NO MACEDONIA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,335	2	4,420	- 2,085
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,912	30	71	+ 1,842
Stroke	3	1,310	1	5,521	- 4,211
Lung Cancers	4	1,000	5	1,055	- 55
Lung Disease	5	855	6	807	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	766	8	560	+ 206
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	620	19	157	+ 463
Kidney Disease	8	439	9	516	- 76
Hypertension	9	412	7	627	- 216
Diabetes Mellitus	10	351	4	1,104	- 752
Breast Cancer	11	319	11	386	- 67
Pancreas Cancer	12	305	12	267	+ 38
Prostate Cancer	13	290	14	259	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	14	262	10	455	- 193
Other Injuries	15	250	17	183	+ 67
Lymphomas	16	241	25	96	+ 145
Bladder Cancer	17	236	18	163	+ 73
Liver Cancer	18	230	13	260	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	19	225	3	4,249	- 4,024
Parkinson's Disease	20	223	20	141	+ 83
Endocrine Disorders	21	220	44	12	+ 207
Other Neoplasms	22	214	40	19	+ 196
Liver Disease	23	191	15	218	- 27
Leukemia	24	170	22	114	+ 56
Suicide	25	163	16	196	- 33
Falls	26	147	27	78	+ 69
Oral Cancer	27	117	29	72	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	28	92	26	93	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	29	91	34	45	+ 46
Skin Disease	30	83	57	1	+ 82
Road Traffic Accidents	31	83	24	107	- 25
Skin Cancers	32	81	21	126	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	73	43	13	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	34	73	23	108	- 35
Asthma	35	51	33	53	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	48	56	1	+ 47
Anemia	37	41	52	3	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	38	39	37	29	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	39	39	31	68	- 29
Epilepsy	40	37	38	23	+ 14
Drug Use	41	35	47	9	+ 26
Hepatitis C	42	29	67	0	+ 29
HIV/AIDS	43	24	61	0	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	21	32	56	- 35
Drownings	45	20	41	18	+ 2
Alcohol	46	15	42	14	+ 1
Malnutrition	47	14	58	1	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	13	60	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	49	13	39	21	- 8
Tuberculosis	50	12	35	32	- 20
Violence	51	12	36	31	- 19
Low Birth Weight	52	11	28	73	- 62
Osteoarthritis	53	10	82	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	9	53	3	+ 6
Fires	55	8	46	11	- 3
Schizophrenia	56	8	85	0	+ 8
Poisonings	57	8	45	11	- 4
Hepatitis B	58	7	49	7	+ 0
Meningitis	59	6	51	4	+ 2
Birth Trauma	60	5	48	7	- 2
Appendicitis	61	4	55	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	65	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	2	83	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	54	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	62	0	+ 0
War	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	59	1	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	50	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

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No Macedonia

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.