ICELAND VS BRUNEI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Brunei BRUNEI ICELAND Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 218 1 403 - 185
Stroke 2 178 3 141 + 37
Diabetes Mellitus 3 133 16 30 + 103
Kidney Disease 4 77 15 33 + 44
Endocrine Disorders 5 64 27 16 + 48
Alzheimers & Dementia 6 54 2 295 - 241
Lung Cancers 7 54 4 134 - 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers 8 51 7 73 - 22
Influenza and Pneumonia 9 51 6 82 - 31
Lung Disease 10 45 5 129 - 83
Hypertension 11 34 17 24 + 10
Breast Cancer 12 29 9 53 - 24
Liver Cancer 13 28 20 22 + 5
Congenital Anomalies 14 28 34 7 + 20
Road Traffic Accidents 15 24 35 7 + 17
Lymphomas 16 24 14 37 - 13
Other Injuries 17 21 11 50 - 29
Stomach Cancer 18 19 23 18 + 1
Inflammatory/Heart 19 19 26 16 + 3
Oral Cancer 20 16 33 9 + 8
Tuberculosis 21 15 82 0 + 15
Falls 22 15 18 24 - 9
Skin Disease 23 15 45 3 + 12
Leukemia 24 14 22 19 - 5
Other Neoplasms 25 14 30 10 + 4
Prostate Cancer 26 14 8 61 - 47
Parkinson's Disease 27 14 10 53 - 39
Cervical Cancer 28 13 32 9 + 4
Low Birth Weight 29 11 43 3 + 8
Asthma 30 11 48 2 + 9
Pancreas Cancer 31 10 12 43 - 34
Suicide 32 9 13 40 - 32
Ovary Cancer 33 8 25 16 - 8
Uterin Cancer 34 8 36 7 + 1
Drownings 35 7 56 1 + 6
Liver Disease 36 7 31 9 - 3
Hepatitis B 37 5 63 0 + 5
Hepatitis C 38 5 52 1 + 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease 39 4 41 3 + 1
Bladder Cancer 40 3 21 20 - 17
Diarrhoeal diseases 41 3 55 1 + 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease 42 3 54 1 + 2
Birth Trauma 43 3 46 2 + 0
Epilepsy 44 3 37 5 - 3
Oesophagus Cancer 45 2 19 23 - 20
Violence 46 2 39 4 - 2
Drug Use 47 2 24 17 - 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy 48 2 53 1 + 1
Fires 49 2 58 1 + 2
Maternal Conditions 50 2 60 0 + 2
Schizophrenia 51 1 49 1 - 0
Skin Cancers 52 1 29 13 - 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis 53 1 38 4 - 3
Anemia 54 1 40 4 - 3
Malnutrition 55 1 57 1 + 0
Alcohol 56 1 28 14 - 13
Oral conditions 57 1 85 0 + 1
Meningitis 58 0 50 1 - 1
Otitis Media 59 0 64 0 + 0
Syphilis 60 0 80 0 + 0
Pertussis 61 0 62 0 + 0
War 62 0 61 0 - 0
Appendicitis 63 0 86 0 + 0
Poisonings 64 0 42 3 - 3
Upper Respiratory 65 0 51 1 - 1
Dengue 66 0 72 0 + 0
Trichuriasis 67 0 70 0 - 0
Ascariasis 68 0 69 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 69 0 71 0 - 0
Tetanus 70 0 68 0 - 0
Measles 71 0 67 0 - 0
Diphtheria 72 0 66 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 73 0 79 0 - 0
Chagas disease 74 0 74 0 - 0
Malaria 75 0 73 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 76 0 77 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 77 0 76 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 78 0 75 0 - 0
Leprosy 79 0 65 0 - 0
Chlamydia 80 0 81 0 - 0
HIV/AIDS 81 0 59 0 - 0
Encephalitis 82 0 78 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 83 0 47 2 - 2
Vitamin A Deficiency 84 0 83 0 - 0
Multiple Sclerosis 85 0 44 3 - 3
Depression 86 0 84 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

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Iceland

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020