BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,609	1	9,201	- 3,592
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,190	6	1,144	+ 2,047
Lung Disease	3	2,170	5	1,163	+ 1,008
Stroke	4	1,761	2	7,871	- 6,110
Lung Cancers	5	1,728	4	2,076	- 348
Kidney Disease	6	954	9	689	+ 265
Drug Use	7	827	44	25	+ 801
Hypertension	8	733	11	546	+ 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	687	7	998	- 311
Diabetes Mellitus	10	682	3	2,406	- 1,723
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	670	17	440	+ 230
Suicide	12	590	19	361	+ 229
Breast Cancer	13	541	13	528	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	14	522	39	53	+ 468
Pancreas Cancer	15	492	15	463	+ 29
Liver Disease	16	482	10	613	- 131
Road Traffic Accidents	17	463	16	446	+ 17
Falls	18	449	21	267	+ 182
Lymphomas	19	447	24	184	+ 263
Prostate Cancer	20	396	18	413	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	21	383	20	341	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	22	361	8	874	- 513
Liver Cancer	23	301	14	480	- 179
Leukemia	24	300	23	186	+ 113
Other Injuries	25	289	26	157	+ 132
Bladder Cancer	26	218	22	232	- 14
Violence	27	211	40	49	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	28	198	31	110	+ 88
Other Neoplasms	29	197	45	23	+ 174
Alcohol	30	163	34	90	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	31	162	25	182	- 20
Skin Cancers	32	159	28	133	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	33	145	12	532	- 387
Congenital Anomalies	34	131	35	69	+ 62
Oral Cancer	35	128	27	146	- 17
Uterin Cancer	36	112	33	92	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	111	54	8	+ 102
Cervical Cancer	38	78	29	132	- 55
Low Birth Weight	39	77	41	48	+ 29
Malnutrition	40	75	57	2	+ 73
Hepatitis C	41	63	65	0	+ 63
HIV/AIDS	42	63	70	0	+ 63
Skin Disease	43	60	47	21	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	44	56	46	22	+ 34
Drownings	45	45	42	48	- 3
Asthma	46	42	37	60	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	41	43	36	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	38	30	121	- 83
Fires	49	35	38	54	- 19
Epilepsy	50	35	36	60	- 25
Anemia	51	35	86	0	+ 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	27	48	19	+ 8
Poisonings	53	19	50	13	+ 5
Birth Trauma	54	14	49	14	- 0
War	55	13	62	0	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	56	9	58	2	+ 6
Schizophrenia	57	8	83	0	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	8	80	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	7	56	3	+ 4
Meningitis	60	7	53	10	- 3
Osteoarthritis	61	6	81	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	62	6	32	93	- 87
Appendicitis	63	5	52	11	- 6
Oral conditions	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	3	63	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	1	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	51	13	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	59	2	- 2
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	60	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	64	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

United States

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.