CANADA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	117,847	1	40,063	+ 77,784
Stroke	2	32,734	5	14,159	+ 18,575
Lung Cancers	3	25,813	3	20,937	+ 4,876
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	20,023	7	7,431	+ 12,592
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	14,629	6	9,651	+ 4,978
Lung Disease	6	13,694	4	14,212	- 519
Other Neoplasms	7	9,268	31	1,679	+ 7,589
Diabetes Mellitus	8	8,959	9	5,718	+ 3,241
Breast Cancer	9	7,977	8	5,910	+ 2,067
Liver Disease	10	7,922	17	3,624	+ 4,298
Prostate Cancer	11	6,497	13	4,711	+ 1,786
Stomach Cancer	12	5,918	26	2,177	+ 3,740
Pancreas Cancer	13	5,436	11	5,057	+ 379
Alcohol	14	5,245	33	1,491	+ 3,754
Hypertension	15	4,943	22	2,563	+ 2,380
Falls	16	4,718	12	4,829	- 112
Bladder Cancer	17	4,706	23	2,521	+ 2,186
Suicide	18	4,287	15	4,417	- 129
Lymphomas	19	4,147	10	5,146	- 1,000
Kidney Disease	20	4,070	14	4,578	- 508
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	3,706	2	30,970	- 27,264
Road Traffic Accidents	22	3,559	28	1,998	+ 1,561
Inflammatory/Heart	23	3,499	27	2,060	+ 1,439
Leukemia	24	3,460	21	3,098	+ 362
Oral Cancer	25	3,381	32	1,592	+ 1,789
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	3,095	43	442	+ 2,653
Ovary Cancer	27	2,933	29	1,902	+ 1,031
Other Injuries	28	2,530	24	2,392	+ 137
Liver Cancer	29	2,293	20	3,113	- 820
Uterin Cancer	30	2,165	34	1,183	+ 983
Skin Cancers	31	2,157	30	1,756	+ 401
Cervical Cancer	32	1,909	41	578	+ 1,331
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,805	25	2,230	- 425
Parkinson's Disease	34	1,502	18	3,359	- 1,857
Epilepsy	35	1,147	44	384	+ 763
Congenital Anomalies	36	917	35	1,081	- 164
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	840	36	840	- 0
Endocrine Disorders	38	832	19	3,233	- 2,401
Drownings	39	637	48	283	+ 354
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	612	39	636	- 23
Tuberculosis	41	597	58	97	+ 500
Low Birth Weight	42	579	42	553	+ 26
Asthma	43	541	49	262	+ 279
Multiple Sclerosis	44	503	37	692	- 189
Fires	45	475	52	192	+ 283
Skin Disease	46	470	38	679	- 209
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	369	47	322	+ 47
Drug Use	48	321	16	3,686	- 3,365
Violence	49	294	40	605	- 311
Malnutrition	50	291	51	192	+ 99
Poisonings	51	205	56	121	+ 84
Hepatitis C	52	188	45	363	- 175
Meningitis	53	171	59	68	+ 102
HIV/AIDS	54	115	53	163	- 48
Appendicitis	55	69	62	49	+ 19
Hepatitis B	56	52	60	66	- 14
Birth Trauma	57	52	50	193	- 141
Schizophrenia	58	30	57	118	- 89
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	29	54	143	- 114
Upper Respiratory	60	19	63	47	- 28
Osteoarthritis	61	18	55	139	- 121
Anemia	62	12	46	343	- 331
Maternal Conditions	63	10	64	45	- 36
Encephalitis	64	6	68	3	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	4	61	51	- 47
War	66	4	65	21	- 17
Tetanus	67	2	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	66	8	- 7
Syphilis	69	0	67	5	- 5
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Poland

Canada

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.