GREECE VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,989	1	21,124	- 15,136
Stroke	2	5,454	2	14,077	- 8,623
Kidney Disease	3	2,278	6	4,759	- 2,480
Lung Disease	4	2,277	5	5,526	- 3,249
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,242	7	3,940	- 1,698
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,197	3	8,282	- 6,085
Hypertension	7	2,139	9	2,922	- 783
Stomach Cancer	8	2,035	16	1,535	+ 499
Lung Cancers	9	1,935	4	7,355	- 5,420
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,780	20	1,266	+ 515
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,694	8	3,264	- 1,570
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,584	22	870	+ 714
Liver Disease	13	1,484	23	809	+ 675
Prostate Cancer	14	1,365	12	2,023	- 658
Suicide	15	953	28	533	+ 420
Breast Cancer	16	946	11	2,520	- 1,574
Pancreas Cancer	17	878	13	1,904	- 1,026
Lymphomas	18	781	19	1,268	- 487
Liver Cancer	19	767	14	1,566	- 798
Other Neoplasms	20	761	25	679	+ 83
Other Injuries	21	734	17	1,453	- 719
Endocrine Disorders	22	721	29	526	+ 195
Falls	23	507	21	1,245	- 738
Leukemia	24	493	18	1,354	- 861
Congenital Anomalies	25	481	38	174	+ 307
Parkinson's Disease	26	443	10	2,646	- 2,203
Cervical Cancer	27	437	36	243	+ 194
Skin Disease	28	428	47	56	+ 372
Violence	29	417	42	104	+ 313
Oesophagus Cancer	30	405	35	246	+ 159
Inflammatory/Heart	31	397	24	725	- 327
Bladder Cancer	32	359	15	1,551	- 1,191
HIV/AIDS	33	302	50	47	+ 255
Skin Cancers	34	295	31	438	- 144
Ovary Cancer	35	288	27	557	- 269
Low Birth Weight	36	245	41	127	+ 118
Malnutrition	37	235	66	1	+ 235
Tuberculosis	38	230	46	66	+ 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	187	44	95	+ 92
Oral Cancer	40	172	30	440	- 268
Fires	41	166	39	146	+ 19
Asthma	42	165	55	27	+ 138
Epilepsy	43	165	34	249	- 84
Drownings	44	159	32	435	- 277
Uterin Cancer	45	154	33	373	- 219
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	125	26	611	- 486
Alcohol	47	116	49	50	+ 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	105	45	67	+ 38
Anemia	49	101	51	47	+ 54
Drug Use	50	83	37	193	- 110
Osteoarthritis	51	74	85	0	+ 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	59	43	100	- 42
Meningitis	53	53	53	33	+ 20
Birth Trauma	54	49	57	17	+ 32
Chagas disease	55	44	77	0	+ 44
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	41	86	0	+ 41
Poisonings	57	38	56	19	+ 19
Schizophrenia	58	21	54	27	- 6
Appendicitis	59	21	58	9	+ 11
Hepatitis B	60	17	48	56	- 39
Hepatitis C	61	15	52	38	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	40	135	- 120
Maternal Conditions	63	13	61	2	+ 11
War	64	8	64	1	+ 7
Oral conditions	65	3	63	2	+ 1
Syphilis	66	3	65	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	2	59	8	- 5
Pertussis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	62	2	- 1
Encephalitis	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

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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.