GREECE VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRIA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,574	1	21,124	- 550
Stroke	2	6,076	2	14,077	- 8,002
Lung Cancers	3	4,919	4	7,355	- 2,437
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	4,869	7	3,940	+ 930
Lung Disease	5	4,790	5	5,526	- 736
Hypertension	6	4,201	9	2,922	+ 1,278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,711	8	3,264	- 553
Kidney Disease	8	2,621	6	4,759	- 2,137
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,442	20	1,266	+ 1,176
Pancreas Cancer	10	2,218	13	1,904	+ 314
Breast Cancer	11	2,166	11	2,520	- 355
Other Injuries	12	1,983	17	1,453	+ 530
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	1,824	3	8,282	- 6,459
Inflammatory/Heart	14	1,768	24	725	+ 1,043
Prostate Cancer	15	1,751	12	2,023	- 272
Liver Disease	16	1,593	23	809	+ 784
Suicide	17	1,525	28	533	+ 992
Lymphomas	18	1,361	19	1,268	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,286	10	2,646	- 1,360
Endocrine Disorders	20	1,257	29	526	+ 731
Falls	21	1,145	21	1,245	- 100
Liver Cancer	22	1,075	14	1,566	- 490
Leukemia	23	1,025	18	1,354	- 329
Stomach Cancer	24	953	16	1,535	- 583
Other Neoplasms	25	950	25	679	+ 271
Bladder Cancer	26	720	15	1,551	- 830
Oral Cancer	27	716	30	440	+ 276
Skin Cancers	28	682	31	438	+ 244
Alcohol	29	628	49	50	+ 577
Ovary Cancer	30	599	27	557	+ 42
Road Traffic Accidents	31	508	22	870	- 362
Oesophagus Cancer	32	474	35	246	+ 228
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	442	43	100	+ 342
Congenital Anomalies	34	381	38	174	+ 207
Uterin Cancer	35	321	33	373	- 51
Epilepsy	36	259	34	249	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	37	239	36	243	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	38	198	40	135	+ 63
Drug Use	39	188	37	193	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	177	44	95	+ 83
Hepatitis C	41	172	52	38	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	165	26	611	- 445
Skin Disease	43	116	47	56	+ 60
Anemia	44	115	51	47	+ 68
Asthma	45	94	55	27	+ 67
Malnutrition	46	82	66	1	+ 82
Violence	47	55	42	104	- 49
Drownings	48	49	32	435	- 386
HIV/AIDS	49	48	50	47	+ 1
Tuberculosis	50	48	46	66	- 19
Low Birth Weight	51	47	41	127	- 81
Fires	52	42	39	146	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	41	45	67	- 26
Birth Trauma	54	39	57	17	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	55	30	59	8	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	26	86	0	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	57	26	85	0	+ 26
Meningitis	58	25	53	33	- 8
Appendicitis	59	18	58	9	+ 8
Poisonings	60	17	56	19	- 2
Oral conditions	61	10	63	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	62	10	48	56	- 46
Schizophrenia	63	5	54	27	- 22
Maternal Conditions	64	5	61	2	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	65	1	+ 0
War	67	1	64	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	60	4	- 3
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Austria

Greece

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.