SOUTH KOREA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	58,370	3	25,596	+ 32,774
Coronary Heart Disease	2	46,098	1	28,043	+ 18,055
Diabetes Mellitus	3	43,281	13	6,812	+ 36,469
Kidney Disease	4	24,700	9	10,107	+ 14,593
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	20,355	2	26,650	- 6,295
Prostate Cancer	6	17,441	22	2,316	+ 15,125
Road Traffic Accidents	7	16,906	15	4,399	+ 12,507
Lung Disease	8	16,374	11	8,526	+ 7,848
Hypertension	9	16,260	17	3,711	+ 12,550
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	14,748	6	12,145	+ 2,603
Violence	11	11,468	44	386	+ 11,082
Liver Disease	12	10,799	14	6,348	+ 4,450
Inflammatory/Heart	13	9,762	31	1,325	+ 8,437
Breast Cancer	14	7,889	21	2,880	+ 5,009
Stomach Cancer	15	6,790	10	8,625	- 1,835
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	6,541	8	10,180	- 3,640
Endocrine Disorders	17	6,252	25	1,891	+ 4,362
Lung Cancers	18	5,794	4	20,293	- 14,499
Low Birth Weight	19	5,328	45	370	+ 4,957
Skin Disease	20	5,008	36	704	+ 4,304
Other Injuries	21	4,571	18	3,634	+ 937
Suicide	22	4,462	5	14,636	- 10,174
Parkinson's Disease	23	4,299	16	3,951	+ 348
Lymphomas	24	4,056	19	3,477	+ 579
Cervical Cancer	25	3,676	34	1,065	+ 2,611
Falls	26	3,263	20	2,934	+ 329
Asthma	27	2,972	32	1,150	+ 1,822
Drownings	28	2,890	42	501	+ 2,389
Alcohol	29	2,864	33	1,081	+ 1,784
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,508	41	518	+ 1,990
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,498	12	6,994	- 4,496
Epilepsy	32	2,206	40	524	+ 1,681
Malnutrition	33	2,040	53	88	+ 1,952
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,663	38	540	+ 1,124
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,419	35	929	+ 490
Leukemia	36	1,371	23	2,140	- 770
Liver Cancer	37	1,252	7	11,589	- 10,337
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,220	48	224	+ 996
Fires	39	1,027	47	263	+ 764
Oesophagus Cancer	40	973	28	1,733	- 760
Ovary Cancer	41	969	30	1,330	- 360
Birth Trauma	42	959	54	88	+ 870
Oral Cancer	43	953	29	1,457	- 504
Tuberculosis	44	904	24	1,950	- 1,046
Uterin Cancer	45	630	43	420	+ 211
Drug Use	46	594	50	154	+ 440
Maternal Conditions	47	572	61	34	+ 538
Other Neoplasms	48	563	26	1,807	- 1,244
Meningitis	49	453	58	51	+ 402
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	405	51	150	+ 255
Appendicitis	51	348	57	54	+ 294
Encephalitis	52	341	65	19	+ 322
Dengue	53	183	77	0	+ 183
Multiple Sclerosis	54	138	66	11	+ 127
Poisonings	55	81	52	115	- 34
Tetanus	56	66	69	5	+ 61
Syphilis	57	58	62	27	+ 32
War	58	52	68	5	+ 47
Upper Respiratory	59	39	63	26	+ 13
Hepatitis B	60	18	39	526	- 508
Schistosomiasis	61	16	72	1	+ 15
Chlamydia	62	14	84	0	+ 14
Pertussis	63	9	67	6	+ 3
Ascariasis	64	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	49	168	- 166
Otitis Media	66	0	70	5	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	37	585	- 584
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	46	329	- 329
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	27	1,768	- 1,768
Schizophrenia	73	0	56	77	- 77
Oral conditions	74	0	64	21	- 21
Osteoarthritis	75	0	60	41	- 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	59	49	- 49
Measles	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	55	84	- 84
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Saint Lucia

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.