CAMEROON VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,721	6	10,695	+ 35,026
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	26,007	31	1,157	+ 24,850
Lung Disease	3	17,693	20	2,310	+ 15,383
Stroke	4	14,355	5	11,199	+ 3,155
Lung Cancers	5	14,084	51	301	+ 13,783
Kidney Disease	6	7,775	13	5,140	+ 2,635
Drug Use	7	6,740	35	928	+ 5,812
Hypertension	8	5,973	22	2,035	+ 3,938
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	5,599	43	569	+ 5,029
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,562	11	5,468	+ 94
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	5,462	1	19,694	- 14,232
Suicide	12	4,808	19	2,333	+ 2,475
Breast Cancer	13	4,407	23	1,874	+ 2,533
Endocrine Disorders	14	4,255	18	2,474	+ 1,780
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,011	52	290	+ 3,721
Liver Disease	16	3,930	14	4,531	- 601
Road Traffic Accidents	17	3,776	9	7,810	- 4,034
Falls	18	3,660	27	1,235	+ 2,425
Lymphomas	19	3,648	44	489	+ 3,158
Prostate Cancer	20	3,225	34	940	+ 2,285
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,123	46	449	+ 2,674
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,946	33	986	+ 1,960
Liver Cancer	23	2,451	37	875	+ 1,575
Leukemia	24	2,442	54	275	+ 2,167
Other Injuries	25	2,354	16	3,289	- 935
Bladder Cancer	26	1,777	62	65	+ 1,712
Violence	27	1,718	24	1,666	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,615	59	135	+ 1,479
Other Neoplasms	29	1,607	63	49	+ 1,558
Alcohol	30	1,327	57	198	+ 1,130
Ovary Cancer	31	1,321	50	303	+ 1,019
Skin Cancers	32	1,296	56	204	+ 1,092
Stomach Cancer	33	1,184	45	458	+ 727
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,065	12	5,258	- 4,193
Oral Cancer	35	1,046	39	845	+ 201
Uterin Cancer	36	911	60	75	+ 836
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	901	3	11,849	- 10,947
Cervical Cancer	38	632	26	1,582	- 950
Low Birth Weight	39	627	8	7,950	- 7,323
Malnutrition	40	612	28	1,218	- 606
Hepatitis C	41	515	66	27	+ 488
HIV/AIDS	42	513	2	13,888	- 13,376
Skin Disease	43	490	48	324	+ 166
Multiple Sclerosis	44	458	64	41	+ 417
Drownings	45	369	29	1,178	- 810
Asthma	46	346	25	1,619	- 1,274
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	330	49	323	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	313	40	754	- 441
Fires	49	288	36	908	- 620
Epilepsy	50	286	38	867	- 580
Anemia	51	282	84	0	+ 282
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	223	68	26	+ 197
Poisonings	53	152	41	666	- 514
Birth Trauma	54	112	7	8,243	- 8,131
War	55	108	42	643	- 535
Maternal Conditions	56	71	17	2,615	- 2,544
Schizophrenia	57	65	83	0	+ 65
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	61	80	0	+ 61
Hepatitis B	59	55	47	336	- 281
Meningitis	60	55	15	3,441	- 3,386
Osteoarthritis	61	52	81	0	+ 52
Tuberculosis	62	49	10	7,414	- 7,365
Appendicitis	63	38	61	72	- 34
Oral conditions	64	26	82	0	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	65	21	70	19	+ 2
Syphilis	66	4	30	1,170	- 1,166
Otitis Media	67	3	74	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	68	2	58	187	- 184
Pertussis	69	1	21	2,288	- 2,286
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	55	223	- 223
Schistosomiasis	72	0	53	288	- 287
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	26	- 26
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	20	- 20
Measles	80	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

United States

Cameroon

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.