AUSTRALIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	46,796	1	21,548	+ 25,248
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	16,283	2	15,588	+ 694
Stroke	3	15,845	3	10,331	+ 5,514
Lung Cancers	4	14,816	4	8,769	+ 6,048
Lung Disease	5	13,619	5	8,487	+ 5,132
Hypertension	6	8,527	23	1,631	+ 6,896
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	8,282	6	6,209	+ 2,073
Kidney Disease	8	7,246	12	3,139	+ 4,107
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	6,591	8	4,446	+ 2,145
Breast Cancer	10	5,996	10	3,405	+ 2,591
Pancreas Cancer	11	5,719	13	3,118	+ 2,601
Prostate Cancer	12	5,247	9	3,766	+ 1,480
Diabetes Mellitus	13	4,951	7	4,471	+ 480
Falls	14	4,877	14	3,116	+ 1,761
Liver Disease	15	4,835	26	1,421	+ 3,414
Parkinson's Disease	16	4,008	19	2,036	+ 1,971
Lymphomas	17	3,898	15	3,039	+ 859
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,398	16	2,328	+ 1,069
Suicide	19	3,273	11	3,150	+ 123
Stomach Cancer	20	3,073	27	1,288	+ 1,785
Inflammatory/Heart	21	2,829	24	1,571	+ 1,258
Leukemia	22	2,780	18	2,126	+ 654
Other Injuries	23	2,625	22	1,642	+ 982
Other Neoplasms	24	2,597	28	1,252	+ 1,345
Liver Cancer	25	2,564	20	2,036	+ 528
Alcohol	26	1,991	37	380	+ 1,611
Oesophagus Cancer	27	1,977	25	1,494	+ 483
Bladder Cancer	28	1,971	30	1,187	+ 783
Oral Cancer	29	1,917	32	972	+ 944
Ovary Cancer	30	1,652	31	1,003	+ 650
Skin Cancers	31	1,291	17	2,319	- 1,028
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	1,219	40	296	+ 923
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,151	38	379	+ 772
Road Traffic Accidents	34	1,006	29	1,245	- 239
Epilepsy	35	984	41	285	+ 699
Congenital Anomalies	36	729	33	711	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	37	710	35	524	+ 186
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	689	42	276	+ 413
Cervical Cancer	39	678	39	342	+ 337
Drug Use	40	614	21	1,783	- 1,169
Multiple Sclerosis	41	500	46	188	+ 312
Skin Disease	42	491	34	594	- 103
Anemia	43	316	49	157	+ 159
Asthma	44	294	36	455	- 161
Low Birth Weight	45	245	43	248	- 3
Violence	46	245	44	243	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	173	45	229	- 56
Hepatitis C	48	161	48	173	- 12
Drownings	49	146	47	177	- 31
Malnutrition	50	143	51	117	+ 26
Schizophrenia	51	124	54	64	+ 60
Osteoarthritis	52	116	52	114	+ 2
Fires	53	114	55	55	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	54	110	57	50	+ 60
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	93	53	71	+ 22
Tuberculosis	56	89	56	53	+ 37
Birth Trauma	57	76	50	140	- 64
Poisonings	58	69	61	35	+ 34
Hepatitis B	59	58	58	41	+ 17
Meningitis	60	53	60	37	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	61	44	64	17	+ 27
Appendicitis	62	41	62	26	+ 15
Oral conditions	63	20	59	40	- 20
Maternal Conditions	64	12	63	20	- 8
Otitis Media	65	5	66	6	- 1
War	66	3	65	8	- 5
Encephalitis	67	2	68	3	- 0
Syphilis	68	2	67	3	- 1
Pertussis	69	1	69	1	- 1
Measles	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	86	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

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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.