NORTH KOREA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,128	2	31,342	- 16,214
Stroke	2	10,514	1	49,648	- 39,134
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,255	14	3,671	+ 4,585
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,808	6	6,231	- 422
Kidney Disease	5	5,566	12	3,959	+ 1,608
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,425	7	6,210	- 785
Lung Disease	7	4,128	3	26,178	- 22,050
Hypertension	8	3,130	8	5,368	- 2,238
Other Injuries	9	2,949	20	1,531	+ 1,418
Lung Cancers	10	2,579	5	11,893	- 9,314
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,313	29	991	+ 1,322
Low Birth Weight	12	2,253	25	1,208	+ 1,045
Violence	13	1,977	28	1,082	+ 895
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,965	39	452	+ 1,513
Prostate Cancer	15	1,910	48	219	+ 1,691
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,898	15	3,232	- 1,334
Liver Disease	17	1,831	10	4,506	- 2,675
Cervical Cancer	18	1,802	33	704	+ 1,098
Other Neoplasms	19	1,701	59	44	+ 1,658
Breast Cancer	20	1,680	23	1,366	+ 315
HIV/AIDS	21	1,566	31	753	+ 813
Suicide	22	1,486	16	2,407	- 921
Alcohol	23	1,432	44	304	+ 1,128
Stomach Cancer	24	1,241	13	3,771	- 2,530
Malnutrition	25	1,153	43	317	+ 836
Tuberculosis	26	953	4	17,417	- 16,464
Leukemia	27	952	30	965	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	28	902	21	1,525	- 623
Lymphomas	29	856	35	560	+ 296
Birth Trauma	30	743	32	736	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	672	40	374	+ 297
Drownings	32	623	27	1,126	- 503
Oesophagus Cancer	33	606	24	1,222	- 616
Inflammatory/Heart	34	538	34	684	- 146
Liver Cancer	35	532	9	5,326	- 4,794
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	503	11	4,340	- 3,837
Skin Disease	37	502	52	158	+ 344
Oral Cancer	38	467	37	513	- 46
Asthma	39	442	22	1,439	- 997
Skin Cancers	40	436	51	168	+ 268
Parkinson's Disease	41	425	26	1,155	- 729
Syphilis	42	415	58	54	+ 361
Falls	43	351	18	1,801	- 1,450
Epilepsy	44	344	45	266	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	45	298	36	532	- 234
Anemia	46	285	85	0	+ 285
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	240	19	1,712	- 1,473
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	229	50	198	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	49	225	47	252	- 27
Fires	50	222	46	253	- 32
Bladder Cancer	51	198	38	500	- 302
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	183	80	0	+ 183
Meningitis	53	183	49	207	- 24
Uterin Cancer	54	159	53	138	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	151	17	2,093	- 1,941
Drug Use	56	132	42	356	- 225
Appendicitis	57	130	57	57	+ 74
Osteoarthritis	58	106	81	0	+ 106
Pertussis	59	104	61	34	+ 70
Chagas disease	60	67	72	0	+ 67
Leishmaniasis	61	59	75	0	+ 59
Dengue	62	57	76	0	+ 57
Poisonings	63	48	41	366	- 319
Tetanus	64	43	62	28	+ 15
Leprosy	65	41	71	0	+ 41
Encephalitis	66	38	54	117	- 79
Hepatitis B	67	33	55	68	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	68	30	60	40	- 10
Schizophrenia	69	27	83	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	70	15	56	67	- 52
War	71	10	63	16	- 6
Hepatitis C	72	10	64	10	- 1
Oral conditions	73	8	82	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	74	5	70	0	+ 5
Iodine Deficiency	75	4	79	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	76	1	67	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	65	4	- 4
Chlamydia	79	0	66	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Paraguay

North Korea

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.