NORTH KOREA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,742	2	31,342	+ 1,400
Stroke	2	21,880	1	49,648	- 27,768
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	14,577	11	4,340	+ 10,237
Lung Disease	4	13,099	3	26,178	- 13,079
Lung Cancers	5	11,230	5	11,893	- 663
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,521	6	6,231	+ 4,291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	9,558	15	3,232	+ 6,326
Kidney Disease	8	7,984	12	3,959	+ 4,025
Breast Cancer	9	6,510	23	1,366	+ 5,145
Other Injuries	10	5,942	20	1,531	+ 4,411
Diabetes Mellitus	11	5,738	14	3,671	+ 2,067
Suicide	12	5,646	16	2,407	+ 3,239
Prostate Cancer	13	5,429	48	219	+ 5,210
Pancreas Cancer	14	5,033	21	1,525	+ 3,507
Hypertension	15	4,977	8	5,368	- 391
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,928	7	6,210	- 2,282
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,740	39	452	+ 3,289
Stomach Cancer	18	3,687	13	3,771	- 84
Other Neoplasms	19	3,560	59	44	+ 3,516
Lymphomas	20	3,511	35	560	+ 2,951
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,459	26	1,155	+ 1,305
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,412	34	684	+ 1,728
Violence	23	2,265	28	1,082	+ 1,183
Oesophagus Cancer	24	2,198	24	1,222	+ 976
Leukemia	25	2,152	30	965	+ 1,187
Bladder Cancer	26	2,120	38	500	+ 1,620
Liver Disease	27	1,580	10	4,506	- 2,926
HIV/AIDS	28	1,499	31	753	+ 745
Cervical Cancer	29	1,320	33	704	+ 616
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,306	29	991	+ 315
Oral Cancer	31	1,284	37	513	+ 771
Ovary Cancer	32	1,231	36	532	+ 699
Skin Cancers	33	1,145	51	168	+ 976
Liver Cancer	34	1,131	9	5,326	- 4,195
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,031	40	374	+ 657
Skin Disease	36	998	52	158	+ 839
Asthma	37	975	22	1,439	- 464
Uterin Cancer	38	885	53	138	+ 747
Alcohol	39	802	44	304	+ 498
Epilepsy	40	659	45	266	+ 393
Tuberculosis	41	618	4	17,417	- 16,799
Low Birth Weight	42	564	25	1,208	- 644
Malnutrition	43	560	43	317	+ 243
Anemia	44	542	85	0	+ 542
Drownings	45	497	27	1,126	- 629
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	436	19	1,712	- 1,276
Falls	47	422	18	1,801	- 1,379
Fires	48	418	46	253	+ 165
Drug Use	49	312	42	356	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	300	17	2,093	- 1,793
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	265	50	198	+ 66
Osteoarthritis	52	249	81	0	+ 249
Birth Trauma	53	170	32	736	- 565
Schizophrenia	54	138	83	0	+ 138
Poisonings	55	127	41	366	- 239
Multiple Sclerosis	56	101	60	40	+ 61
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	95	80	0	+ 95
Meningitis	58	79	49	207	- 128
Appendicitis	59	69	57	57	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	60	68	47	252	- 183
Chagas disease	61	38	72	0	+ 38
Upper Respiratory	62	38	56	67	- 29
Hepatitis B	63	32	55	68	- 36
Encephalitis	64	30	54	117	- 87
Hepatitis C	65	27	64	10	+ 16
Syphilis	66	22	58	54	- 32
Otitis Media	67	12	70	0	+ 12
Oral conditions	68	9	82	0	+ 9
Leprosy	69	3	71	0	+ 3
War	70	3	63	16	- 14
Tetanus	71	3	62	28	- 25
Pertussis	72	2	61	34	- 33
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	65	4	- 4
Chlamydia	75	0	66	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	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

Uruguay

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.