ESTONIA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,103	1	3,009	- 1,906
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	928	12	229	+ 699
Stroke	3	635	3	1,116	- 481
Lung Cancers	4	623	4	657	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	382	5	527	- 145
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	345	6	349	- 4
Lung Disease	7	318	13	229	+ 90
Breast Cancer	8	271	11	260	+ 11
Other Injuries	9	264	20	141	+ 123
Pancreas Cancer	10	216	10	268	- 53
Kidney Disease	11	200	17	176	+ 24
Diabetes Mellitus	12	191	19	146	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	13	190	8	298	- 109
Lymphomas	14	176	15	213	- 37
Liver Cancer	15	167	26	107	+ 60
Suicide	16	156	16	197	- 41
Other Neoplasms	17	153	23	123	+ 30
Falls	18	145	24	119	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	19	141	33	66	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	20	132	29	82	+ 50
Leukemia	21	130	22	126	+ 5
Liver Disease	22	129	7	328	- 200
Hypertension	23	124	2	2,700	- 2,576
Bladder Cancer	24	115	21	126	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	25	106	14	217	- 111
Stomach Cancer	26	97	9	290	- 193
Oral Cancer	27	82	25	110	- 29
Oesophagus Cancer	28	82	27	99	- 17
Malnutrition	29	74	79	0	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	30	69	28	87	- 18
Road Traffic Accidents	31	58	35	59	- 1
Skin Cancers	32	57	30	79	- 22
Alcohol	33	56	18	148	- 93
Uterin Cancer	34	48	34	60	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	35	35	43	25	+ 10
Drug Use	36	33	31	75	- 42
Epilepsy	37	33	37	45	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	32	53	8	+ 23
Skin Disease	39	28	41	29	- 1
Cervical Cancer	40	27	32	68	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	24	45	22	+ 3
Asthma	42	18	44	24	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	17	36	55	- 38
Anemia	44	17	51	9	+ 8
Drownings	45	15	40	30	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	46	13	48	16	- 3
Low Birth Weight	47	11	55	7	+ 5
Schizophrenia	48	11	56	6	+ 5
Violence	49	9	42	28	- 19
Tuberculosis	50	8	47	16	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	7	46	17	- 10
Hepatitis C	52	7	58	4	+ 3
Fires	53	7	38	41	- 34
HIV/AIDS	54	6	39	40	- 34
Birth Trauma	55	5	57	5	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	56	4	50	10	- 6
Poisonings	57	4	52	8	- 4
Meningitis	58	3	54	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	60	2	60	2	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	2	59	2	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	1	49	12	- 11
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	63	0	- 0
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	62	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.