TOGO VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	16,836	4	3,574	+ 13,261
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,628	3	4,142	+ 6,486
Lung Disease	3	8,877	17	823	+ 8,054
Tuberculosis	4	5,906	35	216	+ 5,690
Lung Cancers	5	4,033	51	76	+ 3,957
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,113	1	5,739	- 3,626
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,106	7	2,316	- 210
Hypertension	8	1,820	20	672	+ 1,149
Liver Cancer	9	1,806	26	312	+ 1,494
Liver Disease	10	1,528	10	1,517	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,472	25	328	+ 1,143
Kidney Disease	12	1,342	13	1,159	+ 183
Stomach Cancer	13	1,279	30	280	+ 999
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,245	11	1,181	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,096	34	224	+ 872
Suicide	16	816	19	711	+ 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	710	44	115	+ 594
Falls	18	611	27	307	+ 304
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	581	28	297	+ 284
Other Injuries	20	519	16	834	- 315
Pancreas Cancer	21	517	58	40	+ 477
Asthma	22	488	22	587	- 99
Breast Cancer	23	463	24	362	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	24	414	47	96	+ 318
Low Birth Weight	25	410	9	2,005	- 1,595
Parkinson's Disease	26	392	45	111	+ 281
Drownings	27	382	33	225	+ 157
Violence	28	367	18	723	- 356
Congenital Anomalies	29	336	12	1,170	- 834
Leukemia	30	327	59	39	+ 288
HIV/AIDS	31	255	6	3,007	- 2,752
Birth Trauma	32	250	8	2,309	- 2,060
Cervical Cancer	33	239	23	421	- 182
Inflammatory/Heart	34	232	31	276	- 44
Lymphomas	35	190	38	190	- 0
Ovary Cancer	36	180	49	88	+ 92
Oral Cancer	37	174	43	131	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	38	169	56	52	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	39	153	15	881	- 728
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	127	5	3,190	- 3,063
Poisonings	41	124	42	153	- 29
Drug Use	42	121	41	158	- 37
Malnutrition	43	108	32	254	- 146
Alcohol	44	103	54	64	+ 39
Epilepsy	45	90	37	210	- 120
Fires	46	86	36	215	- 129
Maternal Conditions	47	85	21	601	- 516
Prostate Cancer	48	74	39	186	- 111
Meningitis	49	70	14	941	- 871
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	67	64	7	+ 60
Skin Cancers	51	57	40	159	- 102
Skin Disease	52	54	52	75	- 21
Uterin Cancer	53	47	57	52	- 6
Encephalitis	54	40	55	57	- 18
Hepatitis B	55	23	53	65	- 42
Upper Respiratory	56	23	66	5	+ 17
Appendicitis	57	19	60	23	- 4
Syphilis	58	18	48	94	- 75
Other Neoplasms	59	15	62	11	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	13	61	13	+ 1
Pertussis	61	12	29	282	- 270
Tetanus	62	9	50	80	- 70
War	63	6	68	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	63	8	- 5
Measles	65	1	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	66	1	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	65	6	- 6
Diphtheria	68	0	69	2	- 1
Malaria	69	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	46	98	- 98
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

North Korea

Togo

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.