POLAND VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,181	1	117,700	- 95,519
Stroke	2	20,201	2	32,693	- 12,492
Kidney Disease	3	8,438	20	4,065	+ 4,373
Lung Disease	4	8,433	6	13,677	- 5,243
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	8,303	21	3,701	+ 4,602
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,137	4	19,998	- 11,861
Hypertension	7	7,923	15	4,937	+ 2,986
Stomach Cancer	8	7,537	12	5,910	+ 1,626
Lung Cancers	9	7,167	3	25,781	- 18,614
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,594	8	8,947	- 2,353
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	6,274	5	14,610	- 8,336
Road Traffic Accidents	12	5,868	22	3,555	+ 2,313
Liver Disease	13	5,496	10	7,912	- 2,416
Prostate Cancer	14	5,055	11	6,489	- 1,434
Suicide	15	3,530	18	4,282	- 752
Breast Cancer	16	3,505	9	7,967	- 4,462
Pancreas Cancer	17	3,253	13	5,430	- 2,177
Lymphomas	18	2,893	19	4,141	- 1,248
Liver Cancer	19	2,842	29	2,290	+ 552
Other Neoplasms	20	2,819	7	9,256	- 6,438
Other Injuries	21	2,720	28	2,527	+ 193
Endocrine Disorders	22	2,670	38	831	+ 1,839
Falls	23	1,877	16	4,712	- 2,834
Leukemia	24	1,825	24	3,456	- 1,630
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,781	36	916	+ 864
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,640	34	1,500	+ 140
Cervical Cancer	27	1,618	32	1,907	- 288
Skin Disease	28	1,585	46	469	+ 1,115
Violence	29	1,544	49	294	+ 1,250
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,499	33	1,803	- 304
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,472	23	3,495	- 2,022
Bladder Cancer	32	1,331	17	4,700	- 3,369
HIV/AIDS	33	1,120	54	115	+ 1,005
Skin Cancers	34	1,091	31	2,155	- 1,063
Ovary Cancer	35	1,068	27	2,929	- 1,861
Low Birth Weight	36	908	42	579	+ 329
Malnutrition	37	872	50	291	+ 582
Tuberculosis	38	852	41	597	+ 255
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	694	37	839	- 145
Oral Cancer	40	637	25	3,377	- 2,740
Fires	41	613	45	474	+ 139
Asthma	42	612	43	540	+ 72
Epilepsy	43	611	35	1,145	- 534
Drownings	44	588	39	636	- 49
Uterin Cancer	45	570	30	2,163	- 1,592
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	463	26	3,091	- 2,628
Alcohol	47	430	14	5,238	- 4,808
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	387	47	369	+ 18
Anemia	49	373	62	12	+ 361
Drug Use	50	309	48	321	- 12
Osteoarthritis	51	272	61	18	+ 254
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	217	40	612	- 395
Meningitis	53	197	53	171	+ 27
Birth Trauma	54	181	57	52	+ 130
Chagas disease	55	163	77	0	+ 163
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	152	59	29	+ 123
Poisonings	57	142	51	205	- 63
Schizophrenia	58	79	58	30	+ 49
Appendicitis	59	76	55	69	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	62	56	52	+ 10
Hepatitis C	61	55	52	188	- 133
Multiple Sclerosis	62	55	44	502	- 447
Maternal Conditions	63	49	63	10	+ 40
War	64	28	66	4	+ 24
Oral conditions	65	11	65	4	+ 7
Syphilis	66	10	69	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	67	9	60	19	- 10
Pertussis	68	5	71	0	+ 5
Tetanus	69	4	67	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	70	4	64	6	- 3
Otitis Media	71	3	68	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Chile

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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.