SOUTH KOREA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,925	1	28,043	+ 13,882
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	30,329	6	12,145	+ 18,185
Stroke	3	20,100	3	25,596	- 5,496
Lung Cancers	4	17,060	4	20,293	- 3,233
Lung Disease	5	16,513	11	8,526	+ 7,987
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	12,080	8	10,180	+ 1,900
Diabetes Mellitus	7	8,699	13	6,812	+ 1,887
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	8,651	2	26,650	- 17,999
Prostate Cancer	9	7,328	22	2,316	+ 5,012
Breast Cancer	10	6,626	21	2,880	+ 3,745
Suicide	11	6,128	5	14,636	- 8,507
Kidney Disease	12	6,108	9	10,107	- 3,999
Pancreas Cancer	13	6,066	12	6,994	- 928
Falls	14	6,062	20	2,934	+ 3,128
Lymphomas	15	5,912	19	3,477	+ 2,435
Endocrine Disorders	16	4,530	25	1,891	+ 2,639
Skin Cancers	17	4,511	37	585	+ 3,926
Leukemia	18	4,137	23	2,140	+ 1,996
Parkinson's Disease	19	3,962	16	3,951	+ 11
Liver Cancer	20	3,962	7	11,589	- 7,627
Drug Use	21	3,469	50	154	+ 3,314
Other Injuries	22	3,196	18	3,634	- 438
Hypertension	23	3,174	17	3,711	- 537
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,057	31	1,325	+ 1,731
Oesophagus Cancer	25	2,906	28	1,733	+ 1,173
Liver Disease	26	2,766	14	6,348	- 3,583
Stomach Cancer	27	2,506	10	8,625	- 6,119
Other Neoplasms	28	2,436	26	1,807	+ 630
Road Traffic Accidents	29	2,422	15	4,399	- 1,977
Bladder Cancer	30	2,310	27	1,768	+ 542
Ovary Cancer	31	1,951	30	1,330	+ 621
Oral Cancer	32	1,892	29	1,457	+ 434
Congenital Anomalies	33	1,383	41	518	+ 865
Skin Disease	34	1,156	36	704	+ 452
Uterin Cancer	35	1,020	43	420	+ 600
Asthma	36	886	32	1,150	- 264
Alcohol	37	739	33	1,081	- 342
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	737	48	224	+ 513
Cervical Cancer	39	665	34	1,065	- 400
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	575	35	929	- 353
Epilepsy	41	554	40	524	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	537	38	540	- 3
Low Birth Weight	43	483	45	370	+ 112
Violence	44	474	44	386	+ 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	445	51	150	+ 295
Multiple Sclerosis	46	365	66	11	+ 355
Drownings	47	345	42	501	- 156
Hepatitis C	48	337	49	168	+ 169
Anemia	49	306	46	329	- 23
Birth Trauma	50	273	54	88	+ 184
Malnutrition	51	227	53	88	+ 139
Osteoarthritis	52	222	60	41	+ 181
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	139	59	49	+ 89
Schizophrenia	54	124	56	77	+ 47
Fires	55	106	47	263	- 157
Tuberculosis	56	102	24	1,950	- 1,848
HIV/AIDS	57	97	55	84	+ 13
Hepatitis B	58	80	39	526	- 446
Oral conditions	59	78	64	21	+ 57
Meningitis	60	72	58	51	+ 22
Poisonings	61	68	52	115	- 48
Appendicitis	62	51	57	54	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	40	61	34	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	33	63	26	+ 7
War	65	15	68	5	+ 10
Otitis Media	66	12	70	5	+ 7
Syphilis	67	6	62	27	- 21
Encephalitis	68	5	65	19	- 14
Pertussis	69	3	67	6	- 3
Tetanus	70	3	69	5	- 2
Diphtheria	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Australia

South Korea

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.