SOUTH KOREA VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,162	1	28,043	+ 16,119
Stroke	2	18,223	3	25,596	- 7,373
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	15,773	6	12,145	+ 3,628
Lung Disease	4	14,015	11	8,526	+ 5,489
Diabetes Mellitus	5	13,080	13	6,812	+ 6,269
Lung Cancers	6	12,592	4	20,293	- 7,701
Kidney Disease	7	8,383	9	10,107	- 1,724
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	6,592	8	10,180	- 3,588
Breast Cancer	9	6,101	21	2,880	+ 3,220
Other Injuries	10	5,355	18	3,634	+ 1,721
Hypertension	11	5,021	17	3,711	+ 1,311
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,962	25	1,891	+ 3,072
Prostate Cancer	13	4,635	22	2,316	+ 2,320
Pancreas Cancer	14	4,115	12	6,994	- 2,879
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	3,846	2	26,650	- 22,804
Lymphomas	16	3,832	19	3,477	+ 355
Leukemia	17	3,263	23	2,140	+ 1,122
Road Traffic Accidents	18	2,719	15	4,399	- 1,680
Bladder Cancer	19	2,630	27	1,768	+ 862
Liver Cancer	20	2,525	7	11,589	- 9,064
Stomach Cancer	21	2,488	10	8,625	- 6,137
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	2,227	35	929	+ 1,298
Other Neoplasms	23	2,109	26	1,807	+ 302
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,014	31	1,325	+ 689
Falls	25	2,000	20	2,934	- 934
Liver Disease	26	1,987	14	6,348	- 4,362
Ovary Cancer	27	1,766	30	1,330	+ 436
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,737	16	3,951	- 2,214
Suicide	29	1,723	5	14,636	- 12,913
Skin Disease	30	1,719	36	704	+ 1,015
Skin Cancers	31	1,523	37	585	+ 938
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,361	48	224	+ 1,137
Drownings	33	1,315	42	501	+ 814
Uterin Cancer	34	1,085	43	420	+ 665
Asthma	35	953	32	1,150	- 197
Oral Cancer	36	821	29	1,457	- 636
Cervical Cancer	37	727	34	1,065	- 338
Congenital Anomalies	38	695	41	518	+ 177
Anemia	39	684	46	329	+ 355
Violence	40	603	44	386	+ 217
Drug Use	41	527	50	154	+ 373
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	444	38	540	- 95
Oesophagus Cancer	43	407	28	1,733	- 1,325
Epilepsy	44	387	40	524	- 138
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	385	51	150	+ 235
Multiple Sclerosis	46	347	66	11	+ 336
Low Birth Weight	47	252	45	370	- 118
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	226	59	49	+ 176
Alcohol	49	207	33	1,081	- 874
Fires	50	184	47	263	- 80
Poisonings	51	163	52	115	+ 48
Tuberculosis	52	147	24	1,950	- 1,803
Birth Trauma	53	98	54	88	+ 10
Hepatitis B	54	72	39	526	- 454
Meningitis	55	67	58	51	+ 16
Malnutrition	56	63	53	88	- 26
Schizophrenia	57	61	56	77	- 16
Hepatitis C	58	60	49	168	- 107
Upper Respiratory	59	43	63	26	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	60	35	60	41	- 6
Oral conditions	61	33	64	21	+ 12
Syphilis	62	28	62	27	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	26	61	34	- 8
HIV/AIDS	64	16	55	84	- 68
Otitis Media	65	16	70	5	+ 11
Appendicitis	66	16	57	54	- 38
Leishmaniasis	67	16	79	0	+ 16
War	68	5	68	5	+ 1
Encephalitis	69	2	65	19	- 17
Pertussis	70	0	67	6	- 6
Tetanus	71	0	69	5	- 5
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	71	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	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

Cyprus

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.