BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,058	1	9,201	- 6,143
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,212	6	1,144	+ 1,069
Stroke	3	1,466	2	7,871	- 6,405
Lung Cancers	4	1,244	4	2,076	- 832
Lung Disease	5	1,204	5	1,163	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	881	7	998	- 117
Diabetes Mellitus	7	634	3	2,406	- 1,771
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	631	17	440	+ 191
Prostate Cancer	9	534	18	413	+ 122
Breast Cancer	10	483	13	528	- 45
Suicide	11	447	19	361	+ 86
Kidney Disease	12	445	9	689	- 243
Pancreas Cancer	13	442	15	463	- 21
Falls	14	442	21	267	+ 175
Lymphomas	15	431	24	184	+ 247
Endocrine Disorders	16	330	39	53	+ 277
Skin Cancers	17	329	28	133	+ 196
Leukemia	18	302	23	186	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	19	289	20	341	- 52
Liver Cancer	20	289	14	480	- 191
Drug Use	21	253	44	25	+ 228
Other Injuries	22	233	26	157	+ 76
Hypertension	23	232	11	546	- 314
Inflammatory/Heart	24	223	8	874	- 651
Oesophagus Cancer	25	212	31	110	+ 102
Liver Disease	26	202	10	613	- 412
Stomach Cancer	27	183	12	532	- 350
Other Neoplasms	28	178	45	23	+ 155
Road Traffic Accidents	29	177	16	446	- 269
Bladder Cancer	30	168	22	232	- 64
Ovary Cancer	31	142	25	182	- 40
Oral Cancer	32	138	27	146	- 8
Congenital Anomalies	33	101	35	69	+ 32
Skin Disease	34	84	47	21	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	35	74	33	92	- 18
Asthma	36	65	37	60	+ 5
Alcohol	37	54	34	90	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	54	43	36	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	39	48	29	132	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	42	54	8	+ 34
Epilepsy	41	40	36	60	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	39	30	121	- 82
Low Birth Weight	43	35	41	48	- 13
Violence	44	35	40	49	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	32	48	19	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	46	27	46	22	+ 5
Drownings	47	25	42	48	- 23
Hepatitis C	48	25	65	0	+ 24
Anemia	49	22	86	0	+ 22
Birth Trauma	50	20	49	14	+ 6
Malnutrition	51	17	57	2	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	52	16	81	0	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	10	80	0	+ 10
Schizophrenia	54	9	83	0	+ 9
Fires	55	8	38	54	- 47
Tuberculosis	56	7	32	93	- 86
HIV/AIDS	57	7	70	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	58	6	56	3	+ 3
Oral conditions	59	6	82	0	+ 6
Meningitis	60	5	53	10	- 4
Poisonings	61	5	50	13	- 9
Appendicitis	62	4	52	11	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	3	58	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	2	63	0	+ 2
War	65	1	62	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	0	61	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	51	13	- 12
Pertussis	69	0	59	2	- 2
Tetanus	70	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	55	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Australia

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.