FRANCE VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		FRANCE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,040	1	63,181	- 8,141
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	39,817	2	53,157	- 13,340
Stroke	3	26,388	3	36,354	- 9,966
Lung Cancers	4	22,397	4	35,657	- 13,260
Lung Disease	5	21,679	7	18,232	+ 3,448
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	15,859	5	21,854	- 5,995
Diabetes Mellitus	7	11,421	12	10,912	+ 509
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	11,357	6	19,771	- 8,414
Prostate Cancer	9	9,620	13	10,873	- 1,253
Breast Cancer	10	8,698	8	15,536	- 6,837
Suicide	11	8,045	16	8,961	- 916
Kidney Disease	12	8,018	11	11,477	- 3,458
Pancreas Cancer	13	7,963	10	12,360	- 4,397
Falls	14	7,959	18	8,284	- 325
Lymphomas	15	7,762	14	10,067	- 2,306
Endocrine Disorders	16	5,947	19	8,086	- 2,139
Skin Cancers	17	5,922	32	3,256	+ 2,666
Leukemia	18	5,431	21	7,457	- 2,026
Parkinson's Disease	19	5,201	20	7,570	- 2,369
Liver Cancer	20	5,201	15	9,573	- 4,372
Drug Use	21	4,554	36	1,881	+ 2,673
Other Injuries	22	4,195	9	15,119	- 10,924
Hypertension	23	4,167	23	7,109	- 2,942
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,013	25	6,065	- 2,053
Oesophagus Cancer	25	3,815	28	4,673	- 858
Liver Disease	26	3,631	22	7,382	- 3,751
Stomach Cancer	27	3,290	26	5,530	- 2,241
Other Neoplasms	28	3,199	17	8,771	- 5,572
Road Traffic Accidents	29	3,180	31	3,339	- 159
Bladder Cancer	30	3,033	24	6,566	- 3,533
Ovary Cancer	31	2,561	30	3,964	- 1,403
Oral Cancer	32	2,483	27	4,676	- 2,193
Congenital Anomalies	33	1,815	35	2,012	- 197
Skin Disease	34	1,518	39	1,598	- 80
Uterin Cancer	35	1,339	34	2,721	- 1,382
Asthma	36	1,163	42	1,039	+ 124
Alcohol	37	970	33	3,189	- 2,219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	968	41	1,384	- 417
Cervical Cancer	39	873	40	1,574	- 701
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	755	38	1,807	- 1,052
Epilepsy	41	727	37	1,865	- 1,138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	705	43	986	- 281
Low Birth Weight	43	634	47	651	- 17
Violence	44	622	49	538	+ 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	585	51	426	+ 158
Multiple Sclerosis	46	480	46	752	- 273
Drownings	47	452	45	868	- 415
Hepatitis C	48	442	52	416	+ 26
Anemia	49	402	44	973	- 571
Birth Trauma	50	358	55	309	+ 49
Malnutrition	51	298	29	4,212	- 3,913
Osteoarthritis	52	291	56	245	+ 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	182	62	75	+ 106
Schizophrenia	54	163	48	647	- 484
Fires	55	139	53	403	- 264
Tuberculosis	56	134	50	435	- 301
HIV/AIDS	57	128	54	362	- 234
Hepatitis B	58	105	59	135	- 30
Oral conditions	59	102	60	118	- 16
Meningitis	60	95	58	163	- 69
Poisonings	61	89	57	228	- 139
Appendicitis	62	67	61	90	- 22
Maternal Conditions	63	52	64	52	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	43	63	54	- 10
War	65	20	67	7	+ 13
Otitis Media	66	16	65	16	- 0
Syphilis	67	7	68	4	+ 3
Encephalitis	68	7	66	8	- 1
Pertussis	69	4	69	3	+ 1
Tetanus	70	4	70	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	75	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	1	- 1
Chlamydia	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FRANCE

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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.