NAMIBIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,293	4	1,333	+ 3,960
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,341	5	1,221	+ 2,121
Lung Disease	3	2,791	10	461	+ 2,330
Tuberculosis	4	1,857	3	1,416	+ 441
Lung Cancers	5	1,268	35	59	+ 1,209
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	664	2	1,464	- 800
Road Traffic Accidents	7	662	6	868	- 206
Hypertension	8	572	12	428	+ 144
Liver Cancer	9	568	41	45	+ 523
Liver Disease	10	480	14	336	+ 145
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	463	21	176	+ 287
Kidney Disease	12	422	15	322	+ 100
Stomach Cancer	13	402	45	33	+ 369
Diabetes Mellitus	14	391	7	724	- 333
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	345	36	54	+ 290
Suicide	16	257	17	243	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	223	44	33	+ 190
Falls	18	192	34	62	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	183	32	76	+ 107
Other Injuries	20	163	19	207	- 43
Pancreas Cancer	21	163	53	18	+ 145
Asthma	22	153	20	200	- 47
Breast Cancer	23	146	24	121	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	24	130	52	21	+ 109
Low Birth Weight	25	129	9	516	- 387
Parkinson's Disease	26	123	42	43	+ 80
Drownings	27	120	26	110	+ 10
Violence	28	115	11	450	- 334
Congenital Anomalies	29	106	16	283	- 178
Leukemia	30	103	49	24	+ 79
HIV/AIDS	31	80	1	2,928	- 2,848
Birth Trauma	32	78	13	345	- 266
Cervical Cancer	33	75	23	133	- 58
Inflammatory/Heart	34	73	22	162	- 89
Lymphomas	35	60	40	46	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	36	57	50	23	+ 33
Oral Cancer	37	55	30	100	- 45
Bladder Cancer	38	53	54	16	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	39	48	33	73	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	40	8	645	- 605
Poisonings	41	39	39	46	- 7
Drug Use	42	38	46	32	+ 6
Malnutrition	43	34	18	224	- 190
Alcohol	44	32	48	28	+ 4
Epilepsy	45	28	38	49	- 21
Fires	46	27	28	109	- 82
Maternal Conditions	47	27	25	110	- 83
Prostate Cancer	48	23	31	94	- 71
Meningitis	49	22	27	109	- 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	21	57	9	+ 12
Skin Cancers	51	18	29	108	- 90
Skin Disease	52	17	47	31	- 14
Uterin Cancer	53	15	56	11	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	12	59	8	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	7	63	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	56	7	61	6	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	6	58	9	- 3
Syphilis	58	6	43	35	- 29
Other Neoplasms	59	5	60	8	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	64	2	+ 2
Pertussis	61	4	37	54	- 50
Tetanus	62	3	62	6	- 3
War	63	2	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	+ 1
Measles	65	0	65	2	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	51	22	- 22
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	55	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.