NORTH KOREA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	53,463	31	753	+ 52,710
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,274	6	6,231	+ 15,043
Diabetes Mellitus	3	20,612	14	3,671	+ 16,941
Stroke	4	18,497	1	49,648	- 31,151
Coronary Heart Disease	5	17,445	2	31,342	- 13,897
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	11,950	40	374	+ 11,576
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,880	7	6,210	+ 2,670
Kidney Disease	8	8,808	12	3,959	+ 4,850
Suicide	9	7,800	16	2,407	+ 5,393
Hypertension	10	6,749	8	5,368	+ 1,381
Liver Disease	11	6,323	10	4,506	+ 1,817
Lung Disease	12	6,111	3	26,178	- 20,066
Tuberculosis	13	5,911	4	17,417	- 11,506
Low Birth Weight	14	5,384	25	1,208	+ 4,176
Cervical Cancer	15	4,966	33	704	+ 4,262
Violence	16	4,906	28	1,082	+ 3,823
Other Injuries	17	4,393	20	1,531	+ 2,862
Birth Trauma	18	3,847	32	736	+ 3,111
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,707	29	991	+ 2,716
Asthma	20	3,455	22	1,439	+ 2,016
Maternal Conditions	21	2,676	47	252	+ 2,424
Malnutrition	22	2,445	43	317	+ 2,127
Meningitis	23	2,251	49	207	+ 2,044
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,165	34	684	+ 1,481
Drownings	25	2,009	27	1,126	+ 883
Fires	26	1,933	46	253	+ 1,679
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,769	11	4,340	- 2,571
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,713	39	452	+ 1,262
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,175	19	1,712	- 538
Epilepsy	30	1,056	45	266	+ 790
Prostate Cancer	31	1,038	48	219	+ 819
Falls	32	953	18	1,801	- 849
Pertussis	33	896	61	34	+ 862
Poisonings	34	866	41	366	+ 500
Breast Cancer	35	852	23	1,366	- 514
Lymphomas	36	718	35	560	+ 158
Liver Cancer	37	678	9	5,326	- 4,648
Drug Use	38	620	42	356	+ 263
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	605	17	2,093	- 1,487
Skin Disease	40	584	52	158	+ 425
Parkinson's Disease	41	551	26	1,155	- 604
Skin Cancers	42	459	51	168	+ 291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	431	15	3,232	- 2,801
Oesophagus Cancer	44	427	24	1,222	- 795
Syphilis	45	403	58	54	+ 349
Lung Cancers	46	384	5	11,893	- 11,510
Leukemia	47	377	30	965	- 588
Alcohol	48	371	44	304	+ 66
Schistosomiasis	49	296	74	0	+ 296
Uterin Cancer	50	265	53	138	+ 126
Oral Cancer	51	236	37	513	- 276
Ovary Cancer	52	229	36	532	- 303
Stomach Cancer	53	158	13	3,771	- 3,613
Appendicitis	54	153	57	57	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	55	140	38	500	- 360
Pancreas Cancer	56	139	21	1,525	- 1,386
Hepatitis B	57	137	55	68	+ 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	114	50	198	- 85
Encephalitis	59	111	54	117	- 5
Upper Respiratory	60	96	56	67	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	61	91	59	44	+ 47
Tetanus	62	85	62	28	+ 57
Multiple Sclerosis	63	34	60	40	- 5
Measles	64	15	65	4	+ 11
Hepatitis C	65	8	64	10	- 2
Ascariasis	66	7	67	1	+ 6
Malaria	67	6	69	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	6	70	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	69	4	66	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	70	4	68	0	+ 4
War	71	4	63	16	- 12
Dengue	72	1	76	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	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
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Swaziland

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.