SLOVENIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,960	2	1,977	+ 1,983
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,500	1	3,617	- 1,117
Lung Disease	3	2,088	7	675	+ 1,414
Tuberculosis	4	1,389	46	15	+ 1,375
Lung Cancers	5	949	3	1,261	- 312
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	497	13	412	+ 85
Road Traffic Accidents	7	495	31	105	+ 390
Hypertension	8	428	4	881	- 453
Liver Cancer	9	425	19	285	+ 140
Liver Disease	10	359	12	429	- 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	346	16	375	- 29
Kidney Disease	12	316	28	143	+ 172
Stomach Cancer	13	301	17	341	- 40
Diabetes Mellitus	14	293	18	340	- 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	258	5	743	- 485
Suicide	16	192	14	411	- 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	167	26	151	+ 15
Falls	18	144	6	708	- 564
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	137	37	55	+ 82
Other Injuries	20	122	23	203	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	21	122	15	409	- 288
Asthma	22	115	45	16	+ 98
Breast Cancer	23	109	9	484	- 375
Oesophagus Cancer	24	98	32	93	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	25	96	43	17	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	26	92	24	196	- 104
Drownings	27	90	44	17	+ 73
Violence	28	86	42	19	+ 68
Congenital Anomalies	29	79	38	49	+ 30
Leukemia	30	77	21	225	- 148
HIV/AIDS	31	60	70	0	+ 60
Birth Trauma	32	59	57	1	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	33	56	36	60	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	34	55	20	239	- 185
Lymphomas	35	45	11	465	- 420
Ovary Cancer	36	42	29	122	- 80
Oral Cancer	37	41	27	145	- 104
Bladder Cancer	38	40	22	211	- 172
Endocrine Disorders	39	36	33	93	- 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	30	52	4	+ 26
Poisonings	41	29	51	4	+ 25
Drug Use	42	28	41	24	+ 4
Malnutrition	43	25	64	0	+ 25
Alcohol	44	24	8	511	- 487
Epilepsy	45	21	35	62	- 41
Fires	46	20	48	8	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	47	20	56	1	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	48	17	10	476	- 459
Meningitis	49	17	50	5	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	16	40	30	- 14
Skin Cancers	51	13	25	191	- 177
Skin Disease	52	13	49	5	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	53	11	30	106	- 95
Encephalitis	54	9	65	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	55	5	58	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	56	5	63	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	5	54	2	+ 2
Syphilis	58	4	55	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	59	3	34	69	- 66
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	39	35	- 32
Pertussis	61	3	66	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	59	1	+ 1
War	63	1	61	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	53	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	47	9	- 9
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	60	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

North Korea

Slovenia

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.