SOLOMON ISL. VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,372	2	670	+ 702
Coronary Heart Disease	2	866	1	975	- 109
Lung Disease	3	723	6	209	+ 515
Tuberculosis	4	481	23	45	+ 437
Lung Cancers	5	329	27	33	+ 295
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	172	3	371	- 199
Road Traffic Accidents	7	172	8	111	+ 61
Hypertension	8	148	13	76	+ 72
Liver Cancer	9	147	18	60	+ 87
Liver Disease	10	125	10	89	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	120	28	32	+ 88
Kidney Disease	12	109	15	64	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	13	104	44	12	+ 93
Diabetes Mellitus	14	101	4	322	- 221
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	89	31	23	+ 66
Suicide	16	67	9	98	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	58	19	59	- 1
Falls	18	50	20	55	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	47	32	22	+ 25
Other Injuries	20	42	17	60	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	21	42	51	4	+ 38
Asthma	22	40	12	78	- 39
Breast Cancer	23	38	26	34	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	24	34	57	1	+ 33
Low Birth Weight	25	33	14	65	- 31
Parkinson's Disease	26	32	34	21	+ 11
Drownings	27	31	11	80	- 49
Violence	28	30	30	26	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	29	27	16	63	- 36
Leukemia	30	27	35	20	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	31	21	80	0	+ 21
Birth Trauma	32	20	21	51	- 31
Cervical Cancer	33	19	25	41	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	34	19	37	17	+ 1
Lymphomas	35	15	42	13	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	36	15	33	21	- 7
Oral Cancer	37	14	49	8	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	38	14	52	4	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	39	12	39	15	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	10	5	218	- 208
Poisonings	41	10	38	15	- 5
Drug Use	42	10	58	1	+ 9
Malnutrition	43	9	36	19	- 10
Alcohol	44	8	48	9	- 0
Epilepsy	45	7	45	11	- 3
Fires	46	7	40	14	- 7
Maternal Conditions	47	7	22	46	- 39
Prostate Cancer	48	6	41	13	- 7
Meningitis	49	6	43	13	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	60	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	51	5	69	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	4	46	10	- 6
Uterin Cancer	53	4	47	9	- 5
Encephalitis	54	3	54	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	2	53	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	56	2	64	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	2	55	1	+ 0
Syphilis	58	1	29	28	- 26
Other Neoplasms	59	1	56	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	0	+ 1
Pertussis	61	1	50	7	- 6
Tetanus	62	1	59	1	+ 0
War	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	7	146	- 146
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	24	41	- 41
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

North Korea

Solomon Isl.

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.