MONTENEGRO VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		MONTENEGRO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,132	1	2,208	- 1,075
Coronary Heart Disease	2	715	2	1,748	- 1,033
Lung Disease	3	597	11	90	+ 507
Tuberculosis	4	397	51	1	+ 396
Lung Cancers	5	271	3	340	- 68
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	142	12	81	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	7	142	21	48	+ 94
Hypertension	8	122	18	55	+ 67
Liver Cancer	9	121	20	50	+ 71
Liver Disease	10	103	17	57	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	99	5	227	- 128
Kidney Disease	12	90	7	147	- 57
Stomach Cancer	13	86	19	50	+ 36
Diabetes Mellitus	14	84	6	174	- 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	74	10	113	- 40
Suicide	16	55	8	132	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	48	34	13	+ 34
Falls	18	41	14	67	- 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	39	26	21	+ 19
Other Injuries	20	35	23	29	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	21	35	16	64	- 29
Asthma	22	33	46	4	+ 29
Breast Cancer	23	31	9	127	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	24	28	30	17	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	25	28	43	5	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	26	26	15	66	- 40
Drownings	27	26	36	11	+ 15
Violence	28	25	29	18	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	29	23	45	4	+ 19
Leukemia	30	22	25	23	- 1
HIV/AIDS	31	17	73	0	+ 17
Birth Trauma	32	17	41	6	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	33	16	27	20	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	34	16	4	311	- 296
Lymphomas	35	13	24	27	- 14
Ovary Cancer	36	12	28	19	- 7
Oral Cancer	37	12	37	10	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	38	11	22	35	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	39	10	40	7	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	9	56	1	+ 8
Poisonings	41	8	44	4	+ 5
Drug Use	42	8	31	14	- 6
Malnutrition	43	7	53	1	+ 6
Alcohol	44	7	38	9	- 2
Epilepsy	45	6	42	6	+ 0
Fires	46	6	32	14	- 8
Maternal Conditions	47	6	58	0	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	48	5	13	75	- 70
Meningitis	49	5	49	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	48	2	+ 2
Skin Cancers	51	4	35	12	- 8
Skin Disease	52	4	54	1	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	53	3	33	14	- 11
Encephalitis	54	3	50	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	55	2	61	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	56	2	60	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	1	52	1	+ 0
Syphilis	58	1	59	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	59	1	47	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	39	8	- 7
Pertussis	61	1	55	1	+ 0
Tetanus	62	1	62	0	+ 1
War	63	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	57	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	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 MONTENEGRO

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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.