AUSTRALIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	39,523	1	21,548	+ 17,975
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	22,482	2	15,588	+ 6,893
Lung Disease	3	15,295	5	8,487	+ 6,807
Stroke	4	12,409	3	10,331	+ 2,078
Lung Cancers	5	12,175	4	8,769	+ 3,406
Kidney Disease	6	6,721	12	3,139	+ 3,582
Drug Use	7	5,827	21	1,783	+ 4,044
Hypertension	8	5,163	23	1,631	+ 3,532
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	4,840	6	6,209	- 1,369
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,808	7	4,471	+ 337
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	4,722	8	4,446	+ 275
Suicide	12	4,157	11	3,150	+ 1,007
Breast Cancer	13	3,810	10	3,405	+ 404
Endocrine Disorders	14	3,678	16	2,328	+ 1,350
Pancreas Cancer	15	3,467	13	3,118	+ 350
Liver Disease	16	3,398	26	1,421	+ 1,976
Road Traffic Accidents	17	3,264	29	1,245	+ 2,019
Falls	18	3,164	14	3,116	+ 48
Lymphomas	19	3,153	15	3,039	+ 114
Prostate Cancer	20	2,788	9	3,766	- 979
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,700	19	2,036	+ 664
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,546	24	1,571	+ 975
Liver Cancer	23	2,119	20	2,036	+ 82
Leukemia	24	2,111	18	2,126	- 15
Other Injuries	25	2,035	22	1,642	+ 393
Bladder Cancer	26	1,536	30	1,187	+ 349
Violence	27	1,485	44	243	+ 1,242
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,396	25	1,494	- 98
Other Neoplasms	29	1,389	28	1,252	+ 137
Alcohol	30	1,148	37	380	+ 768
Ovary Cancer	31	1,142	31	1,003	+ 140
Skin Cancers	32	1,120	17	2,319	- 1,198
Stomach Cancer	33	1,024	27	1,288	- 264
Congenital Anomalies	34	921	33	711	+ 210
Oral Cancer	35	905	32	972	- 68
Uterin Cancer	36	788	35	524	+ 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	779	40	296	+ 484
Cervical Cancer	38	547	39	342	+ 205
Low Birth Weight	39	542	43	248	+ 294
Malnutrition	40	529	51	117	+ 412
Hepatitis C	41	445	48	173	+ 272
HIV/AIDS	42	443	57	50	+ 393
Skin Disease	43	423	34	594	- 171
Multiple Sclerosis	44	396	46	188	+ 208
Drownings	45	319	47	177	+ 141
Asthma	46	299	36	455	- 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	285	38	379	- 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	271	42	276	- 5
Fires	49	249	55	55	+ 195
Epilepsy	50	248	41	285	- 37
Anemia	51	244	49	157	+ 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	193	45	229	- 36
Poisonings	53	131	61	35	+ 96
Birth Trauma	54	97	50	140	- 44
War	55	94	65	8	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	56	61	63	20	+ 41
Schizophrenia	57	57	54	64	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	53	53	71	- 18
Hepatitis B	59	48	58	41	+ 6
Meningitis	60	47	60	37	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	61	45	52	114	- 69
Tuberculosis	62	43	56	53	- 10
Appendicitis	63	33	62	26	+ 7
Oral conditions	64	22	59	40	- 18
Upper Respiratory	65	18	64	17	+ 1
Syphilis	66	4	67	3	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	3	66	6	- 3
Encephalitis	68	2	68	3	- 1
Pertussis	69	1	69	1	- 0
Chagas disease	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

United States

Australia

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.