GREECE VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,350	1	21,124	- 4,774
Liver Disease	2	5,654	23	809	+ 4,844
Stroke	3	4,122	2	14,077	- 9,955
Liver Cancer	4	2,305	14	1,566	+ 739
Hypertension	5	1,984	9	2,922	- 939
Kidney Disease	6	1,983	6	4,759	- 2,776
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,946	3	8,282	- 6,336
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,799	20	1,266	+ 533
Lung Disease	9	1,259	5	5,526	- 4,267
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,144	38	174	+ 970
Low Birth Weight	11	1,071	41	127	+ 944
Road Traffic Accidents	12	954	22	870	+ 83
Breast Cancer	13	863	11	2,520	- 1,657
Lymphomas	14	709	19	1,268	- 560
Asthma	15	668	55	27	+ 641
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	656	7	3,940	- 3,284
Birth Trauma	17	574	57	17	+ 558
Lung Cancers	18	534	4	7,355	- 6,822
Bladder Cancer	19	483	15	1,551	- 1,068
Violence	20	392	42	104	+ 288
Other Injuries	21	359	17	1,453	- 1,094
Leukemia	22	354	18	1,354	- 1,000
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	347	44	95	+ 252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	290	8	3,264	- 2,974
Suicide	25	284	28	533	- 248
Pancreas Cancer	26	273	13	1,904	- 1,631
Inflammatory/Heart	27	234	24	725	- 491
Parkinson's Disease	28	225	10	2,646	- 2,421
Endocrine Disorders	29	223	29	526	- 303
Falls	30	190	21	1,245	- 1,055
Ovary Cancer	31	183	27	557	- 374
Stomach Cancer	32	173	16	1,535	- 1,362
Fires	33	147	39	146	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	126	26	611	- 485
Prostate Cancer	35	121	12	2,023	- 1,903
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	117	43	100	+ 17
Drownings	37	106	32	435	- 330
Encephalitis	38	98	67	1	+ 98
Skin Cancers	39	95	31	438	- 343
Hepatitis B	40	93	48	56	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	41	89	35	246	- 156
Pertussis	42	85	69	0	+ 85
Meningitis	43	78	53	33	+ 44
Maternal Conditions	44	75	61	2	+ 73
Oral Cancer	45	75	30	440	- 366
Malnutrition	46	71	66	1	+ 71
War	47	67	64	1	+ 66
Cervical Cancer	48	59	36	243	- 185
Tetanus	49	51	62	2	+ 49
Epilepsy	50	42	34	249	- 207
Tuberculosis	51	41	46	66	- 26
Uterin Cancer	52	40	33	373	- 333
HIV/AIDS	53	37	50	47	- 10
Schistosomiasis	54	21	75	0	+ 21
Skin Disease	55	21	47	56	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	56	20	40	135	- 115
Poisonings	57	18	56	19	- 1
Syphilis	58	15	65	1	+ 14
Appendicitis	59	13	58	9	+ 4
Alcohol	60	13	49	50	- 37
Other Neoplasms	61	11	25	679	- 668
Drug Use	62	11	37	193	- 182
Hepatitis C	63	9	52	38	- 29
Measles	64	4	68	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	45	67	- 64
Leishmaniasis	66	1	60	4	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	59	8	- 7
Dengue	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	27	- 27
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	47	- 47
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	63	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Egypt

Greece

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.