PANAMA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	8,439	2	2,006	+ 6,433
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,327	1	2,624	+ 2,704
Lung Disease	3	4,450	5	815	+ 3,635
Tuberculosis	4	2,961	23	223	+ 2,738
Lung Cancers	5	2,022	16	303	+ 1,719
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,059	7	697	+ 362
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,056	9	591	+ 464
Hypertension	8	912	10	510	+ 403
Liver Cancer	9	905	27	182	+ 724
Liver Disease	10	766	15	325	+ 441
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	738	17	296	+ 441
Kidney Disease	12	673	3	1,106	- 433
Stomach Cancer	13	641	11	397	+ 244
Diabetes Mellitus	14	624	4	1,070	- 446
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	549	14	352	+ 197
Suicide	16	409	32	121	+ 288
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	356	53	25	+ 331
Falls	18	306	37	92	+ 214
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	291	50	30	+ 261
Other Injuries	20	260	35	100	+ 160
Pancreas Cancer	21	259	29	135	+ 124
Asthma	22	245	43	56	+ 188
Breast Cancer	23	232	19	279	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	24	208	45	52	+ 156
Low Birth Weight	25	205	22	238	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	26	196	33	115	+ 82
Drownings	27	191	34	103	+ 88
Violence	28	184	6	730	- 546
Congenital Anomalies	29	168	13	378	- 209
Leukemia	30	164	25	189	- 25
HIV/AIDS	31	128	8	653	- 525
Birth Trauma	32	125	36	94	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	33	120	26	185	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	34	116	20	270	- 154
Lymphomas	35	95	24	205	- 109
Ovary Cancer	36	90	41	64	+ 27
Oral Cancer	37	87	38	78	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	38	85	46	33	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	39	77	18	279	- 202
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	64	28	163	- 99
Poisonings	41	62	61	4	+ 58
Drug Use	42	61	47	33	+ 28
Malnutrition	43	54	31	122	- 68
Alcohol	44	52	49	30	+ 22
Epilepsy	45	45	39	66	- 21
Fires	46	43	57	11	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	47	43	48	32	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	48	37	12	390	- 353
Meningitis	49	35	52	27	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	34	55	14	+ 20
Skin Cancers	51	29	44	56	- 27
Skin Disease	52	27	30	127	- 100
Uterin Cancer	53	23	40	66	- 42
Encephalitis	54	20	63	3	+ 17
Hepatitis B	55	12	59	7	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	56	11	54	14	- 2
Appendicitis	57	10	56	11	- 2
Syphilis	58	9	65	1	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	59	7	21	256	- 249
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	62	3	+ 4
Pertussis	61	6	74	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	5	69	0	+ 4
War	63	3	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Measles	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

North Korea

Panama

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.