NORTH KOREA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,192	6	6,231	+ 3,961
Stroke	2	9,768	1	49,648	- 39,879
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,178	7	6,210	+ 968
Coronary Heart Disease	4	6,960	2	31,342	- 24,382
Malaria	5	6,367	69	0	+ 6,366
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,025	40	374	+ 5,651
HIV/AIDS	7	5,454	31	753	+ 4,701
Liver Disease	8	4,919	10	4,506	+ 412
Low Birth Weight	9	4,233	25	1,208	+ 3,025
Birth Trauma	10	3,645	32	736	+ 2,909
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,588	14	3,671	- 83
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,431	29	991	+ 2,440
Lung Disease	13	3,001	3	26,178	- 23,177
Hypertension	14	2,620	8	5,368	- 2,748
Kidney Disease	15	2,328	12	3,959	- 1,631
Malnutrition	16	2,254	43	317	+ 1,937
Other Injuries	17	1,823	20	1,531	+ 291
Cervical Cancer	18	1,816	33	704	+ 1,111
Meningitis	19	1,636	49	207	+ 1,429
Stomach Cancer	20	1,506	13	3,771	- 2,265
Maternal Conditions	21	1,395	47	252	+ 1,143
Asthma	22	1,385	22	1,439	- 55
Liver Cancer	23	1,364	9	5,326	- 3,962
Suicide	24	1,358	16	2,407	- 1,049
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,269	11	4,340	- 3,071
Tuberculosis	26	1,206	4	17,417	- 16,211
Breast Cancer	27	1,158	23	1,366	- 208
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,141	15	3,232	- 2,091
Violence	29	1,058	28	1,082	- 24
Lymphomas	30	868	35	560	+ 308
Falls	31	796	18	1,801	- 1,005
Prostate Cancer	32	765	48	219	+ 546
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	699	19	1,712	- 1,013
Inflammatory/Heart	34	669	34	684	- 15
Leukemia	35	612	30	965	- 353
Drownings	36	549	27	1,126	- 577
Oral Cancer	37	525	37	513	+ 12
Fires	38	521	46	253	+ 267
Lung Cancers	39	452	5	11,893	- 11,441
Poisonings	40	425	41	366	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	41	424	39	452	- 28
Pertussis	42	420	61	34	+ 386
Pancreas Cancer	43	413	21	1,525	- 1,113
Oesophagus Cancer	44	411	24	1,222	- 811
Epilepsy	45	369	45	266	+ 103
Syphilis	46	333	58	54	+ 279
Parkinson's Disease	47	282	26	1,155	- 873
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	262	17	2,093	- 1,830
Alcohol	49	242	44	304	- 62
Skin Cancers	50	218	51	168	+ 49
Schistosomiasis	51	214	74	0	+ 214
Skin Disease	52	198	52	158	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	53	178	36	532	- 354
Appendicitis	54	135	57	57	+ 79
Hepatitis B	55	132	55	68	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	56	112	53	138	- 26
Upper Respiratory	57	112	56	67	+ 46
Tetanus	58	102	62	28	+ 74
Measles	59	99	65	4	+ 96
Drug Use	60	86	42	356	- 271
Encephalitis	61	75	54	117	- 42
Bladder Cancer	62	68	38	500	- 432
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	45	50	198	- 154
Other Neoplasms	64	31	59	44	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	24	64	10	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	66	14	60	40	- 26
Ascariasis	67	9	67	1	+ 8
Otitis Media	68	7	70	0	+ 7
War	69	5	63	16	- 11
Chlamydia	70	5	66	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	71	2	68	0	+ 2
Dengue	72	1	76	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Rwanda

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.