GEORGIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,945	1	16,014	- 12,069
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,854	5	1,826	+ 1,028
Stroke	3	1,891	2	11,969	- 10,078
Lung Cancers	4	1,605	8	1,152	+ 454
Lung Disease	5	1,554	7	1,158	+ 395
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,137	14	444	+ 693
Diabetes Mellitus	7	819	6	1,621	- 803
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	814	9	886	- 72
Prostate Cancer	9	690	22	290	+ 399
Breast Cancer	10	623	11	613	+ 11
Suicide	11	577	18	367	+ 210
Kidney Disease	12	575	10	826	- 251
Pancreas Cancer	13	571	23	227	+ 344
Falls	14	570	16	420	+ 151
Lymphomas	15	556	25	208	+ 348
Endocrine Disorders	16	426	38	109	+ 318
Skin Cancers	17	424	33	149	+ 275
Leukemia	18	389	30	171	+ 218
Parkinson's Disease	19	373	19	354	+ 18
Liver Cancer	20	373	17	385	- 12
Drug Use	21	326	41	90	+ 237
Other Injuries	22	301	20	346	- 46
Hypertension	23	299	3	4,387	- 4,089
Inflammatory/Heart	24	288	21	346	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	25	273	43	75	+ 198
Liver Disease	26	260	4	1,871	- 1,611
Stomach Cancer	27	236	12	533	- 297
Other Neoplasms	28	229	52	15	+ 215
Road Traffic Accidents	29	228	13	496	- 268
Bladder Cancer	30	217	26	205	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	31	184	29	174	+ 10
Oral Cancer	32	178	31	167	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	33	130	28	174	- 44
Skin Disease	34	109	51	17	+ 92
Uterin Cancer	35	96	36	115	- 19
Asthma	36	83	35	136	- 53
Alcohol	37	70	45	49	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	69	15	426	- 357
Cervical Cancer	39	63	27	187	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	54	50	19	+ 36
Epilepsy	41	52	44	51	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	51	24	226	- 176
Low Birth Weight	43	45	37	114	- 69
Violence	44	45	40	90	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	42	57	8	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	46	34	54	12	+ 22
Drownings	47	32	39	95	- 63
Hepatitis C	48	32	64	0	+ 31
Anemia	49	29	85	0	+ 29
Birth Trauma	50	26	46	39	- 14
Malnutrition	51	21	59	5	+ 17
Osteoarthritis	52	21	80	0	+ 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	13	81	0	+ 13
Schizophrenia	54	12	83	0	+ 12
Fires	55	10	34	140	- 130
Tuberculosis	56	10	32	153	- 143
HIV/AIDS	57	9	42	89	- 80
Hepatitis B	58	8	58	7	+ 0
Oral conditions	59	7	82	0	+ 7
Meningitis	60	7	47	25	- 18
Poisonings	61	6	49	23	- 17
Appendicitis	62	5	55	10	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	4	53	13	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	3	60	1	+ 2
War	65	1	61	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	63	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	48	24	- 24
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	56	8	- 8
Malaria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Australia

Georgia

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.