NORTH KOREA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	29,474	1	49,648	- 20,174
Coronary Heart Disease	2	23,277	2	31,342	- 8,065
Diabetes Mellitus	3	21,855	14	3,671	+ 18,184
Kidney Disease	4	12,472	12	3,959	+ 8,514
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	10,278	6	6,231	+ 4,048
Prostate Cancer	6	8,807	48	219	+ 8,588
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,537	7	6,210	+ 2,327
Lung Disease	8	8,268	3	26,178	- 17,910
Hypertension	9	8,211	8	5,368	+ 2,843
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,447	11	4,340	+ 3,107
Violence	11	5,791	28	1,082	+ 4,708
Liver Disease	12	5,453	10	4,506	+ 946
Inflammatory/Heart	13	4,929	34	684	+ 4,245
Breast Cancer	14	3,984	23	1,366	+ 2,618
Stomach Cancer	15	3,429	13	3,771	- 342
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,303	15	3,232	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,157	39	452	+ 2,705
Lung Cancers	18	2,926	5	11,893	- 8,968
Low Birth Weight	19	2,690	25	1,208	+ 1,482
Skin Disease	20	2,529	52	158	+ 2,371
Other Injuries	21	2,308	20	1,531	+ 777
Suicide	22	2,253	16	2,407	- 154
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,171	26	1,155	+ 1,016
Lymphomas	24	2,048	35	560	+ 1,488
Cervical Cancer	25	1,856	33	704	+ 1,152
Falls	26	1,648	18	1,801	- 154
Asthma	27	1,501	22	1,439	+ 62
Drownings	28	1,459	27	1,126	+ 333
Alcohol	29	1,446	44	304	+ 1,142
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,267	29	991	+ 276
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,261	21	1,525	- 264
Epilepsy	32	1,114	45	266	+ 848
Malnutrition	33	1,030	43	317	+ 713
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	840	19	1,712	- 872
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	716	40	374	+ 342
Leukemia	36	692	30	965	- 273
Liver Cancer	37	632	9	5,326	- 4,693
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	616	17	2,093	- 1,477
Fires	39	518	46	253	+ 265
Oesophagus Cancer	40	491	24	1,222	- 731
Ovary Cancer	41	490	36	532	- 42
Birth Trauma	42	484	32	736	- 252
Oral Cancer	43	481	37	513	- 31
Tuberculosis	44	457	4	17,417	- 16,961
Uterin Cancer	45	318	53	138	+ 180
Drug Use	46	300	42	356	- 57
Maternal Conditions	47	289	47	252	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	48	284	59	44	+ 240
Meningitis	49	229	49	207	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	205	50	198	+ 6
Appendicitis	51	176	57	57	+ 119
Encephalitis	52	172	54	117	+ 55
Dengue	53	92	76	0	+ 92
Multiple Sclerosis	54	70	60	40	+ 30
Poisonings	55	41	41	366	- 326
Tetanus	56	33	62	28	+ 6
Syphilis	57	29	58	54	- 25
War	58	26	63	16	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	59	20	56	67	- 47
Hepatitis B	60	9	55	68	- 59
Schistosomiasis	61	8	74	0	+ 8
Chlamydia	62	7	66	1	+ 6
Pertussis	63	5	61	34	- 30
Ascariasis	64	2	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	10	- 10
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	51	168	- 168
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	38	500	- 500
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	65	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	31	753	- 753
Trichuriasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Saint Lucia

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.