SWITZERLAND VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,558	1	10,713	- 1,155
Lung Disease	2	5,532	5	2,902	+ 2,630
Stroke	3	4,383	3	3,918	+ 465
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	4,215	35	186	+ 4,029
Tuberculosis	5	2,741	56	21	+ 2,720
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,468	8	1,949	+ 518
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,707	17	1,022	+ 685
Liver Disease	8	1,689	21	677	+ 1,012
Low Birth Weight	9	1,501	43	105	+ 1,396
Falls	10	1,420	9	1,919	- 500
Kidney Disease	11	1,402	13	1,261	+ 141
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,337	34	193	+ 1,144
Asthma	13	1,233	46	95	+ 1,138
Suicide	14	1,090	14	1,249	- 159
Other Injuries	15	940	30	410	+ 531
Oral Cancer	16	844	26	500	+ 343
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	796	2	7,192	- 6,396
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	793	48	78	+ 715
Hypertension	19	679	6	2,471	- 1,792
Birth Trauma	20	647	52	32	+ 615
Lung Cancers	21	555	4	3,520	- 2,964
Breast Cancer	22	521	11	1,577	- 1,056
Congenital Anomalies	23	520	31	305	+ 215
Stomach Cancer	24	510	24	614	- 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	486	7	1,995	- 1,508
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	428	41	122	+ 306
Violence	27	326	51	42	+ 283
Drownings	28	307	50	49	+ 257
Encephalitis	29	302	68	1	+ 302
Cervical Cancer	30	285	42	105	+ 180
HIV/AIDS	31	279	54	29	+ 250
Parkinson's Disease	32	273	18	857	- 584
Lymphomas	33	253	15	1,131	- 879
Oesophagus Cancer	34	245	28	491	- 246
Leukemia	35	210	22	671	- 461
Meningitis	36	210	57	20	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	37	206	12	1,486	- 1,280
Prostate Cancer	38	195	10	1,579	- 1,385
Liver Cancer	39	191	19	805	- 614
Epilepsy	40	191	39	159	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	41	163	64	4	+ 159
Fires	42	146	55	21	+ 125
Alcohol	43	145	32	229	- 84
Ovary Cancer	44	138	29	457	- 319
Skin Disease	45	112	40	129	- 17
Dengue	46	110	81	0	+ 110
Endocrine Disorders	47	96	25	593	- 497
Bladder Cancer	48	89	23	669	- 581
Inflammatory/Heart	49	80	16	1,027	- 947
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	75	49	68	+ 7
Measles	51	75	75	0	+ 75
Drug Use	52	74	36	176	- 102
Appendicitis	53	71	59	15	+ 56
Pertussis	54	63	73	0	+ 63
Malnutrition	55	54	47	84	- 30
Hepatitis B	56	51	63	5	+ 47
Malaria	57	48	77	0	+ 48
Tetanus	58	45	70	0	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	59	43	33	224	- 181
Skin Cancers	60	32	27	493	- 461
Poisonings	61	22	60	13	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	62	19	20	681	- 663
Multiple Sclerosis	63	15	38	160	- 145
Syphilis	64	13	65	2	+ 11
Hepatitis C	65	9	58	15	- 6
Leishmaniasis	66	6	71	0	+ 6
War	67	6	67	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	68	4	61	11	- 7
Chlamydia	69	2	79	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	102	- 102
Depression	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Oral conditions	84	0	62	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

India

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.