GREECE VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,918	3	8,282	- 3,364
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,418	1	21,124	- 16,706
Stroke	3	2,478	2	14,077	- 11,600
Kidney Disease	4	2,321	6	4,759	- 2,437
Liver Disease	5	2,046	23	809	+ 1,237
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,865	7	3,940	- 2,075
Stomach Cancer	7	1,627	16	1,535	+ 92
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,424	20	1,266	+ 158
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,416	22	870	+ 546
Lung Cancers	10	1,017	4	7,355	- 6,339
Prostate Cancer	11	1,016	12	2,023	- 1,007
Violence	12	967	42	104	+ 863
Other Injuries	13	923	17	1,453	- 531
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	848	8	3,264	- 2,416
Lung Disease	15	808	5	5,526	- 4,718
Liver Cancer	16	795	14	1,566	- 771
Tuberculosis	17	763	46	66	+ 696
Lymphomas	18	723	19	1,268	- 545
Congenital Anomalies	19	641	38	174	+ 467
Breast Cancer	20	632	11	2,520	- 1,888
Cervical Cancer	21	617	36	243	+ 374
Leukemia	22	594	18	1,354	- 760
Pancreas Cancer	23	516	13	1,904	- 1,389
Low Birth Weight	24	473	41	127	+ 346
Falls	25	412	21	1,245	- 833
Parkinson's Disease	26	407	10	2,646	- 2,238
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	356	44	95	+ 261
Hypertension	28	340	9	2,922	- 2,582
Malnutrition	29	323	66	1	+ 322
Suicide	30	290	28	533	- 243
HIV/AIDS	31	272	50	47	+ 225
Skin Cancers	32	252	31	438	- 186
Ovary Cancer	33	229	27	557	- 328
Drug Use	34	204	37	193	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	195	26	611	- 415
Drownings	36	187	32	435	- 248
Birth Trauma	37	172	57	17	+ 155
Oral Cancer	38	167	30	440	- 274
Inflammatory/Heart	39	158	24	725	- 567
Endocrine Disorders	40	152	29	526	- 374
Bladder Cancer	41	149	15	1,551	- 1,402
Oesophagus Cancer	42	126	35	246	- 119
Maternal Conditions	43	111	61	2	+ 109
Alcohol	44	103	49	50	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	45	98	33	373	- 275
Encephalitis	46	90	67	1	+ 89
Epilepsy	47	84	34	249	- 165
Pertussis	48	84	69	0	+ 84
Fires	49	77	39	146	- 70
Asthma	50	67	55	27	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	64	43	100	- 36
Syphilis	52	59	65	1	+ 57
Appendicitis	53	55	58	9	+ 45
Skin Disease	54	50	47	56	- 6
Poisonings	55	40	56	19	+ 21
Meningitis	56	38	53	33	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	34	45	67	- 32
Other Neoplasms	58	17	25	679	- 661
Chagas disease	59	16	77	0	+ 16
Tetanus	60	15	62	2	+ 14
Malaria	61	11	78	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	40	135	- 124
Upper Respiratory	63	4	59	8	- 4
Hepatitis B	64	3	48	56	- 53
Hepatitis C	65	1	52	38	- 37
Dengue	66	1	71	0	+ 1
War	67	1	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	47	- 47
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	63	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Peru

Greece

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.