NORTH KOREA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,763	2	31,342	- 3,579
Stroke	2	10,929	1	49,648	- 38,719
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,297	7	6,210	- 913
Hypertension	4	4,884	8	5,368	- 484
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,139	14	3,671	+ 468
Kidney Disease	6	3,514	12	3,959	- 445
Lung Disease	7	3,395	3	26,178	- 22,783
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,345	6	6,231	- 2,885
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,287	11	4,340	- 1,053
Stomach Cancer	10	2,922	13	3,771	- 849
Lung Cancers	11	2,018	5	11,893	- 9,875
Liver Disease	12	1,975	10	4,506	- 2,532
Low Birth Weight	13	1,446	25	1,208	+ 238
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,441	29	991	+ 450
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,361	15	3,232	- 1,870
Suicide	16	1,290	16	2,407	- 1,117
Other Injuries	17	1,204	20	1,531	- 327
Leukemia	18	1,180	30	965	+ 215
Breast Cancer	19	1,112	23	1,366	- 254
Liver Cancer	20	1,105	9	5,326	- 4,221
Prostate Cancer	21	1,066	48	219	+ 847
Asthma	22	1,000	22	1,439	- 439
Lymphomas	23	857	35	560	+ 298
Falls	24	839	18	1,801	- 962
Birth Trauma	25	814	32	736	+ 78
Parkinson's Disease	26	757	26	1,155	- 397
Violence	27	754	28	1,082	- 328
HIV/AIDS	28	750	31	753	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	29	720	21	1,525	- 806
Oesophagus Cancer	30	705	24	1,222	- 517
Drug Use	31	667	42	356	+ 311
Endocrine Disorders	32	622	39	452	+ 171
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	546	40	374	+ 172
Fires	34	542	46	253	+ 289
Inflammatory/Heart	35	479	34	684	- 205
Bladder Cancer	36	419	38	500	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	371	19	1,712	- 1,341
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	296	17	2,093	- 1,796
Ovary Cancer	39	279	36	532	- 253
Drownings	40	277	27	1,126	- 849
Tuberculosis	41	262	4	17,417	- 17,155
War	42	252	63	16	+ 236
Poisonings	43	243	41	366	- 124
Epilepsy	44	214	45	266	- 52
Oral Cancer	45	195	37	513	- 318
Meningitis	46	191	49	207	- 16
Skin Cancers	47	154	51	168	- 14
Cervical Cancer	48	149	33	704	- 555
Hepatitis B	49	126	55	68	+ 58
Multiple Sclerosis	50	121	60	40	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	51	106	53	138	- 32
Maternal Conditions	52	85	47	252	- 167
Alcohol	53	75	44	304	- 229
Encephalitis	54	73	54	117	- 44
Skin Disease	55	71	52	158	- 88
Malnutrition	56	47	43	317	- 271
Appendicitis	57	46	57	57	- 11
Other Neoplasms	58	33	59	44	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	24	50	198	- 175
Pertussis	60	22	61	34	- 12
Syphilis	61	16	58	54	- 39
Tetanus	62	11	62	28	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	5	56	67	- 62
Leishmaniasis	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	66	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	- 0
Measles	68	1	65	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	10	- 10
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Iran

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.