GEORGIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,304	9	886	+ 1,418
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,070	1	16,014	- 13,944
Stroke	3	1,161	2	11,969	- 10,808
Kidney Disease	4	1,088	10	826	+ 262
Liver Disease	5	958	4	1,871	- 913
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	874	5	1,826	- 953
Stomach Cancer	7	762	12	533	+ 229
Diabetes Mellitus	8	667	6	1,621	- 954
Road Traffic Accidents	9	664	13	496	+ 168
Lung Cancers	10	476	8	1,152	- 675
Prostate Cancer	11	476	22	290	+ 186
Violence	12	453	40	90	+ 363
Other Injuries	13	432	20	346	+ 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	397	14	444	- 46
Lung Disease	15	379	7	1,158	- 780
Liver Cancer	16	372	17	385	- 12
Tuberculosis	17	357	32	153	+ 205
Lymphomas	18	339	25	208	+ 130
Congenital Anomalies	19	300	28	174	+ 126
Breast Cancer	20	296	11	613	- 317
Cervical Cancer	21	289	27	187	+ 102
Leukemia	22	278	30	171	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	23	242	23	227	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	24	222	37	114	+ 107
Falls	25	193	16	420	- 227
Parkinson's Disease	26	191	19	354	- 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	167	50	19	+ 148
Hypertension	28	160	3	4,387	- 4,228
Malnutrition	29	151	59	5	+ 147
Suicide	30	136	18	367	- 231
HIV/AIDS	31	128	42	89	+ 39
Skin Cancers	32	118	33	149	- 31
Ovary Cancer	33	107	29	174	- 67
Drug Use	34	96	41	90	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	92	24	226	- 135
Drownings	36	88	39	95	- 7
Birth Trauma	37	81	46	39	+ 41
Oral Cancer	38	78	31	167	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	39	74	21	346	- 272
Endocrine Disorders	40	71	38	109	- 37
Bladder Cancer	41	70	26	205	- 136
Oesophagus Cancer	42	59	43	75	- 16
Maternal Conditions	43	52	53	13	+ 39
Alcohol	44	48	45	49	- 1
Uterin Cancer	45	46	36	115	- 69
Encephalitis	46	42	48	24	+ 18
Epilepsy	47	39	44	51	- 11
Pertussis	48	39	67	0	+ 39
Fires	49	36	34	140	- 104
Asthma	50	31	35	136	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	30	15	426	- 397
Syphilis	52	27	63	0	+ 27
Appendicitis	53	26	55	10	+ 15
Skin Disease	54	23	51	17	+ 7
Poisonings	55	19	49	23	- 5
Meningitis	56	18	47	25	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	16	57	8	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	58	8	52	15	- 6
Chagas disease	59	7	72	0	+ 7
Tetanus	60	7	62	0	+ 7
Malaria	61	5	71	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	54	12	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	2	60	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	58	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	66	1	76	0	+ 1
War	67	1	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	56	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.