ICELAND VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	495	1	403	+ 91
Stroke	2	332	3	141	+ 191
Diabetes Mellitus	3	285	16	30	+ 255
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	172	6	82	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	5	154	8	61	+ 93
Kidney Disease	6	128	15	33	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	7	89	27	16	+ 73
Hypertension	8	86	17	24	+ 61
Breast Cancer	9	79	9	53	+ 26
Other Injuries	10	68	11	50	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	63	7	73	- 10
Skin Disease	12	57	45	3	+ 55
Lung Disease	13	50	5	129	- 79
Lung Cancers	14	48	4	134	- 86
Uterin Cancer	15	38	36	7	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	16	36	12	43	- 8
Birth Trauma	17	34	46	2	+ 32
Liver Disease	18	34	31	9	+ 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	33	2	295	- 263
Cervical Cancer	20	32	32	9	+ 23
Lymphomas	21	32	14	37	- 5
Road Traffic Accidents	22	28	35	7	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	23	26	23	18	+ 8
Violence	24	23	39	4	+ 19
Liver Cancer	25	22	20	22	- 0
Congenital Anomalies	26	21	34	7	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	27	21	43	3	+ 18
Oral Cancer	28	21	33	9	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	29	21	30	10	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	30	19	19	23	- 4
Alcohol	31	19	28	14	+ 4
Anemia	32	18	40	4	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	15	41	3	+ 12
Falls	34	15	18	24	- 9
Ovary Cancer	35	14	25	16	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	36	14	26	16	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	13	53	1	+ 12
Leukemia	38	13	22	19	- 6
Drownings	39	13	56	1	+ 12
Malnutrition	40	11	57	1	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	41	11	21	20	- 9
HIV/AIDS	42	11	59	0	+ 10
Asthma	43	9	48	2	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	44	9	10	53	- 44
Epilepsy	45	7	37	5	+ 1
Fires	46	6	58	1	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	6	54	1	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	5	55	1	+ 4
Drug Use	49	4	24	17	- 13
Osteoarthritis	50	3	47	2	+ 1
Tuberculosis	51	3	82	0	+ 3
Suicide	52	2	13	40	- 38
Appendicitis	53	2	86	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	54	2	29	13	- 11
Maternal Conditions	55	2	60	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	38	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	57	1	51	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	59	1	80	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	0	42	3	- 3
War	61	0	61	0	+ 0
Pertussis	62	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	81	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	50	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	52	1	- 1
Encephalitis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	64	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	44	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Grenada

Iceland

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.