ICELAND VS THAILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	THAILAND		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	267	1	403	- 136
Stroke	2	262	3	141	+ 121
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	163	6	82	+ 81
Kidney Disease	4	140	15	33	+ 106
Liver Cancer	5	124	20	22	+ 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	119	2	295	- 176
Road Traffic Accidents	7	117	35	7	+ 110
Lung Cancers	8	116	4	134	- 18
Lung Disease	9	101	5	129	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	10	98	16	30	+ 68
Liver Disease	11	92	31	9	+ 82
HIV/AIDS	12	72	59	0	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	52	7	73	- 22
Tuberculosis	14	50	82	0	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	15	36	55	1	+ 35
Suicide	16	32	13	40	- 8
Breast Cancer	17	32	9	53	- 22
Falls	18	28	18	24	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	19	27	32	9	+ 17
Oral Cancer	20	26	33	9	+ 17
Other Injuries	21	25	11	50	- 25
Lymphomas	22	24	14	37	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	23	22	10	53	- 31
Asthma	24	22	48	2	+ 20
Drownings	25	21	56	1	+ 20
Leukemia	26	20	22	19	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	27	18	23	18	+ 0
Skin Disease	28	18	45	3	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	29	16	19	23	- 6
Prostate Cancer	30	16	8	61	- 45
Violence	31	15	39	4	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	32	15	26	16	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	33	12	12	43	- 31
Hypertension	34	11	17	24	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	35	11	34	7	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	36	10	25	16	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	37	10	27	16	- 6
Bladder Cancer	38	9	21	20	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	9	41	3	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	40	8	43	3	+ 5
Skin Cancers	41	6	29	13	- 7
Malnutrition	42	5	57	1	+ 4
Meningitis	43	5	50	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	44	4	36	7	- 2
Drug Use	45	4	24	17	- 13
Encephalitis	46	4	78	0	+ 4
Epilepsy	47	4	37	5	- 2
Fires	48	3	58	1	+ 3
Alcohol	49	3	28	14	- 11
Birth Trauma	50	3	46	2	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	2	54	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	52	1	60	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	38	4	- 3
Other Neoplasms	54	1	30	10	- 9
Dengue	55	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	63	0	+ 1
Poisonings	57	1	42	3	- 3
Tetanus	58	1	68	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	86	0	+ 1
War	60	0	61	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	44	3	- 2
Pertussis	62	0	62	0	+ 0
Measles	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	51	1	- 1
Malaria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	52	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	65	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	82	0	47	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Thailand

Iceland

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.