VENEZUELA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,890	1	26,905	- 9,016
Stroke	2	16,293	3	12,133	+ 4,160
Kidney Disease	3	6,806	8	5,932	+ 874
Lung Disease	4	6,802	10	5,150	+ 1,652
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	6,697	35	572	+ 6,125
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,563	7	7,188	- 625
Hypertension	7	6,390	9	5,195	+ 1,195
Stomach Cancer	8	6,079	17	2,175	+ 3,904
Lung Cancers	9	5,780	11	3,900	+ 1,881
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,319	4	11,176	- 5,858
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	5,060	19	2,037	+ 3,023
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,732	5	11,127	- 6,395
Liver Disease	13	4,432	16	2,340	+ 2,092
Prostate Cancer	14	4,077	13	2,848	+ 1,229
Suicide	15	2,847	34	585	+ 2,262
Breast Cancer	16	2,827	15	2,563	+ 264
Pancreas Cancer	17	2,623	25	1,082	+ 1,541
Lymphomas	18	2,334	23	1,248	+ 1,086
Liver Cancer	19	2,292	26	1,029	+ 1,263
Other Neoplasms	20	2,273	18	2,167	+ 106
Other Injuries	21	2,194	21	1,693	+ 501
Endocrine Disorders	22	2,154	30	760	+ 1,394
Falls	23	1,514	28	865	+ 649
Leukemia	24	1,472	27	1,007	+ 465
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,436	14	2,846	- 1,409
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,323	48	252	+ 1,071
Cervical Cancer	27	1,305	20	1,986	- 681
Skin Disease	28	1,278	66	18	+ 1,260
Violence	29	1,245	2	18,132	- 16,887
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,209	44	370	+ 839
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,187	33	599	+ 588
Bladder Cancer	32	1,074	45	365	+ 709
HIV/AIDS	33	903	6	7,490	- 6,587
Skin Cancers	34	880	37	553	+ 327
Ovary Cancer	35	861	36	563	+ 299
Low Birth Weight	36	732	12	3,088	- 2,356
Malnutrition	37	703	32	629	+ 74
Tuberculosis	38	687	31	748	- 61
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	560	22	1,359	- 799
Oral Cancer	40	514	38	544	- 30
Fires	41	495	54	144	+ 350
Asthma	42	493	46	311	+ 182
Epilepsy	43	493	41	411	+ 82
Drownings	44	474	43	388	+ 86
Uterin Cancer	45	460	47	309	+ 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	374	40	418	- 44
Alcohol	47	347	62	34	+ 312
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	312	52	180	+ 132
Anemia	49	301	55	126	+ 175
Drug Use	50	249	50	225	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	51	220	72	3	+ 217
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	175	57	80	+ 95
Meningitis	53	159	49	251	- 92
Birth Trauma	54	146	24	1,087	- 941
Chagas disease	55	132	29	826	- 694
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	123	53	151	- 28
Poisonings	57	114	58	68	+ 47
Schizophrenia	58	63	69	6	+ 58
Appendicitis	59	62	56	98	- 36
Hepatitis B	60	50	63	30	+ 20
Hepatitis C	61	45	65	21	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	62	44	60	51	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	40	39	422	- 383
War	64	23	51	185	- 162
Oral conditions	65	9	86	0	+ 9
Syphilis	66	8	67	15	- 7
Upper Respiratory	67	7	74	1	+ 6
Pertussis	68	4	64	26	- 21
Tetanus	69	3	68	8	- 5
Encephalitis	70	3	61	37	- 34
Otitis Media	71	3	75	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	0	70	5	- 5
Dengue	73	0	59	65	- 65
Diphtheria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	3	- 3
Malaria	82	0	42	402	- 402
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Chile

Venezuela

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.