QATAR VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,818	3	255	+ 4,563
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,041	1	1,082	+ 1,960
Lung Disease	3	2,540	15	68	+ 2,472
Tuberculosis	4	1,690	44	8	+ 1,682
Lung Cancers	5	1,154	13	73	+ 1,081
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	605	10	108	+ 497
Road Traffic Accidents	7	603	4	206	+ 397
Hypertension	8	521	28	26	+ 495
Liver Cancer	9	517	21	44	+ 472
Liver Disease	10	437	5	202	+ 235
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	421	12	75	+ 346
Kidney Disease	12	384	6	179	+ 205
Stomach Cancer	13	366	23	42	+ 324
Diabetes Mellitus	14	356	2	459	- 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	314	11	83	+ 231
Suicide	16	234	7	165	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	203	45	8	+ 195
Falls	18	175	8	129	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	166	46	7	+ 159
Other Injuries	20	149	9	115	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	21	148	30	25	+ 123
Asthma	22	140	40	10	+ 129
Breast Cancer	23	133	17	53	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	24	119	37	13	+ 106
Low Birth Weight	25	117	20	45	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	26	112	26	28	+ 84
Drownings	27	109	19	45	+ 64
Violence	28	105	34	14	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	29	96	14	70	+ 26
Leukemia	30	94	16	57	+ 36
HIV/AIDS	31	73	71	0	+ 73
Birth Trauma	32	71	38	13	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	33	68	36	13	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	34	66	25	32	+ 34
Lymphomas	35	54	18	48	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	36	52	32	17	+ 34
Oral Cancer	37	50	29	25	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	38	48	27	27	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	39	44	24	39	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	36	41	10	+ 26
Poisonings	41	36	42	9	+ 27
Drug Use	42	35	39	12	+ 22
Malnutrition	43	31	58	1	+ 30
Alcohol	44	30	48	7	+ 23
Epilepsy	45	26	35	13	+ 12
Fires	46	25	22	42	- 18
Maternal Conditions	47	24	52	3	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	48	21	31	18	+ 4
Meningitis	49	20	47	7	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	19	59	0	+ 19
Skin Cancers	51	16	43	8	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	15	33	16	- 1
Uterin Cancer	53	13	49	6	+ 7
Encephalitis	54	11	50	5	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	7	56	2	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	56	6	65	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	5	57	1	+ 4
Syphilis	58	5	53	2	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	59	4	51	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	55	2	+ 2
Pertussis	61	3	54	2	+ 1
Tetanus	62	3	60	0	+ 2
War	63	2	61	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	62	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to QATAR

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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.