COMOROS VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	725	4	349	+ 376
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	524	23	46	+ 478
Stroke	3	347	3	356	- 8
Lung Cancers	4	295	60	1	+ 294
Lung Disease	5	285	17	83	+ 202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	209	39	19	+ 190
Diabetes Mellitus	7	150	9	136	+ 14
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	150	1	594	- 445
Prostate Cancer	9	127	27	33	+ 94
Breast Cancer	10	115	33	23	+ 92
Suicide	11	106	24	46	+ 60
Kidney Disease	12	106	14	101	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	13	105	82	0	+ 105
Falls	14	105	32	26	+ 79
Lymphomas	15	102	37	19	+ 83
Endocrine Disorders	16	78	36	19	+ 59
Skin Cancers	17	78	42	12	+ 66
Leukemia	18	71	57	3	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	19	68	44	11	+ 57
Liver Cancer	20	68	28	29	+ 39
Drug Use	21	60	49	7	+ 53
Other Injuries	22	55	16	90	- 35
Hypertension	23	55	12	115	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	24	53	31	26	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	25	50	26	34	+ 17
Liver Disease	26	48	8	160	- 112
Stomach Cancer	27	43	45	11	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	28	42	59	1	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	29	42	6	226	- 184
Bladder Cancer	30	40	46	10	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	31	34	56	3	+ 31
Oral Cancer	32	33	41	15	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	33	24	10	131	- 107
Skin Disease	34	20	48	9	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	35	18	55	3	+ 15
Asthma	36	15	21	49	- 34
Alcohol	37	13	51	6	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	13	47	10	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	39	11	13	104	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	10	2	363	- 353
Epilepsy	41	10	40	17	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	9	34	21	- 12
Low Birth Weight	43	8	5	328	- 320
Violence	44	8	20	63	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	8	58	2	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	46	6	62	1	+ 6
Drownings	47	6	25	35	- 29
Hepatitis C	48	6	61	1	+ 5
Anemia	49	5	81	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	50	5	7	211	- 206
Malnutrition	51	4	15	96	- 92
Osteoarthritis	52	4	84	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	2	85	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	54	2	83	0	+ 2
Fires	55	2	30	27	- 25
Tuberculosis	56	2	19	79	- 77
HIV/AIDS	57	2	76	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	1	52	5	- 4
Oral conditions	59	1	86	0	+ 1
Meningitis	60	1	11	115	- 114
Poisonings	61	1	35	20	- 19
Appendicitis	62	1	50	6	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	1	22	47	- 46
Upper Respiratory	64	1	53	4	- 4
War	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	64	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	38	19	- 19
Encephalitis	68	0	54	4	- 4
Pertussis	69	0	18	80	- 80
Tetanus	70	0	43	12	- 12
Diphtheria	71	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	29	29	- 29
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Australia

Comoros

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.