TUNISIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	22,746	2	8,509	+ 14,237
Coronary Heart Disease	2	14,359	1	20,658	- 6,299
Lung Disease	3	11,993	10	1,754	+ 10,240
Tuberculosis	4	7,980	41	136	+ 7,843
Lung Cancers	5	5,449	8	1,849	+ 3,600
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,855	7	1,912	+ 942
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,845	6	1,928	+ 917
Hypertension	8	2,459	3	2,824	- 365
Liver Cancer	9	2,440	29	360	+ 2,080
Liver Disease	10	2,065	11	1,313	+ 752
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,988	5	2,507	- 519
Kidney Disease	12	1,814	4	2,574	- 760
Stomach Cancer	13	1,728	19	583	+ 1,145
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,682	9	1,773	- 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,481	13	971	+ 509
Suicide	16	1,103	26	383	+ 720
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	959	42	123	+ 835
Falls	18	825	21	445	+ 381
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	784	33	237	+ 548
Other Injuries	20	701	27	372	+ 330
Pancreas Cancer	21	699	28	361	+ 338
Asthma	22	659	16	665	- 6
Breast Cancer	23	626	15	781	- 155
Oesophagus Cancer	24	560	44	109	+ 451
Low Birth Weight	25	554	14	924	- 370
Parkinson's Disease	26	529	20	469	+ 60
Drownings	27	516	43	122	+ 394
Violence	28	496	24	410	+ 86
Congenital Anomalies	29	454	12	980	- 526
Leukemia	30	442	25	385	+ 57
HIV/AIDS	31	345	32	261	+ 84
Birth Trauma	32	337	22	436	- 99
Cervical Cancer	33	323	38	201	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	34	313	30	298	+ 15
Lymphomas	35	256	18	616	- 360
Ovary Cancer	36	244	39	192	+ 51
Oral Cancer	37	235	35	232	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	38	229	17	654	- 425
Endocrine Disorders	39	207	31	285	- 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	172	40	184	- 13
Poisonings	41	168	48	81	+ 87
Drug Use	42	163	34	235	- 72
Malnutrition	43	145	60	24	+ 122
Alcohol	44	139	55	31	+ 109
Epilepsy	45	122	45	101	+ 21
Fires	46	116	37	202	- 86
Maternal Conditions	47	115	47	83	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	48	100	23	417	- 317
Meningitis	49	95	46	86	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	91	62	9	+ 82
Skin Cancers	51	77	36	214	- 137
Skin Disease	52	73	51	41	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	53	63	50	46	+ 17
Encephalitis	54	54	53	38	+ 16
Hepatitis B	55	31	49	70	- 38
Upper Respiratory	56	31	66	1	+ 30
Appendicitis	57	26	58	25	+ 1
Syphilis	58	25	61	18	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	59	20	59	24	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	54	33	- 15
Pertussis	61	16	52	40	- 24
Tetanus	62	13	56	26	- 13
War	63	7	57	25	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	1	+ 4
Measles	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	63	8	- 8
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

North Korea

Tunisia

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.