ESTONIA VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,164	1	3,009	- 1,844
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	530	12	229	+ 300
Lung Cancers	3	462	4	657	- 195
Stroke	4	457	3	1,116	- 659
Lung Disease	5	431	13	229	+ 202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	233	5	527	- 294
Breast Cancer	7	201	11	260	- 58
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	198	6	349	- 151
Kidney Disease	9	162	17	176	- 15
Other Injuries	10	157	20	141	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	11	145	10	268	- 123
Liver Disease	12	133	7	328	- 195
Suicide	13	123	16	197	- 74
Lymphomas	14	115	15	213	- 98
Prostate Cancer	15	113	8	298	- 185
Parkinson's Disease	16	110	29	82	+ 28
Diabetes Mellitus	17	109	19	146	- 37
Falls	18	108	24	119	- 11
Hypertension	19	95	2	2,700	- 2,605
Leukemia	20	94	22	126	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	21	94	33	66	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	22	91	9	290	- 199
Inflammatory/Heart	23	87	14	217	- 130
Other Neoplasms	24	87	23	123	- 37
Liver Cancer	25	86	26	107	- 21
Bladder Cancer	26	78	21	126	- 48
Ovary Cancer	27	63	28	87	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	28	57	27	99	- 42
Alcohol	29	45	18	148	- 103
Road Traffic Accidents	30	45	35	59	- 15
Skin Cancers	31	38	30	79	- 40
Malnutrition	32	35	79	0	+ 35
Oral Cancer	33	34	25	110	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	34	45	22	+ 12
Epilepsy	35	30	37	45	- 15
Uterin Cancer	36	28	34	60	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	37	19	43	25	- 7
Cervical Cancer	38	17	32	68	- 51
Drug Use	39	17	31	75	- 58
Anemia	40	15	51	9	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	12	36	55	- 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	11	53	8	+ 3
Schizophrenia	43	10	56	6	+ 4
Skin Disease	44	10	41	29	- 19
Asthma	45	8	44	24	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	46	7	48	16	- 9
Hepatitis C	47	7	58	4	+ 3
Violence	48	6	42	28	- 23
Low Birth Weight	49	5	55	7	- 1
Osteoarthritis	50	5	50	10	- 5
Fires	51	4	38	41	- 36
HIV/AIDS	52	4	39	40	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	4	46	17	- 13
Drownings	54	3	40	30	- 26
Tuberculosis	55	3	47	16	- 13
Poisonings	56	3	52	8	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	2	49	12	- 10
Meningitis	58	1	54	7	- 6
Birth Trauma	59	1	57	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	60	1	65	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	59	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	61	1	- 1
Oral conditions	64	1	60	2	- 1
Encephalitis	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	62	1	- 1
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	84	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.