CROATIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,341	1	12,307	- 8,966
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,417	9	1,066	+ 1,350
Stroke	3	1,602	2	6,275	- 4,674
Lung Cancers	4	1,359	3	2,842	- 1,483
Lung Disease	5	1,316	5	2,111	- 795
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	963	4	2,189	- 1,226
Diabetes Mellitus	7	693	6	1,963	- 1,270
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	689	10	1,021	- 332
Prostate Cancer	9	584	14	852	- 268
Breast Cancer	10	528	11	1,019	- 491
Suicide	11	488	17	676	- 188
Kidney Disease	12	487	7	1,392	- 906
Pancreas Cancer	13	483	16	754	- 271
Falls	14	483	12	974	- 491
Lymphomas	15	471	18	556	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	16	361	42	72	+ 289
Skin Cancers	17	359	26	332	+ 28
Leukemia	18	330	22	435	- 106
Parkinson's Disease	19	316	24	423	- 107
Liver Cancer	20	316	19	501	- 186
Drug Use	21	276	43	70	+ 206
Other Injuries	22	255	23	428	- 173
Hypertension	23	253	8	1,102	- 849
Inflammatory/Heart	24	244	21	457	- 213
Oesophagus Cancer	25	232	33	189	+ 42
Liver Disease	26	220	13	924	- 704
Stomach Cancer	27	200	15	786	- 587
Other Neoplasms	28	194	29	283	- 89
Road Traffic Accidents	29	193	27	328	- 135
Bladder Cancer	30	184	20	499	- 315
Ovary Cancer	31	155	28	308	- 153
Oral Cancer	32	151	25	338	- 187
Congenital Anomalies	33	110	37	94	+ 16
Skin Disease	34	92	58	8	+ 84
Uterin Cancer	35	81	32	199	- 118
Asthma	36	71	41	74	- 3
Alcohol	37	59	30	219	- 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	59	35	137	- 78
Cervical Cancer	39	53	34	156	- 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	46	39	82	- 36
Epilepsy	41	44	36	94	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	43	31	207	- 164
Low Birth Weight	43	38	56	10	+ 28
Violence	44	38	48	45	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	35	46	47	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	46	29	45	55	- 26
Drownings	47	27	38	86	- 58
Hepatitis C	48	27	47	45	- 18
Anemia	49	24	53	16	+ 9
Birth Trauma	50	22	55	11	+ 11
Malnutrition	51	18	70	0	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	52	18	84	0	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	11	49	43	- 32
Schizophrenia	54	10	40	79	- 69
Fires	55	8	50	34	- 26
Tuberculosis	56	8	44	61	- 53
HIV/AIDS	57	8	59	8	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	6	51	17	- 11
Oral conditions	59	6	64	2	+ 5
Meningitis	60	6	52	16	- 10
Poisonings	61	5	54	16	- 10
Appendicitis	62	4	57	9	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	3	61	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	3	63	2	+ 1
War	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	60	3	- 2
Syphilis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	65	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Australia

Croatia

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.