AUSTRALIA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,735	1	21,548	+ 3,187
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	20,811	2	15,588	+ 5,223
Stroke	3	14,233	3	10,331	+ 3,902
Lung Cancers	4	13,960	4	8,769	+ 5,191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	8,556	6	6,209	+ 2,347
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,740	8	4,446	+ 3,294
Lung Disease	7	7,138	5	8,487	- 1,350
Breast Cancer	8	6,082	10	3,405	+ 2,677
Other Injuries	9	5,919	22	1,642	+ 4,277
Pancreas Cancer	10	4,839	13	3,118	+ 1,721
Kidney Disease	11	4,493	12	3,139	+ 1,354
Diabetes Mellitus	12	4,272	7	4,471	- 199
Prostate Cancer	13	4,257	9	3,766	+ 490
Lymphomas	14	3,941	15	3,039	+ 903
Liver Cancer	15	3,748	20	2,036	+ 1,712
Suicide	16	3,508	11	3,150	+ 358
Other Neoplasms	17	3,434	28	1,252	+ 2,181
Falls	18	3,243	14	3,116	+ 127
Endocrine Disorders	19	3,166	16	2,328	+ 837
Parkinson's Disease	20	2,964	19	2,036	+ 927
Leukemia	21	2,919	18	2,126	+ 793
Liver Disease	22	2,890	26	1,421	+ 1,469
Hypertension	23	2,783	23	1,631	+ 1,152
Bladder Cancer	24	2,570	30	1,187	+ 1,383
Inflammatory/Heart	25	2,375	24	1,571	+ 804
Stomach Cancer	26	2,165	27	1,288	+ 877
Oral Cancer	27	1,831	32	972	+ 858
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,830	25	1,494	+ 336
Malnutrition	29	1,649	51	117	+ 1,532
Ovary Cancer	30	1,552	31	1,003	+ 549
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,307	29	1,245	+ 62
Skin Cancers	32	1,275	17	2,319	- 1,044
Alcohol	33	1,248	37	380	+ 869
Uterin Cancer	34	1,065	35	524	+ 541
Congenital Anomalies	35	788	33	711	+ 77
Drug Use	36	736	21	1,783	- 1,046
Epilepsy	37	730	41	285	+ 446
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	708	40	296	+ 412
Skin Disease	39	626	34	594	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	40	616	39	342	+ 274
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	542	38	379	+ 163
Asthma	42	407	36	455	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	386	42	276	+ 110
Anemia	44	381	49	157	+ 224
Drownings	45	340	47	177	+ 163
Multiple Sclerosis	46	294	46	188	+ 107
Low Birth Weight	47	255	43	248	+ 7
Schizophrenia	48	253	54	64	+ 189
Violence	49	210	44	243	- 33
Tuberculosis	50	170	56	53	+ 118
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	167	45	229	- 62
Hepatitis C	52	163	48	173	- 10
Fires	53	158	55	55	+ 103
HIV/AIDS	54	142	57	50	+ 92
Birth Trauma	55	121	50	140	- 19
Osteoarthritis	56	96	52	114	- 18
Poisonings	57	89	61	35	+ 54
Meningitis	58	64	60	37	+ 27
Hepatitis B	59	53	58	41	+ 12
Oral conditions	60	46	59	40	+ 6
Appendicitis	61	35	62	26	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	30	53	71	- 42
Upper Respiratory	63	21	64	17	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	64	20	63	20	- 0
Otitis Media	65	6	66	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	3	68	3	+ 0
War	67	3	65	8	- 5
Syphilis	68	2	67	3	- 1
Pertussis	69	1	69	1	- 0
Tetanus	70	1	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

France

Australia

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.