TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,540	1	1,476	+ 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,262	9	215	+ 1,047
Stroke	3	864	3	822	+ 42
Lung Cancers	4	659	8	217	+ 442
Lung Disease	5	564	16	129	+ 435
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	505	13	196	+ 310
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	409	10	205	+ 203
Kidney Disease	8	290	5	439	- 150
Hypertension	9	272	11	201	+ 70
Diabetes Mellitus	10	232	2	1,275	- 1,044
Breast Cancer	11	211	7	258	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	12	201	19	114	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	13	191	6	330	- 139
Stomach Cancer	14	173	26	69	+ 104
Other Injuries	15	165	30	61	+ 104
Lymphomas	16	159	20	111	+ 48
Bladder Cancer	17	156	34	41	+ 115
Liver Cancer	18	152	28	66	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	19	149	25	72	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	20	147	32	51	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	21	145	18	119	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	22	141	51	10	+ 131
Liver Disease	23	126	14	136	- 10
Leukemia	24	112	29	62	+ 50
Suicide	25	108	17	121	- 13
Falls	26	97	33	43	+ 54
Oral Cancer	27	77	38	31	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	28	60	24	80	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	29	60	41	24	+ 36
Skin Disease	30	55	36	39	+ 16
Road Traffic Accidents	31	55	15	130	- 76
Skin Cancers	32	54	57	4	+ 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	48	49	11	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	34	48	27	68	- 20
Asthma	35	34	35	40	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	32	45	18	+ 14
Anemia	37	27	85	0	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	38	26	22	93	- 68
Cervical Cancer	39	25	21	97	- 71
Epilepsy	40	25	37	32	- 8
Drug Use	41	23	44	19	+ 4
Hepatitis C	42	19	62	0	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	43	16	12	196	- 180
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	14	31	52	- 38
Drownings	45	13	39	31	- 18
Alcohol	46	10	42	23	- 13
Malnutrition	47	9	47	17	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	9	53	8	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	49	9	58	2	+ 6
Tuberculosis	50	8	43	22	- 13
Violence	51	8	4	549	- 542
Low Birth Weight	52	8	23	83	- 75
Osteoarthritis	53	6	81	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	6	82	0	+ 6
Fires	55	6	48	16	- 11
Schizophrenia	56	5	86	0	+ 5
Poisonings	57	5	59	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	58	5	60	0	+ 4
Meningitis	59	4	52	9	- 6
Birth Trauma	60	3	40	25	- 22
Appendicitis	61	2	56	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	64	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	0	50	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	61	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	54	6	- 6
Chagas disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	65	0	- 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	55	5	- 5
Ascariasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	63	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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Trinidad/Tob.

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.