AUSTRIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,219	1	17,638	- 10,419
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,222	4	4,174	+ 1,048
Stroke	3	3,461	2	5,208	- 1,747
Lung Cancers	4	2,938	3	4,217	- 1,279
Lung Disease	5	2,843	5	4,107	- 1,263
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,080	7	2,324	- 244
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,498	9	2,093	- 595
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,490	13	1,563	- 74
Prostate Cancer	9	1,262	15	1,501	- 239
Breast Cancer	10	1,141	11	1,857	- 716
Suicide	11	1,055	17	1,307	- 252
Kidney Disease	12	1,052	8	2,247	- 1,196
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,044	10	1,901	- 857
Falls	14	1,044	21	982	+ 62
Lymphomas	15	1,018	18	1,167	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	16	780	20	1,077	- 297
Skin Cancers	17	777	28	585	+ 192
Leukemia	18	712	23	878	- 166
Parkinson's Disease	19	682	19	1,102	- 420
Liver Cancer	20	682	22	922	- 240
Drug Use	21	597	39	161	+ 436
Other Injuries	22	550	12	1,700	- 1,150
Hypertension	23	547	6	3,601	- 3,054
Inflammatory/Heart	24	526	14	1,515	- 989
Oesophagus Cancer	25	500	32	406	+ 94
Liver Disease	26	476	16	1,366	- 890
Stomach Cancer	27	431	24	817	- 385
Other Neoplasms	28	420	25	814	- 395
Road Traffic Accidents	29	417	31	436	- 19
Bladder Cancer	30	398	26	617	- 220
Ovary Cancer	31	336	30	513	- 178
Oral Cancer	32	326	27	614	- 288
Congenital Anomalies	33	238	34	327	- 89
Skin Disease	34	199	43	99	+ 100
Uterin Cancer	35	176	35	275	- 100
Asthma	36	153	45	81	+ 72
Alcohol	37	127	29	538	- 411
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	127	33	379	- 252
Cervical Cancer	39	114	37	205	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	99	40	152	- 53
Epilepsy	41	95	36	222	- 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	92	42	142	- 49
Low Birth Weight	43	83	51	40	+ 43
Violence	44	82	47	47	+ 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	77	53	35	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	46	63	38	170	- 107
Drownings	47	59	48	42	+ 17
Hepatitis C	48	58	41	147	- 89
Anemia	49	53	44	99	- 46
Birth Trauma	50	47	54	34	+ 13
Malnutrition	51	39	46	71	- 32
Osteoarthritis	52	38	57	22	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	24	56	22	+ 2
Schizophrenia	54	21	63	4	+ 17
Fires	55	18	52	36	- 17
Tuberculosis	56	18	50	41	- 23
HIV/AIDS	57	17	49	41	- 24
Hepatitis B	58	14	62	8	+ 5
Oral conditions	59	13	61	8	+ 5
Meningitis	60	12	58	22	- 9
Poisonings	61	12	60	15	- 3
Appendicitis	62	9	59	15	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	7	64	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	6	55	26	- 20
War	65	3	67	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	65	1	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	66	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Australia

Austria

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.