SWITZERLAND VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,072	1	10,713	- 5,641
Stroke	2	4,620	3	3,918	+ 702
Kidney Disease	3	1,930	13	1,261	+ 669
Lung Disease	4	1,929	5	2,902	- 974
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,899	2	7,192	- 5,293
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,861	8	1,949	- 88
Hypertension	7	1,812	6	2,471	- 659
Stomach Cancer	8	1,724	24	614	+ 1,110
Lung Cancers	9	1,639	4	3,520	- 1,881
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,508	17	1,022	+ 486
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,435	7	1,995	- 560
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,342	34	193	+ 1,149
Liver Disease	13	1,257	21	677	+ 579
Prostate Cancer	14	1,156	10	1,579	- 423
Suicide	15	807	14	1,249	- 442
Breast Cancer	16	802	11	1,577	- 775
Pancreas Cancer	17	744	12	1,486	- 742
Lymphomas	18	662	15	1,131	- 470
Liver Cancer	19	650	19	805	- 155
Other Neoplasms	20	645	20	681	- 37
Other Injuries	21	622	30	410	+ 212
Endocrine Disorders	22	611	25	593	+ 18
Falls	23	429	9	1,919	- 1,490
Leukemia	24	417	22	671	- 254
Congenital Anomalies	25	407	31	305	+ 102
Parkinson's Disease	26	375	18	857	- 482
Cervical Cancer	27	370	42	105	+ 265
Skin Disease	28	362	40	129	+ 233
Violence	29	353	51	42	+ 311
Oesophagus Cancer	30	343	28	491	- 148
Inflammatory/Heart	31	337	16	1,027	- 690
Bladder Cancer	32	304	23	669	- 365
HIV/AIDS	33	256	54	29	+ 227
Skin Cancers	34	250	27	493	- 244
Ovary Cancer	35	244	29	457	- 213
Low Birth Weight	36	208	43	105	+ 103
Malnutrition	37	199	47	84	+ 115
Tuberculosis	38	195	56	21	+ 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	159	35	186	- 27
Oral Cancer	40	146	26	500	- 355
Fires	41	140	55	21	+ 119
Asthma	42	140	46	95	+ 45
Epilepsy	43	140	39	159	- 19
Drownings	44	134	50	49	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	45	130	33	224	- 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	106	41	122	- 16
Alcohol	47	98	32	229	- 131
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	89	49	68	+ 21
Anemia	49	85	44	102	- 16
Drug Use	50	71	36	176	- 105
Osteoarthritis	51	62	37	170	- 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	50	48	78	- 28
Meningitis	53	45	57	20	+ 25
Birth Trauma	54	41	52	32	+ 10
Chagas disease	55	37	76	0	+ 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	35	53	32	+ 3
Poisonings	57	32	60	13	+ 19
Schizophrenia	58	18	45	96	- 78
Appendicitis	59	17	59	15	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	14	63	5	+ 10
Hepatitis C	61	13	58	15	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	38	160	- 147
Maternal Conditions	63	11	64	4	+ 7
War	64	6	67	1	+ 6
Oral conditions	65	3	62	8	- 6
Syphilis	66	2	65	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	2	61	11	- 9
Pertussis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	1	68	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	66	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Chile

Switzerland

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.