RWANDA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	25,719	2	5,060	+ 20,658
Coronary Heart Disease	2	16,236	4	3,605	+ 12,630
Lung Disease	3	13,561	13	1,555	+ 12,006
Tuberculosis	4	9,022	26	625	+ 8,398
Lung Cancers	5	6,161	39	234	+ 5,927
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,228	1	5,280	- 2,052
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,217	3	3,718	- 502
Hypertension	8	2,781	14	1,357	+ 1,423
Liver Cancer	9	2,759	23	706	+ 2,052
Liver Disease	10	2,334	8	2,548	- 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,248	25	657	+ 1,591
Kidney Disease	12	2,051	15	1,206	+ 845
Stomach Cancer	13	1,953	20	780	+ 1,173
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,901	11	1,858	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,674	28	591	+ 1,083
Suicide	16	1,247	24	704	+ 543
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,084	48	136	+ 948
Falls	18	933	31	412	+ 521
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	887	33	362	+ 525
Other Injuries	20	793	17	944	- 151
Pancreas Cancer	21	790	43	214	+ 577
Asthma	22	745	22	717	+ 28
Breast Cancer	23	708	27	600	+ 108
Oesophagus Cancer	24	633	44	213	+ 420
Low Birth Weight	25	626	9	2,193	- 1,567
Parkinson's Disease	26	598	47	146	+ 452
Drownings	27	583	36	285	+ 299
Violence	28	561	29	548	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	29	513	12	1,777	- 1,264
Leukemia	30	500	35	317	+ 183
HIV/AIDS	31	390	7	2,826	- 2,435
Birth Trauma	32	381	10	1,888	- 1,507
Cervical Cancer	33	365	18	941	- 576
Inflammatory/Heart	34	354	34	347	+ 8
Lymphomas	35	290	30	450	- 160
Ovary Cancer	36	275	53	92	+ 183
Oral Cancer	37	266	37	272	- 6
Bladder Cancer	38	259	62	35	+ 224
Endocrine Disorders	39	234	41	219	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	194	6	3,121	- 2,927
Poisonings	41	190	40	220	- 30
Drug Use	42	185	60	45	+ 140
Malnutrition	43	164	16	1,168	- 1,003
Alcohol	44	158	49	125	+ 32
Epilepsy	45	138	45	191	- 54
Fires	46	131	38	270	- 138
Maternal Conditions	47	130	21	722	- 592
Prostate Cancer	48	113	32	396	- 283
Meningitis	49	107	19	847	- 740
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	103	63	23	+ 80
Skin Cancers	51	87	50	113	- 26
Skin Disease	52	82	52	103	- 21
Uterin Cancer	53	72	56	58	+ 13
Encephalitis	54	61	61	39	+ 22
Hepatitis B	55	35	55	68	- 33
Upper Respiratory	56	35	57	58	- 24
Appendicitis	57	29	54	70	- 41
Syphilis	58	28	46	173	- 145
Other Neoplasms	59	23	64	16	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	21	66	7	+ 13
Pertussis	61	18	42	218	- 200
Tetanus	62	14	58	53	- 38
War	63	8	69	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	12	- 7
Measles	65	2	59	51	- 50
Chlamydia	66	1	70	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	67	5	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Malaria	69	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Otitis Media	70	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	111	- 111
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.