ESTONIA VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,770	1	3,009	+ 1,761
Stroke	2	2,774	3	1,116	+ 1,658
Lung Cancers	3	461	4	657	- 196
Inflammatory/Heart	4	458	14	217	+ 241
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	411	12	229	+ 182
Liver Disease	6	385	7	328	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	361	5	527	- 165
Suicide	8	310	16	197	+ 113
Lung Disease	9	310	13	229	+ 82
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	275	6	349	- 74
Stomach Cancer	11	249	9	290	- 41
Alcohol	12	237	18	148	+ 89
Breast Cancer	13	197	11	260	- 63
Other Injuries	14	191	20	141	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	15	180	39	40	+ 140
Pancreas Cancer	16	172	10	268	- 96
Hypertension	17	156	2	2,700	- 2,545
Diabetes Mellitus	18	156	19	146	+ 9
Road Traffic Accidents	19	148	35	59	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	20	120	8	298	- 179
Falls	21	99	24	119	- 19
Kidney Disease	22	98	17	176	- 78
Violence	23	97	42	28	+ 69
Liver Cancer	24	95	26	107	- 13
Oral Cancer	25	92	25	110	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	26	79	29	82	- 3
Drug Use	27	77	31	75	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	76	36	55	+ 21
Lymphomas	29	76	15	213	- 137
Tuberculosis	30	71	47	16	+ 55
Leukemia	31	70	22	126	- 56
Ovary Cancer	32	69	28	87	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	33	63	27	99	- 36
Cervical Cancer	34	63	32	68	- 5
Uterin Cancer	35	58	34	60	- 2
Drownings	36	56	40	30	+ 26
Fires	37	54	38	41	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	38	53	21	126	- 72
Skin Cancers	39	48	30	79	- 31
Poisonings	40	47	52	8	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	41	36	43	25	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	23	45	22	+ 2
Skin Disease	43	23	41	29	- 5
Low Birth Weight	44	18	55	7	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	45	17	33	66	- 49
Asthma	46	15	44	24	- 9
Encephalitis	47	9	63	0	+ 9
Meningitis	48	9	54	7	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	49	7	48	16	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	46	17	- 11
Other Neoplasms	51	6	23	123	- 117
Epilepsy	52	6	37	45	- 38
Birth Trauma	53	6	57	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	3	59	2	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	3	53	8	- 5
Maternal Conditions	56	2	61	1	+ 1
Malnutrition	57	2	79	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	1	66	0	+ 1
War	59	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	61	0	78	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	62	1	- 1
Tetanus	63	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	58	4	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
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.