AUSTRIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,241	1	17,638	- 4,397
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,532	4	4,174	+ 3,358
Lung Disease	3	5,124	5	4,107	+ 1,017
Stroke	4	4,157	2	5,208	- 1,051
Lung Cancers	5	4,079	3	4,217	- 138
Kidney Disease	6	2,252	8	2,247	+ 4
Drug Use	7	1,952	39	161	+ 1,791
Hypertension	8	1,730	6	3,601	- 1,871
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,621	7	2,324	- 703
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,611	9	2,093	- 483
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,582	13	1,563	+ 18
Suicide	12	1,393	17	1,307	+ 85
Breast Cancer	13	1,276	11	1,857	- 580
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,232	20	1,077	+ 155
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,162	10	1,901	- 740
Liver Disease	16	1,138	16	1,366	- 228
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,093	31	436	+ 658
Falls	18	1,060	21	982	+ 78
Lymphomas	19	1,056	18	1,167	- 110
Prostate Cancer	20	934	15	1,501	- 567
Parkinson's Disease	21	905	19	1,102	- 198
Inflammatory/Heart	22	853	14	1,515	- 662
Liver Cancer	23	710	22	922	- 212
Leukemia	24	707	23	878	- 171
Other Injuries	25	682	12	1,700	- 1,019
Bladder Cancer	26	515	26	617	- 103
Violence	27	498	47	47	+ 451
Oesophagus Cancer	28	468	32	406	+ 61
Other Neoplasms	29	465	25	814	- 349
Alcohol	30	384	29	538	- 154
Ovary Cancer	31	383	30	513	- 131
Skin Cancers	32	375	28	585	- 209
Stomach Cancer	33	343	24	817	- 474
Congenital Anomalies	34	308	34	327	- 18
Oral Cancer	35	303	27	614	- 311
Uterin Cancer	36	264	35	275	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	261	40	152	+ 109
Cervical Cancer	38	183	37	205	- 22
Low Birth Weight	39	182	51	40	+ 142
Malnutrition	40	177	46	71	+ 107
Hepatitis C	41	149	41	147	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	42	148	49	41	+ 107
Skin Disease	43	142	43	99	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	44	133	38	170	- 37
Drownings	45	107	48	42	+ 65
Asthma	46	100	45	81	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	96	33	379	- 283
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	91	42	142	- 51
Fires	49	83	52	36	+ 48
Epilepsy	50	83	36	222	- 139
Anemia	51	82	44	99	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	65	53	35	+ 30
Poisonings	53	44	60	15	+ 29
Birth Trauma	54	32	54	34	- 2
War	55	31	67	1	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	56	20	64	4	+ 16
Schizophrenia	57	19	63	4	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	18	56	22	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	16	62	8	+ 8
Meningitis	60	16	58	22	- 6
Osteoarthritis	61	15	57	22	- 7
Tuberculosis	62	14	50	41	- 26
Appendicitis	63	11	59	15	- 4
Oral conditions	64	7	61	8	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	6	55	26	- 20
Syphilis	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	1	65	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	1	68	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

United States

Austria

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.