BAHRAIN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		BAHRAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,958	3	288	+ 2,670
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,867	1	971	+ 896
Lung Disease	3	1,560	8	130	+ 1,430
Tuberculosis	4	1,038	43	8	+ 1,029
Lung Cancers	5	709	12	83	+ 626
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	371	9	104	+ 267
Road Traffic Accidents	7	370	11	85	+ 285
Hypertension	8	320	22	41	+ 279
Liver Cancer	9	317	26	30	+ 287
Liver Disease	10	268	5	158	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	259	10	96	+ 162
Kidney Disease	12	236	4	195	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	13	225	27	29	+ 196
Diabetes Mellitus	14	219	2	745	- 527
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	193	13	74	+ 118
Suicide	16	143	7	145	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	125	41	9	+ 115
Falls	18	107	18	47	+ 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	102	31	25	+ 77
Other Injuries	20	91	17	55	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	21	91	25	32	+ 59
Asthma	22	86	24	36	+ 50
Breast Cancer	23	81	14	69	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	24	73	40	10	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	25	72	16	56	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	26	69	30	26	+ 43
Drownings	27	67	34	22	+ 45
Violence	28	64	45	5	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	29	59	15	64	- 5
Leukemia	30	57	20	41	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	31	45	46	5	+ 40
Birth Trauma	32	44	50	4	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	33	42	39	12	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	34	41	23	40	+ 1
Lymphomas	35	33	19	41	- 8
Ovary Cancer	36	32	29	26	+ 6
Oral Cancer	37	31	36	16	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	38	30	28	27	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	39	27	6	154	- 127
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	22	35	17	+ 5
Poisonings	41	22	51	4	+ 18
Drug Use	42	21	38	15	+ 6
Malnutrition	43	19	49	5	+ 14
Alcohol	44	18	42	9	+ 9
Epilepsy	45	16	32	25	- 9
Fires	46	15	33	24	- 9
Maternal Conditions	47	15	52	4	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	48	13	37	15	- 2
Meningitis	49	12	48	5	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	12	55	3	+ 9
Skin Cancers	51	10	59	1	+ 9
Skin Disease	52	9	21	41	- 32
Uterin Cancer	53	8	44	8	+ 0
Encephalitis	54	7	54	3	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	4	53	4	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	56	4	65	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	57	2	+ 1
Syphilis	58	3	58	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	59	3	47	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	56	2	+ 0
Pertussis	61	2	60	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	2	61	0	+ 1
War	63	1	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHRAIN

North Korea

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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.