NORTH KOREA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,092	2	31,342	- 3,250
Stroke	2	12,085	1	49,648	- 37,563
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,864	7	6,210	+ 2,654
Kidney Disease	4	6,513	12	3,959	+ 2,555
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,413	6	6,231	- 1,818
Falls	6	3,843	18	1,801	+ 2,042
Liver Disease	7	3,549	10	4,506	- 958
Other Injuries	8	2,881	20	1,531	+ 1,350
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,799	14	3,671	- 871
Lung Disease	10	2,045	3	26,178	- 24,132
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,757	11	4,340	- 2,582
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,660	29	991	+ 670
Suicide	13	1,472	16	2,407	- 935
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,173	15	3,232	- 2,059
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,041	39	452	+ 590
Inflammatory/Heart	16	965	34	684	+ 281
Asthma	17	840	22	1,439	- 599
Low Birth Weight	18	712	25	1,208	- 497
Leukemia	19	665	30	965	- 300
Breast Cancer	20	653	23	1,366	- 713
Liver Cancer	21	608	9	5,326	- 4,718
Hypertension	22	600	8	5,368	- 4,768
Fires	23	594	46	253	+ 341
Drownings	24	591	27	1,126	- 535
Parkinson's Disease	25	559	26	1,155	- 596
Lung Cancers	26	558	5	11,893	- 11,336
Tuberculosis	27	541	4	17,417	- 16,876
Lymphomas	28	515	35	560	- 45
Epilepsy	29	500	45	266	+ 234
Violence	30	465	28	1,082	- 617
Pancreas Cancer	31	379	21	1,525	- 1,147
Skin Disease	32	372	52	158	+ 213
Drug Use	33	353	42	356	- 3
Oral Cancer	34	334	37	513	- 178
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	329	40	374	- 46
Stomach Cancer	36	280	13	3,771	- 3,491
Birth Trauma	37	247	32	736	- 489
Uterin Cancer	38	232	53	138	+ 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	201	17	2,093	- 1,891
Poisonings	40	201	41	366	- 165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	198	19	1,712	- 1,514
Ovary Cancer	42	178	36	532	- 354
Encephalitis	43	169	54	117	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	44	165	24	1,222	- 1,057
Meningitis	45	163	49	207	- 44
Bladder Cancer	46	154	38	500	- 346
HIV/AIDS	47	138	31	753	- 615
Maternal Conditions	48	124	47	252	- 128
Cervical Cancer	49	113	33	704	- 591
Prostate Cancer	50	107	48	219	- 112
Alcohol	51	92	44	304	- 212
Malnutrition	52	57	43	317	- 260
Hepatitis B	53	41	55	68	- 28
Pertussis	54	40	61	34	+ 6
Skin Cancers	55	39	51	168	- 129
Multiple Sclerosis	56	35	60	40	- 5
Other Neoplasms	57	29	59	44	- 15
Appendicitis	58	25	57	57	- 32
Syphilis	59	23	58	54	- 31
Schistosomiasis	60	18	74	0	+ 18
Tetanus	61	11	62	28	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	50	198	- 192
Dengue	63	6	76	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	10	- 5
War	65	2	63	16	- 14
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	65	4	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	56	67	- 66
Chlamydia	71	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	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.