OMAN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,366	2	1,648	+ 5,719
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,650	1	5,287	- 637
Lung Disease	3	3,884	9	325	+ 3,559
Tuberculosis	4	2,584	48	18	+ 2,566
Lung Cancers	5	1,765	25	113	+ 1,652
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	924	4	701	+ 224
Road Traffic Accidents	7	921	5	527	+ 394
Hypertension	8	796	8	360	+ 437
Liver Cancer	9	790	24	116	+ 674
Liver Disease	10	669	6	406	+ 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	644	10	323	+ 321
Kidney Disease	12	587	11	312	+ 275
Stomach Cancer	13	559	17	185	+ 374
Diabetes Mellitus	14	545	3	1,029	- 484
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	479	16	205	+ 275
Suicide	16	357	13	241	+ 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	310	53	12	+ 299
Falls	18	267	12	292	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	254	38	36	+ 218
Other Injuries	20	227	20	130	+ 97
Pancreas Cancer	21	226	30	77	+ 150
Asthma	22	214	55	11	+ 202
Breast Cancer	23	203	18	141	+ 62
Oesophagus Cancer	24	181	40	32	+ 149
Low Birth Weight	25	179	15	207	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	26	171	26	110	+ 62
Drownings	27	167	14	211	- 44
Violence	28	161	39	34	+ 126
Congenital Anomalies	29	147	7	386	- 239
Leukemia	30	143	22	127	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	31	112	41	31	+ 81
Birth Trauma	32	109	29	77	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	33	104	34	42	+ 62
Inflammatory/Heart	34	102	21	127	- 26
Lymphomas	35	83	19	138	- 55
Ovary Cancer	36	79	43	26	+ 53
Oral Cancer	37	76	31	70	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	38	74	35	41	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	39	67	32	53	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	56	28	78	- 23
Poisonings	41	54	33	47	+ 7
Drug Use	42	53	42	29	+ 24
Malnutrition	43	47	60	2	+ 45
Alcohol	44	45	50	13	+ 32
Epilepsy	45	39	44	22	+ 17
Fires	46	38	36	38	- 1
Maternal Conditions	47	37	46	22	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	48	32	37	37	- 4
Meningitis	49	31	47	21	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	29	62	2	+ 28
Skin Cancers	51	25	45	22	+ 3
Skin Disease	52	24	27	92	- 68
Uterin Cancer	53	20	54	11	+ 9
Encephalitis	54	17	23	126	- 108
Hepatitis B	55	10	64	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	56	10	67	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	57	8	57	5	+ 4
Syphilis	58	8	61	2	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	59	6	56	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	52	12	- 6
Pertussis	61	5	51	13	- 8
Tetanus	62	4	63	1	+ 3
War	63	2	58	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	71	0	+ 2
Measles	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	49	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

North Korea

Oman

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.