ESTONIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,087	1	3,009	- 922
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	726	12	229	+ 497
Stroke	3	707	3	1,116	- 409
Lung Cancers	4	661	4	657	+ 4
Lung Disease	5	607	13	229	+ 379
Hypertension	6	380	2	2,700	- 2,320
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	369	5	527	- 158
Kidney Disease	8	323	17	176	+ 147
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	294	6	349	- 55
Breast Cancer	10	267	11	260	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	11	255	10	268	- 13
Prostate Cancer	12	234	8	298	- 64
Diabetes Mellitus	13	221	19	146	+ 75
Falls	14	217	24	119	+ 99
Liver Disease	15	216	7	328	- 113
Parkinson's Disease	16	179	29	82	+ 97
Lymphomas	17	174	15	213	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	18	152	33	66	+ 86
Suicide	19	146	16	197	- 51
Stomach Cancer	20	137	9	290	- 153
Inflammatory/Heart	21	126	14	217	- 91
Leukemia	22	124	22	126	- 2
Other Injuries	23	117	20	141	- 24
Other Neoplasms	24	116	23	123	- 8
Liver Cancer	25	114	26	107	+ 7
Alcohol	26	89	18	148	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	27	88	27	99	- 10
Bladder Cancer	28	88	21	126	- 38
Oral Cancer	29	85	25	110	- 25
Ovary Cancer	30	74	28	87	- 14
Skin Cancers	31	58	30	79	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	54	53	8	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	51	45	22	+ 30
Road Traffic Accidents	34	45	35	59	- 14
Epilepsy	35	44	37	45	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	36	33	43	25	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	37	32	34	60	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	31	36	55	- 24
Cervical Cancer	39	30	32	68	- 37
Drug Use	40	27	31	75	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	41	22	48	16	+ 6
Skin Disease	42	22	41	29	- 7
Anemia	43	14	51	9	+ 5
Asthma	44	13	44	24	- 11
Low Birth Weight	45	11	55	7	+ 4
Violence	46	11	42	28	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	8	46	17	- 10
Hepatitis C	48	7	58	4	+ 3
Drownings	49	7	40	30	- 23
Malnutrition	50	6	79	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	51	6	56	6	- 1
Osteoarthritis	52	5	50	10	- 5
Fires	53	5	38	41	- 36
HIV/AIDS	54	5	39	40	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	4	49	12	- 8
Tuberculosis	56	4	47	16	- 12
Birth Trauma	57	3	57	5	- 2
Poisonings	58	3	52	8	- 5
Hepatitis B	59	3	65	0	+ 3
Meningitis	60	2	54	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	61	2	66	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	59	2	- 0
Oral conditions	63	1	60	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	67	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	62	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.