ALGERIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ALGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	69,428	1	54,547	+ 14,881
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	39,492	7	5,635	+ 33,857
Lung Disease	3	26,867	10	4,668	+ 22,199
Stroke	4	21,798	2	23,393	- 1,595
Lung Cancers	5	21,387	12	3,931	+ 17,456
Kidney Disease	6	11,806	5	7,528	+ 4,278
Drug Use	7	10,235	30	983	+ 9,252
Hypertension	8	9,070	4	8,369	+ 701
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	8,502	16	3,139	+ 5,362
Diabetes Mellitus	10	8,445	9	4,678	+ 3,767
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	8,294	6	7,289	+ 1,005
Suicide	12	7,301	28	1,072	+ 6,230
Breast Cancer	13	6,693	14	3,465	+ 3,228
Endocrine Disorders	14	6,461	32	926	+ 5,535
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,091	31	973	+ 5,118
Liver Disease	16	5,968	15	3,464	+ 2,504
Road Traffic Accidents	17	5,733	3	8,996	- 3,263
Falls	18	5,558	23	1,315	+ 4,243
Lymphomas	19	5,539	20	1,833	+ 3,706
Prostate Cancer	20	4,897	29	1,069	+ 3,828
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,743	24	1,249	+ 3,494
Inflammatory/Heart	22	4,473	34	825	+ 3,648
Liver Cancer	23	3,722	41	551	+ 3,171
Leukemia	24	3,708	25	1,157	+ 2,551
Other Injuries	25	3,575	22	1,401	+ 2,174
Bladder Cancer	26	2,698	21	1,423	+ 1,275
Violence	27	2,609	36	713	+ 1,896
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,452	46	313	+ 2,138
Other Neoplasms	29	2,440	58	58	+ 2,382
Alcohol	30	2,016	54	81	+ 1,935
Ovary Cancer	31	2,006	40	611	+ 1,395
Skin Cancers	32	1,968	37	711	+ 1,256
Stomach Cancer	33	1,798	19	2,032	- 234
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,617	11	4,357	- 2,740
Oral Cancer	35	1,589	38	695	+ 894
Uterin Cancer	36	1,384	56	75	+ 1,309
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,369	26	1,111	+ 258
Cervical Cancer	38	960	27	1,088	- 128
Low Birth Weight	39	952	8	5,441	- 4,489
Malnutrition	40	930	53	82	+ 848
Hepatitis C	41	782	65	4	+ 777
HIV/AIDS	42	778	48	193	+ 585
Skin Disease	43	744	52	111	+ 633
Multiple Sclerosis	44	696	57	74	+ 622
Drownings	45	560	42	451	+ 109
Asthma	46	525	18	2,040	- 1,515
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	501	43	362	+ 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	476	35	721	- 245
Fires	49	438	39	636	- 199
Epilepsy	50	435	44	355	+ 80
Anemia	51	428	82	0	+ 428
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	338	64	22	+ 317
Poisonings	53	230	47	287	- 57
Birth Trauma	54	170	13	3,800	- 3,631
War	55	165	62	41	+ 124
Maternal Conditions	56	107	33	917	- 810
Schizophrenia	57	99	81	0	+ 99
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	93	84	0	+ 93
Hepatitis B	59	84	50	165	- 81
Meningitis	60	83	45	320	- 237
Osteoarthritis	61	80	85	0	+ 80
Tuberculosis	62	75	17	2,840	- 2,765
Appendicitis	63	58	55	80	- 22
Oral conditions	64	39	86	0	+ 39
Upper Respiratory	65	32	68	2	+ 30
Syphilis	66	7	61	41	- 34
Otitis Media	67	5	71	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	68	3	51	145	- 142
Pertussis	69	2	49	169	- 167
Chagas disease	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	0	60	52	- 51
Schistosomiasis	72	0	63	22	- 22
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	3	- 3
Measles	80	0	59	55	- 55
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALGERIA

United States

Algeria

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.