SINGAPORE VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,834	2	5,189	- 2,355
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,546	1	5,292	- 2,745
Stroke	3	1,428	3	1,559	- 131
Kidney Disease	4	1,338	6	1,028	+ 309
Liver Disease	5	1,179	20	209	+ 970
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,075	36	32	+ 1,042
Stomach Cancer	7	938	12	405	+ 533
Diabetes Mellitus	8	820	28	108	+ 713
Road Traffic Accidents	9	816	26	121	+ 695
Lung Cancers	10	586	4	1,540	- 954
Prostate Cancer	11	586	16	303	+ 283
Violence	12	557	46	15	+ 543
Other Injuries	13	532	32	79	+ 453
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	489	5	1,203	- 714
Lung Disease	15	466	14	383	+ 83
Liver Cancer	16	458	7	746	- 288
Tuberculosis	17	440	40	26	+ 414
Lymphomas	18	417	13	397	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	19	369	31	80	+ 290
Breast Cancer	20	364	10	605	- 241
Cervical Cancer	21	356	30	85	+ 271
Leukemia	22	342	17	249	+ 93
Pancreas Cancer	23	297	11	537	- 240
Low Birth Weight	24	273	41	25	+ 247
Falls	25	238	18	218	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	26	235	29	90	+ 145
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	205	39	28	+ 177
Hypertension	28	196	8	732	- 536
Malnutrition	29	186	63	0	+ 186
Suicide	30	167	9	650	- 483
HIV/AIDS	31	157	45	18	+ 139
Skin Cancers	32	145	34	56	+ 89
Ovary Cancer	33	132	21	204	- 72
Drug Use	34	118	44	19	+ 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	113	33	69	+ 43
Drownings	36	108	38	29	+ 79
Birth Trauma	37	99	55	3	+ 96
Oral Cancer	38	96	15	317	- 221
Inflammatory/Heart	39	91	19	215	- 124
Endocrine Disorders	40	88	37	30	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	41	86	27	120	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	42	73	24	137	- 64
Maternal Conditions	43	64	53	3	+ 60
Alcohol	44	59	47	10	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	45	56	23	147	- 91
Encephalitis	46	52	61	0	+ 52
Epilepsy	47	48	42	25	+ 24
Pertussis	48	48	62	0	+ 48
Fires	49	44	49	7	+ 37
Asthma	50	38	35	37	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	37	43	22	+ 15
Syphilis	52	34	65	0	+ 34
Appendicitis	53	32	50	6	+ 26
Skin Disease	54	29	25	136	- 107
Poisonings	55	23	60	1	+ 22
Meningitis	56	22	48	8	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	20	58	2	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	58	10	22	195	- 185
Chagas disease	59	9	74	0	+ 9
Tetanus	60	9	73	0	+ 9
Malaria	61	6	75	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	57	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	63	2	54	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	2	52	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	56	3	- 2
Dengue	66	1	66	0	+ 1
War	67	1	59	2	- 2
Chlamydia	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Peru

Singapore

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.