NO MACEDONIA VS SWEDEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWEDEN		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,052	2	4,420	- 1,367
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,202	30	71	+ 2,131
Stroke	3	1,217	1	5,521	- 4,304
Lung Disease	4	876	6	807	+ 70
Lung Cancers	5	751	5	1,055	- 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	615	8	560	+ 55
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	536	19	157	+ 380
Prostate Cancer	8	529	14	259	+ 270
Pancreas Cancer	9	373	12	267	+ 106
Hypertension	10	371	7	627	- 257
Diabetes Mellitus	11	370	4	1,104	- 734
Kidney Disease	12	329	9	516	- 187
Breast Cancer	13	319	11	386	- 67
Suicide	14	298	16	196	+ 103
Other Injuries	15	277	17	183	+ 94
Lymphomas	16	274	25	96	+ 178
Falls	17	224	27	78	+ 146
Other Neoplasms	18	209	40	19	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	19	190	20	141	+ 50
Leukemia	20	166	22	114	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	21	153	18	163	- 9
Liver Cancer	22	152	13	260	- 108
Liver Disease	23	146	15	218	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	24	142	44	12	+ 129
Skin Cancers	25	131	21	126	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	26	124	10	455	- 332
Ovary Cancer	27	111	26	93	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	28	110	3	4,249	- 4,139
Oesophagus Cancer	29	109	34	45	+ 63
Drug Use	30	85	47	9	+ 76
Oral Cancer	31	76	29	72	+ 5
Alcohol	32	72	42	14	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	33	70	23	108	- 38
Road Traffic Accidents	34	64	24	107	- 44
Congenital Anomalies	35	62	37	29	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	58	56	1	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	56	32	56	- 0
Cervical Cancer	38	46	31	68	- 22
Skin Disease	39	44	57	1	+ 43
Anemia	40	35	52	3	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	41	34	39	21	+ 13
Asthma	42	32	33	53	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	26	60	0	+ 26
Epilepsy	44	24	38	23	+ 1
Malnutrition	45	24	58	1	+ 23
Drownings	46	23	41	18	+ 5
Violence	47	23	36	31	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	22	43	13	+ 9
Fires	49	13	46	11	+ 2
Schizophrenia	50	13	85	0	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	51	10	28	73	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	9	53	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	53	9	67	0	+ 9
Meningitis	54	7	51	4	+ 3
Birth Trauma	55	7	48	7	- 0
Tuberculosis	56	5	35	32	- 27
Osteoarthritis	57	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	4	65	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	4	55	1	+ 2
Poisonings	60	4	45	11	- 8
HIV/AIDS	61	3	61	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	49	7	- 5
Oral conditions	63	2	83	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	54	2	- 1
War	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	50	4	- 4
Tetanus	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	71	0	59	1	- 0
Syphilis	72	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	81	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

Sweden

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.