SUDAN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	95,274	2	20,582	+ 74,692
Coronary Heart Disease	2	60,145	1	43,966	+ 16,179
Lung Disease	3	50,235	13	4,382	+ 45,854
Tuberculosis	4	33,424	15	4,250	+ 29,174
Lung Cancers	5	22,823	48	545	+ 22,278
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,957	4	12,619	- 663
Road Traffic Accidents	7	11,917	5	11,459	+ 458
Hypertension	8	10,301	8	7,287	+ 3,014
Liver Cancer	9	10,220	37	946	+ 9,274
Liver Disease	10	8,648	14	4,348	+ 4,300
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	8,328	20	2,584	+ 5,744
Kidney Disease	12	7,597	12	5,095	+ 2,502
Stomach Cancer	13	7,236	51	478	+ 6,759
Diabetes Mellitus	14	7,044	17	3,070	+ 3,974
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	6,202	35	1,049	+ 5,153
Suicide	16	4,619	27	1,644	+ 2,975
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	4,016	46	684	+ 3,331
Falls	18	3,457	28	1,559	+ 1,898
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	3,286	40	775	+ 2,511
Other Injuries	20	2,938	18	2,912	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	21	2,927	58	272	+ 2,655
Asthma	22	2,762	19	2,636	+ 126
Breast Cancer	23	2,621	16	3,071	- 450
Oesophagus Cancer	24	2,346	32	1,126	+ 1,220
Low Birth Weight	25	2,318	3	16,036	- 13,718
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,216	45	705	+ 1,511
Drownings	27	2,161	26	1,684	+ 477
Violence	28	2,077	21	2,478	- 401
Congenital Anomalies	29	1,901	11	5,507	- 3,606
Leukemia	30	1,852	25	1,828	+ 24
HIV/AIDS	31	1,446	22	2,331	- 886
Birth Trauma	32	1,412	7	8,526	- 7,114
Cervical Cancer	33	1,351	41	770	+ 582
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,313	38	839	+ 474
Lymphomas	35	1,074	29	1,533	- 459
Ovary Cancer	36	1,020	39	794	+ 227
Oral Cancer	37	984	50	493	+ 491
Bladder Cancer	38	959	54	369	+ 590
Endocrine Disorders	39	867	30	1,459	- 592
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	719	9	6,277	- 5,558
Poisonings	41	703	42	744	- 41
Drug Use	42	684	36	1,036	- 352
Malnutrition	43	609	34	1,089	- 480
Alcohol	44	584	61	84	+ 500
Epilepsy	45	510	43	735	- 225
Fires	46	486	31	1,310	- 824
Maternal Conditions	47	483	23	1,961	- 1,478
Prostate Cancer	48	420	49	523	- 103
Meningitis	49	397	33	1,092	- 695
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	381	67	20	+ 361
Skin Cancers	51	323	55	356	- 33
Skin Disease	52	304	60	112	+ 192
Uterin Cancer	53	265	62	71	+ 194
Encephalitis	54	224	57	303	- 79
Hepatitis B	55	131	44	730	- 599
Upper Respiratory	56	128	70	5	+ 123
Appendicitis	57	109	59	155	- 46
Syphilis	58	104	47	603	- 500
Other Neoplasms	59	84	65	35	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	60	76	64	54	+ 22
Pertussis	61	66	24	1,899	- 1,833
Tetanus	62	53	53	378	- 325
War	63	31	56	336	- 305
Hepatitis C	64	20	68	17	+ 3
Measles	65	7	6	9,301	- 9,294
Chlamydia	66	3	71	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	2	66	21	- 19
Diphtheria	68	1	69	11	- 10
Malaria	69	1	10	5,614	- 5,613
Otitis Media	70	1	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	63	68	- 68
Leishmaniasis	75	0	52	448	- 448
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

North Korea

Sudan

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.