NO MACEDONIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,032	1	5,521	- 1,489
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,545	2	4,420	- 1,875
Lung Disease	3	2,126	6	807	+ 1,319
Tuberculosis	4	1,414	35	32	+ 1,383
Lung Cancers	5	966	5	1,055	- 89
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	506	19	157	+ 349
Road Traffic Accidents	7	504	24	107	+ 397
Hypertension	8	436	7	627	- 192
Liver Cancer	9	432	13	260	+ 172
Liver Disease	10	366	15	218	+ 148
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	352	30	71	+ 282
Kidney Disease	12	321	9	516	- 194
Stomach Cancer	13	306	10	455	- 149
Diabetes Mellitus	14	298	4	1,104	- 805
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	262	8	560	- 298
Suicide	16	195	16	196	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	170	43	13	+ 157
Falls	18	146	27	78	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	139	32	56	+ 83
Other Injuries	20	124	17	183	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	21	124	12	267	- 143
Asthma	22	117	33	53	+ 64
Breast Cancer	23	111	11	386	- 275
Oesophagus Cancer	24	99	34	45	+ 54
Low Birth Weight	25	98	28	73	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	26	94	20	141	- 47
Drownings	27	91	41	18	+ 74
Violence	28	88	36	31	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	29	80	37	29	+ 52
Leukemia	30	78	22	114	- 36
HIV/AIDS	31	61	61	0	+ 61
Birth Trauma	32	60	48	7	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	33	57	31	68	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	34	56	3	4,249	- 4,194
Lymphomas	35	45	25	96	- 50
Ovary Cancer	36	43	26	93	- 50
Oral Cancer	37	42	29	72	- 30
Bladder Cancer	38	41	18	163	- 122
Endocrine Disorders	39	37	44	12	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	30	56	1	+ 29
Poisonings	41	30	45	11	+ 19
Drug Use	42	29	47	9	+ 20
Malnutrition	43	26	58	1	+ 25
Alcohol	44	25	42	14	+ 11
Epilepsy	45	22	38	23	- 1
Fires	46	21	46	11	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	47	20	54	2	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	48	18	14	259	- 241
Meningitis	49	17	51	4	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	16	60	0	+ 16
Skin Cancers	51	14	21	126	- 112
Skin Disease	52	13	57	1	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	53	11	23	108	- 97
Encephalitis	54	9	59	1	+ 9
Hepatitis B	55	6	49	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	56	5	65	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	5	55	1	+ 3
Syphilis	58	4	62	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	59	4	40	19	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	39	21	- 18
Pertussis	61	3	50	4	- 1
Tetanus	62	2	75	0	+ 2
War	63	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

North Korea

No Macedonia

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.