UNITED KINGDOM VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	203,016	2	71,728	+ 131,288
Stroke	2	103,517	4	37,626	+ 65,890
Lung Cancers	3	46,881	5	35,715	+ 11,166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	36,110	7	18,446	+ 17,664
Lung Disease	5	34,819	6	32,896	+ 1,923
Diabetes Mellitus	6	32,378	17	5,842	+ 26,536
Kidney Disease	7	22,966	18	5,471	+ 17,495
Hypertension	8	18,177	23	5,208	+ 12,969
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	17,590	1	98,135	- 80,545
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	16,848	3	40,540	- 23,692
Breast Cancer	11	16,801	9	12,718	+ 4,083
Falls	12	16,075	15	7,618	+ 8,456
Liver Disease	13	15,250	14	7,666	+ 7,584
Prostate Cancer	14	14,054	8	13,289	+ 765
Stomach Cancer	15	12,973	24	4,999	+ 7,974
Pancreas Cancer	16	12,442	11	8,995	+ 3,446
Suicide	17	11,153	20	5,325	+ 5,828
Lymphomas	18	9,177	10	9,350	- 173
Liver Cancer	19	8,269	21	5,237	+ 3,033
Bladder Cancer	20	8,235	16	6,133	+ 2,101
Inflammatory/Heart	21	7,533	29	3,126	+ 4,407
Leukemia	22	7,181	22	5,211	+ 1,970
Other Injuries	23	7,056	19	5,464	+ 1,592
Parkinson's Disease	24	6,979	13	8,573	- 1,594
Oral Cancer	25	5,573	30	3,109	+ 2,465
Skin Cancers	26	5,474	27	3,727	+ 1,747
Road Traffic Accidents	27	5,414	33	2,169	+ 3,245
Ovary Cancer	28	5,087	25	4,019	+ 1,068
Other Neoplasms	29	4,670	26	3,986	+ 684
Alcohol	30	3,610	39	1,555	+ 2,056
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	3,411	36	2,090	+ 1,322
Uterin Cancer	32	3,288	32	2,346	+ 942
Oesophagus Cancer	33	3,122	12	8,727	- 5,605
Cervical Cancer	34	2,566	43	1,099	+ 1,467
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	2,255	45	876	+ 1,379
Epilepsy	36	1,558	42	1,193	+ 365
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,556	35	2,127	- 571
Drownings	38	1,415	49	301	+ 1,115
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	1,352	38	1,599	- 246
Schizophrenia	40	1,306	60	101	+ 1,204
Asthma	41	1,215	41	1,302	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,195	28	3,297	- 2,102
Drug Use	43	1,162	31	2,824	- 1,662
Tuberculosis	44	1,014	47	351	+ 663
Multiple Sclerosis	45	905	37	1,856	- 951
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	775	44	1,014	- 239
Hepatitis C	47	737	51	267	+ 470
Violence	48	736	46	868	- 132
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	705	56	184	+ 521
Fires	50	563	48	334	+ 229
Hepatitis B	51	283	65	40	+ 244
Meningitis	52	268	52	232	+ 36
Anemia	53	260	50	277	- 16
Poisonings	54	260	53	221	+ 40
Birth Trauma	55	182	54	190	- 7
Low Birth Weight	56	166	40	1,313	- 1,147
Appendicitis	57	142	59	105	+ 37
Skin Disease	58	128	34	2,134	- 2,006
HIV/AIDS	59	125	55	188	- 63
Otitis Media	60	55	66	16	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	61	37	64	47	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	62	35	84	0	+ 35
Upper Respiratory	63	28	63	48	- 21
Oral conditions	64	27	61	54	- 26
Encephalitis	65	12	68	6	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	66	8	70	0	+ 8
War	67	7	67	10	- 3
Tetanus	68	5	72	0	+ 5
Pertussis	69	2	69	3	- 1
Malnutrition	70	2	58	116	- 114
Syphilis	71	0	62	49	- 49
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	167	- 167
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Croatia

United Kingdom

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.