ESTONIA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,305	1	3,009	- 1,704
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,069	12	229	+ 840
Stroke	3	732	3	1,116	- 384
Lung Cancers	4	559	4	657	- 98
Lung Disease	5	478	13	229	+ 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	428	5	527	- 99
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	346	6	349	- 2
Kidney Disease	8	246	17	176	+ 69
Hypertension	9	230	2	2,700	- 2,470
Diabetes Mellitus	10	196	19	146	+ 50
Breast Cancer	11	178	11	260	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	12	170	10	268	- 98
Prostate Cancer	13	162	8	298	- 136
Stomach Cancer	14	146	9	290	- 143
Other Injuries	15	140	20	141	- 1
Lymphomas	16	135	15	213	- 78
Bladder Cancer	17	132	21	126	+ 6
Liver Cancer	18	129	26	107	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	19	126	14	217	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	20	125	29	82	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	21	123	33	66	+ 57
Other Neoplasms	22	120	23	123	- 3
Liver Disease	23	107	7	328	- 222
Leukemia	24	95	22	126	- 30
Suicide	25	91	16	197	- 106
Falls	26	82	24	119	- 37
Oral Cancer	27	65	25	110	- 45
Ovary Cancer	28	51	28	87	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	29	51	27	99	- 48
Skin Disease	30	46	41	29	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	31	46	35	59	- 13
Skin Cancers	32	46	30	79	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	41	45	22	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	34	41	34	60	- 19
Asthma	35	29	44	24	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	27	53	8	+ 19
Anemia	37	23	51	9	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	38	22	43	25	- 3
Cervical Cancer	39	22	32	68	- 46
Epilepsy	40	21	37	45	- 24
Drug Use	41	20	31	75	- 55
Hepatitis C	42	16	58	4	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	43	14	39	40	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	12	36	55	- 43
Drownings	45	11	40	30	- 19
Alcohol	46	8	18	148	- 140
Malnutrition	47	8	79	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	7	46	17	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	49	7	48	16	- 9
Tuberculosis	50	7	47	16	- 10
Violence	51	7	42	28	- 22
Low Birth Weight	52	6	55	7	- 0
Osteoarthritis	53	5	50	10	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	5	49	12	- 7
Fires	55	5	38	41	- 36
Schizophrenia	56	5	56	6	- 2
Poisonings	57	4	52	8	- 4
Hepatitis B	58	4	65	0	+ 4
Meningitis	59	3	54	7	- 4
Birth Trauma	60	3	57	5	- 2
Appendicitis	61	2	59	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	60	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	0	61	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	62	1	- 1
War	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.