CAMBODIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	UNITED STATES		CAMBODIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,194	2	10,267	+ 14,928
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	14,331	17	1,362	+ 12,969
Lung Disease	3	9,750	7	3,056	+ 6,693
Stroke	4	7,910	1	13,107	- 5,197
Lung Cancers	5	7,761	16	1,631	+ 6,130
Kidney Disease	6	4,284	13	2,114	+ 2,171
Drug Use	7	3,714	58	64	+ 3,650
Hypertension	8	3,291	10	2,354	+ 938
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,085	23	905	+ 2,180
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,065	5	3,362	- 297
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,010	3	8,794	- 5,784
Suicide	12	2,650	25	800	+ 1,850
Breast Cancer	13	2,429	24	856	+ 1,572
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,345	35	384	+ 1,961
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,210	48	135	+ 2,076
Liver Disease	16	2,166	4	8,117	- 5,952
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,081	6	3,223	- 1,143
Falls	18	2,017	12	2,116	- 99
Lymphomas	19	2,010	31	472	+ 1,538
Prostate Cancer	20	1,777	50	128	+ 1,649
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,721	37	369	+ 1,352
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,623	32	436	+ 1,187
Liver Cancer	23	1,350	9	2,713	- 1,362
Leukemia	24	1,346	29	550	+ 796
Other Injuries	25	1,297	26	789	+ 508
Bladder Cancer	26	979	45	165	+ 814
Violence	27	947	38	347	+ 600
Oesophagus Cancer	28	890	39	297	+ 593
Other Neoplasms	29	885	62	33	+ 852
Alcohol	30	731	49	133	+ 599
Ovary Cancer	31	728	40	249	+ 479
Skin Cancers	32	714	44	167	+ 547
Stomach Cancer	33	653	34	390	+ 263
Congenital Anomalies	34	587	20	1,289	- 702
Oral Cancer	35	577	28	648	- 72
Uterin Cancer	36	502	55	94	+ 408
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	497	11	2,148	- 1,651
Cervical Cancer	38	349	27	728	- 380
Low Birth Weight	39	346	15	1,826	- 1,481
Malnutrition	40	337	33	427	- 90
Hepatitis C	41	284	61	47	+ 236
HIV/AIDS	42	282	19	1,340	- 1,058
Skin Disease	43	270	43	211	+ 59
Multiple Sclerosis	44	252	65	18	+ 235
Drownings	45	203	22	1,113	- 910
Asthma	46	191	21	1,235	- 1,045
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	182	36	375	- 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	173	14	1,938	- 1,766
Fires	49	159	42	224	- 65
Epilepsy	50	158	51	119	+ 39
Anemia	51	155	85	0	+ 155
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	123	64	22	+ 101
Poisonings	53	84	56	77	+ 7
Birth Trauma	54	62	18	1,351	- 1,290
War	55	60	68	7	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	56	39	30	484	- 446
Schizophrenia	57	36	86	0	+ 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	34	81	0	+ 34
Hepatitis B	59	30	47	137	- 106
Meningitis	60	30	54	99	- 68
Osteoarthritis	61	29	80	0	+ 29
Tuberculosis	62	27	8	2,866	- 2,838
Appendicitis	63	21	57	73	- 52
Oral conditions	64	14	82	0	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	65	11	67	13	- 1
Syphilis	66	2	66	17	- 15
Otitis Media	67	2	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	46	137	- 136
Pertussis	69	1	41	231	- 230
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	52	110	- 110
Schistosomiasis	72	0	63	26	- 26
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	59	58	- 58
Malaria	77	0	53	102	- 102
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	60	58	- 58
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMBODIA

United States

Cambodia

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.