SOUTH KOREA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	64,842	1	28,043	+ 36,800
Stroke	2	43,331	3	25,596	+ 17,735
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	28,868	6	12,145	+ 16,723
Lung Disease	4	25,941	11	8,526	+ 17,414
Lung Cancers	5	22,240	4	20,293	+ 1,947
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	20,836	2	26,650	- 5,814
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	18,928	8	10,180	+ 8,748
Kidney Disease	8	15,811	9	10,107	+ 5,704
Breast Cancer	9	12,893	21	2,880	+ 10,013
Other Injuries	10	11,768	18	3,634	+ 8,134
Diabetes Mellitus	11	11,363	13	6,812	+ 4,551
Suicide	12	11,181	5	14,636	- 3,454
Prostate Cancer	13	10,751	22	2,316	+ 8,436
Pancreas Cancer	14	9,967	12	6,994	+ 2,974
Hypertension	15	9,857	17	3,711	+ 6,146
Road Traffic Accidents	16	7,779	15	4,399	+ 3,380
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,407	25	1,891	+ 5,516
Stomach Cancer	18	7,302	10	8,625	- 1,323
Other Neoplasms	19	7,050	26	1,807	+ 5,243
Lymphomas	20	6,953	19	3,477	+ 3,476
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,870	16	3,951	+ 919
Inflammatory/Heart	22	4,777	31	1,325	+ 3,452
Violence	23	4,486	44	386	+ 4,100
Oesophagus Cancer	24	4,353	28	1,733	+ 2,620
Leukemia	25	4,262	23	2,140	+ 2,122
Bladder Cancer	26	4,198	27	1,768	+ 2,430
Liver Disease	27	3,130	14	6,348	- 3,219
HIV/AIDS	28	2,968	55	84	+ 2,884
Cervical Cancer	29	2,614	34	1,065	+ 1,549
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,586	41	518	+ 2,068
Oral Cancer	31	2,542	29	1,457	+ 1,085
Ovary Cancer	32	2,438	30	1,330	+ 1,108
Skin Cancers	33	2,267	37	585	+ 1,682
Liver Cancer	34	2,240	7	11,589	- 9,349
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	2,042	35	929	+ 1,114
Skin Disease	36	1,975	36	704	+ 1,271
Asthma	37	1,931	32	1,150	+ 780
Uterin Cancer	38	1,752	43	420	+ 1,333
Alcohol	39	1,589	33	1,081	+ 508
Epilepsy	40	1,305	40	524	+ 780
Tuberculosis	41	1,224	24	1,950	- 726
Low Birth Weight	42	1,117	45	370	+ 747
Malnutrition	43	1,109	53	88	+ 1,021
Anemia	44	1,073	46	329	+ 744
Drownings	45	984	42	501	+ 483
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	864	38	540	+ 324
Falls	47	836	20	2,934	- 2,098
Fires	48	829	47	263	+ 565
Drug Use	49	617	50	154	+ 463
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	594	48	224	+ 370
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	525	51	150	+ 375
Osteoarthritis	52	493	60	41	+ 452
Birth Trauma	53	337	54	88	+ 249
Schizophrenia	54	272	56	77	+ 195
Poisonings	55	252	52	115	+ 137
Multiple Sclerosis	56	199	66	11	+ 189
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	189	59	49	+ 139
Meningitis	58	156	58	51	+ 105
Appendicitis	59	138	57	54	+ 84
Maternal Conditions	60	135	61	34	+ 101
Chagas disease	61	75	80	0	+ 75
Upper Respiratory	62	75	63	26	+ 49
Hepatitis B	63	63	39	526	- 463
Encephalitis	64	59	65	19	+ 40
Hepatitis C	65	53	49	168	- 115
Syphilis	66	43	62	27	+ 17
Otitis Media	67	24	70	5	+ 19
Oral conditions	68	18	64	21	- 3
Leprosy	69	6	82	0	+ 6
War	70	5	68	5	+ 1
Tetanus	71	5	69	5	+ 1
Pertussis	72	4	67	6	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	71	1	- 1
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	81	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

Uruguay

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.