MONGOLIA VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,767	1	5,202	- 3,435
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,679	11	410	+ 1,270
Stroke	3	1,613	2	4,401	- 2,788
Lung Cancers	4	1,279	10	411	+ 868
Suicide	5	922	8	577	+ 345
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	765	19	243	+ 522
Liver Cancer	7	730	3	1,834	- 1,104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	641	32	93	+ 548
Kidney Disease	9	637	12	408	+ 229
Stomach Cancer	10	543	6	617	- 74
Lung Disease	11	537	15	327	+ 210
Pancreas Cancer	12	441	30	94	+ 346
Diabetes Mellitus	13	429	27	145	+ 284
Liver Disease	14	400	4	1,723	- 1,323
Road Traffic Accidents	15	277	5	679	- 401
Parkinson's Disease	16	249	39	55	+ 194
Hypertension	17	234	21	199	+ 35
Other Injuries	18	229	9	442	- 213
Lymphomas	19	219	42	43	+ 176
Falls	20	185	18	244	- 59
Breast Cancer	21	181	38	61	+ 121
Prostate Cancer	22	146	52	18	+ 128
Leukemia	23	135	46	30	+ 105
Tuberculosis	24	123	14	327	- 204
Endocrine Disorders	25	119	35	69	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	26	114	58	3	+ 110
Bladder Cancer	27	111	50	19	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	28	109	13	366	- 256
Oral Cancer	29	92	37	61	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	30	84	41	45	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	31	84	16	263	- 179
Asthma	32	72	29	112	- 40
Alcohol	33	68	7	582	- 514
Cervical Cancer	34	67	25	155	- 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	59	36	66	- 8
Skin Disease	36	44	51	18	+ 26
Skin Cancers	37	37	54	13	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	34	23	192	- 158
Hepatitis B	39	33	55	10	+ 23
Epilepsy	40	33	34	80	- 47
Congenital Anomalies	41	33	17	262	- 230
Drownings	42	32	26	151	- 120
Uterin Cancer	43	26	57	7	+ 19
Violence	44	24	22	197	- 172
Low Birth Weight	45	23	20	204	- 180
Anemia	46	21	85	0	+ 21
Fires	47	17	31	94	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	14	28	129	- 114
Hepatitis C	49	11	62	1	+ 10
Drug Use	50	10	45	33	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	56	8	+ 1
Poisonings	52	7	33	89	- 82
Malnutrition	53	6	64	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	54	6	24	160	- 155
HIV/AIDS	55	5	49	21	- 16
Schizophrenia	56	5	84	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	3	47	25	- 22
Meningitis	58	3	48	21	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	3	81	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	60	3	80	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	61	2	40	49	- 46
Syphilis	62	2	44	34	- 33
Upper Respiratory	63	2	61	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	43	40	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	59	3	- 2
Pertussis	67	0	53	15	- 14
War	68	0	63	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	60	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

South Korea

Mongolia

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.