JAMAICA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	NORTH KOREA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,331	1	2,415	+ 2,916
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,365	3	1,726	+ 1,639
Lung Disease	3	2,811	11	452	+ 2,359
Tuberculosis	4	1,870	54	8	+ 1,862
Lung Cancers	5	1,277	10	472	+ 805
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	669	15	393	+ 276
Road Traffic Accidents	7	667	12	444	+ 223
Hypertension	8	576	8	651	- 74
Liver Cancer	9	572	29	101	+ 471
Liver Disease	10	484	21	155	+ 329
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	466	9	587	- 121
Kidney Disease	12	425	6	793	- 368
Stomach Cancer	13	405	19	231	+ 174
Diabetes Mellitus	14	394	2	2,077	- 1,683
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	347	13	436	- 89
Suicide	16	258	35	70	+ 188
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	225	44	27	+ 198
Falls	18	193	33	82	+ 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	184	32	82	+ 101
Other Injuries	20	164	31	91	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	21	164	27	119	+ 45
Asthma	22	155	36	65	+ 89
Breast Cancer	23	147	14	413	- 267
Oesophagus Cancer	24	131	34	74	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	25	130	18	241	- 111
Parkinson's Disease	26	124	25	132	- 8
Drownings	27	121	51	10	+ 111
Violence	28	116	4	1,484	- 1,368
Congenital Anomalies	29	106	23	139	- 32
Leukemia	30	104	26	129	- 25
HIV/AIDS	31	81	7	757	- 676
Birth Trauma	32	79	37	65	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	33	76	16	358	- 282
Inflammatory/Heart	34	73	24	133	- 60
Lymphomas	35	60	17	251	- 191
Ovary Cancer	36	57	30	97	- 40
Oral Cancer	37	55	39	59	- 4
Bladder Cancer	38	54	38	60	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	39	49	20	176	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	40	42	35	+ 6
Poisonings	41	39	57	2	+ 37
Drug Use	42	38	48	13	+ 25
Malnutrition	43	34	40	48	- 14
Alcohol	44	33	55	7	+ 25
Epilepsy	45	29	41	46	- 17
Fires	46	27	46	16	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	47	27	43	35	- 8
Prostate Cancer	48	24	5	883	- 860
Meningitis	49	22	47	16	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	21	50	11	+ 10
Skin Cancers	51	18	52	10	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	17	22	145	- 128
Uterin Cancer	53	15	28	106	- 91
Encephalitis	54	13	49	13	- 0
Hepatitis B	55	7	59	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	56	7	65	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	6	53	9	- 3
Syphilis	58	6	60	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	59	5	45	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	56	3	+ 1
Pertussis	61	4	67	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	3	63	0	+ 3
War	63	2	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

North Korea

Jamaica

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.