GEORGIA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,888	1	16,014	- 1,127
Stroke	2	4,135	2	11,969	- 7,834
Lung Cancers	3	3,261	8	1,152	+ 2,109
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,530	9	886	+ 1,644
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,848	14	444	+ 1,405
Lung Disease	6	1,730	7	1,158	+ 571
Other Neoplasms	7	1,171	52	15	+ 1,156
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,132	6	1,621	- 490
Breast Cancer	9	1,008	11	613	+ 395
Liver Disease	10	1,001	4	1,871	- 870
Prostate Cancer	11	821	22	290	+ 530
Stomach Cancer	12	748	12	533	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	13	687	23	227	+ 460
Alcohol	14	663	45	49	+ 613
Hypertension	15	624	3	4,387	- 3,763
Falls	16	596	16	420	+ 176
Bladder Cancer	17	595	26	205	+ 389
Suicide	18	542	18	367	+ 175
Lymphomas	19	524	25	208	+ 315
Kidney Disease	20	514	10	826	- 312
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	468	5	1,826	- 1,358
Road Traffic Accidents	22	450	13	496	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	23	442	21	346	+ 96
Leukemia	24	437	30	171	+ 266
Oral Cancer	25	427	31	167	+ 261
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	391	24	226	+ 165
Ovary Cancer	27	370	29	174	+ 197
Other Injuries	28	320	20	346	- 27
Liver Cancer	29	290	17	385	- 95
Uterin Cancer	30	274	36	115	+ 159
Skin Cancers	31	273	33	149	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	32	241	27	187	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	33	228	43	75	+ 153
Parkinson's Disease	34	190	19	354	- 165
Epilepsy	35	145	44	51	+ 94
Congenital Anomalies	36	116	28	174	- 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	106	50	19	+ 88
Endocrine Disorders	38	105	38	109	- 4
Drownings	39	81	39	95	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	77	15	426	- 349
Tuberculosis	41	75	32	153	- 77
Low Birth Weight	42	73	37	114	- 41
Asthma	43	68	35	136	- 68
Multiple Sclerosis	44	64	54	12	+ 52
Fires	45	60	34	140	- 80
Skin Disease	46	59	51	17	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	47	57	8	+ 39
Drug Use	48	41	41	90	- 49
Violence	49	37	40	90	- 53
Malnutrition	50	37	59	5	+ 32
Poisonings	51	26	49	23	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	24	64	0	+ 23
Meningitis	53	22	47	25	- 3
HIV/AIDS	54	15	42	89	- 74
Appendicitis	55	9	55	10	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	7	58	7	- 0
Birth Trauma	57	7	46	39	- 33
Schizophrenia	58	4	83	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	2	60	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Anemia	62	2	85	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	53	13	- 12
Encephalitis	64	1	48	24	- 23
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
War	66	0	61	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	56	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Poland

Georgia

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.