YEMEN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	60,676	2	13,570	+ 47,107
Coronary Heart Disease	2	38,304	1	30,158	+ 8,146
Lung Disease	3	31,993	11	3,196	+ 28,797
Tuberculosis	4	21,286	18	1,899	+ 19,387
Lung Cancers	5	14,535	41	569	+ 13,966
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,615	4	11,978	- 4,364
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,589	6	8,561	- 971
Hypertension	8	6,560	8	5,293	+ 1,267
Liver Cancer	9	6,509	39	609	+ 5,900
Liver Disease	10	5,508	13	2,891	+ 2,616
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,304	22	1,405	+ 3,898
Kidney Disease	12	4,838	15	2,679	+ 2,160
Stomach Cancer	13	4,609	31	902	+ 3,706
Diabetes Mellitus	14	4,486	19	1,794	+ 2,692
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	3,950	30	913	+ 3,037
Suicide	16	2,942	21	1,699	+ 1,243
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	2,557	37	707	+ 1,851
Falls	18	2,201	24	1,170	+ 1,032
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	2,093	33	833	+ 1,259
Other Injuries	20	1,871	16	2,225	- 354
Pancreas Cancer	21	1,864	51	283	+ 1,581
Asthma	22	1,759	17	2,106	- 347
Breast Cancer	23	1,669	26	1,134	+ 536
Oesophagus Cancer	24	1,494	35	765	+ 729
Low Birth Weight	25	1,477	5	8,810	- 7,333
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,411	49	362	+ 1,050
Drownings	27	1,376	25	1,142	+ 234
Violence	28	1,323	14	2,839	- 1,517
Congenital Anomalies	29	1,211	10	4,291	- 3,080
Leukemia	30	1,179	34	776	+ 403
HIV/AIDS	31	921	46	396	+ 525
Birth Trauma	32	899	7	5,939	- 5,040
Cervical Cancer	33	861	57	119	+ 742
Inflammatory/Heart	34	836	40	585	+ 251
Lymphomas	35	684	45	433	+ 251
Ovary Cancer	36	650	52	188	+ 462
Oral Cancer	37	626	42	547	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	38	611	55	160	+ 450
Endocrine Disorders	39	552	36	738	- 186
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	458	9	4,372	- 3,914
Poisonings	41	448	44	532	- 84
Drug Use	42	436	38	613	- 177
Malnutrition	43	388	27	1,058	- 670
Alcohol	44	372	59	78	+ 294
Epilepsy	45	325	43	539	- 214
Fires	46	310	29	991	- 681
Maternal Conditions	47	308	32	890	- 582
Prostate Cancer	48	268	63	39	+ 228
Meningitis	49	253	28	1,018	- 766
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	243	66	14	+ 228
Skin Cancers	51	206	58	100	+ 106
Skin Disease	52	194	61	44	+ 150
Uterin Cancer	53	169	69	5	+ 164
Encephalitis	54	143	48	369	- 226
Hepatitis B	55	84	50	299	- 216
Upper Respiratory	56	81	70	5	+ 77
Appendicitis	57	69	54	162	- 92
Syphilis	58	66	53	175	- 109
Other Neoplasms	59	53	64	21	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	60	48	62	42	+ 7
Pertussis	61	42	23	1,239	- 1,197
Tetanus	62	34	47	395	- 361
War	63	20	3	12,915	- 12,895
Hepatitis C	64	13	68	8	+ 4
Measles	65	5	12	3,019	- 3,015
Chlamydia	66	2	72	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	65	17	- 16
Diphtheria	68	1	67	14	- 13
Malaria	69	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Otitis Media	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	56	124	- 124
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	60	71	- 71
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

North Korea

Yemen

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.