SWITZERLAND VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,735	1	10,713	- 978
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,027	8	1,949	+ 5,078
Stroke	3	5,556	3	3,918	+ 1,639
Kidney Disease	4	2,950	13	1,261	+ 1,689
Hypertension	5	2,585	6	2,471	+ 113
Lung Disease	6	2,439	5	2,902	- 463
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,417	17	1,022	+ 1,395
Tuberculosis	8	2,027	56	21	+ 2,006
Violence	9	1,111	51	42	+ 1,069
Road Traffic Accidents	10	975	34	193	+ 782
Asthma	11	854	46	95	+ 760
Endocrine Disorders	12	784	25	593	+ 191
Lung Cancers	13	771	4	3,520	- 2,748
Low Birth Weight	14	760	43	105	+ 655
Breast Cancer	15	734	11	1,577	- 843
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	604	7	1,995	- 1,391
Congenital Anomalies	17	603	31	305	+ 298
Birth Trauma	18	596	52	32	+ 564
Liver Cancer	19	574	19	805	- 231
Liver Disease	20	530	21	677	- 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	514	41	122	+ 392
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	464	35	186	+ 278
Other Neoplasms	23	386	20	681	- 296
Malnutrition	24	323	47	84	+ 239
Skin Disease	25	317	40	129	+ 188
Prostate Cancer	26	311	10	1,579	- 1,268
Drownings	27	291	50	49	+ 241
Falls	28	289	9	1,919	- 1,630
Leukemia	29	269	22	671	- 402
Inflammatory/Heart	30	266	16	1,027	- 761
Other Injuries	31	265	30	410	- 145
Anemia	32	257	44	102	+ 156
Cervical Cancer	33	230	42	105	+ 125
Oral Cancer	34	218	26	500	- 282
Suicide	35	174	14	1,249	- 1,075
Lymphomas	36	171	15	1,131	- 961
Pancreas Cancer	37	159	12	1,486	- 1,327
Maternal Conditions	38	153	64	4	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	151	2	7,192	- 7,042
Ovary Cancer	40	149	29	457	- 308
Stomach Cancer	41	140	24	614	- 474
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	135	48	78	+ 58
Pertussis	43	132	73	0	+ 132
Syphilis	44	87	65	2	+ 85
Epilepsy	45	84	39	159	- 75
Dengue	46	79	81	0	+ 79
Meningitis	47	78	57	20	+ 58
Measles	48	67	75	0	+ 67
War	49	61	67	1	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	50	57	33	224	- 167
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	56	53	32	+ 25
Drug Use	52	52	36	176	- 124
Oesophagus Cancer	53	50	28	491	- 441
Fires	54	45	55	21	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	55	44	18	857	- 813
Hepatitis B	56	44	63	5	+ 40
Osteoarthritis	57	43	37	170	- 127
Bladder Cancer	58	43	23	669	- 627
Tetanus	59	39	70	0	+ 39
Alcohol	60	30	32	229	- 199
Skin Cancers	61	28	27	493	- 466
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	24	49	68	- 44
Appendicitis	63	21	59	15	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	64	17	72	0	+ 17
Poisonings	65	17	60	13	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	66	15	54	29	- 14
Encephalitis	67	14	68	1	+ 13
Schizophrenia	68	10	45	96	- 87
Malaria	69	7	77	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	70	3	61	11	- 8
Leprosy	71	3	80	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	72	2	38	160	- 158
Oral conditions	73	2	62	8	- 6
Otitis Media	74	2	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	75	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	82	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	78	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	58	15	- 15
Leishmaniasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Philippines

Switzerland

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.