CROATIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,255	1	12,307	- 5,052
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,524	9	1,066	+ 1,458
Stroke	3	2,457	2	6,275	- 3,819
Lung Cancers	4	2,297	3	2,842	- 545
Lung Disease	5	2,111	5	2,111	+ 1
Hypertension	6	1,322	8	1,102	+ 220
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,284	4	2,189	- 905
Kidney Disease	8	1,123	7	1,392	- 269
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,022	10	1,021	+ 1
Breast Cancer	10	930	11	1,019	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	11	887	16	754	+ 132
Prostate Cancer	12	813	14	852	- 39
Diabetes Mellitus	13	768	6	1,963	- 1,195
Falls	14	756	12	974	- 218
Liver Disease	15	750	13	924	- 175
Parkinson's Disease	16	621	24	423	+ 198
Lymphomas	17	604	18	556	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	18	527	42	72	+ 454
Suicide	19	507	17	676	- 169
Stomach Cancer	20	476	15	786	- 310
Inflammatory/Heart	21	439	21	457	- 18
Leukemia	22	431	22	435	- 4
Other Injuries	23	407	23	428	- 21
Other Neoplasms	24	403	29	283	+ 120
Liver Cancer	25	398	19	501	- 104
Alcohol	26	309	30	219	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	27	307	33	189	+ 117
Bladder Cancer	28	306	20	499	- 194
Oral Cancer	29	297	25	338	- 41
Ovary Cancer	30	256	28	308	- 52
Skin Cancers	31	200	26	332	- 132
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	189	39	82	+ 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	178	35	137	+ 42
Road Traffic Accidents	34	156	27	328	- 172
Epilepsy	35	153	36	94	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	36	113	37	94	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	37	110	32	199	- 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	107	31	207	- 100
Cervical Cancer	39	105	34	156	- 50
Drug Use	40	95	43	70	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	41	77	45	55	+ 23
Skin Disease	42	76	58	8	+ 68
Anemia	43	49	53	16	+ 33
Asthma	44	46	41	74	- 28
Low Birth Weight	45	38	56	10	+ 28
Violence	46	38	48	45	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	27	46	47	- 20
Hepatitis C	48	25	47	45	- 20
Drownings	49	23	38	86	- 63
Malnutrition	50	22	70	0	+ 22
Schizophrenia	51	19	40	79	- 60
Osteoarthritis	52	18	84	0	+ 18
Fires	53	18	50	34	- 16
HIV/AIDS	54	17	59	8	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	14	49	43	- 28
Tuberculosis	56	14	44	61	- 48
Birth Trauma	57	12	55	11	+ 1
Poisonings	58	11	54	16	- 5
Hepatitis B	59	9	51	17	- 8
Meningitis	60	8	52	16	- 8
Upper Respiratory	61	7	63	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	62	6	57	9	- 2
Oral conditions	63	3	64	2	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	2	61	2	- 0
Otitis Media	65	1	60	3	- 3
War	66	1	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	65	1	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	62	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.