SWITZERLAND VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,851	1	10,713	- 6,862
Stroke	2	2,306	3	3,918	- 1,611
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,362	34	193	+ 1,169
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,335	17	1,022	+ 313
Hypertension	5	1,215	6	2,471	- 1,257
Kidney Disease	6	1,185	13	1,261	- 76
Lung Cancers	7	839	4	3,520	- 2,680
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	743	8	1,949	- 1,206
Congenital Anomalies	9	741	31	305	+ 436
Low Birth Weight	10	680	43	105	+ 575
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	560	2	7,192	- 6,632
Breast Cancer	12	544	11	1,577	- 1,033
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	489	7	1,995	- 1,506
Liver Disease	14	391	21	677	- 286
Lung Disease	15	352	5	2,902	- 2,550
Leukemia	16	293	22	671	- 378
Stomach Cancer	17	290	24	614	- 324
Lymphomas	18	256	15	1,131	- 875
Other Injuries	19	233	30	410	- 177
Birth Trauma	20	215	52	32	+ 183
Violence	21	213	51	42	+ 171
Pancreas Cancer	22	195	12	1,486	- 1,291
Bladder Cancer	23	169	23	669	- 501
Falls	24	151	9	1,919	- 1,768
Liver Cancer	25	147	19	805	- 658
Endocrine Disorders	26	143	25	593	- 450
Parkinson's Disease	27	134	18	857	- 723
Suicide	28	131	14	1,249	- 1,118
Fires	29	121	55	21	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	121	35	186	- 65
Oral Cancer	31	113	26	500	- 387
Ovary Cancer	32	110	29	457	- 347
Prostate Cancer	33	104	10	1,579	- 1,475
Drug Use	34	91	36	176	- 85
Asthma	35	91	46	95	- 4
Drownings	36	85	50	49	+ 36
Meningitis	37	62	57	20	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	38	59	16	1,027	- 968
Uterin Cancer	39	59	33	224	- 165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	53	41	122	- 69
Cervical Cancer	41	50	42	105	- 55
Oesophagus Cancer	42	50	28	491	- 441
Pertussis	43	43	73	0	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	44	42	64	4	+ 37
Syphilis	45	41	65	2	+ 40
Epilepsy	46	39	39	159	- 120
Poisonings	47	37	60	13	+ 24
Skin Disease	48	34	40	129	- 96
Skin Cancers	49	30	27	493	- 463
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	18	48	78	- 60
Malnutrition	51	12	47	84	- 72
Encephalitis	52	11	68	1	+ 10
Tuberculosis	53	10	56	21	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	54	9	38	160	- 151
Alcohol	55	8	32	229	- 221
Tetanus	56	8	70	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	57	7	20	681	- 674
Appendicitis	58	6	59	15	- 8
War	59	5	67	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	3	63	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	49	68	- 65
Schistosomiasis	62	2	72	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	63	2	54	29	- 27
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	15	- 14
Measles	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	61	11	- 11
Chlamydia	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	45	96	- 96
Anemia	82	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Jordan

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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.