AUSTRIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,678	1	17,638	- 1,960
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,455	4	4,174	+ 1,281
Stroke	3	5,309	2	5,208	+ 100
Lung Cancers	4	4,964	3	4,217	+ 747
Lung Disease	5	4,563	5	4,107	+ 456
Hypertension	6	2,857	6	3,601	- 744
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,775	7	2,324	+ 451
Kidney Disease	8	2,428	8	2,247	+ 180
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,208	13	1,563	+ 645
Breast Cancer	10	2,009	11	1,857	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	11	1,916	10	1,901	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	12	1,758	15	1,501	+ 257
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,659	9	2,093	- 435
Falls	14	1,634	21	982	+ 652
Liver Disease	15	1,620	16	1,366	+ 254
Parkinson's Disease	16	1,343	19	1,102	+ 240
Lymphomas	17	1,306	18	1,167	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,138	20	1,077	+ 61
Suicide	19	1,096	17	1,307	- 211
Stomach Cancer	20	1,030	24	817	+ 213
Inflammatory/Heart	21	948	14	1,515	- 567
Leukemia	22	931	23	878	+ 53
Other Injuries	23	879	12	1,700	- 821
Other Neoplasms	24	870	25	814	+ 56
Liver Cancer	25	859	22	922	- 63
Alcohol	26	667	29	538	+ 129
Oesophagus Cancer	27	662	32	406	+ 256
Bladder Cancer	28	660	26	617	+ 43
Oral Cancer	29	642	27	614	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	30	554	30	513	+ 40
Skin Cancers	31	432	28	585	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	408	40	152	+ 256
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	385	33	379	+ 7
Road Traffic Accidents	34	337	31	436	- 99
Epilepsy	35	330	36	222	+ 108
Congenital Anomalies	36	244	34	327	- 83
Uterin Cancer	37	238	35	275	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	231	42	142	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	39	227	37	205	+ 22
Drug Use	40	206	39	161	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	41	167	38	170	- 2
Skin Disease	42	164	43	99	+ 65
Anemia	43	106	44	99	+ 7
Asthma	44	99	45	81	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	45	82	51	40	+ 42
Violence	46	82	47	47	+ 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	58	53	35	+ 23
Hepatitis C	48	54	41	147	- 93
Drownings	49	49	48	42	+ 7
Malnutrition	50	48	46	71	- 23
Schizophrenia	51	42	63	4	+ 37
Osteoarthritis	52	39	57	22	+ 17
Fires	53	38	52	36	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	54	37	49	41	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	31	56	22	+ 9
Tuberculosis	56	30	50	41	- 11
Birth Trauma	57	25	54	34	- 8
Poisonings	58	23	60	15	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	19	62	8	+ 11
Meningitis	60	18	58	22	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	15	55	26	- 11
Appendicitis	62	14	59	15	- 1
Oral conditions	63	7	61	8	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	4	64	4	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	2	65	1	+ 1
War	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	1	68	1	- 0
Syphilis	68	1	66	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	86	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Germany

Austria

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.