CHILE VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,403	1	10,685	+ 9,718
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	16,714	5	4,000	+ 12,714
Stroke	3	11,450	2	9,731	+ 1,718
Lung Cancers	4	8,736	9	3,452	+ 5,284
Lung Disease	5	7,471	4	4,062	+ 3,409
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	6,694	11	3,022	+ 3,672
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,415	6	3,920	+ 1,495
Kidney Disease	8	3,839	3	4,065	- 226
Hypertension	9	3,598	7	3,817	- 218
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,069	10	3,177	- 108
Breast Cancer	11	2,790	16	1,689	+ 1,101
Pancreas Cancer	12	2,666	17	1,567	+ 1,099
Prostate Cancer	13	2,534	14	2,435	+ 99
Stomach Cancer	14	2,288	8	3,631	- 1,342
Other Injuries	15	2,185	21	1,310	+ 875
Lymphomas	16	2,106	18	1,394	+ 712
Bladder Cancer	17	2,062	32	641	+ 1,420
Liver Cancer	18	2,013	19	1,369	+ 644
Inflammatory/Heart	19	1,967	31	709	+ 1,258
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,951	26	790	+ 1,161
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,920	22	1,286	+ 633
Other Neoplasms	22	1,874	20	1,358	+ 517
Liver Disease	23	1,670	13	2,647	- 977
Leukemia	24	1,489	24	879	+ 610
Suicide	25	1,425	15	1,700	- 275
Falls	26	1,282	23	904	+ 377
Oral Cancer	27	1,020	40	307	+ 713
Ovary Cancer	28	800	35	514	+ 285
Oesophagus Cancer	29	794	30	722	+ 72
Skin Disease	30	727	28	763	- 37
Road Traffic Accidents	31	722	12	2,826	- 2,104
Skin Cancers	32	712	34	526	+ 186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	636	52	104	+ 532
Uterin Cancer	34	636	45	275	+ 362
Asthma	35	447	42	295	+ 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	420	39	334	+ 86
Anemia	37	361	49	180	+ 181
Congenital Anomalies	38	341	25	858	- 517
Cervical Cancer	39	338	27	780	- 442
Epilepsy	40	325	43	294	+ 31
Drug Use	41	306	50	149	+ 158
Hepatitis C	42	257	61	27	+ 231
HIV/AIDS	43	213	33	539	- 327
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	188	46	223	- 36
Drownings	45	176	44	283	- 107
Alcohol	46	132	47	207	- 75
Malnutrition	47	119	37	420	- 301
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	116	48	187	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	49	113	62	27	+ 87
Tuberculosis	50	107	38	410	- 303
Violence	51	103	29	744	- 640
Low Birth Weight	52	100	36	437	- 338
Osteoarthritis	53	84	51	131	- 47
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	81	56	73	+ 7
Fires	55	73	41	295	- 223
Schizophrenia	56	71	58	38	+ 33
Poisonings	57	67	57	68	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	64	60	30	+ 34
Meningitis	59	51	53	95	- 44
Birth Trauma	60	45	54	87	- 43
Appendicitis	61	31	59	37	- 6
Upper Respiratory	62	18	67	4	+ 14
Oral conditions	63	17	65	5	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	64	5	63	24	- 18
Leishmaniasis	65	4	81	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	4	71	2	+ 2
Syphilis	67	4	66	5	- 1
War	68	2	64	14	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	70	2	- 0
Chagas disease	71	1	55	79	- 77
Tetanus	72	1	69	2	- 1
Pertussis	73	1	68	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

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Chile

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.