AUSTRALIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,324	1	21,548	- 6,224
Stroke	2	13,956	3	10,331	+ 3,625
Kidney Disease	3	5,830	12	3,139	+ 2,691
Lung Disease	4	5,826	5	8,487	- 2,661
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,737	2	15,588	- 9,852
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,622	8	4,446	+ 1,176
Hypertension	7	5,474	23	1,631	+ 3,842
Stomach Cancer	8	5,207	27	1,288	+ 3,919
Lung Cancers	9	4,951	4	8,769	- 3,817
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,556	7	4,471	+ 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	4,335	6	6,209	- 1,874
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,054	29	1,245	+ 2,809
Liver Disease	13	3,797	26	1,421	+ 2,375
Prostate Cancer	14	3,493	9	3,766	- 274
Suicide	15	2,439	11	3,150	- 711
Breast Cancer	16	2,422	10	3,405	- 984
Pancreas Cancer	17	2,247	13	3,118	- 870
Lymphomas	18	1,999	15	3,039	- 1,040
Liver Cancer	19	1,964	20	2,036	- 73
Other Neoplasms	20	1,947	28	1,252	+ 695
Other Injuries	21	1,879	22	1,642	+ 237
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,845	16	2,328	- 483
Falls	23	1,297	14	3,116	- 1,819
Leukemia	24	1,261	18	2,126	- 865
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,230	33	711	+ 520
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,133	19	2,036	- 903
Cervical Cancer	27	1,118	39	342	+ 776
Skin Disease	28	1,095	34	594	+ 500
Violence	29	1,067	44	243	+ 823
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,036	25	1,494	- 458
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,017	24	1,571	- 554
Bladder Cancer	32	920	30	1,187	- 268
HIV/AIDS	33	774	57	50	+ 724
Skin Cancers	34	754	17	2,319	- 1,565
Ovary Cancer	35	738	31	1,003	- 265
Low Birth Weight	36	627	43	248	+ 379
Malnutrition	37	603	51	117	+ 486
Tuberculosis	38	588	56	53	+ 536
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	479	40	296	+ 184
Oral Cancer	40	440	32	972	- 532
Fires	41	424	55	55	+ 369
Asthma	42	423	36	455	- 33
Epilepsy	43	422	41	285	+ 138
Drownings	44	406	47	177	+ 229
Uterin Cancer	45	394	35	524	- 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	320	42	276	+ 44
Alcohol	47	297	37	380	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	268	45	229	+ 39
Anemia	49	258	49	157	+ 100
Drug Use	50	213	21	1,783	- 1,570
Osteoarthritis	51	188	52	114	+ 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	150	38	379	- 229
Meningitis	53	136	60	37	+ 99
Birth Trauma	54	125	50	140	- 15
Chagas disease	55	113	80	0	+ 113
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	105	53	71	+ 34
Poisonings	57	98	61	35	+ 63
Schizophrenia	58	54	54	64	- 10
Appendicitis	59	53	62	26	+ 26
Hepatitis B	60	43	58	41	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	38	48	173	- 135
Multiple Sclerosis	62	38	46	188	- 150
Maternal Conditions	63	34	63	20	+ 14
War	64	20	65	8	+ 12
Oral conditions	65	8	59	40	- 32
Syphilis	66	7	67	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	6	64	17	- 11
Pertussis	68	4	69	1	+ 2
Tetanus	69	3	70	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	2	68	3	- 0
Otitis Media	71	2	66	6	- 4
Ascariasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Chile

Australia

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.