DENMARK VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,808	6	2,244	+ 565
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,523	1	5,341	- 2,818
Stroke	3	1,415	5	3,662	- 2,248
Kidney Disease	4	1,325	12	911	+ 415
Liver Disease	5	1,168	14	692	+ 476
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,065	2	5,218	- 4,153
Stomach Cancer	7	929	23	484	+ 445
Diabetes Mellitus	8	813	10	1,284	- 471
Road Traffic Accidents	9	809	33	213	+ 595
Lung Cancers	10	581	4	3,721	- 3,141
Prostate Cancer	11	580	8	1,480	- 900
Violence	12	552	47	63	+ 489
Other Injuries	13	527	30	347	+ 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	484	7	2,147	- 1,663
Lung Disease	15	461	3	4,387	- 3,925
Liver Cancer	16	454	25	464	- 11
Tuberculosis	17	436	57	16	+ 420
Lymphomas	18	413	13	730	- 317
Congenital Anomalies	19	366	36	153	+ 213
Breast Cancer	20	361	9	1,299	- 938
Cervical Cancer	21	352	37	153	+ 200
Leukemia	22	339	20	558	- 219
Pancreas Cancer	23	294	11	1,096	- 802
Low Birth Weight	24	270	41	116	+ 154
Falls	25	235	22	541	- 305
Parkinson's Disease	26	233	17	600	- 367
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	203	38	145	+ 58
Hypertension	28	194	15	642	- 448
Malnutrition	29	184	59	14	+ 170
Suicide	30	165	16	617	- 452
HIV/AIDS	31	155	55	23	+ 133
Skin Cancers	32	144	26	388	- 245
Ovary Cancer	33	131	29	367	- 236
Drug Use	34	116	34	197	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	112	32	216	- 105
Drownings	36	107	50	37	+ 70
Birth Trauma	37	98	56	21	+ 77
Oral Cancer	38	95	28	371	- 276
Inflammatory/Heart	39	90	31	284	- 194
Endocrine Disorders	40	87	19	575	- 488
Bladder Cancer	41	85	21	545	- 461
Oesophagus Cancer	42	72	24	477	- 404
Maternal Conditions	43	63	64	2	+ 61
Alcohol	44	59	18	598	- 540
Uterin Cancer	45	56	35	156	- 100
Encephalitis	46	51	67	1	+ 51
Epilepsy	47	48	40	125	- 77
Pertussis	48	48	72	0	+ 48
Fires	49	44	49	53	- 9
Asthma	50	38	44	82	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	36	42	96	- 60
Syphilis	52	33	70	0	+ 33
Appendicitis	53	31	54	23	+ 8
Skin Disease	54	29	45	79	- 50
Poisonings	55	23	62	6	+ 17
Meningitis	56	22	52	25	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	20	43	84	- 65
Other Neoplasms	58	10	27	378	- 368
Chagas disease	59	9	77	0	+ 9
Tetanus	60	9	68	0	+ 8
Malaria	61	6	79	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	39	132	- 126
Upper Respiratory	63	2	58	15	- 13
Hepatitis B	64	2	61	6	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	1	60	9	- 8
Dengue	66	1	83	0	+ 1
War	67	1	66	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	46	73	- 73
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	57	- 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.