NORTH KOREA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,884	2	31,342	- 10,458
Lung Disease	2	15,592	3	26,178	- 10,586
Stroke	3	10,711	1	49,648	- 38,937
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,265	6	6,231	- 966
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,035	40	374	+ 4,661
Liver Disease	6	4,922	10	4,506	+ 415
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,874	14	3,671	+ 1,203
Kidney Disease	8	4,419	12	3,959	+ 460
Tuberculosis	9	4,096	4	17,417	- 13,321
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,671	7	6,210	- 2,539
Stomach Cancer	11	3,512	13	3,771	- 259
Falls	12	3,298	18	1,801	+ 1,497
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	3,108	11	4,340	- 1,232
Low Birth Weight	14	2,356	25	1,208	+ 1,147
Asthma	15	2,312	22	1,439	+ 873
Hypertension	16	2,275	8	5,368	- 3,093
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	2,009	17	2,093	- 83
HIV/AIDS	18	1,724	31	753	+ 971
Birth Trauma	19	1,524	32	736	+ 788
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,494	29	991	+ 504
Lung Cancers	21	1,309	5	11,893	- 10,584
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,301	24	1,222	+ 79
Oral Cancer	23	1,280	37	513	+ 767
Other Injuries	24	1,267	20	1,531	- 264
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,148	19	1,712	- 564
Suicide	26	1,045	16	2,407	- 1,362
Liver Cancer	27	1,038	9	5,326	- 4,288
Parkinson's Disease	28	934	26	1,155	- 221
Cervical Cancer	29	906	33	704	+ 202
Encephalitis	30	833	54	117	+ 716
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	718	15	3,232	- 2,513
Drownings	32	604	27	1,126	- 522
Pancreas Cancer	33	593	21	1,525	- 932
Leukemia	34	552	30	965	- 413
Violence	35	545	28	1,082	- 537
Meningitis	36	512	49	207	+ 305
Ovary Cancer	37	424	36	532	- 108
Epilepsy	38	410	45	266	+ 145
Endocrine Disorders	39	326	39	452	- 126
Syphilis	40	316	58	54	+ 262
Skin Cancers	41	275	51	168	+ 106
Maternal Conditions	42	272	47	252	+ 20
Breast Cancer	43	235	23	1,366	- 1,130
Fires	44	234	46	253	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	45	228	34	684	- 456
Skin Disease	46	216	52	158	+ 58
Drug Use	47	204	42	356	- 153
Bladder Cancer	48	193	38	500	- 307
Alcohol	49	178	44	304	- 127
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	158	50	198	- 40
Appendicitis	51	149	57	57	+ 93
Lymphomas	52	144	35	560	- 416
Hepatitis B	53	120	55	68	+ 52
Malnutrition	54	103	43	317	- 214
Prostate Cancer	55	101	48	219	- 118
Dengue	56	99	76	0	+ 99
Other Neoplasms	57	64	59	44	+ 20
Measles	58	61	65	4	+ 57
Poisonings	59	56	41	366	- 310
Tetanus	60	41	62	28	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	61	30	56	67	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	62	30	60	40	- 10
Pertussis	63	28	61	34	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	27	64	10	+ 17
Leishmaniasis	65	27	75	0	+ 27
Ascariasis	66	5	67	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	67	3	66	1	+ 1
War	68	3	63	16	- 14
Otitis Media	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	68	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	53	138	- 138
Anemia	72	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Bhutan

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.