NORTH KOREA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,514	2	31,342	+ 14,172
Stroke	2	21,843	1	49,648	- 27,805
HIV/AIDS	3	13,769	31	753	+ 13,016
Liver Disease	4	9,237	10	4,506	+ 4,731
Low Birth Weight	5	5,316	25	1,208	+ 4,108
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,203	6	6,231	- 1,027
Birth Trauma	7	4,174	32	736	+ 3,438
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,664	7	6,210	- 2,546
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,518	29	991	+ 2,528
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,175	14	3,671	- 495
Inflammatory/Heart	11	3,037	34	684	+ 2,353
Kidney Disease	12	2,899	12	3,959	- 1,060
Tuberculosis	13	2,724	4	17,417	- 14,693
Hypertension	14	2,187	8	5,368	- 3,181
Stomach Cancer	15	2,026	13	3,771	- 1,744
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,018	11	4,340	- 2,322
Lung Cancers	17	1,911	5	11,893	- 9,982
Breast Cancer	18	1,911	23	1,366	+ 545
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,794	24	1,222	+ 572
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,604	40	374	+ 1,229
Suicide	21	1,541	16	2,407	- 866
Other Injuries	22	1,539	20	1,531	+ 7
Lung Disease	23	1,456	3	26,178	- 24,722
Liver Cancer	24	1,278	9	5,326	- 4,048
Cervical Cancer	25	1,144	33	704	+ 440
Oral Cancer	26	830	37	513	+ 318
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	811	15	3,232	- 2,421
Violence	28	774	28	1,082	- 308
Drownings	29	702	27	1,126	- 423
Alcohol	30	654	44	304	+ 349
Endocrine Disorders	31	643	39	452	+ 192
Leukemia	32	618	30	965	- 347
Lymphomas	33	599	35	560	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	34	573	21	1,525	- 953
Fires	35	558	46	253	+ 305
Falls	36	473	18	1,801	- 1,328
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	470	19	1,712	- 1,242
Epilepsy	38	452	45	266	+ 186
Parkinson's Disease	39	440	26	1,155	- 715
Ovary Cancer	40	427	36	532	- 104
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	419	17	2,093	- 1,674
Encephalitis	42	334	54	117	+ 217
Bladder Cancer	43	315	38	500	- 184
Meningitis	44	287	49	207	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	45	273	48	219	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	46	266	53	138	+ 128
Skin Cancers	47	248	51	168	+ 79
Drug Use	48	210	42	356	- 147
Asthma	49	203	22	1,439	- 1,236
Poisonings	50	168	41	366	- 199
Hepatitis B	51	161	55	68	+ 93
Upper Respiratory	52	115	56	67	+ 49
Tetanus	53	70	62	28	+ 42
Skin Disease	54	46	52	158	- 113
Multiple Sclerosis	55	46	60	40	+ 6
Malnutrition	56	36	43	317	- 281
Other Neoplasms	57	32	59	44	- 11
Appendicitis	58	31	57	57	- 26
Maternal Conditions	59	20	47	252	- 232
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	19	50	198	- 179
Pertussis	61	16	61	34	- 18
Leishmaniasis	62	12	75	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	63	10	64	10	- 0
War	64	9	63	16	- 7
Chlamydia	65	2	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Syphilis	67	1	58	54	- 53
Dengue	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	65	4	- 4
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Turkmenistan

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.