CANADA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	67,820	1	40,063	+ 27,757
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	23,598	2	30,970	- 7,371
Stroke	3	22,964	5	14,159	+ 8,805
Lung Cancers	4	21,473	3	20,937	+ 536
Lung Disease	5	19,737	4	14,212	+ 5,525
Hypertension	6	12,358	22	2,563	+ 9,795
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	12,003	6	9,651	+ 2,352
Kidney Disease	8	10,501	14	4,578	+ 5,924
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	9,552	7	7,431	+ 2,121
Breast Cancer	10	8,690	8	5,910	+ 2,780
Pancreas Cancer	11	8,288	11	5,057	+ 3,231
Prostate Cancer	12	7,604	13	4,711	+ 2,893
Diabetes Mellitus	13	7,176	9	5,718	+ 1,458
Falls	14	7,068	12	4,829	+ 2,239
Liver Disease	15	7,007	17	3,624	+ 3,384
Parkinson's Disease	16	5,808	18	3,359	+ 2,449
Lymphomas	17	5,649	10	5,146	+ 503
Endocrine Disorders	18	4,924	19	3,233	+ 1,692
Suicide	19	4,743	15	4,417	+ 326
Stomach Cancer	20	4,454	26	2,177	+ 2,277
Inflammatory/Heart	21	4,101	27	2,060	+ 2,041
Leukemia	22	4,029	21	3,098	+ 931
Other Injuries	23	3,804	24	2,392	+ 1,412
Other Neoplasms	24	3,764	31	1,679	+ 2,085
Liver Cancer	25	3,716	20	3,113	+ 603
Alcohol	26	2,886	33	1,491	+ 1,395
Oesophagus Cancer	27	2,865	25	2,230	+ 635
Bladder Cancer	28	2,856	23	2,521	+ 336
Oral Cancer	29	2,778	32	1,592	+ 1,186
Ovary Cancer	30	2,395	29	1,902	+ 493
Skin Cancers	31	1,870	30	1,756	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	1,766	36	840	+ 926
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,667	39	636	+ 1,032
Road Traffic Accidents	34	1,457	28	1,998	- 540
Epilepsy	35	1,426	44	384	+ 1,042
Congenital Anomalies	36	1,057	35	1,081	- 24
Uterin Cancer	37	1,029	34	1,183	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	999	43	442	+ 557
Cervical Cancer	39	983	41	578	+ 405
Drug Use	40	890	16	3,686	- 2,796
Multiple Sclerosis	41	724	37	692	+ 32
Skin Disease	42	712	38	679	+ 33
Anemia	43	458	46	343	+ 115
Asthma	44	426	49	262	+ 164
Low Birth Weight	45	355	42	553	- 198
Violence	46	355	40	605	- 250
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	250	47	322	- 72
Hepatitis C	48	234	45	363	- 129
Drownings	49	211	48	283	- 72
Malnutrition	50	208	51	192	+ 15
Schizophrenia	51	180	57	118	+ 62
Osteoarthritis	52	168	55	139	+ 29
Fires	53	165	52	192	- 27
HIV/AIDS	54	159	53	163	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	135	54	143	- 8
Tuberculosis	56	130	58	97	+ 32
Birth Trauma	57	110	50	193	- 83
Poisonings	58	100	56	121	- 22
Hepatitis B	59	84	60	66	+ 18
Meningitis	60	77	59	68	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	61	64	63	47	+ 17
Appendicitis	62	59	62	49	+ 10
Oral conditions	63	29	61	51	- 22
Maternal Conditions	64	18	64	45	- 28
Otitis Media	65	7	66	8	- 0
War	66	5	65	21	- 16
Encephalitis	67	3	68	3	+ 0
Syphilis	68	3	67	5	- 3
Pertussis	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Measles	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	70	1	- 0
Tetanus	75	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

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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.