PERU VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,663	2	13,769	+ 4,893
Stroke	2	16,997	3	7,722	+ 9,275
Kidney Disease	3	7,100	4	7,234	- 134
Lung Disease	4	7,096	15	2,519	+ 4,577
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	6,986	6	5,811	+ 1,175
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,846	1	15,326	- 8,480
Hypertension	7	6,666	28	1,061	+ 5,605
Stomach Cancer	8	6,341	7	5,072	+ 1,269
Lung Cancers	9	6,030	10	3,169	+ 2,861
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,548	8	4,437	+ 1,112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	5,279	14	2,642	+ 2,637
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,937	9	4,414	+ 523
Liver Disease	13	4,624	5	6,375	- 1,751
Prostate Cancer	14	4,253	11	3,167	+ 1,086
Suicide	15	2,970	30	903	+ 2,067
Breast Cancer	16	2,949	20	1,969	+ 980
Pancreas Cancer	17	2,737	23	1,607	+ 1,130
Lymphomas	18	2,434	18	2,254	+ 181
Liver Cancer	19	2,391	16	2,476	- 85
Other Neoplasms	20	2,372	58	54	+ 2,317
Other Injuries	21	2,288	13	2,876	- 587
Endocrine Disorders	22	2,247	40	474	+ 1,773
Falls	23	1,579	25	1,285	+ 295
Leukemia	24	1,536	22	1,850	- 314
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,498	19	1,997	- 498
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,380	26	1,270	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	27	1,362	21	1,924	- 562
Skin Disease	28	1,333	54	156	+ 1,177
Violence	29	1,299	12	3,013	- 1,714
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,261	42	394	+ 867
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,239	39	494	+ 745
Bladder Cancer	32	1,120	41	463	+ 657
HIV/AIDS	33	942	31	849	+ 93
Skin Cancers	34	918	32	786	+ 132
Ovary Cancer	35	898	33	713	+ 185
Low Birth Weight	36	764	24	1,475	- 711
Malnutrition	37	734	29	1,006	- 272
Tuberculosis	38	716	17	2,377	- 1,661
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	584	27	1,108	- 524
Oral Cancer	40	536	38	519	+ 17
Fires	41	516	49	239	+ 277
Asthma	42	515	50	208	+ 306
Epilepsy	43	514	47	262	+ 252
Drownings	44	494	36	584	- 90
Uterin Cancer	45	480	45	304	+ 176
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	390	35	609	- 219
Alcohol	47	362	44	321	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	326	57	107	+ 218
Anemia	49	314	82	0	+ 314
Drug Use	50	260	34	635	- 376
Osteoarthritis	51	229	85	0	+ 229
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	182	51	198	- 16
Meningitis	53	166	56	118	+ 48
Birth Trauma	54	153	37	537	- 384
Chagas disease	55	137	59	49	+ 89
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	128	84	0	+ 128
Poisonings	57	119	55	126	- 7
Schizophrenia	58	66	83	0	+ 66
Appendicitis	59	64	53	170	- 106
Hepatitis B	60	52	64	10	+ 43
Hepatitis C	61	47	65	4	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	62	46	62	35	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	63	41	43	345	- 304
War	64	24	67	3	+ 20
Oral conditions	65	9	86	0	+ 9
Syphilis	66	9	52	182	- 174
Upper Respiratory	67	8	63	11	- 4
Pertussis	68	5	48	260	- 256
Tetanus	69	3	60	48	- 45
Encephalitis	70	3	46	281	- 277
Otitis Media	71	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	66	4	- 4
Diphtheria	74	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	61	35	- 35
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

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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.