SWITZERLAND VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,497	1	10,713	- 3,216
Violence	2	6,063	51	42	+ 6,021
Stroke	3	5,270	3	3,918	+ 1,352
Kidney Disease	4	2,842	13	1,261	+ 1,580
Lung Disease	5	2,786	5	2,902	- 116
Liver Disease	6	2,530	21	677	+ 1,853
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,462	34	193	+ 1,269
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,313	2	7,192	- 5,879
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,242	8	1,949	- 708
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,000	17	1,022	- 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	858	35	186	+ 672
Other Injuries	12	786	30	410	+ 376
Hypertension	13	779	6	2,471	- 1,692
HIV/AIDS	14	738	54	29	+ 709
Congenital Anomalies	15	737	31	305	+ 432
Low Birth Weight	16	702	43	105	+ 597
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	611	41	122	+ 488
Stomach Cancer	18	598	24	614	- 16
Cervical Cancer	19	458	42	105	+ 353
Breast Cancer	20	444	11	1,577	- 1,132
Leukemia	21	442	22	671	- 230
Tuberculosis	22	421	56	21	+ 400
Parkinson's Disease	23	399	18	857	- 458
Lymphomas	24	363	15	1,131	- 768
Prostate Cancer	25	352	10	1,579	- 1,228
Liver Cancer	26	349	19	805	- 456
Lung Cancers	27	343	4	3,520	- 3,176
Inflammatory/Heart	28	341	16	1,027	- 686
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	329	7	1,995	- 1,666
Asthma	30	322	46	95	+ 227
Endocrine Disorders	31	311	25	593	- 282
Pancreas Cancer	32	302	12	1,486	- 1,183
Birth Trauma	33	288	52	32	+ 257
Alcohol	34	287	32	229	+ 58
Falls	35	269	9	1,919	- 1,650
Epilepsy	36	187	39	159	+ 29
Suicide	37	187	14	1,249	- 1,062
Drownings	38	170	50	49	+ 121
Malnutrition	39	169	47	84	+ 85
Skin Disease	40	156	40	129	+ 26
Appendicitis	41	130	59	15	+ 115
Drug Use	42	120	36	176	- 56
Dengue	43	112	81	0	+ 112
Oral Cancer	44	92	26	500	- 409
Ovary Cancer	45	91	29	457	- 367
Meningitis	46	85	57	20	+ 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	85	49	68	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	48	84	64	4	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	49	76	23	669	- 593
Oesophagus Cancer	50	75	28	491	- 415
Encephalitis	51	73	68	1	+ 72
Skin Cancers	52	63	27	493	- 430
Pertussis	53	54	73	0	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	43	48	78	- 34
Poisonings	55	42	60	13	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	56	38	20	681	- 643
Fires	57	37	55	21	+ 16
Chagas disease	58	25	76	0	+ 25
Tetanus	59	24	70	0	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	60	21	33	224	- 202
Syphilis	61	17	65	2	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	38	160	- 150
Upper Respiratory	63	8	61	11	- 2
Hepatitis B	64	5	63	5	+ 0
War	65	4	67	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	3	58	15	- 12
Ascariasis	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	53	32	- 32
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	102	- 102
Schizophrenia	86	0	45	96	- 96
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Honduras

Switzerland

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.