NORTH KOREA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,331	2	31,342	+ 4,989
Stroke	2	15,611	1	49,648	- 34,037
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,896	6	6,231	+ 1,665
Liver Disease	4	5,218	10	4,506	+ 711
Hypertension	5	4,353	8	5,368	- 1,015
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,090	14	3,671	+ 420
Low Birth Weight	7	3,953	25	1,208	+ 2,745
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,696	7	6,210	- 2,514
Birth Trauma	9	3,215	32	736	+ 2,480
Lung Disease	10	2,979	3	26,178	- 23,199
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,743	29	991	+ 1,752
Stomach Cancer	12	1,907	13	3,771	- 1,864
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,857	40	374	+ 1,483
Tuberculosis	14	1,854	4	17,417	- 15,563
Drownings	15	1,467	27	1,126	+ 341
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,373	24	1,222	+ 151
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,310	11	4,340	- 3,030
Epilepsy	18	1,079	45	266	+ 813
Kidney Disease	19	1,033	12	3,959	- 2,925
Suicide	20	1,009	16	2,407	- 1,398
Falls	21	935	18	1,801	- 866
Meningitis	22	860	49	207	+ 653
Fires	23	804	46	253	+ 551
Lung Cancers	24	773	5	11,893	- 11,121
HIV/AIDS	25	739	31	753	- 15
Pertussis	26	734	61	34	+ 700
Other Injuries	27	727	20	1,531	- 804
Asthma	28	698	22	1,439	- 742
Parkinson's Disease	29	643	26	1,155	- 512
Liver Cancer	30	598	9	5,326	- 4,728
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	562	17	2,093	- 1,531
Lymphomas	32	562	35	560	+ 2
Breast Cancer	33	544	23	1,366	- 822
Endocrine Disorders	34	515	39	452	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	510	15	3,232	- 2,721
Violence	36	429	28	1,082	- 653
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	408	19	1,712	- 1,304
Alcohol	38	321	44	304	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	39	289	33	704	- 415
Uterin Cancer	40	281	53	138	+ 142
Oral Cancer	41	272	37	513	- 241
Leukemia	42	268	30	965	- 697
Pancreas Cancer	43	246	21	1,525	- 1,280
Inflammatory/Heart	44	198	34	684	- 486
Maternal Conditions	45	159	47	252	- 93
Ovary Cancer	46	150	36	532	- 382
Upper Respiratory	47	139	56	67	+ 73
Bladder Cancer	48	130	38	500	- 370
Hepatitis B	49	102	55	68	+ 33
Poisonings	50	98	41	366	- 269
Skin Cancers	51	92	51	168	- 76
Prostate Cancer	52	83	48	219	- 136
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	70	50	198	- 129
Encephalitis	54	69	54	117	- 48
Drug Use	55	54	42	356	- 303
Syphilis	56	51	58	54	- 3
Tetanus	57	51	62	28	+ 23
Appendicitis	58	44	57	57	- 12
Skin Disease	59	23	52	158	- 135
Hepatitis C	60	20	64	10	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	61	18	59	44	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	62	18	60	40	- 22
Leishmaniasis	63	10	75	0	+ 10
Malnutrition	64	6	43	317	- 311
Chlamydia	65	3	66	1	+ 2
War	66	3	63	16	- 14
Diphtheria	67	2	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Dengue	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	65	4	- 4
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Tajikistan

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.