LESOTHO VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,205	3	2,817	+ 1,388
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,655	5	2,101	+ 554
Lung Disease	3	2,217	9	1,102	+ 1,115
Tuberculosis	4	1,475	8	1,208	+ 267
Lung Cancers	5	1,007	43	51	+ 956
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	528	2	3,214	- 2,686
Road Traffic Accidents	7	526	16	678	- 152
Hypertension	8	455	11	990	- 535
Liver Cancer	9	451	39	71	+ 380
Liver Disease	10	382	14	792	- 410
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	368	29	194	+ 173
Kidney Disease	12	335	10	1,015	- 679
Stomach Cancer	13	319	60	11	+ 309
Diabetes Mellitus	14	311	6	2,000	- 1,689
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	274	48	40	+ 234
Suicide	16	204	7	1,539	- 1,336
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	177	32	126	+ 52
Falls	18	153	31	128	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	145	25	279	- 134
Other Injuries	20	130	18	533	- 403
Pancreas Cancer	21	129	58	12	+ 117
Asthma	22	122	17	678	- 556
Breast Cancer	23	116	34	97	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	24	104	37	73	+ 30
Low Birth Weight	25	102	12	957	- 854
Parkinson's Disease	26	98	41	55	+ 43
Drownings	27	95	28	200	- 105
Violence	28	92	13	924	- 832
Congenital Anomalies	29	84	19	389	- 305
Leukemia	30	82	49	39	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	31	64	1	4,767	- 4,704
Birth Trauma	32	62	15	717	- 655
Cervical Cancer	33	60	20	372	- 313
Inflammatory/Heart	34	58	23	305	- 247
Lymphomas	35	47	36	78	- 30
Ovary Cancer	36	45	53	24	+ 21
Oral Cancer	37	43	42	52	- 8
Bladder Cancer	38	42	61	10	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	39	38	27	235	- 197
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	32	4	2,354	- 2,322
Poisonings	41	31	33	111	- 80
Drug Use	42	30	50	32	- 1
Malnutrition	43	27	21	357	- 330
Alcohol	44	26	38	71	- 45
Epilepsy	45	23	30	143	- 121
Fires	46	21	26	269	- 247
Maternal Conditions	47	21	24	292	- 271
Prostate Cancer	48	19	35	81	- 62
Meningitis	49	18	22	318	- 300
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	56	18	- 1
Skin Cancers	51	14	46	46	- 32
Skin Disease	52	13	40	70	- 56
Uterin Cancer	53	12	54	23	- 12
Encephalitis	54	10	57	14	- 4
Hepatitis B	55	6	51	27	- 21
Upper Respiratory	56	6	55	18	- 12
Appendicitis	57	5	52	25	- 20
Syphilis	58	5	45	50	- 46
Other Neoplasms	59	4	62	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	63	6	- 3
Pertussis	61	3	44	51	- 48
Tetanus	62	2	47	45	- 43
War	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	2	- 2
Measles	65	0	59	12	- 11
Chlamydia	66	0	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

North Korea

Lesotho

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.