SOUTH KOREA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	105,170	1	28,043	+ 77,127
Stroke	2	70,086	3	25,596	+ 44,490
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	41,234	2	26,650	+ 14,585
Lung Cancers	4	36,620	4	20,293	+ 16,327
Lung Disease	5	27,513	11	8,526	+ 18,986
Kidney Disease	6	23,691	9	10,107	+ 13,584
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	19,614	6	12,145	+ 7,469
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	16,248	8	10,180	+ 6,068
Hypertension	9	14,549	17	3,711	+ 10,838
Parkinson's Disease	10	13,173	16	3,951	+ 9,221
Breast Cancer	11	12,548	21	2,880	+ 9,668
Prostate Cancer	12	10,073	22	2,316	+ 7,757
Pancreas Cancer	13	9,480	12	6,994	+ 2,487
Liver Cancer	14	7,794	7	11,589	- 3,795
Bladder Cancer	15	7,720	27	1,768	+ 5,952
Stomach Cancer	16	7,644	10	8,625	- 981
Other Injuries	17	7,236	18	3,634	+ 3,602
Leukemia	18	6,741	23	2,140	+ 4,600
Lymphomas	19	6,315	19	3,477	+ 2,838
Diabetes Mellitus	20	6,301	13	6,812	- 511
Falls	21	6,199	20	2,934	+ 3,264
Road Traffic Accidents	22	4,333	15	4,399	- 66
Liver Disease	23	4,029	14	6,348	- 2,319
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,609	31	1,325	+ 2,284
Other Neoplasms	25	3,378	26	1,807	+ 1,571
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	3,040	38	540	+ 2,501
Ovary Cancer	27	2,774	30	1,330	+ 1,444
Suicide	28	2,652	5	14,636	- 11,984
Endocrine Disorders	29	2,618	25	1,891	+ 728
Oral Cancer	30	2,191	29	1,457	+ 734
Skin Cancers	31	2,181	37	585	+ 1,597
Drownings	32	2,167	42	501	+ 1,666
Uterin Cancer	33	1,855	43	420	+ 1,435
Epilepsy	34	1,240	40	524	+ 716
Oesophagus Cancer	35	1,223	28	1,733	- 510
Cervical Cancer	36	1,211	34	1,065	+ 146
Drug Use	37	962	50	154	+ 808
Congenital Anomalies	38	867	41	518	+ 349
Fires	39	729	47	263	+ 465
Multiple Sclerosis	40	673	66	11	+ 662
Low Birth Weight	41	633	45	370	+ 263
Violence	42	518	44	386	+ 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	498	48	224	+ 274
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	472	35	929	- 456
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	332	51	150	+ 182
Tuberculosis	46	331	24	1,950	- 1,619
Skin Disease	47	280	36	704	- 424
Hepatitis B	48	278	39	526	- 248
Alcohol	49	251	33	1,081	- 829
HIV/AIDS	50	235	55	84	+ 151
Anemia	51	233	46	329	- 96
Hepatitis C	52	192	49	168	+ 24
Meningitis	53	166	58	51	+ 115
Schizophrenia	54	137	56	77	+ 60
Asthma	55	137	32	1,150	- 1,014
Poisonings	56	97	52	115	- 18
Birth Trauma	57	84	54	88	- 4
Appendicitis	58	47	57	54	- 7
Upper Respiratory	59	39	63	26	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	60	18	79	0	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	61	11	61	34	- 23
Tetanus	62	9	69	5	+ 4
Oral conditions	63	8	64	21	- 13
War	64	5	68	5	+ 1
Syphilis	65	5	62	27	- 21
Malnutrition	66	4	53	88	- 84
Encephalitis	67	3	65	19	- 16
Measles	68	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	69	0	67	6	- 6
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	70	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	41	- 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	59	49	- 49
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Greece

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.