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North Korea

North Korea Diseases Stats

Definitions

  • Cancer > Cancer death rate (per 100,000 population): The number of people that will die from cancer out of 100,000 people the same age. The number is not an accurate telling of the country's cancer rate, but rather how fatal cancer is in each country.
  • Cardiovascular death rate (per 100,000 population): The number of people that will die from cardiovascular diseases out of 100,000 people the same age. The number is not an accurate telling of the country's cardiovascular disease rate, but rather how fatal cardiovascular diseases are in each country.
  • Incidence of tuberculosis > Per 100,000 people: Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people). Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases. Incidence includes patients with HIV.
  • Influenza > 2009 flu pandemic, Confirmed cases: Confirmed cases of 2009 flu pandemic.
  • Measles cases: Number of reported measles cases.
  • Mumps cases per million people: Number of reported mumps cases. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Neonatal tetanus cases: Number of reported cases of tetanus in newborns.
  • Neonatal tetanus cases per million people: Number of reported cases of tetanus in newborns. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Overweight > Average Body Mass Index (BMI): Countries compared by average BMI (combining male and female population), according to data gathered by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The BMI (Body Mass Index) measures how appropiate is the weight of an individual compared to their height. The calculation is made measuring your weight in kilograms and dividing it twice by your height measured in metres. A high BMI (25 or more) is usually associated with a risk of suffering diverse health problems.
  • Overweight > Female Body Mass Index (BMI): Countries compared by average female BMI, according to data gathered by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The BMI (Body Mass Index) measures how appropiate is the weight of an individual compared to their height. The calculation is made measuring your weight in kilograms and dividing it twice by your height measured in metres. A high BMI (25 or more) is usually associated with a risk of suffering diverse health problems.
  • Overweight > Male Body Mass Index (BMI): Countries compared by average male BMI, according to data gathered by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The BMI (Body Mass Index) measures how appropiate is the weight of an individual compared to their height. The calculation is made measuring your weight in kilograms and dividing it twice by your height measured in metres. A high BMI (25 or more) is usually associated with a risk of suffering diverse health problems.
  • Pertussis cases: Number of reported pertussis cases. Pertussis is commonly called whooping cough.
  • Total tetanus cases: Number of all reported tetanus cases.
  • Tuberculosis cases: Number of reported tuberbculosis cases.
  • Tuberculosis cases per million people: Number of reported tuberbculosis cases. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Cancer > Cancer death rate (per 100,000 population) 95 2004 161st out of 189
Cardiovascular death rate (per 100,000 population) 345 2004 101st out of 189
Incidence of tuberculosis > Per 100,000 people 409 2012 15th out of 205
Influenza > 2009 flu pandemic, Confirmed cases 28 2010 52nd out of 56
Measles cases 3,550 2007 9th out of 182
Mumps cases per million people 7.3 2007 71st out of 118
Neonatal tetanus cases 0.0 2007 72nd out of 174
Neonatal tetanus cases per million people 0.0 2007 72nd out of 170
Overweight > Average Body Mass Index (BMI) 20.78 2013 164th out of 174
Overweight > Female Body Mass Index (BMI) 20.27 2013 163th out of 174
Overweight > Male Body Mass Index (BMI) 21.29 2013 160th out of 174
Pertussis cases 1,250 2007 18th out of 162
Total tetanus cases 0.0 2007 121st out of 172
Tuberculosis cases 23,575 2007 18th out of 177
Tuberculosis cases per million people 977.73 2007 15th out of 174

SOURCES: World Health Organization. Source tables; World Health Organization. Source tables; World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Report.; Weekly influenza surveillance overview 5 February 2010 , Main surveillance developments in week 4/2010 (25 Jan 2010—31 Jan 2010); World Health Organization. Source tables; World Health Organization. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Health Organization. Source tables; World Health Organization. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; "Where are you on the global fat scale?". BBC. July 12, 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-16. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-439.pdf. Walpole et al., BMC Public Health 2012, 12:4; "Where are you on the global fat scale?". BBC. July 12, 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-439.pdf. Walpole et al., BMC Public Health 2012, 12:4; World Health Organization. Source tables; World Health Organization. Source tables; World Health Organization. Source tables; World Health Organization. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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