TRINIDAD/TOB. VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,134	1	1,476	- 341
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	821	9	215	+ 606
Stroke	3	544	3	822	- 279
Lung Cancers	4	462	8	217	+ 244
Lung Disease	5	447	16	129	+ 318
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	327	13	196	+ 131
Diabetes Mellitus	7	235	2	1,275	- 1,040
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	234	10	205	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	9	198	6	330	- 132
Breast Cancer	10	179	7	258	- 79
Suicide	11	166	17	121	+ 45
Kidney Disease	12	165	5	439	- 274
Pancreas Cancer	13	164	19	114	+ 50
Falls	14	164	33	43	+ 121
Lymphomas	15	160	20	111	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	16	123	18	119	+ 3
Skin Cancers	17	122	57	4	+ 118
Leukemia	18	112	29	62	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	19	107	32	51	+ 56
Liver Cancer	20	107	28	66	+ 41
Drug Use	21	94	44	19	+ 75
Other Injuries	22	86	30	61	+ 25
Hypertension	23	86	11	201	- 115
Inflammatory/Heart	24	83	25	72	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	25	79	41	24	+ 54
Liver Disease	26	75	14	136	- 61
Stomach Cancer	27	68	26	69	- 1
Other Neoplasms	28	66	51	10	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	29	66	15	130	- 65
Bladder Cancer	30	62	34	41	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	31	53	24	80	- 27
Oral Cancer	32	51	38	31	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	33	37	22	93	- 56
Skin Disease	34	31	36	39	- 8
Uterin Cancer	35	28	27	68	- 40
Asthma	36	24	35	40	- 16
Alcohol	37	20	42	23	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	20	49	11	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	39	18	21	97	- 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	16	45	18	- 2
Epilepsy	41	15	37	32	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	15	31	52	- 37
Low Birth Weight	43	13	23	83	- 70
Violence	44	13	4	549	- 536
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	12	53	8	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	46	10	58	2	+ 8
Drownings	47	9	39	31	- 22
Hepatitis C	48	9	62	0	+ 9
Anemia	49	8	85	0	+ 8
Birth Trauma	50	7	40	25	- 18
Malnutrition	51	6	47	17	- 10
Osteoarthritis	52	6	81	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	4	82	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	54	3	86	0	+ 3
Fires	55	3	48	16	- 13
Tuberculosis	56	3	43	22	- 19
HIV/AIDS	57	3	12	196	- 193
Hepatitis B	58	2	60	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	59	2	80	0	+ 2
Meningitis	60	2	52	9	- 8
Poisonings	61	2	59	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	62	1	56	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	50	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	1	64	0	+ 1
War	65	0	46	17	- 16
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	61	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	54	6	- 6
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Australia

Trinidad/Tob.

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.