CHILE VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,025	1	10,685	+ 4,340
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,869	5	4,000	+ 6,869
Stroke	3	7,203	2	9,731	- 2,528
Lung Cancers	4	6,114	9	3,452	+ 2,662
Lung Disease	5	5,918	4	4,062	+ 1,855
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,329	11	3,022	+ 1,307
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,118	10	3,177	- 59
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,100	6	3,920	- 820
Prostate Cancer	9	2,626	14	2,435	+ 191
Breast Cancer	10	2,374	16	1,689	+ 686
Suicide	11	2,196	15	1,700	+ 496
Kidney Disease	12	2,189	3	4,065	- 1,876
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,174	17	1,567	+ 607
Falls	14	2,173	23	904	+ 1,268
Lymphomas	15	2,119	18	1,394	+ 725
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,623	22	1,286	+ 337
Skin Cancers	17	1,617	34	526	+ 1,091
Leukemia	18	1,482	24	879	+ 603
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,420	26	790	+ 630
Liver Cancer	20	1,420	19	1,369	+ 51
Drug Use	21	1,243	50	149	+ 1,094
Other Injuries	22	1,145	21	1,310	- 165
Hypertension	23	1,138	7	3,817	- 2,679
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,095	31	709	+ 386
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,041	30	722	+ 319
Liver Disease	26	991	13	2,647	- 1,656
Stomach Cancer	27	898	8	3,631	- 2,733
Other Neoplasms	28	873	20	1,358	- 485
Road Traffic Accidents	29	868	12	2,826	- 1,959
Bladder Cancer	30	828	32	641	+ 187
Ovary Cancer	31	699	35	514	+ 185
Oral Cancer	32	678	40	307	+ 371
Congenital Anomalies	33	495	25	858	- 362
Skin Disease	34	414	28	763	- 349
Uterin Cancer	35	365	45	275	+ 91
Asthma	36	318	42	295	+ 23
Alcohol	37	265	47	207	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	264	52	104	+ 160
Cervical Cancer	39	238	27	780	- 541
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	206	39	334	- 128
Epilepsy	41	198	43	294	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	192	46	223	- 31
Low Birth Weight	43	173	36	437	- 264
Violence	44	170	29	744	- 574
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	160	48	187	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	46	131	62	27	+ 104
Drownings	47	124	44	283	- 160
Hepatitis C	48	121	61	27	+ 94
Anemia	49	110	49	180	- 70
Birth Trauma	50	98	54	87	+ 10
Malnutrition	51	81	37	420	- 339
Osteoarthritis	52	79	51	131	- 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	50	56	73	- 24
Schizophrenia	54	45	58	38	+ 7
Fires	55	38	41	295	- 257
Tuberculosis	56	37	38	410	- 374
HIV/AIDS	57	35	33	539	- 504
Hepatitis B	58	29	60	30	- 1
Oral conditions	59	28	65	5	+ 23
Meningitis	60	26	53	95	- 69
Poisonings	61	24	57	68	- 44
Appendicitis	62	18	59	37	- 18
Maternal Conditions	63	14	63	24	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	12	67	4	+ 7
War	65	5	64	14	- 8
Otitis Media	66	4	71	2	+ 3
Syphilis	67	2	66	5	- 3
Encephalitis	68	2	70	2	+ 0
Pertussis	69	1	68	3	- 2
Tetanus	70	1	69	2	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	55	79	- 79
Leishmaniasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Australia

Chile

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.