COMOROS VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,198	4	349	+ 849
Stroke	2	890	3	356	+ 534
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	788	1	594	+ 194
Lung Cancers	4	582	60	1	+ 581
Lung Disease	5	571	17	83	+ 488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	419	39	19	+ 400
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	416	23	46	+ 370
Stomach Cancer	8	368	45	11	+ 357
Kidney Disease	9	327	14	101	+ 226
Pancreas Cancer	10	271	82	0	+ 271
Liver Cancer	11	215	28	29	+ 186
Other Injuries	12	161	16	90	+ 71
Suicide	13	142	24	46	+ 96
Lymphomas	14	141	37	19	+ 122
Breast Cancer	15	115	33	23	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	16	110	59	1	+ 109
Liver Disease	17	104	8	160	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	18	102	44	11	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	19	99	27	33	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	20	90	26	34	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	21	84	36	19	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	22	73	46	10	+ 62
Falls	23	71	32	26	+ 45
Leukemia	24	70	57	3	+ 67
Drownings	25	61	25	35	+ 27
Oral Cancer	26	61	41	15	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	27	60	31	26	+ 34
Hypertension	28	49	12	115	- 66
Diabetes Mellitus	29	40	9	136	- 97
Ovary Cancer	30	37	56	3	+ 34
Road Traffic Accidents	31	33	6	226	- 193
Cervical Cancer	32	28	13	104	- 77
Uterin Cancer	33	25	55	3	+ 22
Tuberculosis	34	25	19	79	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	21	34	21	+ 0
Skin Disease	36	21	48	9	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	20	2	363	- 343
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	19	58	2	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	19	47	10	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	40	18	10	131	- 113
Hepatitis C	41	16	61	1	+ 15
Asthma	42	14	21	49	- 35
Malnutrition	43	14	15	96	- 82
Skin Cancers	44	13	42	12	+ 1
Epilepsy	45	11	40	17	- 6
Hepatitis B	46	10	52	5	+ 5
Schizophrenia	47	8	83	0	+ 8
Fires	48	7	30	27	- 20
Anemia	49	6	81	0	+ 6
Drug Use	50	5	49	7	- 1
Alcohol	51	4	51	6	- 2
Meningitis	52	2	11	115	- 113
Violence	53	2	20	63	- 61
Poisonings	54	2	35	20	- 18
Low Birth Weight	55	1	5	328	- 327
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	1	85	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	1	53	4	- 3
Appendicitis	58	1	50	6	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	62	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	60	1	86	0	+ 1
Birth Trauma	61	1	7	211	- 210
Osteoarthritis	62	1	84	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	0	76	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	0	22	47	- 47
Syphilis	65	0	38	19	- 19
War	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	43	12	- 12
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	54	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	18	80	- 80
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	29	29	- 29
Chlamydia	80	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Japan

Comoros

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.