SWAZILAND VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,149	4	800	+ 1,348
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,356	5	755	+ 601
Lung Disease	3	1,133	12	264	+ 868
Tuberculosis	4	754	13	256	+ 498
Lung Cancers	5	515	46	17	+ 498
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	270	2	921	- 651
Road Traffic Accidents	7	269	7	384	- 116
Hypertension	8	232	10	292	- 60
Liver Cancer	9	230	37	29	+ 201
Liver Disease	10	195	11	274	- 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	188	27	77	+ 111
Kidney Disease	12	171	8	381	- 210
Stomach Cancer	13	163	53	7	+ 156
Diabetes Mellitus	14	159	3	892	- 733
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	140	43	19	+ 121
Suicide	16	104	9	338	- 233
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	91	39	26	+ 64
Falls	18	78	32	41	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	74	29	51	+ 23
Other Injuries	20	66	17	190	- 124
Pancreas Cancer	21	66	56	6	+ 60
Asthma	22	62	20	150	- 87
Breast Cancer	23	59	35	37	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	24	53	44	18	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	25	52	14	233	- 181
Parkinson's Disease	26	50	41	24	+ 26
Drownings	27	49	25	87	- 38
Violence	28	47	16	212	- 165
Congenital Anomalies	29	43	19	160	- 118
Leukemia	30	42	47	16	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	31	33	1	2,314	- 2,281
Birth Trauma	32	32	18	166	- 135
Cervical Cancer	33	30	15	215	- 184
Inflammatory/Heart	34	30	24	94	- 64
Lymphomas	35	24	36	31	- 7
Ovary Cancer	36	23	52	10	+ 13
Oral Cancer	37	22	51	10	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	38	22	55	6	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	39	20	28	74	- 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	16	6	517	- 501
Poisonings	41	16	34	37	- 22
Drug Use	42	15	38	27	- 11
Malnutrition	43	14	22	106	- 92
Alcohol	44	13	48	16	- 3
Epilepsy	45	12	30	46	- 34
Fires	46	11	26	84	- 73
Maternal Conditions	47	11	21	116	- 105
Prostate Cancer	48	9	31	45	- 35
Meningitis	49	9	23	97	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	9	58	5	+ 4
Skin Cancers	51	7	42	20	- 13
Skin Disease	52	7	40	25	- 18
Uterin Cancer	53	6	50	11	- 5
Encephalitis	54	5	59	5	+ 0
Hepatitis B	55	3	57	6	- 3
Upper Respiratory	56	3	60	4	- 1
Appendicitis	57	2	54	7	- 4
Syphilis	58	2	45	17	- 15
Other Neoplasms	59	2	61	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	1	+ 0
Pertussis	61	1	33	39	- 37
Tetanus	62	1	62	4	- 2
War	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	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	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

North Korea

Swaziland

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.