SOUTH KOREA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	158,209	1	28,043	+ 130,166
Stroke	2	43,945	3	25,596	+ 18,349
Lung Cancers	3	34,654	4	20,293	+ 14,361
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	26,881	2	26,650	+ 231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	19,639	8	10,180	+ 9,459
Lung Disease	6	18,384	11	8,526	+ 9,857
Other Neoplasms	7	12,442	26	1,807	+ 10,635
Diabetes Mellitus	8	12,027	13	6,812	+ 5,215
Breast Cancer	9	10,709	21	2,880	+ 7,829
Liver Disease	10	10,635	14	6,348	+ 4,287
Prostate Cancer	11	8,722	22	2,316	+ 6,407
Stomach Cancer	12	7,945	10	8,625	- 680
Pancreas Cancer	13	7,298	12	6,994	+ 305
Alcohol	14	7,041	33	1,081	+ 5,960
Hypertension	15	6,636	17	3,711	+ 2,925
Falls	16	6,333	20	2,934	+ 3,399
Bladder Cancer	17	6,318	27	1,768	+ 4,550
Suicide	18	5,756	5	14,636	- 8,880
Lymphomas	19	5,567	19	3,477	+ 2,090
Kidney Disease	20	5,464	9	10,107	- 4,643
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	4,975	6	12,145	- 7,170
Road Traffic Accidents	22	4,778	15	4,399	+ 379
Inflammatory/Heart	23	4,697	31	1,325	+ 3,372
Leukemia	24	4,645	23	2,140	+ 2,505
Oral Cancer	25	4,539	29	1,457	+ 3,082
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	4,155	38	540	+ 3,615
Ovary Cancer	27	3,937	30	1,330	+ 2,607
Other Injuries	28	3,396	18	3,634	- 238
Liver Cancer	29	3,078	7	11,589	- 8,511
Uterin Cancer	30	2,907	43	420	+ 2,487
Skin Cancers	31	2,896	37	585	+ 2,312
Cervical Cancer	32	2,563	34	1,065	+ 1,498
Oesophagus Cancer	33	2,423	28	1,733	+ 691
Parkinson's Disease	34	2,017	16	3,951	- 1,935
Epilepsy	35	1,539	40	524	+ 1,015
Congenital Anomalies	36	1,232	41	518	+ 714
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,128	35	929	+ 199
Endocrine Disorders	38	1,117	25	1,891	- 774
Drownings	39	855	42	501	+ 355
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	822	48	224	+ 598
Tuberculosis	41	802	24	1,950	- 1,148
Low Birth Weight	42	778	45	370	+ 408
Asthma	43	726	32	1,150	- 425
Multiple Sclerosis	44	675	66	11	+ 665
Fires	45	637	47	263	+ 374
Skin Disease	46	631	36	704	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	496	51	150	+ 346
Drug Use	48	431	50	154	+ 277
Violence	49	395	44	386	+ 9
Malnutrition	50	391	53	88	+ 302
Poisonings	51	275	52	115	+ 160
Hepatitis C	52	253	49	168	+ 85
Meningitis	53	229	58	51	+ 179
HIV/AIDS	54	154	55	84	+ 70
Appendicitis	55	92	57	54	+ 38
Hepatitis B	56	70	39	526	- 456
Birth Trauma	57	70	54	88	- 18
Schizophrenia	58	40	56	77	- 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	39	59	49	- 10
Upper Respiratory	60	26	63	26	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	61	24	60	41	- 17
Anemia	62	16	46	329	- 313
Maternal Conditions	63	13	61	34	- 21
Encephalitis	64	9	65	19	- 10
Oral conditions	65	5	64	21	- 16
War	66	5	68	5	+ 0
Tetanus	67	2	69	5	- 2
Otitis Media	68	1	70	5	- 3
Syphilis	69	1	62	27	- 26
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Pertussis	71	0	67	6	- 6
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	79	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	77	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

Poland

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.