TRINIDAD/TOB. VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,660	3	822	+ 1,838
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,679	1	1,476	+ 204
Lung Disease	3	1,402	16	129	+ 1,273
Tuberculosis	4	933	43	22	+ 912
Lung Cancers	5	637	8	217	+ 420
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	334	10	205	+ 128
Road Traffic Accidents	7	333	15	130	+ 203
Hypertension	8	288	11	201	+ 86
Liver Cancer	9	285	28	66	+ 219
Liver Disease	10	241	14	136	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	233	9	215	+ 18
Kidney Disease	12	212	5	439	- 227
Stomach Cancer	13	202	26	69	+ 133
Diabetes Mellitus	14	197	2	1,275	- 1,079
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	173	13	196	- 23
Suicide	16	129	17	121	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	112	49	11	+ 101
Falls	18	97	33	43	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	92	31	52	+ 40
Other Injuries	20	82	30	61	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	21	82	19	114	- 32
Asthma	22	77	35	40	+ 37
Breast Cancer	23	73	7	258	- 185
Oesophagus Cancer	24	65	41	24	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	25	65	23	83	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	26	62	32	51	+ 11
Drownings	27	60	39	31	+ 29
Violence	28	58	4	549	- 491
Congenital Anomalies	29	53	22	93	- 40
Leukemia	30	52	29	62	- 11
HIV/AIDS	31	40	12	196	- 156
Birth Trauma	32	39	40	25	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	33	38	21	97	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	34	37	25	72	- 35
Lymphomas	35	30	20	111	- 81
Ovary Cancer	36	28	24	80	- 52
Oral Cancer	37	27	38	31	- 3
Bladder Cancer	38	27	34	41	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	39	24	18	119	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	20	45	18	+ 2
Poisonings	41	20	59	1	+ 18
Drug Use	42	19	44	19	+ 0
Malnutrition	43	17	47	17	+ 0
Alcohol	44	16	42	23	- 7
Epilepsy	45	14	37	32	- 18
Fires	46	14	48	16	- 3
Maternal Conditions	47	13	50	10	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	48	12	6	330	- 318
Meningitis	49	11	52	9	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	53	8	+ 2
Skin Cancers	51	9	57	4	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	8	36	39	- 30
Uterin Cancer	53	7	27	68	- 60
Encephalitis	54	6	54	6	+ 0
Hepatitis B	55	4	60	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	56	4	64	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	56	4	- 1
Syphilis	58	3	61	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	59	2	51	10	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	58	2	- 0
Pertussis	61	2	67	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	65	0	+ 1
War	63	1	46	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	63	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	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 TRINIDAD/TOB.

North Korea

Trinidad/Tob.

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.