NORWAY VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,402	4	2,475	+ 7,926
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,566	1	5,321	+ 1,245
Lung Disease	3	5,484	3	2,723	+ 2,761
Tuberculosis	4	3,649	56	15	+ 3,634
Lung Cancers	5	2,492	5	2,320	+ 172
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,305	6	1,797	- 491
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,301	42	114	+ 1,187
Hypertension	8	1,125	28	230	+ 895
Liver Cancer	9	1,116	26	259	+ 857
Liver Disease	10	944	30	214	+ 731
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	909	2	4,464	- 3,555
Kidney Disease	12	829	14	611	+ 219
Stomach Cancer	13	790	22	343	+ 447
Diabetes Mellitus	14	769	16	560	+ 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	677	7	1,787	- 1,110
Suicide	16	504	13	633	- 129
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	438	46	61	+ 377
Falls	18	377	9	777	- 400
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	359	33	160	+ 199
Other Injuries	20	321	15	583	- 262
Pancreas Cancer	21	320	10	770	- 450
Asthma	22	301	43	85	+ 217
Breast Cancer	23	286	11	698	- 412
Oesophagus Cancer	24	256	27	248	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	25	253	52	23	+ 230
Parkinson's Disease	26	242	17	554	- 312
Drownings	27	236	45	65	+ 171
Violence	28	227	50	32	+ 195
Congenital Anomalies	29	208	34	136	+ 71
Leukemia	30	202	21	354	- 152
HIV/AIDS	31	158	61	10	+ 147
Birth Trauma	32	154	54	17	+ 137
Cervical Cancer	33	148	39	125	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	34	143	29	221	- 78
Lymphomas	35	117	12	646	- 528
Ovary Cancer	36	111	24	309	- 198
Oral Cancer	37	107	32	168	- 60
Bladder Cancer	38	105	20	356	- 251
Endocrine Disorders	39	95	19	359	- 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	78	37	128	- 49
Poisonings	41	77	57	14	+ 62
Drug Use	42	75	25	264	- 189
Malnutrition	43	66	35	135	- 69
Alcohol	44	64	31	205	- 141
Epilepsy	45	56	40	119	- 64
Fires	46	53	48	45	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	47	53	66	1	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	48	46	8	1,172	- 1,126
Meningitis	49	43	58	14	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	42	47	60	- 19
Skin Cancers	51	35	18	407	- 372
Skin Disease	52	33	38	128	- 94
Uterin Cancer	53	29	36	134	- 105
Encephalitis	54	25	70	0	+ 24
Hepatitis B	55	14	63	3	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	56	14	60	12	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	12	59	12	- 0
Syphilis	58	11	67	1	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	59	9	23	324	- 315
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	41	119	- 111
Pertussis	61	7	64	1	+ 6
Tetanus	62	6	69	0	+ 5
War	63	3	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	55	17	- 15
Measles	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

North Korea

Norway

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.