MAURITIUS VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,474	3	985	+ 1,489
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,562	2	1,805	- 243
Lung Disease	3	1,304	5	646	+ 658
Tuberculosis	4	868	45	17	+ 851
Lung Cancers	5	593	9	182	+ 410
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	310	7	346	- 36
Road Traffic Accidents	7	309	11	155	+ 154
Hypertension	8	267	6	592	- 324
Liver Cancer	9	265	27	56	+ 209
Liver Disease	10	225	12	145	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	216	34	42	+ 174
Kidney Disease	12	197	4	724	- 527
Stomach Cancer	13	188	18	104	+ 83
Diabetes Mellitus	14	183	1	1,873	- 1,690
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	161	10	182	- 21
Suicide	16	120	14	120	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	104	56	3	+ 101
Falls	18	90	26	57	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	85	43	22	+ 63
Other Injuries	20	76	21	66	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	21	76	28	55	+ 21
Asthma	22	72	17	107	- 35
Breast Cancer	23	68	8	232	- 164
Oesophagus Cancer	24	61	37	35	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	25	60	35	37	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	26	58	47	12	+ 46
Drownings	27	56	33	43	+ 13
Violence	28	54	41	30	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	29	49	25	57	- 7
Leukemia	30	48	31	48	- 0
HIV/AIDS	31	38	13	141	- 103
Birth Trauma	32	37	36	37	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	33	35	30	49	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	34	34	16	108	- 74
Lymphomas	35	28	24	57	- 29
Ovary Cancer	36	26	32	46	- 19
Oral Cancer	37	26	23	63	- 38
Bladder Cancer	38	25	44	21	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	39	23	19	101	- 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	19	42	23	- 4
Poisonings	41	18	49	11	+ 8
Drug Use	42	18	46	16	+ 2
Malnutrition	43	16	54	4	+ 12
Alcohol	44	15	29	53	- 38
Epilepsy	45	13	38	35	- 22
Fires	46	13	50	10	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	47	13	48	11	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	48	11	15	115	- 104
Meningitis	49	10	57	2	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	60	1	+ 9
Skin Cancers	51	8	53	5	+ 4
Skin Disease	52	8	22	64	- 57
Uterin Cancer	53	7	40	32	- 25
Encephalitis	54	6	61	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	3	65	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	56	3	63	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	3	59	1	+ 2
Syphilis	58	3	67	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	59	2	20	77	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	84	0	+ 2
Pertussis	61	2	66	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	76	0	+ 1
War	63	1	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	51	9	- 8
Measles	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.