SOUTH KOREA VS BOSNIA/HERZEG.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOSNIA/HERZEG.		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	126,147	1	28,043	+ 98,104
Stroke	2	107,920	3	25,596	+ 82,324
Diabetes Mellitus	3	32,982	13	6,812	+ 26,170
Lung Cancers	4	28,466	4	20,293	+ 8,173
Lung Disease	5	15,942	11	8,526	+ 7,416
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	15,678	6	12,145	+ 3,533
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	13,687	8	10,180	+ 3,507
Inflammatory/Heart	8	11,982	31	1,325	+ 10,657
Kidney Disease	9	9,446	9	10,107	- 661
Liver Disease	10	8,411	14	6,348	+ 2,063
Hypertension	11	7,483	17	3,711	+ 3,773
Stomach Cancer	12	7,300	10	8,625	- 1,325
Breast Cancer	13	7,237	21	2,880	+ 4,357
Liver Cancer	14	6,576	7	11,589	- 5,013
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,351	12	6,994	- 642
Road Traffic Accidents	16	6,115	15	4,399	+ 1,716
Influenza and Pneumonia	17	6,034	2	26,650	- 20,616
Prostate Cancer	18	5,660	22	2,316	+ 3,345
Suicide	19	4,946	5	14,636	- 9,690
Parkinson's Disease	20	4,674	16	3,951	+ 723
Falls	21	3,659	20	2,934	+ 725
Bladder Cancer	22	3,184	27	1,768	+ 1,416
Leukemia	23	2,552	23	2,140	+ 412
Lymphomas	24	2,527	19	3,477	- 950
Ovary Cancer	25	2,500	30	1,330	+ 1,170
Other Injuries	26	2,149	18	3,634	- 1,485
Oral Cancer	27	1,999	29	1,457	+ 542
Skin Cancers	28	1,829	37	585	+ 1,244
Cervical Cancer	29	1,812	34	1,065	+ 747
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,660	38	540	+ 1,120
Oesophagus Cancer	31	1,509	28	1,733	- 224
Tuberculosis	32	1,278	24	1,950	- 672
Uterin Cancer	33	1,260	43	420	+ 840
Alcohol	34	1,234	33	1,081	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	35	942	41	518	+ 424
Epilepsy	36	824	40	524	+ 300
Asthma	37	816	32	1,150	- 335
Fires	38	746	47	263	+ 483
Endocrine Disorders	39	733	25	1,891	- 1,158
Violence	40	670	44	386	+ 284
Low Birth Weight	41	661	45	370	+ 291
Drownings	42	655	42	501	+ 154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	497	48	224	+ 273
Drug Use	44	348	50	154	+ 194
Other Neoplasms	45	311	26	1,807	- 1,495
Multiple Sclerosis	46	299	66	11	+ 289
Skin Disease	47	284	36	704	- 421
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	266	51	150	+ 116
Birth Trauma	49	191	54	88	+ 103
Poisonings	50	185	52	115	+ 70
Encephalitis	51	175	65	19	+ 156
Appendicitis	52	147	57	54	+ 93
Meningitis	53	132	58	51	+ 81
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	112	35	929	- 817
Measles	55	68	83	0	+ 68
Hepatitis B	56	38	39	526	- 488
Malnutrition	57	34	53	88	- 54
Maternal Conditions	58	33	61	34	- 1
Pertussis	59	32	67	6	+ 26
Tetanus	60	15	69	5	+ 10
Syphilis	61	10	62	27	- 16
War	62	5	68	5	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	3	63	26	- 23
Leishmaniasis	64	2	79	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	49	168	- 166
Chlamydia	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	70	5	- 4
Leprosy	69	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	70	0	55	84	- 84
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	71	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	59	49	- 49
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	41	- 41
Oral conditions	82	0	64	21	- 21
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	77	- 77
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	329	- 329
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.