SOUTH KOREA VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	70,804	1	28,043	+ 42,761
Stroke	2	47,437	3	25,596	+ 21,841
Diabetes Mellitus	3	40,784	13	6,812	+ 33,973
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	24,592	2	26,650	- 2,058
Prostate Cancer	5	22,042	22	2,316	+ 19,726
Kidney Disease	6	18,243	9	10,107	+ 8,136
Endocrine Disorders	7	12,720	25	1,891	+ 10,829
Hypertension	8	12,261	17	3,711	+ 8,550
Breast Cancer	9	11,327	21	2,880	+ 8,447
Other Injuries	10	9,744	18	3,634	+ 6,110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	9,053	8	10,180	- 1,127
Skin Disease	12	8,216	36	704	+ 7,512
Lung Disease	13	7,110	11	8,526	- 1,417
Lung Cancers	14	6,825	4	20,293	- 13,468
Uterin Cancer	15	5,494	43	420	+ 5,074
Pancreas Cancer	16	5,080	12	6,994	- 1,913
Birth Trauma	17	4,891	54	88	+ 4,803
Liver Disease	18	4,841	14	6,348	- 1,508
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	4,714	6	12,145	- 7,431
Cervical Cancer	20	4,635	34	1,065	+ 3,570
Lymphomas	21	4,536	19	3,477	+ 1,059
Road Traffic Accidents	22	4,053	15	4,399	- 346
Stomach Cancer	23	3,692	10	8,625	- 4,933
Violence	24	3,357	44	386	+ 2,971
Liver Cancer	25	3,183	7	11,589	- 8,406
Congenital Anomalies	26	3,066	41	518	+ 2,548
Low Birth Weight	27	3,065	45	370	+ 2,694
Oral Cancer	28	3,008	29	1,457	+ 1,551
Other Neoplasms	29	2,956	26	1,807	+ 1,149
Oesophagus Cancer	30	2,703	28	1,733	+ 970
Alcohol	31	2,657	33	1,081	+ 1,576
Anemia	32	2,515	46	329	+ 2,186
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	2,132	38	540	+ 1,593
Falls	34	2,087	20	2,934	- 847
Ovary Cancer	35	1,994	30	1,330	+ 664
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,960	31	1,325	+ 635
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	1,931	59	49	+ 1,882
Leukemia	38	1,855	23	2,140	- 285
Drownings	39	1,846	42	501	+ 1,345
Malnutrition	40	1,625	53	88	+ 1,537
Bladder Cancer	41	1,623	27	1,768	- 146
HIV/AIDS	42	1,519	55	84	+ 1,435
Asthma	43	1,345	32	1,150	+ 194
Parkinson's Disease	44	1,244	16	3,951	- 2,707
Epilepsy	45	953	40	524	+ 428
Fires	46	841	47	263	+ 578
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	791	48	224	+ 566
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	725	35	929	- 204
Drug Use	49	569	50	154	+ 415
Osteoarthritis	50	474	60	41	+ 433
Tuberculosis	51	438	24	1,950	- 1,512
Suicide	52	334	5	14,636	- 14,302
Appendicitis	53	281	57	54	+ 227
Skin Cancers	54	281	37	585	- 303
Maternal Conditions	55	244	61	34	+ 210
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	200	51	150	+ 50
Upper Respiratory	57	186	63	26	+ 161
Hepatitis B	58	139	39	526	- 387
Syphilis	59	130	62	27	+ 104
Poisonings	60	39	52	115	- 76
War	61	6	68	5	+ 1
Pertussis	62	0	67	6	- 6
Dengue	63	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	58	51	- 51
Hepatitis C	69	0	49	168	- 168
Encephalitis	70	0	65	19	- 19
Malaria	71	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	69	5	- 5
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	70	5	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	66	11	- 11
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	64	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Grenada

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.