TURKMENISTAN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,844	2	4,771	+ 6,073
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,846	1	9,941	- 3,095
Lung Disease	3	5,718	23	318	+ 5,400
Tuberculosis	4	3,804	13	595	+ 3,209
Lung Cancers	5	2,598	17	417	+ 2,180
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,361	6	1,137	+ 224
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,356	8	800	+ 556
Hypertension	8	1,172	14	478	+ 695
Liver Cancer	9	1,163	24	279	+ 884
Liver Disease	10	984	4	2,018	- 1,033
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	948	16	441	+ 507
Kidney Disease	12	865	12	633	+ 232
Stomach Cancer	13	824	15	443	+ 381
Diabetes Mellitus	14	802	10	694	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	706	27	177	+ 529
Suicide	16	526	21	337	+ 189
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	457	41	91	+ 366
Falls	18	393	36	103	+ 290
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	374	37	103	+ 271
Other Injuries	20	334	22	336	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	21	333	34	125	+ 208
Asthma	22	314	49	44	+ 270
Breast Cancer	23	298	18	417	- 119
Oesophagus Cancer	24	267	19	392	- 125
Low Birth Weight	25	264	5	1,161	- 897
Parkinson's Disease	26	252	39	96	+ 156
Drownings	27	246	29	153	+ 93
Violence	28	236	28	169	+ 67
Congenital Anomalies	29	216	9	768	- 552
Leukemia	30	211	32	135	+ 76
HIV/AIDS	31	165	3	3,008	- 2,843
Birth Trauma	32	161	7	912	- 751
Cervical Cancer	33	154	25	250	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	34	149	11	663	- 514
Lymphomas	35	122	33	131	- 9
Ovary Cancer	36	116	40	93	+ 23
Oral Cancer	37	112	26	181	- 69
Bladder Cancer	38	109	43	69	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	39	99	31	141	- 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	82	20	350	- 268
Poisonings	41	80	50	37	+ 43
Drug Use	42	78	48	46	+ 32
Malnutrition	43	69	56	8	+ 61
Alcohol	44	66	30	143	- 76
Epilepsy	45	58	38	99	- 41
Fires	46	55	35	122	- 67
Maternal Conditions	47	55	59	4	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	48	48	45	60	- 12
Meningitis	49	45	44	63	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	43	60	4	+ 39
Skin Cancers	51	37	47	54	- 17
Skin Disease	52	35	54	10	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	53	30	46	58	- 28
Encephalitis	54	26	42	73	- 47
Hepatitis B	55	15	51	35	- 20
Upper Respiratory	56	15	52	25	- 11
Appendicitis	57	12	58	7	+ 6
Syphilis	58	12	67	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	59	10	57	7	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	55	10	- 1
Pertussis	61	7	61	3	+ 4
Tetanus	62	6	53	15	- 9
War	63	4	64	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	2	+ 0
Measles	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	62	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

North Korea

Turkmenistan

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.