SLOVENIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,689	1	3,617	- 1,928
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,222	16	375	+ 846
Stroke	3	810	2	1,977	- 1,168
Lung Cancers	4	687	3	1,261	- 574
Lung Disease	5	665	7	675	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	487	5	743	- 256
Diabetes Mellitus	7	350	18	340	+ 10
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	348	13	412	- 63
Prostate Cancer	9	295	10	476	- 181
Breast Cancer	10	267	9	484	- 217
Suicide	11	247	14	411	- 164
Kidney Disease	12	246	28	143	+ 103
Pancreas Cancer	13	244	15	409	- 165
Falls	14	244	6	708	- 463
Lymphomas	15	238	11	465	- 227
Endocrine Disorders	16	182	33	93	+ 90
Skin Cancers	17	182	25	191	- 9
Leukemia	18	167	21	225	- 59
Parkinson's Disease	19	160	24	196	- 37
Liver Cancer	20	160	19	285	- 125
Drug Use	21	140	41	24	+ 116
Other Injuries	22	129	23	203	- 74
Hypertension	23	128	4	881	- 753
Inflammatory/Heart	24	123	20	239	- 116
Oesophagus Cancer	25	117	32	93	+ 24
Liver Disease	26	111	12	429	- 318
Stomach Cancer	27	101	17	341	- 240
Other Neoplasms	28	98	34	69	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	29	98	31	105	- 7
Bladder Cancer	30	93	22	211	- 118
Ovary Cancer	31	79	29	122	- 44
Oral Cancer	32	76	27	145	- 69
Congenital Anomalies	33	56	38	49	+ 7
Skin Disease	34	47	49	5	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	35	41	30	106	- 64
Asthma	36	36	45	16	+ 19
Alcohol	37	30	8	511	- 481
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	30	26	151	- 122
Cervical Cancer	39	27	36	60	- 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	23	52	4	+ 19
Epilepsy	41	22	35	62	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	22	37	55	- 33
Low Birth Weight	43	19	43	17	+ 3
Violence	44	19	42	19	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	18	40	30	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	46	15	39	35	- 20
Drownings	47	14	44	17	- 3
Hepatitis C	48	14	67	0	+ 14
Anemia	49	12	60	1	+ 11
Birth Trauma	50	11	57	1	+ 10
Malnutrition	51	9	64	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	52	9	85	0	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	6	86	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	54	5	47	9	- 4
Fires	55	4	48	8	- 4
Tuberculosis	56	4	46	15	- 10
HIV/AIDS	57	4	70	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	58	3	58	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	59	3	53	3	+ 0
Meningitis	60	3	50	5	- 2
Poisonings	61	3	51	4	- 1
Appendicitis	62	2	54	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	63	2	56	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
War	65	1	61	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	55	2	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	59	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	62	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

Australia

Slovenia

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.