SWEDEN VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,404	1	15,136	+ 16,269
Stroke	2	16,013	3	6,035	+ 9,978
Lung Cancers	3	7,252	5	3,722	+ 3,530
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	5,586	6	3,049	+ 2,536
Lung Disease	5	5,386	4	4,344	+ 1,042
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,009	11	1,834	+ 3,174
Kidney Disease	7	3,553	12	1,629	+ 1,924
Hypertension	8	2,812	10	1,838	+ 973
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,721	2	10,917	- 8,196
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,606	7	2,659	- 53
Breast Cancer	11	2,599	13	1,582	+ 1,017
Falls	12	2,487	17	1,109	+ 1,378
Liver Disease	13	2,359	23	723	+ 1,635
Prostate Cancer	14	2,174	8	2,622	- 448
Stomach Cancer	15	2,007	26	612	+ 1,394
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,925	9	1,849	+ 76
Suicide	17	1,725	14	1,479	+ 246
Lymphomas	18	1,420	16	1,357	+ 63
Liver Cancer	19	1,279	22	752	+ 527
Bladder Cancer	20	1,274	21	760	+ 514
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,165	28	547	+ 618
Leukemia	22	1,111	20	825	+ 285
Other Injuries	23	1,091	15	1,374	- 282
Parkinson's Disease	24	1,080	19	943	+ 137
Oral Cancer	25	862	31	379	+ 483
Skin Cancers	26	847	25	650	+ 196
Road Traffic Accidents	27	837	34	315	+ 522
Ovary Cancer	28	787	27	553	+ 234
Other Neoplasms	29	722	18	1,036	- 314
Alcohol	30	558	32	359	+ 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	528	37	277	+ 251
Uterin Cancer	32	509	33	345	+ 164
Oesophagus Cancer	33	483	29	538	- 55
Cervical Cancer	34	397	38	228	+ 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	349	48	110	+ 238
Epilepsy	36	241	44	121	+ 120
Congenital Anomalies	37	241	35	308	- 67
Drownings	38	219	46	114	+ 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	209	36	289	- 80
Schizophrenia	40	202	50	63	+ 138
Asthma	41	188	42	158	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	42	185	24	702	- 517
Drug Use	43	180	30	423	- 244
Tuberculosis	44	157	56	24	+ 133
Multiple Sclerosis	45	140	41	170	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	120	43	129	- 9
Hepatitis C	47	114	53	44	+ 70
Violence	48	114	47	113	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	109	52	46	+ 63
Fires	50	87	49	65	+ 23
Hepatitis B	51	44	62	9	+ 34
Meningitis	52	41	54	35	+ 6
Anemia	53	40	40	175	- 134
Poisonings	54	40	60	18	+ 23
Birth Trauma	55	28	55	34	- 5
Low Birth Weight	56	26	51	50	- 25
Appendicitis	57	22	59	18	+ 4
Skin Disease	58	20	39	220	- 200
HIV/AIDS	59	19	61	13	+ 7
Otitis Media	60	9	66	1	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	61	6	64	5	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	62	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	4	58	20	- 15
Oral conditions	64	4	63	8	- 4
Encephalitis	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
War	67	1	65	2	- 1
Tetanus	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Malnutrition	70	0	45	117	- 117
Syphilis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	24	- 24
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Croatia

Sweden

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.