DJIBOUTI VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,878	2	680	+ 1,199
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,186	1	687	+ 498
Lung Disease	3	990	16	120	+ 870
Tuberculosis	4	659	9	243	+ 416
Lung Cancers	5	450	42	20	+ 430
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	236	3	671	- 435
Road Traffic Accidents	7	235	11	229	+ 6
Hypertension	8	203	12	211	- 8
Liver Cancer	9	201	43	19	+ 183
Liver Disease	10	170	6	295	- 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	164	21	90	+ 74
Kidney Disease	12	150	13	186	- 37
Stomach Cancer	13	143	50	14	+ 129
Diabetes Mellitus	14	139	7	284	- 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	122	32	38	+ 85
Suicide	16	91	19	94	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	79	48	15	+ 64
Falls	18	68	26	45	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	65	34	32	+ 33
Other Injuries	20	58	10	233	- 175
Pancreas Cancer	21	58	58	6	+ 52
Asthma	22	54	22	68	- 13
Breast Cancer	23	52	20	91	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	24	46	36	27	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	25	46	8	251	- 206
Parkinson's Disease	26	44	41	23	+ 21
Drownings	27	43	35	28	+ 14
Violence	28	41	24	64	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	29	37	18	113	- 75
Leukemia	30	37	27	45	- 9
HIV/AIDS	31	29	5	348	- 320
Birth Trauma	32	28	15	166	- 138
Cervical Cancer	33	27	29	40	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	34	26	28	45	- 19
Lymphomas	35	21	30	40	- 19
Ovary Cancer	36	20	40	23	- 3
Oral Cancer	37	19	45	17	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	38	19	47	15	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	39	17	38	25	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	14	4	364	- 350
Poisonings	41	14	39	25	- 11
Drug Use	42	13	54	12	+ 1
Malnutrition	43	12	14	170	- 158
Alcohol	44	12	49	15	- 3
Epilepsy	45	10	37	26	- 16
Fires	46	10	33	33	- 23
Maternal Conditions	47	10	31	40	- 31
Prostate Cancer	48	8	44	17	- 9
Meningitis	49	8	17	117	- 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	8	62	3	+ 4
Skin Cancers	51	6	53	12	- 6
Skin Disease	52	6	55	12	- 6
Uterin Cancer	53	5	60	4	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	4	59	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	3	56	8	- 6
Upper Respiratory	56	3	61	4	- 1
Appendicitis	57	2	57	6	- 4
Syphilis	58	2	52	13	- 11
Other Neoplasms	59	2	65	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	67	2	- 0
Pertussis	61	1	25	50	- 48
Tetanus	62	1	46	16	- 15
War	63	1	63	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	65	0	66	2	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	69	0	23	66	- 66
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	64	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	75	0	51	14	- 14
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

North Korea

Djibouti

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.