CROATIA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,988	2	6,275	- 287
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,192	1	12,307	- 7,115
Lung Disease	3	2,839	5	2,111	+ 728
Lung Cancers	4	2,093	3	2,842	- 749
Stomach Cancer	5	1,168	15	786	+ 381
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	892	9	1,066	- 174
Hypertension	7	883	8	1,102	- 219
Road Traffic Accidents	8	733	27	328	+ 405
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	728	4	2,189	- 1,461
Oesophagus Cancer	10	712	33	189	+ 523
Kidney Disease	11	564	7	1,392	- 829
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	537	10	1,021	- 484
Liver Cancer	13	530	19	501	+ 29
Diabetes Mellitus	14	474	6	1,963	- 1,489
Liver Disease	15	427	13	924	- 498
Falls	16	407	12	974	- 567
Suicide	17	341	17	676	- 335
Pancreas Cancer	18	327	16	754	- 427
Breast Cancer	19	272	11	1,019	- 747
Parkinson's Disease	20	207	24	423	- 216
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	192	35	137	+ 55
Leukemia	22	170	22	435	- 265
Lymphomas	23	170	18	556	- 387
Oral Cancer	24	160	25	338	- 178
Other Injuries	25	159	23	428	- 269
Drownings	26	155	38	86	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	27	151	34	156	- 4
Prostate Cancer	28	150	14	852	- 702
Bladder Cancer	29	111	20	499	- 388
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	111	31	207	- 96
Congenital Anomalies	31	107	37	94	+ 13
Tuberculosis	32	102	44	61	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	33	88	21	457	- 369
HIV/AIDS	34	84	59	8	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	35	82	28	308	- 226
Poisonings	36	76	54	16	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	37	75	42	72	+ 3
Drug Use	38	71	43	70	+ 0
Asthma	39	68	41	74	- 6
Low Birth Weight	40	63	56	10	+ 53
Skin Cancers	41	58	26	332	- 274
Alcohol	42	56	30	219	- 163
Birth Trauma	43	52	55	11	+ 41
Malnutrition	44	38	70	0	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	45	34	32	199	- 165
Epilepsy	46	33	36	94	- 61
Violence	47	33	48	45	- 12
Fires	48	31	50	34	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	30	46	47	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	26	39	82	- 56
Meningitis	51	17	52	16	+ 0
Skin Disease	52	15	58	8	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	53	13	29	283	- 270
Maternal Conditions	54	11	61	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	55	8	65	1	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	8	51	17	- 9
Upper Respiratory	57	8	63	2	+ 6
Syphilis	58	5	71	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	45	55	- 50
Appendicitis	60	4	57	9	- 4
War	61	3	67	0	+ 2
Measles	62	2	73	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Pertussis	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	47	45	- 44
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	60	3	- 3
Dengue	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	62	2	- 2
Oral conditions	80	0	64	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	40	79	- 79
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.