TRINIDAD/TOB. VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,463	1	1,476	+ 987
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	857	9	215	+ 642
Stroke	3	834	3	822	+ 12
Lung Cancers	4	780	8	217	+ 563
Lung Disease	5	717	16	129	+ 588
Hypertension	6	449	11	201	+ 248
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	436	13	196	+ 240
Kidney Disease	8	381	5	439	- 58
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	347	10	205	+ 142
Breast Cancer	10	316	7	258	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	11	301	19	114	+ 187
Prostate Cancer	12	276	6	330	- 54
Diabetes Mellitus	13	261	2	1,275	- 1,015
Falls	14	257	33	43	+ 214
Liver Disease	15	254	14	136	+ 119
Parkinson's Disease	16	211	32	51	+ 160
Lymphomas	17	205	20	111	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	18	179	18	119	+ 59
Suicide	19	172	17	121	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	20	162	26	69	+ 93
Inflammatory/Heart	21	149	25	72	+ 77
Leukemia	22	146	29	62	+ 84
Other Injuries	23	138	30	61	+ 77
Other Neoplasms	24	137	51	10	+ 127
Liver Cancer	25	135	28	66	+ 69
Alcohol	26	105	42	23	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	27	104	41	24	+ 80
Bladder Cancer	28	104	34	41	+ 63
Oral Cancer	29	101	38	31	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	30	87	24	80	+ 7
Skin Cancers	31	68	57	4	+ 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	64	45	18	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	61	49	11	+ 49
Road Traffic Accidents	34	53	15	130	- 77
Epilepsy	35	52	37	32	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	36	38	22	93	- 55
Uterin Cancer	37	37	27	68	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	36	31	52	- 16
Cervical Cancer	39	36	21	97	- 61
Drug Use	40	32	44	19	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	41	26	58	2	+ 24
Skin Disease	42	26	36	39	- 13
Anemia	43	17	85	0	+ 17
Asthma	44	15	35	40	- 25
Low Birth Weight	45	13	23	83	- 70
Violence	46	13	4	549	- 536
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	9	53	8	+ 1
Hepatitis C	48	8	62	0	+ 8
Drownings	49	8	39	31	- 23
Malnutrition	50	8	47	17	- 9
Schizophrenia	51	7	86	0	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	52	6	81	0	+ 6
Fires	53	6	48	16	- 10
HIV/AIDS	54	6	12	196	- 190
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	5	82	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	56	5	43	22	- 17
Birth Trauma	57	4	40	25	- 21
Poisonings	58	4	59	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	3	60	0	+ 3
Meningitis	60	3	52	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	56	4	- 2
Oral conditions	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	50	10	- 10
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
War	66	0	46	17	- 17
Encephalitis	67	0	54	6	- 6
Syphilis	68	0	61	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	5	- 5
Leprosy	84	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	63	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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Trinidad/Tob.

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.