ESTONIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	561	6	349	+ 212
Coronary Heart Disease	2	504	1	3,009	- 2,505
Stroke	3	283	3	1,116	- 833
Kidney Disease	4	265	17	176	+ 88
Liver Disease	5	233	7	328	- 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	213	12	229	- 17
Stomach Cancer	7	186	9	290	- 104
Diabetes Mellitus	8	162	19	146	+ 16
Road Traffic Accidents	9	162	35	59	+ 102
Lung Cancers	10	116	4	657	- 541
Prostate Cancer	11	116	8	298	- 182
Violence	12	110	42	28	+ 82
Other Injuries	13	105	20	141	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	97	5	527	- 430
Lung Disease	15	92	13	229	- 137
Liver Cancer	16	91	26	107	- 17
Tuberculosis	17	87	47	16	+ 71
Lymphomas	18	83	15	213	- 130
Congenital Anomalies	19	73	43	25	+ 48
Breast Cancer	20	72	11	260	- 188
Cervical Cancer	21	70	32	68	+ 3
Leukemia	22	68	22	126	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	23	59	10	268	- 210
Low Birth Weight	24	54	55	7	+ 47
Falls	25	47	24	119	- 72
Parkinson's Disease	26	46	29	82	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	41	53	8	+ 32
Hypertension	28	39	2	2,700	- 2,661
Malnutrition	29	37	79	0	+ 37
Suicide	30	33	16	197	- 164
HIV/AIDS	31	31	39	40	- 9
Skin Cancers	32	29	30	79	- 50
Ovary Cancer	33	26	28	87	- 61
Drug Use	34	23	31	75	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	22	36	55	- 33
Drownings	36	21	40	30	- 9
Birth Trauma	37	20	57	5	+ 15
Oral Cancer	38	19	25	110	- 91
Inflammatory/Heart	39	18	14	217	- 199
Endocrine Disorders	40	17	33	66	- 49
Bladder Cancer	41	17	21	126	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	42	14	27	99	- 84
Maternal Conditions	43	13	61	1	+ 11
Alcohol	44	12	18	148	- 137
Uterin Cancer	45	11	34	60	- 49
Encephalitis	46	10	63	0	+ 10
Epilepsy	47	10	37	45	- 35
Pertussis	48	10	83	0	+ 10
Fires	49	9	38	41	- 32
Asthma	50	8	44	24	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	7	45	22	- 14
Syphilis	52	7	62	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	53	6	59	2	+ 4
Skin Disease	54	6	41	29	- 23
Poisonings	55	5	52	8	- 4
Meningitis	56	4	54	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	46	17	- 13
Other Neoplasms	58	2	23	123	- 121
Chagas disease	59	2	71	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Malaria	61	1	73	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	48	16	- 15
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	58	4	- 4
Dengue	66	0	75	0	+ 0
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
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.