ESTONIA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Qatar QATAR ESTONIA Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 506 1 3,009 - 2,503
Diabetes Mellitus 2 215 19 146 + 69
Stroke 3 119 3 1,116 - 997
Road Traffic Accidents 4 96 35 59 + 37
Liver Disease 5 95 7 328 - 234
Kidney Disease 6 84 17 176 - 93
Suicide 7 77 16 197 - 120
Falls 8 60 24 119 - 58
Other Injuries 9 54 20 141 - 88
Influenza and Pneumonia 10 50 6 349 - 298
Colon-Rectum Cancers 11 39 5 527 - 488
Alzheimers & Dementia 12 35 12 229 - 194
Lung Cancers 13 34 4 657 - 623
Congenital Anomalies 14 33 43 25 + 8
Lung Disease 15 32 13 229 - 197
Leukemia 16 27 22 126 - 99
Breast Cancer 17 25 11 260 - 235
Lymphomas 18 23 15 213 - 190
Drownings 19 21 40 30 - 9
Low Birth Weight 20 21 55 7 + 14
Liver Cancer 21 21 26 107 - 86
Fires 22 20 38 41 - 21
Stomach Cancer 23 20 9 290 - 270
Endocrine Disorders 24 18 33 66 - 48
Inflammatory/Heart 25 15 14 217 - 202
Parkinson's Disease 26 13 29 82 - 69
Bladder Cancer 27 13 21 126 - 113
Hypertension 28 12 2 2,700 - 2,688
Oral Cancer 29 12 25 110 - 99
Pancreas Cancer 30 12 10 268 - 257
Prostate Cancer 31 8 8 298 - 290
Ovary Cancer 32 8 28 87 - 79
Skin Disease 33 7 41 29 - 21
Violence 34 7 42 28 - 22
Epilepsy 35 6 37 45 - 38
Cervical Cancer 36 6 32 68 - 62
Oesophagus Cancer 37 6 27 99 - 93
Birth Trauma 38 6 57 5 + 1
Drug Use 39 6 31 75 - 69
Asthma 40 5 44 24 - 19
Diarrhoeal diseases 41 5 53 8 - 4
Poisonings 42 4 52 8 - 4
Skin Cancers 43 4 30 79 - 75
Tuberculosis 44 4 47 16 - 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease 45 4 45 22 - 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease 46 3 36 55 - 52
Meningitis 47 3 54 7 - 4
Alcohol 48 3 18 148 - 145
Uterin Cancer 49 3 34 60 - 57
Encephalitis 50 2 63 0 + 2
Other Neoplasms 51 1 23 123 - 122
Maternal Conditions 52 1 61 1 + 0
Syphilis 53 1 62 1 + 0
Pertussis 54 1 83 0 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 55 1 48 16 - 15
Hepatitis B 56 1 65 0 + 1
Appendicitis 57 1 59 2 - 1
Malnutrition 58 0 79 0 + 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 59 0 46 17 - 17
Tetanus 60 0 81 0 + 0
War 61 0 64 0 - 0
Dengue 62 0 75 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 63 0 58 4 - 4
Ascariasis 64 0 74 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 65 0 66 0 + 0
Diphtheria 66 0 82 0 + 0
Measles 67 0 84 0 + 0
Chlamydia 68 0 78 0 + 0
Otitis Media 69 0 67 0 + 0
Leprosy 70 0 68 0 - 0
HIV/AIDS 71 0 39 40 - 40
Trichuriasis 72 0 77 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 73 0 76 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 74 0 80 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 75 0 70 0 - 0
Malaria 76 0 73 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 77 0 69 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 78 0 72 0 - 0
Chagas disease 79 0 71 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 80 0 49 12 - 12
Osteoarthritis 81 0 50 10 - 10
Oral conditions 82 0 60 2 - 2
Schizophrenia 83 0 56 6 - 6
Depression 84 0 86 0 - 0
Anemia 85 0 51 9 - 9
Vitamin A Deficiency 86 0 85 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020