SOUTH KOREA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	48,126	1	28,043	+ 20,083
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	40,491	6	12,145	+ 28,346
Stroke	3	27,692	3	25,596	+ 2,096
Lung Cancers	4	27,161	4	20,293	+ 6,868
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	16,646	8	10,180	+ 6,466
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	15,060	2	26,650	- 11,590
Lung Disease	7	13,887	11	8,526	+ 5,361
Breast Cancer	8	11,834	21	2,880	+ 8,954
Other Injuries	9	11,517	18	3,634	+ 7,883
Pancreas Cancer	10	9,415	12	6,994	+ 2,421
Kidney Disease	11	8,742	9	10,107	- 1,365
Diabetes Mellitus	12	8,311	13	6,812	+ 1,500
Prostate Cancer	13	8,282	22	2,316	+ 5,966
Lymphomas	14	7,668	19	3,477	+ 4,191
Liver Cancer	15	7,292	7	11,589	- 4,297
Suicide	16	6,826	5	14,636	- 7,810
Other Neoplasms	17	6,681	26	1,807	+ 4,874
Falls	18	6,310	20	2,934	+ 3,376
Endocrine Disorders	19	6,159	25	1,891	+ 4,269
Parkinson's Disease	20	5,766	16	3,951	+ 1,815
Leukemia	21	5,680	23	2,140	+ 3,540
Liver Disease	22	5,623	14	6,348	- 726
Hypertension	23	5,415	17	3,711	+ 1,705
Bladder Cancer	24	5,001	27	1,768	+ 3,233
Inflammatory/Heart	25	4,620	31	1,325	+ 3,295
Stomach Cancer	26	4,213	10	8,625	- 4,412
Oral Cancer	27	3,562	29	1,457	+ 2,105
Oesophagus Cancer	28	3,560	28	1,733	+ 1,827
Malnutrition	29	3,208	53	88	+ 3,120
Ovary Cancer	30	3,019	30	1,330	+ 1,689
Road Traffic Accidents	31	2,543	15	4,399	- 1,856
Skin Cancers	32	2,480	37	585	+ 1,895
Alcohol	33	2,429	33	1,081	+ 1,348
Uterin Cancer	34	2,072	43	420	+ 1,653
Congenital Anomalies	35	1,533	41	518	+ 1,015
Drug Use	36	1,433	50	154	+ 1,279
Epilepsy	37	1,421	40	524	+ 897
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	1,377	35	929	+ 448
Skin Disease	39	1,217	36	704	+ 513
Cervical Cancer	40	1,199	34	1,065	+ 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,054	48	224	+ 830
Asthma	42	791	32	1,150	- 359
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	751	38	540	+ 211
Anemia	44	741	46	329	+ 412
Drownings	45	661	42	501	+ 160
Multiple Sclerosis	46	573	66	11	+ 562
Low Birth Weight	47	496	45	370	+ 125
Schizophrenia	48	493	56	77	+ 416
Violence	49	409	44	386	+ 23
Tuberculosis	50	331	24	1,950	- 1,619
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	325	51	150	+ 175
Hepatitis C	52	317	49	168	+ 149
Fires	53	307	47	263	+ 44
HIV/AIDS	54	276	55	84	+ 191
Birth Trauma	55	235	54	88	+ 147
Osteoarthritis	56	187	60	41	+ 146
Poisonings	57	173	52	115	+ 58
Meningitis	58	124	58	51	+ 74
Hepatitis B	59	103	39	526	- 423
Oral conditions	60	90	64	21	+ 69
Appendicitis	61	68	57	54	+ 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	57	59	49	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	63	41	63	26	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	64	39	61	34	+ 5
Otitis Media	65	12	70	5	+ 7
Encephalitis	66	6	65	19	- 13
War	67	5	68	5	+ 0
Syphilis	68	3	62	27	- 24
Pertussis	69	2	67	6	- 4
Tetanus	70	2	69	5	- 3
Schistosomiasis	71	1	72	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

France

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.