SOUTH KOREA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	81,400	1	28,043	+ 53,357
Liver Disease	2	28,147	14	6,348	+ 21,799
Stroke	3	20,524	3	25,596	- 5,072
Liver Cancer	4	11,476	7	11,589	- 113
Hypertension	5	9,876	17	3,711	+ 6,165
Kidney Disease	6	9,872	9	10,107	- 235
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	9,688	2	26,650	- 16,962
Diabetes Mellitus	8	8,956	13	6,812	+ 2,145
Lung Disease	9	6,270	11	8,526	- 2,256
Congenital Anomalies	10	5,694	41	518	+ 5,176
Low Birth Weight	11	5,333	45	370	+ 4,963
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,747	15	4,399	+ 349
Breast Cancer	13	4,298	21	2,880	+ 1,417
Lymphomas	14	3,529	19	3,477	+ 52
Asthma	15	3,326	32	1,150	+ 2,175
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	3,265	6	12,145	- 8,880
Birth Trauma	17	2,860	54	88	+ 2,772
Lung Cancers	18	2,658	4	20,293	- 17,635
Bladder Cancer	19	2,403	27	1,768	+ 635
Violence	20	1,950	44	386	+ 1,564
Other Injuries	21	1,788	18	3,634	- 1,846
Leukemia	22	1,762	23	2,140	- 379
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	1,728	35	929	+ 800
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,443	8	10,180	- 8,737
Suicide	25	1,415	5	14,636	- 13,221
Pancreas Cancer	26	1,361	12	6,994	- 5,633
Inflammatory/Heart	27	1,165	31	1,325	- 160
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,119	16	3,951	- 2,832
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,110	25	1,891	- 780
Falls	30	945	20	2,934	- 1,989
Ovary Cancer	31	910	30	1,330	- 420
Stomach Cancer	32	863	10	8,625	- 7,761
Fires	33	734	47	263	+ 471
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	627	38	540	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	35	600	22	2,316	- 1,715
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	584	48	224	+ 360
Drownings	37	525	42	501	+ 25
Encephalitis	38	490	65	19	+ 471
Skin Cancers	39	474	37	585	- 110
Hepatitis B	40	463	39	526	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	41	445	28	1,733	- 1,287
Pertussis	42	424	67	6	+ 418
Meningitis	43	387	58	51	+ 337
Maternal Conditions	44	372	61	34	+ 338
Oral Cancer	45	371	29	1,457	- 1,086
Malnutrition	46	355	53	88	+ 267
War	47	334	68	5	+ 329
Cervical Cancer	48	293	34	1,065	- 772
Tetanus	49	253	69	5	+ 248
Epilepsy	50	211	40	524	- 313
Tuberculosis	51	202	24	1,950	- 1,748
Uterin Cancer	52	198	43	420	- 222
HIV/AIDS	53	186	55	84	+ 101
Schistosomiasis	54	103	72	1	+ 102
Skin Disease	55	103	36	704	- 602
Multiple Sclerosis	56	100	66	11	+ 89
Poisonings	57	91	52	115	- 24
Syphilis	58	75	62	27	+ 48
Appendicitis	59	67	57	54	+ 13
Alcohol	60	66	33	1,081	- 1,014
Other Neoplasms	61	54	26	1,807	- 1,752
Drug Use	62	54	50	154	- 100
Hepatitis C	63	45	49	168	- 122
Measles	64	20	83	0	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	12	51	150	- 138
Leishmaniasis	66	6	79	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	67	3	74	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	63	26	- 23
Dengue	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	5	- 4
Leprosy	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	46	329	- 329
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	59	49	- 49
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	41	- 41
Oral conditions	86	0	64	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Egypt

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.