SPAIN VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,060	1	51,684	- 13,624
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	27,533	2	42,339	- 14,805
Stroke	3	18,247	3	29,004	- 10,756
Lung Cancers	4	15,488	4	22,131	- 6,643
Lung Disease	5	14,991	5	18,926	- 3,935
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	10,966	6	16,957	- 5,991
Diabetes Mellitus	7	7,897	10	7,773	+ 124
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	7,853	7	13,717	- 5,864
Prostate Cancer	9	6,652	13	6,420	+ 233
Breast Cancer	10	6,015	11	7,067	- 1,053
Suicide	11	5,563	25	3,609	+ 1,954
Kidney Disease	12	5,545	8	9,725	- 4,180
Pancreas Cancer	13	5,506	12	6,752	- 1,246
Falls	14	5,503	26	3,246	+ 2,257
Lymphomas	15	5,367	16	5,335	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	16	4,112	21	4,863	- 751
Skin Cancers	17	4,095	32	1,803	+ 2,292
Leukemia	18	3,755	24	3,772	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	19	3,596	20	4,943	- 1,346
Liver Cancer	20	3,596	18	5,098	- 1,502
Drug Use	21	3,149	41	776	+ 2,373
Other Injuries	22	2,901	15	5,536	- 2,635
Hypertension	23	2,882	9	9,115	- 6,233
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,775	19	4,984	- 2,209
Oesophagus Cancer	25	2,638	29	2,011	+ 627
Liver Disease	26	2,511	23	4,231	- 1,720
Stomach Cancer	27	2,275	14	5,796	- 3,521
Other Neoplasms	28	2,212	22	4,748	- 2,536
Road Traffic Accidents	29	2,199	31	1,829	+ 369
Bladder Cancer	30	2,097	17	5,222	- 3,125
Ovary Cancer	31	1,771	28	2,026	- 255
Oral Cancer	32	1,717	27	2,583	- 866
Congenital Anomalies	33	1,255	38	863	+ 392
Skin Disease	34	1,050	30	1,840	- 791
Uterin Cancer	35	926	34	1,612	- 686
Asthma	36	804	35	1,133	- 329
Alcohol	37	671	46	333	+ 337
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	669	33	1,612	- 943
Cervical Cancer	39	603	39	855	- 252
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	522	36	1,064	- 541
Epilepsy	41	503	40	824	- 321
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	487	44	475	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	43	438	52	253	+ 186
Violence	44	430	51	262	+ 168
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	404	48	294	+ 110
Multiple Sclerosis	46	332	49	287	+ 45
Drownings	47	313	45	446	- 133
Hepatitis C	48	306	42	652	- 347
Anemia	49	278	37	914	- 637
Birth Trauma	50	247	60	113	+ 135
Malnutrition	51	206	47	302	- 96
Osteoarthritis	52	201	53	212	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	126	54	204	- 79
Schizophrenia	54	113	56	181	- 68
Fires	55	96	55	185	- 88
Tuberculosis	56	93	50	270	- 177
HIV/AIDS	57	88	43	538	- 450
Hepatitis B	58	73	58	162	- 90
Oral conditions	59	71	63	44	+ 27
Meningitis	60	66	59	129	- 63
Poisonings	61	61	57	170	- 109
Appendicitis	62	47	61	79	- 33
Maternal Conditions	63	36	64	14	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	64	30	62	47	- 17
War	65	14	68	6	+ 8
Otitis Media	66	11	66	9	+ 2
Syphilis	67	5	67	9	- 4
Encephalitis	68	5	70	4	+ 1
Pertussis	69	3	73	2	+ 1
Tetanus	70	2	72	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	71	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	81	0	65	11	- 11
Malaria	82	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	69	4	- 4
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Australia

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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.