SWEDEN VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,169	1	15,136	+ 17,033
Stroke	2	8,935	3	6,035	+ 2,901
Lung Cancers	3	7,046	5	3,722	+ 3,324
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,466	7	2,659	+ 2,807
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	3,993	6	3,049	+ 944
Lung Disease	6	3,738	4	4,344	- 606
Other Neoplasms	7	2,530	18	1,036	+ 1,494
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,445	11	1,834	+ 611
Breast Cancer	9	2,177	13	1,582	+ 595
Liver Disease	10	2,162	23	723	+ 1,439
Prostate Cancer	11	1,773	8	2,622	- 849
Stomach Cancer	12	1,615	26	612	+ 1,003
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,484	9	1,849	- 365
Alcohol	14	1,432	32	359	+ 1,073
Hypertension	15	1,349	10	1,838	- 489
Falls	16	1,288	17	1,109	+ 179
Bladder Cancer	17	1,285	21	760	+ 524
Suicide	18	1,170	14	1,479	- 309
Lymphomas	19	1,132	16	1,357	- 225
Kidney Disease	20	1,111	12	1,629	- 518
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,012	2	10,917	- 9,905
Road Traffic Accidents	22	972	34	315	+ 656
Inflammatory/Heart	23	955	28	547	+ 408
Leukemia	24	944	20	825	+ 119
Oral Cancer	25	923	31	379	+ 544
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	845	37	277	+ 568
Ovary Cancer	27	801	27	553	+ 248
Other Injuries	28	691	15	1,374	- 683
Liver Cancer	29	626	22	752	- 126
Uterin Cancer	30	591	33	345	+ 246
Skin Cancers	31	589	25	650	- 61
Cervical Cancer	32	521	38	228	+ 294
Oesophagus Cancer	33	493	29	538	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	34	410	19	943	- 533
Epilepsy	35	313	44	121	+ 192
Congenital Anomalies	36	250	35	308	- 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	229	36	289	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	38	227	24	702	- 475
Drownings	39	174	46	114	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	167	48	110	+ 57
Tuberculosis	41	163	56	24	+ 139
Low Birth Weight	42	158	51	50	+ 108
Asthma	43	148	42	158	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	44	137	41	170	- 33
Fires	45	130	49	65	+ 65
Skin Disease	46	128	39	220	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	101	43	129	- 28
Drug Use	48	88	30	423	- 336
Violence	49	80	47	113	- 33
Malnutrition	50	79	45	117	- 38
Poisonings	51	56	60	18	+ 38
Hepatitis C	52	51	53	44	+ 7
Meningitis	53	47	54	35	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	54	31	61	13	+ 19
Appendicitis	55	19	59	18	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	14	62	9	+ 5
Birth Trauma	57	14	55	34	- 19
Schizophrenia	58	8	50	63	- 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	8	52	46	- 38
Upper Respiratory	60	5	58	20	- 14
Osteoarthritis	61	5	57	24	- 19
Anemia	62	3	40	175	- 171
Maternal Conditions	63	3	64	5	- 2
Encephalitis	64	2	71	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	65	1	63	8	- 7
War	66	1	65	2	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Poland

Sweden

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.