VENEZUELA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	FRANCE		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,877	1	26,905	+ 1,971
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	24,295	35	572	+ 23,723
Stroke	3	16,616	3	12,133	+ 4,483
Lung Cancers	4	16,297	11	3,900	+ 12,397
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	9,988	19	2,037	+ 7,951
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	9,036	7	7,188	+ 1,848
Lung Disease	7	8,333	10	5,150	+ 3,183
Breast Cancer	8	7,101	15	2,563	+ 4,537
Other Injuries	9	6,910	21	1,693	+ 5,217
Pancreas Cancer	10	5,649	25	1,082	+ 4,567
Kidney Disease	11	5,245	8	5,932	- 686
Diabetes Mellitus	12	4,987	4	11,176	- 6,189
Prostate Cancer	13	4,969	13	2,848	+ 2,121
Lymphomas	14	4,601	23	1,248	+ 3,353
Liver Cancer	15	4,375	26	1,029	+ 3,346
Suicide	16	4,096	34	585	+ 3,510
Other Neoplasms	17	4,009	18	2,167	+ 1,841
Falls	18	3,786	28	865	+ 2,921
Endocrine Disorders	19	3,696	30	760	+ 2,936
Parkinson's Disease	20	3,460	48	252	+ 3,208
Leukemia	21	3,408	27	1,007	+ 2,401
Liver Disease	22	3,374	16	2,340	+ 1,034
Hypertension	23	3,249	9	5,195	- 1,946
Bladder Cancer	24	3,001	45	365	+ 2,636
Inflammatory/Heart	25	2,772	33	599	+ 2,173
Stomach Cancer	26	2,528	17	2,175	+ 353
Oral Cancer	27	2,137	38	544	+ 1,593
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,136	44	370	+ 1,766
Malnutrition	29	1,925	32	629	+ 1,296
Ovary Cancer	30	1,812	36	563	+ 1,249
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,526	5	11,127	- 9,601
Skin Cancers	32	1,488	37	553	+ 935
Alcohol	33	1,457	62	34	+ 1,423
Uterin Cancer	34	1,243	47	309	+ 934
Congenital Anomalies	35	920	14	2,846	- 1,926
Drug Use	36	860	50	225	+ 634
Epilepsy	37	853	41	411	+ 442
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	826	22	1,359	- 533
Skin Disease	39	730	66	18	+ 713
Cervical Cancer	40	719	20	1,986	- 1,267
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	633	57	80	+ 553
Asthma	42	475	46	311	+ 164
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	451	40	418	+ 33
Anemia	44	445	55	126	+ 319
Drownings	45	397	43	388	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	46	344	60	51	+ 293
Low Birth Weight	47	297	12	3,088	- 2,790
Schizophrenia	48	296	69	6	+ 290
Violence	49	246	2	18,132	- 17,886
Tuberculosis	50	199	31	748	- 549
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	195	52	180	+ 15
Hepatitis C	52	190	65	21	+ 169
Fires	53	184	54	144	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	54	165	6	7,490	- 7,325
Birth Trauma	55	141	24	1,087	- 946
Osteoarthritis	56	112	72	3	+ 109
Poisonings	57	104	58	68	+ 37
Meningitis	58	75	49	251	- 176
Hepatitis B	59	62	63	30	+ 32
Oral conditions	60	54	86	0	+ 54
Appendicitis	61	41	56	98	- 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	34	53	151	- 116
Upper Respiratory	63	25	74	1	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	64	24	39	422	- 398
Otitis Media	65	7	75	1	+ 6
Encephalitis	66	4	61	37	- 33
War	67	3	51	185	- 182
Syphilis	68	2	67	15	- 13
Pertussis	69	1	64	26	- 24
Tetanus	70	1	68	8	- 7
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	59	65	- 65
Measles	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	42	402	- 402
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	29	826	- 826
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

France

Venezuela

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.