ICELAND VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	347	1	403	- 56
Stroke	2	204	3	141	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	151	55	1	+ 150
Low Birth Weight	4	135	43	3	+ 132
Lung Disease	5	125	5	129	- 3
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	120	6	82	+ 38
Diabetes Mellitus	7	92	16	30	+ 62
Birth Trauma	8	86	46	2	+ 83
Kidney Disease	9	82	15	33	+ 49
Liver Disease	10	79	31	9	+ 70
Tuberculosis	11	61	82	0	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	12	41	35	7	+ 34
Other Injuries	13	39	11	50	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	14	38	34	7	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	38	54	1	+ 36
Hypertension	16	33	17	24	+ 9
Asthma	17	30	48	2	+ 28
Suicide	18	28	13	40	- 12
Meningitis	19	26	50	1	+ 25
Breast Cancer	20	26	9	53	- 27
Oral Cancer	21	25	33	9	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	22	2	295	- 274
Violence	23	19	39	4	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	24	18	60	0	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	25	17	27	16	+ 1
Lung Cancers	26	14	4	134	- 120
Malnutrition	27	13	57	1	+ 12
Falls	28	12	18	24	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	29	11	19	23	- 11
Tetanus	30	11	68	0	+ 11
Lymphomas	31	10	14	37	- 27
HIV/AIDS	32	10	59	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	33	10	78	0	+ 10
Pertussis	34	9	62	0	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	35	9	10	53	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	8	41	3	+ 5
Drownings	37	8	56	1	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	8	7	73	- 66
Leukemia	39	8	22	19	- 11
Epilepsy	40	7	37	5	+ 2
Liver Cancer	41	6	20	22	- 16
Fires	42	6	58	1	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	43	6	23	18	- 12
Cervical Cancer	44	6	32	9	- 3
Prostate Cancer	45	5	8	61	- 56
Ovary Cancer	46	5	25	16	- 11
Poisonings	47	5	42	3	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	48	4	21	20	- 16
Measles	49	4	67	0	+ 4
Alcohol	50	4	28	14	- 11
Appendicitis	51	4	86	0	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	52	3	26	16	- 12
Hepatitis B	53	3	63	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	54	2	29	13	- 11
Dengue	55	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	38	4	- 2
Syphilis	57	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	58	2	52	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	59	2	36	7	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	12	43	- 42
Drug Use	61	1	24	17	- 16
War	62	1	61	0	+ 1
Malaria	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	1	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	44	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Skin Disease	67	0	45	3	- 2
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	65	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	49	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Pakistan

Iceland

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.