URUGUAY VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,466	2	2,850	+ 3,617
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,082	1	4,265	- 182
Lung Disease	3	3,410	4	1,706	+ 1,704
Tuberculosis	4	2,269	41	81	+ 2,188
Lung Cancers	5	1,549	5	1,463	+ 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	812	6	1,370	- 559
Road Traffic Accidents	7	809	16	512	+ 297
Hypertension	8	699	15	648	+ 51
Liver Cancer	9	694	34	147	+ 546
Liver Disease	10	587	27	206	+ 381
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	565	3	1,899	- 1,333
Kidney Disease	12	516	8	1,040	- 524
Stomach Cancer	13	491	18	480	+ 11
Diabetes Mellitus	14	478	11	747	- 269
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	421	7	1,245	- 824
Suicide	16	314	12	735	- 422
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	273	50	39	+ 233
Falls	18	235	47	55	+ 180
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	223	46	57	+ 166
Other Injuries	20	199	10	774	- 575
Pancreas Cancer	21	199	14	656	- 457
Asthma	22	187	37	127	+ 60
Breast Cancer	23	178	9	848	- 670
Oesophagus Cancer	24	159	24	286	- 127
Low Birth Weight	25	157	42	73	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	26	150	21	320	- 170
Drownings	27	147	45	65	+ 82
Violence	28	141	23	295	- 154
Congenital Anomalies	29	129	30	170	- 41
Leukemia	30	126	25	280	- 155
HIV/AIDS	31	98	28	195	- 97
Birth Trauma	32	96	53	22	+ 74
Cervical Cancer	33	92	29	172	- 80
Inflammatory/Heart	34	89	22	314	- 225
Lymphomas	35	73	20	457	- 384
Ovary Cancer	36	69	32	160	- 91
Oral Cancer	37	67	31	167	- 100
Bladder Cancer	38	65	26	276	- 211
Endocrine Disorders	39	59	17	487	- 428
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	49	35	134	- 86
Poisonings	41	48	55	17	+ 31
Drug Use	42	46	49	41	+ 6
Malnutrition	43	41	43	73	- 32
Alcohol	44	40	39	104	- 65
Epilepsy	45	35	40	86	- 51
Fires	46	33	48	54	- 21
Maternal Conditions	47	33	60	9	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	48	29	13	707	- 679
Meningitis	49	27	58	10	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	26	51	35	- 9
Skin Cancers	51	22	33	149	- 127
Skin Disease	52	21	36	130	- 109
Uterin Cancer	53	18	38	115	- 97
Encephalitis	54	15	64	4	+ 11
Hepatitis B	55	9	63	4	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	56	9	62	5	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	7	59	9	- 2
Syphilis	58	7	66	3	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	59	6	19	464	- 458
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	56	13	- 8
Pertussis	61	4	72	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	4	71	0	+ 3
War	63	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	3	- 2
Measles	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

North Korea

Uruguay

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.