NORTH KOREA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,857	2	31,342	- 4,485
Stroke	2	13,758	1	49,648	- 35,890
Lung Cancers	3	10,964	5	11,893	- 929
Lung Disease	4	7,843	3	26,178	- 18,334
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,596	14	3,671	+ 1,925
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	5,411	11	4,340	+ 1,071
Kidney Disease	7	5,321	12	3,959	+ 1,363
Hypertension	8	4,615	8	5,368	- 752
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,016	6	6,231	- 2,215
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,316	15	3,232	+ 84
Stomach Cancer	11	3,230	13	3,771	- 541
Pancreas Cancer	12	2,152	21	1,525	+ 626
Liver Disease	13	1,982	10	4,506	- 2,524
Breast Cancer	14	1,764	23	1,366	+ 398
Prostate Cancer	15	1,753	48	219	+ 1,534
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,742	7	6,210	- 4,468
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,553	29	991	+ 562
Leukemia	18	1,523	30	965	+ 558
Lymphomas	19	1,516	35	560	+ 956
Liver Cancer	20	1,420	9	5,326	- 3,906
Bladder Cancer	21	1,402	38	500	+ 903
Falls	22	1,367	18	1,801	- 434
Violence	23	1,254	28	1,082	+ 172
Low Birth Weight	24	1,087	25	1,208	- 121
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,075	26	1,155	- 79
Endocrine Disorders	26	817	39	452	+ 365
Asthma	27	761	22	1,439	- 678
Ovary Cancer	28	715	36	532	+ 183
Suicide	29	626	16	2,407	- 1,781
Other Injuries	30	525	20	1,531	- 1,006
Inflammatory/Heart	31	510	34	684	- 174
Skin Cancers	32	484	51	168	+ 316
Oesophagus Cancer	33	413	24	1,222	- 809
Cervical Cancer	34	410	33	704	- 294
Oral Cancer	35	408	37	513	- 104
Epilepsy	36	359	45	266	+ 93
Uterin Cancer	37	341	53	138	+ 203
Drug Use	38	304	42	356	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	247	19	1,712	- 1,465
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	232	40	374	- 143
Birth Trauma	41	225	32	736	- 511
Other Neoplasms	42	202	59	44	+ 158
Malnutrition	43	184	43	317	- 134
Drownings	44	172	27	1,126	- 954
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	141	17	2,093	- 1,951
Poisonings	46	115	41	366	- 251
Fires	47	107	46	253	- 146
Skin Disease	48	101	52	158	- 57
War	49	100	63	16	+ 83
Tuberculosis	50	95	4	17,417	- 17,322
Meningitis	51	86	49	207	- 121
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	74	50	198	- 124
HIV/AIDS	53	64	31	753	- 690
Encephalitis	54	58	54	117	- 59
Alcohol	55	57	44	304	- 247
Multiple Sclerosis	56	53	60	40	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	57	34	47	252	- 218
Pertussis	58	32	61	34	- 2
Appendicitis	59	29	57	57	- 28
Hepatitis B	60	23	55	68	- 46
Syphilis	61	16	58	54	- 38
Schistosomiasis	62	10	74	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	6	64	10	- 4
Tetanus	64	4	62	28	- 24
Measles	65	2	65	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	56	67	- 65
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	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

Turkey

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.