SOUTH KOREA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,232	1	28,043	+ 17,189
Violence	2	20,237	44	386	+ 19,851
Stroke	3	17,406	3	25,596	- 8,190
Lung Disease	4	16,729	11	8,526	+ 8,203
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,315	2	26,650	- 15,335
Road Traffic Accidents	6	8,155	15	4,399	+ 3,756
Kidney Disease	7	7,177	9	10,107	- 2,930
Hypertension	8	6,721	17	3,711	+ 3,011
Stomach Cancer	9	6,419	10	8,625	- 2,206
Lung Cancers	10	5,514	4	20,293	- 14,779
Diabetes Mellitus	11	5,281	13	6,812	- 1,531
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	4,591	8	10,180	- 5,589
Breast Cancer	13	3,854	21	2,880	+ 974
Prostate Cancer	14	3,765	22	2,316	+ 1,449
Other Neoplasms	15	3,366	26	1,807	+ 1,559
Congenital Anomalies	16	3,112	41	518	+ 2,594
HIV/AIDS	17	2,818	55	84	+ 2,734
Lymphomas	18	2,734	19	3,477	- 743
Liver Disease	19	2,548	14	6,348	- 3,800
Cervical Cancer	20	2,380	34	1,065	+ 1,315
Leukemia	21	2,319	23	2,140	+ 179
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	2,266	6	12,145	- 9,879
Low Birth Weight	23	2,201	45	370	+ 1,830
Liver Cancer	24	2,169	7	11,589	- 9,420
Pancreas Cancer	25	2,124	12	6,994	- 4,870
Suicide	26	2,064	5	14,636	- 12,572
Malnutrition	27	1,973	53	88	+ 1,884
Other Injuries	28	1,672	18	3,634	- 1,961
Falls	29	1,594	20	2,934	- 1,340
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,436	25	1,891	- 455
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,396	31	1,325	+ 71
Tuberculosis	32	1,336	24	1,950	- 614
Ovary Cancer	33	1,179	30	1,330	- 151
Skin Disease	34	1,157	36	704	+ 453
Skin Cancers	35	1,080	37	585	+ 496
Oesophagus Cancer	36	877	28	1,733	- 855
Oral Cancer	37	848	29	1,457	- 610
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	785	35	929	- 143
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	734	38	540	+ 194
Drownings	40	724	42	501	+ 223
Birth Trauma	41	681	54	88	+ 593
Bladder Cancer	42	640	27	1,768	- 1,129
Epilepsy	43	627	40	524	+ 103
Drug Use	44	516	50	154	+ 362
Uterin Cancer	45	444	43	420	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	46	414	61	34	+ 380
Parkinson's Disease	47	402	16	3,951	- 3,549
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	350	59	49	+ 300
War	49	273	68	5	+ 268
Meningitis	50	256	58	51	+ 206
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	254	51	150	+ 104
Appendicitis	52	223	57	54	+ 170
Chagas disease	53	214	80	0	+ 214
Asthma	54	201	32	1,150	- 950
Dengue	55	140	77	0	+ 140
Fires	56	133	47	263	- 130
Anemia	57	106	46	329	- 224
Osteoarthritis	58	70	60	41	+ 29
Hepatitis C	59	68	49	168	- 99
Multiple Sclerosis	60	66	66	11	+ 55
Poisonings	61	64	52	115	- 51
Hepatitis B	62	53	39	526	- 473
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	40	48	224	- 184
Encephalitis	64	40	65	19	+ 21
Syphilis	65	32	62	27	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	28	63	26	+ 2
Malaria	67	27	71	1	+ 26
Alcohol	68	24	33	1,081	- 1,057
Pertussis	69	19	67	6	+ 13
Schizophrenia	70	18	56	77	- 59
Tetanus	71	15	69	5	+ 10
Leprosy	72	9	82	0	+ 9
Otitis Media	73	8	70	5	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	74	8	79	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	75	7	64	21	- 14
Ascariasis	76	5	74	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	77	1	72	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	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

Colombia

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.