URUGUAY VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,844	1	4,265	- 2,420
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,753	6	1,370	+ 382
Stroke	3	1,683	2	2,850	- 1,166
Lung Cancers	4	1,335	5	1,463	- 128
Suicide	5	963	12	735	+ 227
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	799	3	1,899	- 1,100
Liver Cancer	7	762	34	147	+ 615
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	670	7	1,245	- 575
Kidney Disease	9	665	8	1,040	- 375
Stomach Cancer	10	567	18	480	+ 87
Lung Disease	11	561	4	1,706	- 1,145
Pancreas Cancer	12	460	14	656	- 196
Diabetes Mellitus	13	448	11	747	- 299
Liver Disease	14	418	27	206	+ 212
Road Traffic Accidents	15	289	16	512	- 222
Parkinson's Disease	16	260	21	320	- 60
Hypertension	17	244	15	648	- 404
Other Injuries	18	239	10	774	- 535
Lymphomas	19	229	20	457	- 229
Falls	20	193	47	55	+ 138
Breast Cancer	21	189	9	848	- 659
Prostate Cancer	22	152	13	707	- 555
Leukemia	23	141	25	280	- 140
Tuberculosis	24	128	41	81	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	25	124	17	487	- 363
Other Neoplasms	26	119	19	464	- 345
Bladder Cancer	27	116	26	276	- 160
Oesophagus Cancer	28	114	24	286	- 172
Oral Cancer	29	96	31	167	- 71
Ovary Cancer	30	87	32	160	- 73
Inflammatory/Heart	31	87	22	314	- 227
Asthma	32	76	37	127	- 51
Alcohol	33	71	39	104	- 33
Cervical Cancer	34	70	29	172	- 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	61	35	134	- 73
Skin Disease	36	46	36	130	- 84
Skin Cancers	37	38	33	149	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	35	46	57	- 21
Hepatitis B	39	35	63	4	+ 30
Epilepsy	40	34	40	86	- 51
Congenital Anomalies	41	34	30	170	- 136
Drownings	42	33	45	65	- 32
Uterin Cancer	43	28	38	115	- 88
Violence	44	25	23	295	- 270
Low Birth Weight	45	24	42	73	- 49
Anemia	46	22	44	71	- 49
Fires	47	17	48	54	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	15	50	39	- 24
Hepatitis C	49	11	65	3	+ 8
Drug Use	50	10	49	41	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	51	35	- 25
Poisonings	52	8	55	17	- 9
Malnutrition	53	6	43	73	- 67
Birth Trauma	54	6	53	22	- 16
HIV/AIDS	55	6	28	195	- 190
Schizophrenia	56	5	54	18	- 13
Appendicitis	57	4	59	9	- 6
Meningitis	58	3	58	10	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	3	57	12	- 9
Osteoarthritis	60	3	52	32	- 30
Maternal Conditions	61	2	60	9	- 7
Syphilis	62	2	66	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	5	- 3
Oral conditions	64	1	68	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	1	64	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	56	13	- 12
Pertussis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
War	68	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 1
Malaria	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

South Korea

Uruguay

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.