MALTA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	887	2	291	+ 595
Coronary Heart Disease	2	560	1	876	- 316
Lung Disease	3	468	8	127	+ 341
Tuberculosis	4	311	52	2	+ 310
Lung Cancers	5	212	5	197	+ 16
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	111	3	213	- 101
Road Traffic Accidents	7	111	31	18	+ 93
Hypertension	8	96	20	33	+ 63
Liver Cancer	9	95	18	34	+ 61
Liver Disease	10	80	24	23	+ 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	78	4	207	- 130
Kidney Disease	12	71	11	79	- 8
Stomach Cancer	13	67	15	50	+ 18
Diabetes Mellitus	14	66	6	163	- 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	58	7	147	- 89
Suicide	16	43	22	27	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	37	49	2	+ 35
Falls	18	32	14	52	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	31	37	7	+ 23
Other Injuries	20	27	33	16	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	21	27	9	90	- 63
Asthma	22	26	36	8	+ 17
Breast Cancer	23	24	10	85	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	24	22	29	20	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	25	22	35	11	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	26	21	16	50	- 29
Drownings	27	20	48	2	+ 18
Violence	28	19	40	4	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	29	18	32	17	+ 0
Leukemia	30	17	21	28	- 10
HIV/AIDS	31	13	41	4	+ 10
Birth Trauma	32	13	44	3	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	33	13	39	4	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	34	12	27	22	- 10
Lymphomas	35	10	12	53	- 43
Ovary Cancer	36	9	17	34	- 25
Oral Cancer	37	9	23	25	- 16
Bladder Cancer	38	9	19	33	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	39	8	30	19	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	7	55	1	+ 6
Poisonings	41	7	58	1	+ 6
Drug Use	42	6	38	7	- 0
Malnutrition	43	6	60	0	+ 5
Alcohol	44	5	47	3	+ 3
Epilepsy	45	5	43	3	+ 1
Fires	46	5	62	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	47	4	64	0	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	48	4	13	53	- 49
Meningitis	49	4	56	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	51	2	+ 2
Skin Cancers	51	3	34	14	- 11
Skin Disease	52	3	25	23	- 20
Uterin Cancer	53	2	28	21	- 18
Encephalitis	54	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	1	61	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	56	1	59	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	58	1	81	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	59	1	26	22	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	45	3	- 2
Pertussis	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	74	0	+ 0
War	63	0	54	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	53	1	- 1
Measles	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.