LITHUANIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,962	2	5,643	- 682
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,132	1	15,329	- 12,197
Lung Disease	3	2,616	16	513	+ 2,103
Tuberculosis	4	1,741	38	119	+ 1,622
Lung Cancers	5	1,189	3	1,329	- 140
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	623	7	654	- 31
Road Traffic Accidents	7	621	27	225	+ 396
Hypertension	8	536	4	1,289	- 753
Liver Cancer	9	532	25	239	+ 293
Liver Disease	10	450	9	644	- 193
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	434	8	649	- 215
Kidney Disease	12	396	19	372	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	13	377	10	639	- 262
Diabetes Mellitus	14	367	14	525	- 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	323	5	1,074	- 751
Suicide	16	241	6	721	- 481
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	209	48	29	+ 180
Falls	18	180	15	518	- 338
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	171	22	313	- 142
Other Injuries	20	153	18	416	- 263
Pancreas Cancer	21	152	13	578	- 426
Asthma	22	144	46	45	+ 98
Breast Cancer	23	137	11	629	- 492
Oesophagus Cancer	24	122	30	219	- 97
Low Birth Weight	25	121	55	9	+ 112
Parkinson's Disease	26	115	29	222	- 107
Drownings	27	113	35	150	- 37
Violence	28	108	36	132	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	29	99	41	62	+ 37
Leukemia	30	96	24	284	- 187
HIV/AIDS	31	75	51	22	+ 53
Birth Trauma	32	74	53	10	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	33	70	28	224	- 154
Inflammatory/Heart	34	68	17	484	- 416
Lymphomas	35	56	21	321	- 266
Ovary Cancer	36	53	26	233	- 180
Oral Cancer	37	51	20	338	- 287
Bladder Cancer	38	50	23	292	- 242
Endocrine Disorders	39	45	39	72	- 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	37	42	59	- 22
Poisonings	41	37	45	46	- 10
Drug Use	42	36	37	122	- 87
Malnutrition	43	32	58	7	+ 25
Alcohol	44	30	33	192	- 161
Epilepsy	45	27	40	62	- 35
Fires	46	25	43	51	- 26
Maternal Conditions	47	25	63	2	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	48	22	12	598	- 576
Meningitis	49	21	52	19	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	20	47	41	- 21
Skin Cancers	51	17	32	197	- 180
Skin Disease	52	16	44	48	- 32
Uterin Cancer	53	14	34	159	- 146
Encephalitis	54	12	65	2	+ 10
Hepatitis B	55	7	61	5	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	56	7	68	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	6	54	10	- 4
Syphilis	58	5	70	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	59	4	31	212	- 208
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	49	29	- 25
Pertussis	61	3	69	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	62	2	+ 0
War	63	2	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	50	23	- 22
Measles	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.