ISRAEL VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,509	1	5,122	+ 7,387
Stroke	2	9,297	4	2,431	+ 6,866
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,235	8	1,519	+ 6,716
Lung Cancers	4	6,082	5	2,026	+ 4,056
Lung Disease	5	5,966	7	1,546	+ 4,420
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,376	9	1,510	+ 2,866
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	4,345	2	2,996	+ 1,350
Stomach Cancer	8	3,849	16	565	+ 3,284
Kidney Disease	9	3,417	3	2,437	+ 981
Pancreas Cancer	10	2,826	11	1,023	+ 1,803
Liver Cancer	11	2,243	25	345	+ 1,898
Other Injuries	12	1,684	14	828	+ 856
Suicide	13	1,486	19	453	+ 1,032
Lymphomas	14	1,471	13	925	+ 546
Breast Cancer	15	1,206	10	1,237	- 31
Other Neoplasms	16	1,154	20	420	+ 734
Liver Disease	17	1,083	28	292	+ 791
Parkinson's Disease	18	1,069	22	398	+ 671
Prostate Cancer	19	1,031	17	521	+ 510
Oesophagus Cancer	20	940	37	138	+ 802
Endocrine Disorders	21	877	12	1,002	- 126
Bladder Cancer	22	758	18	496	+ 262
Falls	23	743	39	123	+ 620
Leukemia	24	733	15	612	+ 122
Drownings	25	642	45	39	+ 603
Oral Cancer	26	636	33	150	+ 486
Inflammatory/Heart	27	628	30	214	+ 414
Hypertension	28	509	21	400	+ 109
Diabetes Mellitus	29	415	6	1,913	- 1,498
Ovary Cancer	30	386	27	323	+ 64
Road Traffic Accidents	31	348	26	333	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	32	290	38	133	+ 157
Uterin Cancer	33	264	31	202	+ 62
Tuberculosis	34	264	57	16	+ 248
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	223	51	33	+ 190
Skin Disease	36	214	24	368	- 154
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	208	32	166	+ 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	200	54	23	+ 177
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	195	35	144	+ 51
Congenital Anomalies	40	189	29	291	- 102
Hepatitis C	41	169	46	39	+ 131
Asthma	42	147	36	142	+ 5
Malnutrition	43	146	48	39	+ 107
Skin Cancers	44	141	23	379	- 238
Epilepsy	45	119	40	109	+ 10
Hepatitis B	46	109	58	16	+ 93
Schizophrenia	47	80	44	66	+ 14
Fires	48	77	53	24	+ 53
Anemia	49	67	34	149	- 82
Drug Use	50	56	43	67	- 12
Alcohol	51	44	49	39	+ 5
Meningitis	52	23	55	20	+ 3
Violence	53	20	41	104	- 84
Poisonings	54	19	63	4	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	55	15	42	94	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	56	17	- 4
Upper Respiratory	57	12	62	5	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	10	64	4	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	59	8	47	39	- 31
Oral conditions	60	8	65	4	+ 4
Birth Trauma	61	8	50	35	- 27
Osteoarthritis	62	7	59	8	- 1
HIV/AIDS	63	4	52	25	- 22
Maternal Conditions	64	3	61	6	- 3
Syphilis	65	1	71	0	+ 1
War	66	1	60	7	- 6
Tetanus	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	1	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	66	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	84	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 ISRAEL

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Israel

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.