NORTH KOREA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,297	2	31,342	- 1,045
Stroke	2	18,641	1	49,648	- 31,006
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,563	14	3,671	+ 9,893
Lung Disease	4	7,170	3	26,178	- 19,008
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,681	6	6,231	+ 451
Kidney Disease	6	6,610	12	3,959	+ 2,651
Hypertension	7	3,756	8	5,368	- 1,612
Liver Disease	8	3,445	10	4,506	- 1,061
Lung Cancers	9	3,332	5	11,893	- 8,561
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,234	7	6,210	- 2,976
Suicide	11	3,115	16	2,407	+ 708
Asthma	12	2,615	22	1,439	+ 1,176
Breast Cancer	13	2,415	23	1,366	+ 1,049
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,385	11	4,340	- 1,955
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,215	29	991	+ 1,224
Low Birth Weight	16	2,061	25	1,208	+ 853
Stomach Cancer	17	2,014	13	3,771	- 1,757
Measles	18	1,955	65	4	+ 1,952
Drownings	19	1,663	27	1,126	+ 537
Other Injuries	20	1,617	20	1,531	+ 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,500	40	374	+ 1,126
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,491	15	3,232	- 1,741
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,428	17	2,093	- 664
Prostate Cancer	24	1,339	48	219	+ 1,120
Ovary Cancer	25	1,255	36	532	+ 723
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,099	19	1,712	- 613
Falls	27	993	18	1,801	- 808
Parkinson's Disease	28	920	26	1,155	- 235
Inflammatory/Heart	29	904	34	684	+ 220
Liver Cancer	30	850	9	5,326	- 4,476
Endocrine Disorders	31	759	39	452	+ 307
Cervical Cancer	32	736	33	704	+ 32
Lymphomas	33	704	35	560	+ 144
Violence	34	699	28	1,082	- 383
Birth Trauma	35	683	32	736	- 53
Uterin Cancer	36	666	53	138	+ 528
Maternal Conditions	37	661	47	252	+ 410
Bladder Cancer	38	601	38	500	+ 101
Oral Cancer	39	551	37	513	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	40	466	21	1,525	- 1,059
Skin Disease	41	434	52	158	+ 275
Leukemia	42	398	30	965	- 567
Malnutrition	43	355	43	317	+ 38
Meningitis	44	304	49	207	+ 97
Epilepsy	45	293	45	266	+ 27
Alcohol	46	267	44	304	- 38
Skin Cancers	47	246	51	168	+ 78
Fires	48	225	46	253	- 28
Syphilis	49	222	58	54	+ 168
Tuberculosis	50	219	4	17,417	- 17,198
Oesophagus Cancer	51	119	24	1,222	- 1,103
Poisonings	52	105	41	366	- 262
Other Neoplasms	53	83	59	44	+ 39
Encephalitis	54	72	54	117	- 45
Drug Use	55	68	42	356	- 288
Appendicitis	56	50	57	57	- 7
Hepatitis B	57	41	55	68	- 27
Pertussis	58	28	61	34	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	26	50	198	- 173
Multiple Sclerosis	60	22	60	40	- 18
Dengue	61	16	76	0	+ 16
Tetanus	62	6	62	28	- 21
Diphtheria	63	4	68	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	64	10	- 7
War	65	3	63	16	- 14
Ascariasis	66	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	2	66	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	56	67	- 66
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	31	753	- 753
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	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
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Samoa

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.