NORTH KOREA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,917	2	31,342	- 20,425
Stroke	2	5,238	1	49,648	- 44,409
Kidney Disease	3	3,421	12	3,959	- 538
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,163	14	3,671	- 508
Hypertension	5	2,449	8	5,368	- 2,919
Lung Disease	6	2,391	3	26,178	- 23,787
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,282	7	6,210	- 3,928
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,849	6	6,231	- 4,382
Suicide	9	1,647	16	2,407	- 760
Other Injuries	10	1,368	20	1,531	- 163
Falls	11	1,341	18	1,801	- 461
Asthma	12	1,202	22	1,439	- 237
Drug Use	13	1,130	42	356	+ 774
Liver Disease	14	1,093	10	4,506	- 3,413
Congenital Anomalies	15	966	29	991	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	810	15	3,232	- 2,421
Breast Cancer	17	692	23	1,366	- 674
Endocrine Disorders	18	681	39	452	+ 229
Low Birth Weight	19	511	25	1,208	- 697
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	509	11	4,340	- 3,831
Lung Cancers	21	485	5	11,893	- 11,408
Fires	22	468	46	253	+ 214
Drownings	23	442	27	1,126	- 684
Leukemia	24	404	30	965	- 561
Epilepsy	25	366	45	266	+ 100
Pancreas Cancer	26	354	21	1,525	- 1,172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	331	17	2,093	- 1,761
Inflammatory/Heart	28	313	34	684	- 371
Lymphomas	29	306	35	560	- 254
Stomach Cancer	30	293	13	3,771	- 3,478
Parkinson's Disease	31	261	26	1,155	- 894
Liver Cancer	32	252	9	5,326	- 5,074
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	242	40	374	- 133
Skin Cancers	34	203	51	168	+ 35
Violence	35	184	28	1,082	- 898
Tuberculosis	36	172	4	17,417	- 17,245
Birth Trauma	37	167	32	736	- 568
Ovary Cancer	38	165	36	532	- 366
Bladder Cancer	39	157	38	500	- 343
Alcohol	40	155	44	304	- 149
Cervical Cancer	41	150	33	704	- 555
Meningitis	42	136	49	207	- 71
Prostate Cancer	43	132	48	219	- 86
Hepatitis B	44	124	55	68	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	119	19	1,712	- 1,593
Uterin Cancer	46	116	53	138	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	47	97	24	1,222	- 1,126
Poisonings	48	94	41	366	- 273
Multiple Sclerosis	49	93	60	40	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	50	89	31	753	- 664
Tetanus	51	86	62	28	+ 59
Oral Cancer	52	83	37	513	- 429
War	53	77	63	16	+ 61
Encephalitis	54	73	54	117	- 44
Appendicitis	55	35	57	57	- 22
Other Neoplasms	56	34	59	44	- 9
Skin Disease	57	33	52	158	- 126
Pertussis	58	31	61	34	- 4
Maternal Conditions	59	14	47	252	- 238
Malnutrition	60	7	43	317	- 310
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	50	198	- 192
Syphilis	62	7	58	54	- 47
Hepatitis C	63	2	64	10	- 8
Upper Respiratory	64	0	56	67	- 66
Ascariasis	65	0	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	65	4	- 4
Dengue	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Arab Emirates

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.