54	16	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	53	32	44	62	- 29
Encephalitis	54	27	49	50	- 22
Hepatitis B	55	16	56	7	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	56	16	53	18	- 2
Appendicitis	57	13	55	8	+ 6
Syphilis	58	13	64	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	59	10	57	6	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	60	5	+ 5
Pertussis	61	8	65	0	+ 8
Tetanus	62	6	63	0	+ 6
War	63	4	61	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	62	0	+ 2
Measles	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	5	- 5
Dengue	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KYRGYZSTAN

North Korea

Kyrgyzstan

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.