NORTH KOREA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	VANUATU		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,562	2	31,342	+ 6,220
Stroke	2	23,848	1	49,648	- 25,800
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,491	14	3,671	+ 6,820
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,282	6	6,231	+ 4,051
Lung Disease	5	8,965	3	26,178	- 17,213
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,607	40	374	+ 6,232
Kidney Disease	7	5,825	12	3,959	+ 1,866
Suicide	8	4,471	16	2,407	+ 2,064
Liver Disease	9	4,253	10	4,506	- 253
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,947	29	991	+ 2,956
Hypertension	11	3,889	8	5,368	- 1,479
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,686	7	6,210	- 2,524
Asthma	13	3,684	22	1,439	+ 2,245
Low Birth Weight	14	3,582	25	1,208	+ 2,374
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,892	17	2,093	+ 800
Drownings	16	2,877	27	1,126	+ 1,751
Other Injuries	17	2,470	20	1,531	+ 939
Liver Cancer	18	2,274	9	5,326	- 3,052
Birth Trauma	19	1,624	32	736	+ 889
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,525	19	1,712	- 187
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,456	11	4,340	- 2,884
Tuberculosis	22	1,345	4	17,417	- 16,072
Lung Cancers	23	1,242	5	11,893	- 10,652
Maternal Conditions	24	1,167	47	252	+ 916
Falls	25	1,088	18	1,801	- 713
Breast Cancer	26	1,071	23	1,366	- 295
Cervical Cancer	27	1,062	33	704	+ 358
Parkinson's Disease	28	961	26	1,155	- 194
Inflammatory/Heart	29	919	34	684	+ 234
Pertussis	30	839	61	34	+ 805
Malnutrition	31	828	43	317	+ 511
Leukemia	32	740	30	965	- 225
Endocrine Disorders	33	726	39	452	+ 274
Prostate Cancer	34	719	48	219	+ 500
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	702	15	3,232	- 2,529
Meningitis	36	667	49	207	+ 460
Syphilis	37	633	58	54	+ 579
Violence	38	561	28	1,082	- 521
Skin Disease	39	561	52	158	+ 402
Stomach Cancer	40	506	13	3,771	- 3,265
Epilepsy	41	437	45	266	+ 172
Fires	42	346	46	253	+ 93
Alcohol	43	330	44	304	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	44	325	36	532	- 207
Lymphomas	45	265	35	560	- 295
Tetanus	46	237	62	28	+ 209
Poisonings	47	182	41	366	- 184
Uterin Cancer	48	162	53	138	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	49	155	38	500	- 345
Appendicitis	50	111	57	57	+ 55
Hepatitis B	51	103	55	68	+ 34
Encephalitis	52	86	54	117	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	53	73	21	1,525	- 1,452
Oral Cancer	54	69	37	513	- 444
Other Neoplasms	55	61	59	44	+ 17
Drug Use	56	36	42	356	- 321
Multiple Sclerosis	57	23	60	40	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	22	50	198	- 177
Dengue	59	16	76	0	+ 16
Diphtheria	60	15	68	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	61	13	64	10	+ 3
Measles	62	8	65	4	+ 5
Ascariasis	63	7	67	1	+ 6
War	64	3	63	16	- 14
Upper Respiratory	65	3	56	67	- 64
Chlamydia	66	2	66	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	31	753	- 753
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	24	1,222	- 1,222
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	51	168	- 168
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Vanuatu

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.