CANADA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,229	1	40,063	- 8,834
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	22,592	2	30,970	- 8,378
Stroke	3	14,972	5	14,159	+ 814
Lung Cancers	4	12,708	3	20,937	- 8,229
Lung Disease	5	12,300	4	14,212	- 1,912
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	8,998	6	9,651	- 653
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,480	9	5,718	+ 762
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	6,444	7	7,431	- 988
Prostate Cancer	9	5,458	13	4,711	+ 747
Breast Cancer	10	4,935	8	5,910	- 975
Suicide	11	4,565	15	4,417	+ 148
Kidney Disease	12	4,550	14	4,578	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,518	11	5,057	- 539
Falls	14	4,516	12	4,829	- 313
Lymphomas	15	4,404	10	5,146	- 742
Endocrine Disorders	16	3,374	19	3,233	+ 142
Skin Cancers	17	3,360	30	1,756	+ 1,604
Leukemia	18	3,081	21	3,098	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,951	18	3,359	- 408
Liver Cancer	20	2,951	20	3,113	- 162
Drug Use	21	2,584	16	3,686	- 1,102
Other Injuries	22	2,380	24	2,392	- 12
Hypertension	23	2,364	22	2,563	- 198
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,277	27	2,060	+ 217
Oesophagus Cancer	25	2,165	25	2,230	- 65
Liver Disease	26	2,060	17	3,624	- 1,563
Stomach Cancer	27	1,867	26	2,177	- 311
Other Neoplasms	28	1,815	31	1,679	+ 136
Road Traffic Accidents	29	1,804	28	1,998	- 194
Bladder Cancer	30	1,721	23	2,521	- 800
Ovary Cancer	31	1,453	29	1,902	- 449
Oral Cancer	32	1,409	32	1,592	- 183
Congenital Anomalies	33	1,030	35	1,081	- 51
Skin Disease	34	861	38	679	+ 182
Uterin Cancer	35	760	34	1,183	- 423
Asthma	36	660	49	262	+ 398
Alcohol	37	550	33	1,491	- 940
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	549	39	636	- 87
Cervical Cancer	39	495	41	578	- 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	428	36	840	- 412
Epilepsy	41	412	44	384	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	400	43	442	- 42
Low Birth Weight	43	360	42	553	- 194
Violence	44	353	40	605	- 252
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	332	47	322	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	46	272	37	692	- 420
Drownings	47	257	48	283	- 26
Hepatitis C	48	251	45	363	- 112
Anemia	49	228	46	343	- 115
Birth Trauma	50	203	50	193	+ 10
Malnutrition	51	169	51	192	- 23
Osteoarthritis	52	165	55	139	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	103	54	143	- 39
Schizophrenia	54	93	57	118	- 26
Fires	55	79	52	192	- 113
Tuberculosis	56	76	58	97	- 21
HIV/AIDS	57	72	53	163	- 90
Hepatitis B	58	60	60	66	- 6
Oral conditions	59	58	61	51	+ 7
Meningitis	60	54	59	68	- 15
Poisonings	61	50	56	121	- 71
Appendicitis	62	38	62	49	- 11
Maternal Conditions	63	29	64	45	- 16
Upper Respiratory	64	25	63	47	- 22
War	65	11	65	21	- 10
Otitis Media	66	9	66	8	+ 1
Syphilis	67	4	67	5	- 1
Encephalitis	68	4	68	3	+ 1
Pertussis	69	2	69	1	+ 1
Tetanus	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Australia

Canada

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.