NO MACEDONIA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,313	2	4,420	- 107
Stroke	2	2,874	1	5,521	- 2,647
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,691	19	157	+ 1,534
Lung Cancers	4	1,502	5	1,055	+ 447
Lung Disease	5	1,128	6	807	+ 322
Kidney Disease	6	971	9	516	+ 456
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	804	30	71	+ 733
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	666	8	560	+ 106
Hypertension	9	597	7	627	- 31
Parkinson's Disease	10	540	20	141	+ 400
Breast Cancer	11	515	11	386	+ 128
Prostate Cancer	12	413	14	259	+ 154
Pancreas Cancer	13	389	12	267	+ 122
Liver Cancer	14	320	13	260	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	15	317	18	163	+ 154
Stomach Cancer	16	313	10	455	- 142
Other Injuries	17	297	17	183	+ 114
Leukemia	18	276	22	114	+ 162
Lymphomas	19	259	25	96	+ 163
Diabetes Mellitus	20	258	4	1,104	- 845
Falls	21	254	27	78	+ 176
Road Traffic Accidents	22	178	24	107	+ 70
Liver Disease	23	165	15	218	- 52
Inflammatory/Heart	24	148	3	4,249	- 4,101
Other Neoplasms	25	139	40	19	+ 120
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	125	32	56	+ 69
Ovary Cancer	27	114	26	93	+ 20
Suicide	28	109	16	196	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	29	107	44	12	+ 95
Oral Cancer	30	90	29	72	+ 18
Skin Cancers	31	89	21	126	- 37
Drownings	32	89	41	18	+ 71
Uterin Cancer	33	76	23	108	- 32
Epilepsy	34	51	38	23	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	35	50	34	45	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	36	50	31	68	- 18
Drug Use	37	39	47	9	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	38	36	37	29	+ 7
Fires	39	30	46	11	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	40	28	39	21	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	41	26	28	73	- 47
Violence	42	21	36	31	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	20	43	13	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	19	56	1	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	14	60	0	+ 13
Tuberculosis	46	14	35	32	- 18
Skin Disease	47	11	57	1	+ 10
Hepatitis B	48	11	49	7	+ 4
Alcohol	49	10	42	14	- 3
HIV/AIDS	50	10	61	0	+ 9
Anemia	51	10	52	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	52	8	67	0	+ 8
Meningitis	53	7	51	4	+ 3
Schizophrenia	54	6	85	0	+ 6
Asthma	55	6	33	53	- 47
Poisonings	56	4	45	11	- 7
Birth Trauma	57	3	48	7	- 4
Appendicitis	58	2	55	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	60	1	64	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	0	54	2	- 1
Tetanus	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	63	0	83	0	+ 0
War	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	62	0	- 0
Malnutrition	66	0	58	1	- 0
Encephalitis	67	0	59	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	50	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

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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.