NORTH KOREA VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	78,639	2	31,342	+ 47,298
Stroke	2	18,740	1	49,648	- 30,907
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	10,728	6	6,231	+ 4,497
Lung Cancers	4	9,095	5	11,893	- 2,798
Lung Disease	5	7,355	3	26,178	- 18,823
Hypertension	6	6,829	8	5,368	+ 1,461
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,305	14	3,671	+ 2,634
Liver Disease	8	5,535	10	4,506	+ 1,029
Road Traffic Accidents	9	5,213	7	6,210	- 997
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	4,146	15	3,232	+ 914
Kidney Disease	11	4,122	12	3,959	+ 164
Stomach Cancer	12	3,959	13	3,771	+ 189
Breast Cancer	13	3,922	23	1,366	+ 2,556
Liver Cancer	14	3,199	9	5,326	- 2,127
Pancreas Cancer	15	3,163	21	1,525	+ 1,638
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,493	29	991	+ 1,502
Other Injuries	17	2,319	20	1,531	+ 788
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	2,075	19	1,712	+ 363
Prostate Cancer	19	1,952	48	219	+ 1,733
Bladder Cancer	20	1,574	38	500	+ 1,075
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,534	34	684	+ 850
Leukemia	22	1,201	30	965	+ 236
Low Birth Weight	23	1,147	25	1,208	- 61
Uterin Cancer	24	1,073	53	138	+ 935
Violence	25	989	28	1,082	- 93
Lymphomas	26	939	35	560	+ 379
Cervical Cancer	27	873	33	704	+ 169
Suicide	28	867	16	2,407	- 1,540
Ovary Cancer	29	800	36	532	+ 268
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	595	17	2,093	- 1,498
Hepatitis C	31	569	64	10	+ 558
HIV/AIDS	32	565	31	753	- 189
Oral Cancer	33	530	37	513	+ 18
Skin Cancers	34	499	51	168	+ 331
Endocrine Disorders	35	459	39	452	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	36	451	24	1,222	- 771
Other Neoplasms	37	386	59	44	+ 343
Tuberculosis	38	385	4	17,417	- 17,032
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	352	11	4,340	- 3,988
Falls	40	332	18	1,801	- 1,470
Drug Use	41	316	42	356	- 40
Birth Trauma	42	302	32	736	- 433
Skin Disease	43	241	52	158	+ 82
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	237	80	0	+ 237
Drownings	45	186	27	1,126	- 940
Poisonings	46	179	41	366	- 188
Fires	47	116	46	253	- 137
Parkinson's Disease	48	103	26	1,155	- 1,052
Asthma	49	86	22	1,439	- 1,353
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	84	40	374	- 291
Hepatitis B	51	80	55	68	+ 12
Epilepsy	52	80	45	266	- 186
Multiple Sclerosis	53	78	60	40	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	78	50	198	- 121
Maternal Conditions	55	75	47	252	- 177
Meningitis	56	58	49	207	- 149
Encephalitis	57	45	54	117	- 72
Anemia	58	42	85	0	+ 42
Appendicitis	59	41	57	57	- 15
Osteoarthritis	60	31	81	0	+ 31
Schizophrenia	61	28	83	0	+ 28
Alcohol	62	27	44	304	- 277
Upper Respiratory	63	22	56	67	- 44
Oral conditions	64	17	82	0	+ 17
Otitis Media	65	12	70	0	+ 12
Malnutrition	66	12	43	317	- 305
Leishmaniasis	67	8	75	0	+ 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	7	86	0	+ 7
War	69	3	63	16	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	70	3	79	0	+ 3
Pertussis	71	1	61	34	- 33
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	65	4	- 4
Syphilis	75	0	58	54	- 54
Chlamydia	76	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	62	28	- 28
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Armenia

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.