LATVIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,400	2	5,893	- 2,492
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,147	1	8,099	- 5,952
Lung Disease	3	1,793	18	346	+ 1,447
Tuberculosis	4	1,193	40	71	+ 1,122
Lung Cancers	5	815	4	956	- 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	427	9	501	- 74
Road Traffic Accidents	7	425	27	154	+ 272
Hypertension	8	368	3	1,194	- 826
Liver Cancer	9	365	26	157	+ 208
Liver Disease	10	309	15	365	- 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	297	7	664	- 366
Kidney Disease	12	271	17	356	- 85
Stomach Cancer	13	258	11	470	- 211
Diabetes Mellitus	14	251	8	529	- 278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	221	6	722	- 501
Suicide	16	165	14	384	- 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	143	47	41	+ 103
Falls	18	123	23	201	- 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	117	31	142	- 25
Other Injuries	20	105	16	362	- 257
Pancreas Cancer	21	104	13	436	- 332
Asthma	22	99	46	42	+ 57
Breast Cancer	23	94	10	472	- 379
Oesophagus Cancer	24	84	32	131	- 47
Low Birth Weight	25	83	56	11	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	26	79	35	125	- 46
Drownings	27	77	34	127	- 50
Violence	28	74	37	94	- 20
Congenital Anomalies	29	68	43	46	+ 21
Leukemia	30	66	25	186	- 120
HIV/AIDS	31	52	39	74	- 22
Birth Trauma	32	50	55	12	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	33	48	33	128	- 79
Inflammatory/Heart	34	47	5	921	- 874
Lymphomas	35	38	19	245	- 207
Ovary Cancer	36	36	24	196	- 160
Oral Cancer	37	35	22	214	- 179
Bladder Cancer	38	34	20	228	- 194
Endocrine Disorders	39	31	41	59	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	26	54	14	+ 12
Poisonings	41	25	49	23	+ 2
Drug Use	42	24	48	41	- 16
Malnutrition	43	22	64	2	+ 20
Alcohol	44	21	21	227	- 207
Epilepsy	45	18	45	44	- 26
Fires	46	17	36	103	- 86
Maternal Conditions	47	17	60	5	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	48	15	12	464	- 449
Meningitis	49	14	52	15	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	14	51	20	- 6
Skin Cancers	51	12	30	144	- 133
Skin Disease	52	11	38	76	- 66
Uterin Cancer	53	9	29	148	- 138
Encephalitis	54	8	69	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	55	5	63	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	56	5	62	4	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	4	59	5	- 1
Syphilis	58	4	65	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	59	3	28	153	- 150
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	50	20	- 18
Pertussis	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	71	0	+ 2
War	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	42	53	- 52
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

North Korea

Latvia

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.