MONGOLIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,195	2	4,401	+ 1,794
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,911	1	5,202	- 1,291
Lung Disease	3	3,267	15	327	+ 2,940
Tuberculosis	4	2,173	14	327	+ 1,846
Lung Cancers	5	1,484	10	411	+ 1,073
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	777	11	410	+ 368
Road Traffic Accidents	7	775	5	679	+ 96
Hypertension	8	670	21	199	+ 471
Liver Cancer	9	665	3	1,834	- 1,170
Liver Disease	10	562	4	1,723	- 1,160
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	542	19	243	+ 299
Kidney Disease	12	494	12	408	+ 86
Stomach Cancer	13	471	6	617	- 147
Diabetes Mellitus	14	458	27	145	+ 313
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	403	32	93	+ 310
Suicide	16	300	8	577	- 276
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	261	28	129	+ 132
Falls	18	225	18	244	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	214	23	192	+ 21
Other Injuries	20	191	9	442	- 251
Pancreas Cancer	21	190	30	94	+ 96
Asthma	22	180	29	112	+ 67
Breast Cancer	23	170	38	61	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	24	153	13	366	- 213
Low Birth Weight	25	151	20	204	- 53
Parkinson's Disease	26	144	39	55	+ 89
Drownings	27	141	26	151	- 11
Violence	28	135	22	197	- 62
Congenital Anomalies	29	124	17	262	- 139
Leukemia	30	120	46	30	+ 91
HIV/AIDS	31	94	49	21	+ 73
Birth Trauma	32	92	24	160	- 68
Cervical Cancer	33	88	25	155	- 67
Inflammatory/Heart	34	85	16	263	- 177
Lymphomas	35	70	42	43	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	36	66	41	45	+ 21
Oral Cancer	37	64	37	61	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	38	62	50	19	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	39	56	35	69	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	47	36	66	- 20
Poisonings	41	46	33	89	- 43
Drug Use	42	44	45	33	+ 12
Malnutrition	43	40	64	0	+ 39
Alcohol	44	38	7	582	- 545
Epilepsy	45	33	34	80	- 47
Fires	46	32	31	94	- 63
Maternal Conditions	47	31	40	49	- 17
Prostate Cancer	48	27	52	18	+ 9
Meningitis	49	26	48	21	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	25	56	8	+ 16
Skin Cancers	51	21	54	13	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	20	51	18	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	53	17	57	7	+ 10
Encephalitis	54	15	43	40	- 26
Hepatitis B	55	9	55	10	- 2
Upper Respiratory	56	8	61	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	7	47	25	- 18
Syphilis	58	7	44	34	- 28
Other Neoplasms	59	5	58	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	59	3	+ 2
Pertussis	61	4	53	15	- 11
Tetanus	62	3	60	2	+ 2
War	63	2	63	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	1	+ 1
Measles	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

North Korea

Mongolia

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.