COMOROS VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,574	4	349	+ 1,225
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	548	23	46	+ 501
Stroke	3	533	3	356	+ 177
Lung Cancers	4	498	60	1	+ 497
Lung Disease	5	458	17	83	+ 374
Hypertension	6	287	12	115	+ 172
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	278	39	19	+ 260
Kidney Disease	8	244	14	101	+ 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	222	1	594	- 373
Breast Cancer	10	202	33	23	+ 179
Pancreas Cancer	11	192	82	0	+ 192
Prostate Cancer	12	176	27	33	+ 144
Diabetes Mellitus	13	167	9	136	+ 30
Falls	14	164	32	26	+ 138
Liver Disease	15	163	8	160	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	16	135	44	11	+ 123
Lymphomas	17	131	37	19	+ 112
Endocrine Disorders	18	114	36	19	+ 95
Suicide	19	110	24	46	+ 64
Stomach Cancer	20	103	45	11	+ 92
Inflammatory/Heart	21	95	31	26	+ 69
Leukemia	22	93	57	3	+ 90
Other Injuries	23	88	16	90	- 2
Other Neoplasms	24	87	59	1	+ 86
Liver Cancer	25	86	28	29	+ 57
Alcohol	26	67	51	6	+ 61
Oesophagus Cancer	27	66	26	34	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	28	66	46	10	+ 56
Oral Cancer	29	64	41	15	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	30	56	56	3	+ 52
Skin Cancers	31	43	42	12	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	41	2	363	- 322
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	39	47	10	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	34	34	6	226	- 192
Epilepsy	35	33	40	17	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	36	25	10	131	- 106
Uterin Cancer	37	24	55	3	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	23	34	21	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	39	23	13	104	- 82
Drug Use	40	21	49	7	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	41	17	62	1	+ 16
Skin Disease	42	17	48	9	+ 7
Anemia	43	11	81	0	+ 11
Asthma	44	10	21	49	- 39
Low Birth Weight	45	8	5	328	- 320
Violence	46	8	20	63	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	6	58	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	48	5	61	1	+ 4
Drownings	49	5	25	35	- 30
Malnutrition	50	5	15	96	- 91
Schizophrenia	51	4	83	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	52	4	84	0	+ 4
Fires	53	4	30	27	- 23
HIV/AIDS	54	4	76	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	3	85	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	56	3	19	79	- 76
Birth Trauma	57	3	7	211	- 208
Poisonings	58	2	35	20	- 18
Hepatitis B	59	2	52	5	- 3
Meningitis	60	2	11	115	- 114
Upper Respiratory	61	1	53	4	- 3
Appendicitis	62	1	50	6	- 4
Oral conditions	63	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	0	22	47	- 47
Otitis Media	65	0	64	0	- 0
War	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	54	4	- 4
Syphilis	68	0	38	19	- 19
Pertussis	69	0	18	80	- 80
Measles	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	43	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	29	29	- 29
Hookworm Disease	80	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	63	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	66	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.