ICELAND VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	308	1	403	- 95
Violence	2	249	39	4	+ 245
Stroke	3	217	3	141	+ 76
Kidney Disease	4	117	15	33	+ 84
Lung Disease	5	114	5	129	- 14
Liver Disease	6	104	31	9	+ 95
Road Traffic Accidents	7	60	35	7	+ 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	54	2	295	- 241
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	51	6	82	- 31
Diabetes Mellitus	10	41	16	30	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	35	55	1	+ 34
Other Injuries	12	32	11	50	- 18
Hypertension	13	32	17	24	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	14	30	59	0	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	15	30	34	7	+ 23
Low Birth Weight	16	29	43	3	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	25	41	3	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	18	25	23	18	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	19	19	32	9	+ 10
Breast Cancer	20	18	9	53	- 35
Leukemia	21	18	22	19	- 1
Tuberculosis	22	17	82	0	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	23	16	10	53	- 37
Lymphomas	24	15	14	37	- 22
Prostate Cancer	25	14	8	61	- 46
Liver Cancer	26	14	20	22	- 8
Lung Cancers	27	14	4	134	- 120
Inflammatory/Heart	28	14	26	16	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	14	7	73	- 60
Asthma	30	13	48	2	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	31	13	27	16	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	32	12	12	43	- 31
Birth Trauma	33	12	46	2	+ 9
Alcohol	34	12	28	14	- 2
Falls	35	11	18	24	- 13
Epilepsy	36	8	37	5	+ 2
Suicide	37	8	13	40	- 33
Drownings	38	7	56	1	+ 6
Malnutrition	39	7	57	1	+ 6
Skin Disease	40	6	45	3	+ 4
Appendicitis	41	5	86	0	+ 5
Drug Use	42	5	24	17	- 12
Dengue	43	5	72	0	+ 5
Oral Cancer	44	4	33	9	- 5
Ovary Cancer	45	4	25	16	- 13
Meningitis	46	4	50	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	3	38	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	48	3	60	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	49	3	21	20	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	50	3	19	23	- 19
Encephalitis	51	3	78	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	52	3	29	13	- 10
Pertussis	53	2	62	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	2	54	1	+ 1
Poisonings	55	2	42	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	56	2	30	10	- 8
Fires	57	2	58	1	+ 1
Chagas disease	58	1	74	0	+ 1
Tetanus	59	1	68	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	1	36	7	- 6
Syphilis	61	1	80	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	44	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	0	51	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	63	0	+ 0
War	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	52	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	67	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	53	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Honduras

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.