AUSTRALIA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,055	1	21,548	+ 32,506
Stroke	2	36,022	3	10,331	+ 25,691
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	21,193	8	4,446	+ 16,747
Lung Cancers	4	18,822	4	8,769	+ 10,053
Lung Disease	5	14,141	5	8,487	+ 5,653
Kidney Disease	6	12,176	12	3,139	+ 9,037
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	10,081	2	15,588	- 5,508
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	8,351	6	6,209	+ 2,142
Hypertension	9	7,478	23	1,631	+ 5,846
Parkinson's Disease	10	6,770	19	2,036	+ 4,734
Breast Cancer	11	6,449	10	3,405	+ 3,044
Prostate Cancer	12	5,177	9	3,766	+ 1,411
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,873	13	3,118	+ 1,755
Liver Cancer	14	4,006	20	2,036	+ 1,970
Bladder Cancer	15	3,968	30	1,187	+ 2,781
Stomach Cancer	16	3,929	27	1,288	+ 2,641
Other Injuries	17	3,719	22	1,642	+ 2,076
Leukemia	18	3,465	18	2,126	+ 1,338
Lymphomas	19	3,246	15	3,039	+ 207
Diabetes Mellitus	20	3,238	7	4,471	- 1,233
Falls	21	3,186	14	3,116	+ 70
Road Traffic Accidents	22	2,227	29	1,245	+ 982
Liver Disease	23	2,071	26	1,421	+ 649
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,855	24	1,571	+ 284
Other Neoplasms	25	1,736	28	1,252	+ 484
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,563	42	276	+ 1,287
Ovary Cancer	27	1,426	31	1,003	+ 423
Suicide	28	1,363	11	3,150	- 1,787
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,346	16	2,328	- 983
Oral Cancer	30	1,126	32	972	+ 154
Skin Cancers	31	1,121	17	2,319	- 1,197
Drownings	32	1,114	47	177	+ 937
Uterin Cancer	33	953	35	524	+ 429
Epilepsy	34	637	41	285	+ 353
Oesophagus Cancer	35	628	25	1,494	- 865
Cervical Cancer	36	623	39	342	+ 281
Drug Use	37	494	21	1,783	- 1,288
Congenital Anomalies	38	446	33	711	- 265
Fires	39	375	55	55	+ 320
Multiple Sclerosis	40	346	46	188	+ 158
Low Birth Weight	41	325	43	248	+ 77
Violence	42	266	44	243	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	256	38	379	- 123
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	243	40	296	- 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	171	45	229	- 58
Tuberculosis	46	170	56	53	+ 118
Skin Disease	47	144	34	594	- 450
Hepatitis B	48	143	58	41	+ 102
Alcohol	49	129	37	380	- 251
HIV/AIDS	50	121	57	50	+ 71
Anemia	51	120	49	157	- 37
Hepatitis C	52	98	48	173	- 75
Meningitis	53	85	60	37	+ 48
Schizophrenia	54	70	54	64	+ 6
Asthma	55	70	36	455	- 385
Poisonings	56	50	61	35	+ 15
Birth Trauma	57	43	50	140	- 97
Appendicitis	58	24	62	26	- 2
Upper Respiratory	59	20	64	17	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	60	9	81	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	61	6	63	20	- 15
Tetanus	62	4	70	1	+ 3
Oral conditions	63	4	59	40	- 36
War	64	3	65	8	- 5
Syphilis	65	3	67	3	- 0
Malnutrition	66	2	51	117	- 115
Encephalitis	67	2	68	3	- 1
Measles	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	69	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	66	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	114	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	71	- 71
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Greece

Australia

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.