NEPAL VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,407	2	19,677	+ 34,731
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	18,931	19	2,022	+ 16,909
Stroke	3	18,423	4	12,909	+ 5,514
Lung Cancers	4	17,226	12	3,586	+ 13,640
Lung Disease	5	15,834	1	27,027	- 11,193
Hypertension	6	9,914	18	2,092	+ 7,822
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	9,629	26	1,167	+ 8,462
Kidney Disease	8	8,425	10	4,284	+ 4,141
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	7,663	6	6,237	+ 1,426
Breast Cancer	10	6,971	27	1,038	+ 5,933
Pancreas Cancer	11	6,649	41	445	+ 6,204
Prostate Cancer	12	6,100	58	85	+ 6,014
Diabetes Mellitus	13	5,757	14	2,929	+ 2,828
Falls	14	5,670	13	3,321	+ 2,349
Liver Disease	15	5,621	5	6,383	- 762
Parkinson's Disease	16	4,659	33	760	+ 3,900
Lymphomas	17	4,532	32	768	+ 3,764
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,950	45	257	+ 3,693
Suicide	19	3,805	16	2,571	+ 1,234
Stomach Cancer	20	3,573	25	1,379	+ 2,194
Inflammatory/Heart	21	3,290	48	217	+ 3,072
Leukemia	22	3,232	36	668	+ 2,565
Other Injuries	23	3,052	22	1,655	+ 1,397
Other Neoplasms	24	3,019	61	50	+ 2,970
Liver Cancer	25	2,981	46	256	+ 2,725
Alcohol	26	2,315	52	168	+ 2,148
Oesophagus Cancer	27	2,298	38	491	+ 1,807
Bladder Cancer	28	2,291	44	325	+ 1,967
Oral Cancer	29	2,228	24	1,389	+ 840
Ovary Cancer	30	1,921	37	585	+ 1,337
Skin Cancers	31	1,500	42	400	+ 1,101
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	1,417	7	6,071	- 4,654
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,338	17	2,320	- 982
Road Traffic Accidents	34	1,169	9	4,654	- 3,485
Epilepsy	35	1,144	30	874	+ 270
Congenital Anomalies	36	848	21	1,949	- 1,101
Uterin Cancer	37	825	60	56	+ 769
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	801	49	191	+ 610
Cervical Cancer	39	789	20	1,969	- 1,181
Drug Use	40	714	57	93	+ 621
Multiple Sclerosis	41	581	63	38	+ 543
Skin Disease	42	571	67	17	+ 554
Anemia	43	368	86	0	+ 368
Asthma	44	342	8	5,930	- 5,588
Low Birth Weight	45	285	11	3,822	- 3,537
Violence	46	284	35	704	- 419
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	201	51	173	+ 28
Hepatitis C	48	188	64	29	+ 159
Drownings	49	170	23	1,505	- 1,335
Malnutrition	50	167	31	845	- 678
Schizophrenia	51	145	84	0	+ 145
Osteoarthritis	52	135	81	0	+ 135
Fires	53	133	50	184	- 51
HIV/AIDS	54	128	34	737	- 609
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	108	80	0	+ 108
Tuberculosis	56	104	3	16,535	- 16,431
Birth Trauma	57	88	15	2,676	- 2,587
Poisonings	58	80	39	474	- 394
Hepatitis B	59	67	56	117	- 49
Meningitis	60	62	43	377	- 315
Upper Respiratory	61	51	66	24	+ 28
Appendicitis	62	48	47	220	- 173
Oral conditions	63	23	82	0	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	64	14	28	977	- 963
Otitis Media	65	6	70	4	+ 2
War	66	4	65	24	- 20
Encephalitis	67	3	29	882	- 879
Syphilis	68	2	54	134	- 132
Pertussis	69	1	40	453	- 452
Measles	70	1	59	60	- 59
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	62	39	- 39
Schistosomiasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	53	134	- 134
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	120	- 120
Leprosy	84	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	68	5	- 5
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

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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.