BHUTAN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,670	3	360	+ 1,310
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,054	1	702	+ 352
Lung Disease	3	880	2	524	+ 356
Tuberculosis	4	586	9	138	+ 448
Lung Cancers	5	400	21	44	+ 356
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	210	4	177	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	7	209	10	123	+ 85
Hypertension	8	181	16	77	+ 104
Liver Cancer	9	179	27	35	+ 144
Liver Disease	10	152	6	166	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	146	13	105	+ 41
Kidney Disease	12	133	8	149	- 15
Stomach Cancer	13	127	11	118	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	14	123	7	164	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	109	31	24	+ 85
Suicide	16	81	26	35	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	70	17	68	+ 3
Falls	18	61	12	111	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	58	25	39	+ 19
Other Injuries	20	51	24	43	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	21	51	33	20	+ 31
Asthma	22	48	15	78	- 29
Breast Cancer	23	46	43	8	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	24	41	22	44	- 3
Low Birth Weight	25	41	14	79	- 39
Parkinson's Disease	26	39	28	31	+ 7
Drownings	27	38	32	20	+ 18
Violence	28	36	35	18	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	29	33	20	50	- 17
Leukemia	30	32	34	19	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	31	25	18	58	- 33
Birth Trauma	32	25	19	51	- 27
Cervical Cancer	33	24	29	30	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	34	23	45	8	+ 15
Lymphomas	35	19	52	5	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	36	18	37	14	+ 4
Oral Cancer	37	17	23	43	- 26
Bladder Cancer	38	17	48	6	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	39	15	39	11	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	13	5	169	- 157
Poisonings	41	12	59	2	+ 10
Drug Use	42	12	47	7	+ 5
Malnutrition	43	11	54	3	+ 7
Alcohol	44	10	49	6	+ 4
Epilepsy	45	9	38	14	- 5
Fires	46	9	44	8	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	8	42	9	- 1
Prostate Cancer	48	7	55	3	+ 4
Meningitis	49	7	36	17	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	50	5	+ 1
Skin Cancers	51	6	41	9	- 4
Skin Disease	52	5	46	7	- 2
Uterin Cancer	53	5	71	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	54	4	30	28	- 24
Hepatitis B	55	2	53	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	56	2	61	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	2	51	5	- 3
Syphilis	58	2	40	11	- 9
Other Neoplasms	59	1	57	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Pertussis	61	1	63	1	+ 0
Tetanus	62	1	60	1	- 0
War	63	1	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	1	- 1
Measles	65	0	58	2	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

North Korea

Bhutan

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.