CROATIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,951	10	1,021	+ 930
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,753	1	12,307	- 10,554
Stroke	3	983	2	6,275	- 5,292
Kidney Disease	4	921	7	1,392	- 471
Liver Disease	5	812	13	924	- 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	740	9	1,066	- 327
Stomach Cancer	7	646	15	786	- 141
Diabetes Mellitus	8	565	6	1,963	- 1,398
Road Traffic Accidents	9	562	27	328	+ 234
Lung Cancers	10	403	3	2,842	- 2,439
Prostate Cancer	11	403	14	852	- 449
Violence	12	384	48	45	+ 339
Other Injuries	13	366	23	428	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	336	4	2,189	- 1,853
Lung Disease	15	321	5	2,111	- 1,790
Liver Cancer	16	315	19	501	- 186
Tuberculosis	17	303	44	61	+ 241
Lymphomas	18	287	18	556	- 269
Congenital Anomalies	19	254	37	94	+ 160
Breast Cancer	20	251	11	1,019	- 768
Cervical Cancer	21	245	34	156	+ 89
Leukemia	22	236	22	435	- 200
Pancreas Cancer	23	205	16	754	- 550
Low Birth Weight	24	188	56	10	+ 178
Falls	25	164	12	974	- 811
Parkinson's Disease	26	162	24	423	- 261
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	141	39	82	+ 59
Hypertension	28	135	8	1,102	- 967
Malnutrition	29	128	70	0	+ 128
Suicide	30	115	17	676	- 561
HIV/AIDS	31	108	59	8	+ 100
Skin Cancers	32	100	26	332	- 232
Ovary Cancer	33	91	28	308	- 218
Drug Use	34	81	43	70	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	77	31	207	- 129
Drownings	36	74	38	86	- 11
Birth Trauma	37	68	55	11	+ 57
Oral Cancer	38	66	25	338	- 272
Inflammatory/Heart	39	63	21	457	- 394
Endocrine Disorders	40	60	42	72	- 12
Bladder Cancer	41	59	20	499	- 440
Oesophagus Cancer	42	50	33	189	- 139
Maternal Conditions	43	44	61	2	+ 42
Alcohol	44	41	30	219	- 178
Uterin Cancer	45	39	32	199	- 161
Encephalitis	46	36	65	1	+ 35
Epilepsy	47	33	36	94	- 61
Pertussis	48	33	69	0	+ 33
Fires	49	30	50	34	- 4
Asthma	50	26	41	74	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	25	35	137	- 111
Syphilis	52	23	71	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	53	22	57	9	+ 13
Skin Disease	54	20	58	8	+ 12
Poisonings	55	16	54	16	+ 0
Meningitis	56	15	52	16	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	14	46	47	- 33
Other Neoplasms	58	7	29	283	- 276
Chagas disease	59	6	76	0	+ 6
Tetanus	60	6	68	0	+ 6
Malaria	61	4	77	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	45	55	- 50
Upper Respiratory	63	1	63	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	64	1	51	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	1	47	45	- 44
Dengue	66	0	80	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	16	- 16
Schizophrenia	83	0	40	79	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.