SOUTH KOREA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,815	1	28,043	+ 1,772
Stroke	2	27,154	3	25,596	+ 1,558
Kidney Disease	3	11,343	9	10,107	+ 1,236
Lung Disease	4	11,336	11	8,526	+ 2,809
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	11,161	6	12,145	- 984
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,938	2	26,650	- 15,712
Hypertension	7	10,650	17	3,711	+ 6,939
Stomach Cancer	8	10,131	10	8,625	+ 1,506
Lung Cancers	9	9,634	4	20,293	- 10,659
Diabetes Mellitus	10	8,864	13	6,812	+ 2,052
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	8,433	8	10,180	- 1,747
Road Traffic Accidents	12	7,887	15	4,399	+ 3,488
Liver Disease	13	7,387	14	6,348	+ 1,039
Prostate Cancer	14	6,795	22	2,316	+ 4,480
Suicide	15	4,745	5	14,636	- 9,891
Breast Cancer	16	4,712	21	2,880	+ 1,831
Pancreas Cancer	17	4,372	12	6,994	- 2,621
Lymphomas	18	3,889	19	3,477	+ 412
Liver Cancer	19	3,820	7	11,589	- 7,769
Other Neoplasms	20	3,789	26	1,807	+ 1,982
Other Injuries	21	3,656	18	3,634	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	22	3,590	25	1,891	+ 1,699
Falls	23	2,523	20	2,934	- 411
Leukemia	24	2,453	23	2,140	+ 313
Congenital Anomalies	25	2,394	41	518	+ 1,876
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,205	16	3,951	- 1,747
Cervical Cancer	27	2,175	34	1,065	+ 1,110
Skin Disease	28	2,130	36	704	+ 1,426
Violence	29	2,075	44	386	+ 1,689
Oesophagus Cancer	30	2,015	28	1,733	+ 282
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,979	31	1,325	+ 654
Bladder Cancer	32	1,789	27	1,768	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	33	1,505	55	84	+ 1,421
Skin Cancers	34	1,467	37	585	+ 882
Ovary Cancer	35	1,435	30	1,330	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	36	1,220	45	370	+ 850
Malnutrition	37	1,172	53	88	+ 1,084
Tuberculosis	38	1,145	24	1,950	- 806
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	933	35	929	+ 4
Oral Cancer	40	856	29	1,457	- 601
Fires	41	824	47	263	+ 561
Asthma	42	822	32	1,150	- 328
Epilepsy	43	821	40	524	+ 297
Drownings	44	790	42	501	+ 289
Uterin Cancer	45	767	43	420	+ 347
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	623	38	540	+ 83
Alcohol	47	578	33	1,081	- 503
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	521	51	150	+ 371
Anemia	49	501	46	329	+ 172
Drug Use	50	415	50	154	+ 261
Osteoarthritis	51	366	60	41	+ 325
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	291	48	224	+ 67
Meningitis	53	265	58	51	+ 214
Birth Trauma	54	244	54	88	+ 156
Chagas disease	55	219	80	0	+ 219
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	205	59	49	+ 155
Poisonings	57	190	52	115	+ 75
Schizophrenia	58	106	56	77	+ 29
Appendicitis	59	103	57	54	+ 49
Hepatitis B	60	83	39	526	- 443
Hepatitis C	61	74	49	168	- 93
Multiple Sclerosis	62	74	66	11	+ 63
Maternal Conditions	63	66	61	34	+ 32
War	64	38	68	5	+ 33
Oral conditions	65	15	64	21	- 6
Syphilis	66	14	62	27	- 13
Upper Respiratory	67	12	63	26	- 13
Pertussis	68	7	67	6	+ 1
Tetanus	69	5	69	5	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	5	65	19	- 14
Otitis Media	71	5	70	5	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Chile

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.