AUSTRIA VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,931	1	17,638	- 5,707
Stroke	2	8,868	2	5,208	+ 3,659
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,854	13	1,563	+ 6,291
Lung Cancers	4	5,801	3	4,217	+ 1,584
Lung Disease	5	5,690	5	4,107	+ 1,583
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,174	7	2,324	+ 1,850
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	4,145	4	4,174	- 30
Stomach Cancer	8	3,671	24	817	+ 2,854
Kidney Disease	9	3,260	8	2,247	+ 1,012
Pancreas Cancer	10	2,695	10	1,901	+ 794
Liver Cancer	11	2,139	22	922	+ 1,217
Other Injuries	12	1,606	12	1,700	- 94
Suicide	13	1,417	17	1,307	+ 110
Lymphomas	14	1,403	18	1,167	+ 236
Breast Cancer	15	1,150	11	1,857	- 706
Other Neoplasms	16	1,101	25	814	+ 286
Liver Disease	17	1,033	16	1,366	- 333
Parkinson's Disease	18	1,020	19	1,102	- 83
Prostate Cancer	19	984	15	1,501	- 517
Oesophagus Cancer	20	896	32	406	+ 490
Endocrine Disorders	21	836	20	1,077	- 241
Bladder Cancer	22	723	26	617	+ 106
Falls	23	709	21	982	- 273
Leukemia	24	699	23	878	- 179
Drownings	25	612	48	42	+ 570
Oral Cancer	26	607	27	614	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	27	599	14	1,515	- 916
Hypertension	28	486	6	3,601	- 3,115
Diabetes Mellitus	29	395	9	2,093	- 1,698
Ovary Cancer	30	368	30	513	- 145
Road Traffic Accidents	31	332	31	436	- 103
Cervical Cancer	32	277	37	205	+ 71
Uterin Cancer	33	252	35	275	- 23
Tuberculosis	34	252	50	41	+ 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	213	42	142	+ 71
Skin Disease	36	204	43	99	+ 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	199	40	152	+ 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	191	53	35	+ 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	186	33	379	- 193
Congenital Anomalies	40	180	34	327	- 147
Hepatitis C	41	162	41	147	+ 14
Asthma	42	140	45	81	+ 59
Malnutrition	43	139	46	71	+ 68
Skin Cancers	44	134	28	585	- 450
Epilepsy	45	113	36	222	- 109
Hepatitis B	46	104	62	8	+ 95
Schizophrenia	47	77	63	4	+ 72
Fires	48	73	52	36	+ 38
Anemia	49	64	44	99	- 35
Drug Use	50	53	39	161	- 108
Alcohol	51	42	29	538	- 496
Meningitis	52	22	58	22	+ 1
Violence	53	19	47	47	- 27
Poisonings	54	19	60	15	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	55	15	51	40	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	56	22	- 10
Upper Respiratory	57	12	55	26	- 14
Appendicitis	58	9	59	15	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	59	8	38	170	- 162
Oral conditions	60	8	61	8	- 1
Birth Trauma	61	8	54	34	- 26
Osteoarthritis	62	6	57	22	- 16
HIV/AIDS	63	3	49	41	- 37
Maternal Conditions	64	3	64	4	- 1
Syphilis	65	1	66	1	+ 0
War	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Tetanus	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	65	1	- 1
Encephalitis	69	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

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Austria

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.