ESTONIA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,626	1	3,009	+ 618
Stroke	2	1,007	3	1,116	- 109
Lung Cancers	3	794	4	657	+ 137
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	616	6	349	+ 267
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	450	5	527	- 77
Lung Disease	6	421	13	229	+ 193
Other Neoplasms	7	285	23	123	+ 162
Diabetes Mellitus	8	276	19	146	+ 130
Breast Cancer	9	245	11	260	- 14
Liver Disease	10	244	7	328	- 85
Prostate Cancer	11	200	8	298	- 99
Stomach Cancer	12	182	9	290	- 108
Pancreas Cancer	13	167	10	268	- 101
Alcohol	14	161	18	148	+ 13
Hypertension	15	152	2	2,700	- 2,548
Falls	16	145	24	119	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	17	145	21	126	+ 19
Suicide	18	132	16	197	- 65
Lymphomas	19	128	15	213	- 85
Kidney Disease	20	125	17	176	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	114	12	229	- 115
Road Traffic Accidents	22	110	35	59	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	23	108	14	217	- 109
Leukemia	24	106	22	126	- 19
Oral Cancer	25	104	25	110	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	95	36	55	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	27	90	28	87	+ 3
Other Injuries	28	78	20	141	- 63
Liver Cancer	29	71	26	107	- 37
Uterin Cancer	30	67	34	60	+ 7
Skin Cancers	31	66	30	79	- 12
Cervical Cancer	32	59	32	68	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	33	56	27	99	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	34	46	29	82	- 36
Epilepsy	35	35	37	45	- 9
Congenital Anomalies	36	28	43	25	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	26	53	8	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	38	26	33	66	- 40
Drownings	39	20	40	30	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	19	45	22	- 3
Tuberculosis	41	18	47	16	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	42	18	55	7	+ 11
Asthma	43	17	44	24	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	44	15	48	16	- 1
Fires	45	15	38	41	- 26
Skin Disease	46	14	41	29	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	11	46	17	- 6
Drug Use	48	10	31	75	- 65
Violence	49	9	42	28	- 19
Malnutrition	50	9	79	0	+ 9
Poisonings	51	6	52	8	- 2
Hepatitis C	52	6	58	4	+ 2
Meningitis	53	5	54	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	54	4	39	40	- 37
Appendicitis	55	2	59	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	56	2	65	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	57	2	57	5	- 3
Schizophrenia	58	1	56	6	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	1	49	12	- 11
Upper Respiratory	60	1	66	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	61	1	50	10	- 10
Anemia	62	0	51	9	- 9
Maternal Conditions	63	0	61	1	- 1
Encephalitis	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	0	60	2	- 2
War	66	0	64	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	62	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Poland

Estonia

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.