YEMEN VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,699	1	30,158	- 459
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	24,987	22	1,405	+ 23,582
Stroke	3	17,089	2	13,570	+ 3,519
Lung Cancers	4	16,761	41	569	+ 16,192
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	10,273	30	913	+ 9,360
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	9,293	4	11,978	- 2,685
Lung Disease	7	8,570	11	3,196	+ 5,374
Breast Cancer	8	7,303	26	1,134	+ 6,169
Other Injuries	9	7,107	16	2,225	+ 4,882
Pancreas Cancer	10	5,810	51	283	+ 5,527
Kidney Disease	11	5,395	15	2,679	+ 2,716
Diabetes Mellitus	12	5,129	19	1,794	+ 3,335
Prostate Cancer	13	5,111	63	39	+ 5,072
Lymphomas	14	4,732	45	433	+ 4,300
Liver Cancer	15	4,500	39	609	+ 3,891
Suicide	16	4,212	21	1,699	+ 2,514
Other Neoplasms	17	4,123	64	21	+ 4,102
Falls	18	3,894	24	1,170	+ 2,724
Endocrine Disorders	19	3,801	36	738	+ 3,063
Parkinson's Disease	20	3,558	49	362	+ 3,197
Leukemia	21	3,505	34	776	+ 2,729
Liver Disease	22	3,470	13	2,891	+ 579
Hypertension	23	3,342	8	5,293	- 1,952
Bladder Cancer	24	3,086	55	160	+ 2,926
Inflammatory/Heart	25	2,851	40	585	+ 2,266
Stomach Cancer	26	2,600	31	902	+ 1,698
Oral Cancer	27	2,198	42	547	+ 1,651
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,197	35	765	+ 1,432
Malnutrition	29	1,980	27	1,058	+ 921
Ovary Cancer	30	1,863	52	188	+ 1,675
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,570	6	8,561	- 6,991
Skin Cancers	32	1,530	58	100	+ 1,431
Alcohol	33	1,499	59	78	+ 1,421
Uterin Cancer	34	1,279	69	5	+ 1,274
Congenital Anomalies	35	946	10	4,291	- 3,345
Drug Use	36	884	38	613	+ 271
Epilepsy	37	877	43	539	+ 338
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	850	9	4,372	- 3,522
Skin Disease	39	751	61	44	+ 707
Cervical Cancer	40	740	57	119	+ 621
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	651	37	707	- 56
Asthma	42	488	17	2,106	- 1,618
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	463	33	833	- 370
Anemia	44	457	84	0	+ 457
Drownings	45	408	25	1,142	- 734
Multiple Sclerosis	46	354	62	42	+ 312
Low Birth Weight	47	306	5	8,810	- 8,504
Schizophrenia	48	304	86	0	+ 304
Violence	49	253	14	2,839	- 2,586
Tuberculosis	50	205	18	1,899	- 1,695
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	200	66	14	+ 186
Hepatitis C	52	196	68	8	+ 187
Fires	53	189	29	991	- 801
HIV/AIDS	54	170	46	396	- 226
Birth Trauma	55	145	7	5,939	- 5,794
Osteoarthritis	56	115	81	0	+ 115
Poisonings	57	107	44	532	- 425
Meningitis	58	77	28	1,018	- 942
Hepatitis B	59	64	50	299	- 236
Oral conditions	60	55	82	0	+ 55
Appendicitis	61	42	54	162	- 119
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	35	80	0	+ 35
Upper Respiratory	63	25	70	5	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	64	24	32	890	- 865
Otitis Media	65	7	73	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	66	4	48	369	- 365
War	67	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Syphilis	68	2	53	175	- 174
Pertussis	69	1	23	1,239	- 1,238
Tetanus	70	1	47	395	- 394
Schistosomiasis	71	0	56	124	- 123
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	14	- 13
Dengue	76	0	60	71	- 71
Measles	77	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Chlamydia	78	0	72	1	- 1
Ascariasis	79	0	65	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

France

Yemen

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.