SWAZILAND VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	613	5	755	- 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	582	2	921	- 338
Stroke	3	559	4	800	- 241
Lung Cancers	4	443	46	17	+ 427
Suicide	5	320	9	338	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	265	27	77	+ 189
Liver Cancer	7	253	37	29	+ 224
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	222	43	19	+ 204
Kidney Disease	9	221	8	381	- 160
Stomach Cancer	10	188	53	7	+ 182
Lung Disease	11	186	12	264	- 78
Pancreas Cancer	12	153	56	6	+ 147
Diabetes Mellitus	13	149	3	892	- 743
Liver Disease	14	139	11	274	- 135
Road Traffic Accidents	15	96	7	384	- 288
Parkinson's Disease	16	86	41	24	+ 62
Hypertension	17	81	10	292	- 211
Other Injuries	18	79	17	190	- 111
Lymphomas	19	76	36	31	+ 45
Falls	20	64	32	41	+ 23
Breast Cancer	21	63	35	37	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	22	51	31	45	+ 6
Leukemia	23	47	47	16	+ 30
Tuberculosis	24	43	13	256	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	25	41	28	74	- 33
Other Neoplasms	26	39	61	4	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	27	39	55	6	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	28	38	44	18	+ 19
Oral Cancer	29	32	51	10	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	30	29	52	10	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	31	29	24	94	- 65
Asthma	32	25	20	150	- 124
Alcohol	33	24	48	16	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	34	23	15	215	- 192
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	20	6	517	- 497
Skin Disease	36	15	40	25	- 10
Skin Cancers	37	13	42	20	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	12	29	51	- 39
Hepatitis B	39	11	57	6	+ 6
Epilepsy	40	11	30	46	- 34
Congenital Anomalies	41	11	19	160	- 149
Drownings	42	11	25	87	- 76
Uterin Cancer	43	9	50	11	- 2
Violence	44	8	16	212	- 204
Low Birth Weight	45	8	14	233	- 225
Anemia	46	7	84	0	+ 7
Fires	47	6	26	84	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	5	39	26	- 21
Hepatitis C	49	4	65	0	+ 3
Drug Use	50	3	38	27	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	3	58	5	- 2
Poisonings	52	3	34	37	- 35
Malnutrition	53	2	22	106	- 104
Birth Trauma	54	2	18	166	- 165
HIV/AIDS	55	2	1	2,314	- 2,312
Schizophrenia	56	2	83	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	1	54	7	- 5
Meningitis	58	1	23	97	- 96
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	1	80	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	60	1	81	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	21	116	- 115
Syphilis	62	1	45	17	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	0	59	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	63	1	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	33	39	- 39
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

South Korea

Swaziland

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.