NORTH KOREA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,147	2	31,342	- 20,195
Diabetes Mellitus	2	4,729	14	3,671	+ 1,058
Stroke	3	2,628	1	49,648	- 47,020
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,121	7	6,210	- 4,089
Liver Disease	5	2,086	10	4,506	- 2,420
Kidney Disease	6	1,846	12	3,959	- 2,113
Suicide	7	1,703	16	2,407	- 704
Falls	8	1,325	18	1,801	- 477
Other Injuries	9	1,183	20	1,531	- 348
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,110	6	6,231	- 5,120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	855	15	3,232	- 2,377
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	771	11	4,340	- 3,569
Lung Cancers	13	750	5	11,893	- 11,144
Congenital Anomalies	14	721	29	991	- 270
Lung Disease	15	706	3	26,178	- 25,472
Leukemia	16	589	30	965	- 376
Breast Cancer	17	543	23	1,366	- 823
Lymphomas	18	499	35	560	- 61
Drownings	19	465	27	1,126	- 661
Low Birth Weight	20	462	25	1,208	- 746
Liver Cancer	21	458	9	5,326	- 4,868
Fires	22	438	46	253	+ 184
Stomach Cancer	23	432	13	3,771	- 3,339
Endocrine Disorders	24	403	39	452	- 49
Inflammatory/Heart	25	333	34	684	- 351
Parkinson's Disease	26	289	26	1,155	- 865
Bladder Cancer	27	278	38	500	- 222
Hypertension	28	272	8	5,368	- 5,096
Oral Cancer	29	258	37	513	- 254
Pancreas Cancer	30	256	21	1,525	- 1,269
Prostate Cancer	31	182	48	219	- 37
Ovary Cancer	32	177	36	532	- 355
Skin Disease	33	165	52	158	+ 6
Violence	34	145	28	1,082	- 938
Epilepsy	35	138	45	266	- 128
Cervical Cancer	36	132	33	704	- 572
Oesophagus Cancer	37	130	24	1,222	- 1,092
Birth Trauma	38	129	32	736	- 607
Drug Use	39	126	42	356	- 231
Asthma	40	106	22	1,439	- 1,333
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	102	40	374	- 272
Poisonings	42	92	41	366	- 275
Skin Cancers	43	83	51	168	- 85
Tuberculosis	44	83	4	17,417	- 17,334
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	81	17	2,093	- 2,012
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	75	19	1,712	- 1,637
Meningitis	47	73	49	207	- 134
Alcohol	48	72	44	304	- 232
Uterin Cancer	49	65	53	138	- 73
Encephalitis	50	53	54	117	- 64
Other Neoplasms	51	28	59	44	- 16
Maternal Conditions	52	26	47	252	- 225
Syphilis	53	25	58	54	- 29
Pertussis	54	24	61	34	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	55	20	60	40	- 20
Hepatitis B	56	20	55	68	- 49
Appendicitis	57	12	57	57	- 44
Malnutrition	58	9	43	317	- 309
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	50	198	- 193
Tetanus	60	3	62	28	- 24
War	61	3	63	16	- 13
Dengue	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	10	- 10
Ascariasis	64	0	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	56	67	- 66
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	67	0	65	4	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	31	753	- 753
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

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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.