SWEDEN VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,785	1	15,136	- 5,350
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,233	2	10,917	- 2,684
Stroke	3	5,631	3	6,035	- 404
Lung Cancers	4	5,523	5	3,722	+ 1,800
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	3,385	6	3,049	+ 335
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,062	7	2,659	+ 403
Lung Disease	7	2,824	4	4,344	- 1,521
Breast Cancer	8	2,406	13	1,582	+ 824
Other Injuries	9	2,342	15	1,374	+ 968
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,914	9	1,849	+ 66
Kidney Disease	11	1,777	12	1,629	+ 148
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,690	11	1,834	- 144
Prostate Cancer	13	1,684	8	2,622	- 938
Lymphomas	14	1,559	16	1,357	+ 203
Liver Cancer	15	1,483	22	752	+ 731
Suicide	16	1,388	14	1,479	- 92
Other Neoplasms	17	1,358	18	1,036	+ 322
Falls	18	1,283	17	1,109	+ 174
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,252	24	702	+ 550
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,172	19	943	+ 229
Leukemia	21	1,155	20	825	+ 329
Liver Disease	22	1,143	23	723	+ 420
Hypertension	23	1,101	10	1,838	- 737
Bladder Cancer	24	1,017	21	760	+ 257
Inflammatory/Heart	25	939	28	547	+ 392
Stomach Cancer	26	857	26	612	+ 244
Oral Cancer	27	724	31	379	+ 345
Oesophagus Cancer	28	724	29	538	+ 186
Malnutrition	29	652	45	117	+ 535
Ovary Cancer	30	614	27	553	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	31	517	34	315	+ 202
Skin Cancers	32	504	25	650	- 146
Alcohol	33	494	32	359	+ 135
Uterin Cancer	34	421	33	345	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	35	312	35	308	+ 4
Drug Use	36	291	30	423	- 132
Epilepsy	37	289	44	121	+ 168
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	280	36	289	- 9
Skin Disease	39	247	39	220	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	40	244	38	228	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	214	48	110	+ 104
Asthma	42	161	42	158	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	153	37	277	- 124
Anemia	44	151	40	175	- 24
Drownings	45	134	46	114	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	46	116	41	170	- 54
Low Birth Weight	47	101	51	50	+ 51
Schizophrenia	48	100	50	63	+ 37
Violence	49	83	47	113	- 30
Tuberculosis	50	67	56	24	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	66	43	129	- 63
Hepatitis C	52	64	53	44	+ 20
Fires	53	62	49	65	- 2
HIV/AIDS	54	56	61	13	+ 43
Birth Trauma	55	48	55	34	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	56	38	57	24	+ 14
Poisonings	57	35	60	18	+ 18
Meningitis	58	25	54	35	- 10
Hepatitis B	59	21	62	9	+ 11
Oral conditions	60	18	63	8	+ 10
Appendicitis	61	14	59	18	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	12	52	46	- 34
Upper Respiratory	63	8	58	20	- 11
Maternal Conditions	64	8	64	5	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	2	66	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
War	67	1	65	2	- 1
Syphilis	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

France

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.