NEPAL VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	58,754	4	12,909	+ 45,846
Coronary Heart Disease	2	37,091	2	19,677	+ 17,414
Lung Disease	3	30,979	1	27,027	+ 3,953
Tuberculosis	4	20,612	3	16,535	+ 4,077
Lung Cancers	5	14,075	12	3,586	+ 10,489
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,373	6	6,237	+ 1,136
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,349	9	4,654	+ 2,694
Hypertension	8	6,353	18	2,092	+ 4,261
Liver Cancer	9	6,303	46	256	+ 6,047
Liver Disease	10	5,333	5	6,383	- 1,050
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,136	19	2,022	+ 3,114
Kidney Disease	12	4,685	10	4,284	+ 401
Stomach Cancer	13	4,463	25	1,379	+ 3,083
Diabetes Mellitus	14	4,344	14	2,929	+ 1,415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	3,824	26	1,167	+ 2,657
Suicide	16	2,848	16	2,571	+ 277
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	2,476	17	2,320	+ 156
Falls	18	2,132	13	3,321	- 1,190
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	2,026	49	191	+ 1,835
Other Injuries	20	1,812	22	1,655	+ 157
Pancreas Cancer	21	1,805	41	445	+ 1,360
Asthma	22	1,703	8	5,930	- 4,227
Breast Cancer	23	1,616	27	1,038	+ 578
Oesophagus Cancer	24	1,446	38	491	+ 955
Low Birth Weight	25	1,430	11	3,822	- 2,393
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,367	33	760	+ 607
Drownings	27	1,333	23	1,505	- 173
Violence	28	1,281	35	704	+ 577
Congenital Anomalies	29	1,173	21	1,949	- 776
Leukemia	30	1,142	36	668	+ 474
HIV/AIDS	31	892	34	737	+ 155
Birth Trauma	32	871	15	2,676	- 1,805
Cervical Cancer	33	833	20	1,969	- 1,136
Inflammatory/Heart	34	810	48	217	+ 592
Lymphomas	35	662	32	768	- 105
Ovary Cancer	36	629	37	585	+ 45
Oral Cancer	37	607	24	1,389	- 782
Bladder Cancer	38	591	44	325	+ 267
Endocrine Disorders	39	535	45	257	+ 277
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	443	7	6,071	- 5,628
Poisonings	41	434	39	474	- 40
Drug Use	42	422	57	93	+ 328
Malnutrition	43	376	31	845	- 469
Alcohol	44	360	52	168	+ 193
Epilepsy	45	315	30	874	- 559
Fires	46	300	50	184	+ 116
Maternal Conditions	47	298	28	977	- 679
Prostate Cancer	48	259	58	85	+ 174
Meningitis	49	245	43	377	- 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	235	51	173	+ 62
Skin Cancers	51	199	42	400	- 201
Skin Disease	52	187	67	17	+ 171
Uterin Cancer	53	163	60	56	+ 107
Encephalitis	54	138	29	882	- 743
Hepatitis B	55	81	56	117	- 36
Upper Respiratory	56	79	66	24	+ 55
Appendicitis	57	67	47	220	- 153
Syphilis	58	64	54	134	- 70
Other Neoplasms	59	52	61	50	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	47	63	38	+ 9
Pertussis	61	41	40	453	- 412
Tetanus	62	33	53	134	- 102
War	63	19	65	24	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	12	64	29	- 16
Measles	65	4	59	60	- 56
Chlamydia	66	2	68	5	- 3
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Malaria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	4	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	62	39	- 39
Dengue	76	0	55	120	- 120
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

North Korea

Nepal

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.