ICELAND VS SERBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SERBIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,192	1	403	+ 788
Stroke	2	889	3	141	+ 748
Inflammatory/Heart	3	836	26	16	+ 820
Lung Cancers	4	358	4	134	+ 224
Kidney Disease	5	228	15	33	+ 195
Lung Disease	6	211	5	129	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	7	198	16	30	+ 168
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	188	7	73	+ 114
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	157	2	295	- 138
Breast Cancer	10	125	9	53	+ 72
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	100	6	82	+ 18
Hypertension	12	89	17	24	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	13	77	12	43	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	14	72	8	61	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	15	66	23	18	+ 48
Suicide	16	55	13	40	+ 14
Liver Cancer	17	50	20	22	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	18	49	21	20	+ 29
Liver Disease	19	49	31	9	+ 39
Lymphomas	20	45	14	37	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	21	44	10	53	- 9
Leukemia	22	39	22	19	+ 20
Oral Cancer	23	37	33	9	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	24	36	35	7	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	25	35	32	9	+ 26
Skin Cancers	26	35	29	13	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	27	33	30	10	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	33	41	3	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	29	30	25	16	+ 14
Other Injuries	30	22	11	50	- 28
Asthma	31	21	48	2	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	32	20	36	7	+ 13
Falls	33	20	18	24	- 4
Alcohol	34	19	28	14	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	35	18	19	23	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	36	17	27	16	+ 1
Epilepsy	37	12	37	5	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	38	10	43	3	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	9	55	1	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	40	9	34	7	+ 1
Anemia	41	8	40	4	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	42	8	44	3	+ 5
Skin Disease	43	6	45	3	+ 4
Schizophrenia	44	6	49	1	+ 4
Violence	45	6	39	4	+ 2
Tuberculosis	46	5	82	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	4	54	1	+ 3
Drownings	48	4	56	1	+ 3
Drug Use	49	4	24	17	- 13
Fires	50	3	58	1	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	3	53	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	52	2	46	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	53	2	63	0	+ 2
Meningitis	54	2	50	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	2	38	4	- 2
HIV/AIDS	56	1	59	0	+ 1
Poisonings	57	1	42	3	- 2
Appendicitis	58	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	59	1	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	60	1	52	1	- 0
Malnutrition	61	1	57	1	- 0
Osteoarthritis	62	0	47	2	- 2
Pertussis	63	0	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	51	1	- 1
Tetanus	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	69	0	85	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
War	71	0	61	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Serbia

Iceland

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.