CHILE VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,558	1	10,685	+ 16,873
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	15,676	5	4,000	+ 11,676
Lung Disease	3	10,664	4	4,062	+ 6,602
Stroke	4	8,652	2	9,731	- 1,079
Lung Cancers	5	8,489	9	3,452	+ 5,037
Kidney Disease	6	4,686	3	4,065	+ 621
Drug Use	7	4,063	50	149	+ 3,914
Hypertension	8	3,600	7	3,817	- 216
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,375	11	3,022	+ 352
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,352	10	3,177	+ 176
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,292	6	3,920	- 628
Suicide	12	2,898	15	1,700	+ 1,198
Breast Cancer	13	2,656	16	1,689	+ 968
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,564	22	1,286	+ 1,278
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,418	17	1,567	+ 851
Liver Disease	16	2,369	13	2,647	- 278
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,276	12	2,826	- 551
Falls	18	2,206	23	904	+ 1,302
Lymphomas	19	2,199	18	1,394	+ 805
Prostate Cancer	20	1,944	14	2,435	- 491
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,883	26	790	+ 1,092
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,775	31	709	+ 1,066
Liver Cancer	23	1,477	19	1,369	+ 108
Leukemia	24	1,472	24	879	+ 593
Other Injuries	25	1,419	21	1,310	+ 109
Bladder Cancer	26	1,071	32	641	+ 430
Violence	27	1,036	29	744	+ 292
Oesophagus Cancer	28	973	30	722	+ 251
Other Neoplasms	29	968	20	1,358	- 389
Alcohol	30	800	47	207	+ 593
Ovary Cancer	31	796	35	514	+ 282
Skin Cancers	32	781	34	526	+ 255
Stomach Cancer	33	714	8	3,631	- 2,917
Congenital Anomalies	34	642	25	858	- 216
Oral Cancer	35	631	40	307	+ 324
Uterin Cancer	36	549	45	275	+ 274
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	543	39	334	+ 209
Cervical Cancer	38	381	27	780	- 398
Low Birth Weight	39	378	36	437	- 59
Malnutrition	40	369	37	420	- 51
Hepatitis C	41	310	61	27	+ 284
HIV/AIDS	42	309	33	539	- 230
Skin Disease	43	295	28	763	- 468
Multiple Sclerosis	44	276	62	27	+ 250
Drownings	45	222	44	283	- 61
Asthma	46	208	42	295	- 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	199	52	104	+ 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	189	46	223	- 34
Fires	49	174	41	295	- 122
Epilepsy	50	173	43	294	- 122
Anemia	51	170	49	180	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	134	48	187	- 52
Poisonings	53	91	57	68	+ 23
Birth Trauma	54	67	54	87	- 20
War	55	65	64	14	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	56	42	63	24	+ 19
Schizophrenia	57	39	58	38	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	37	56	73	- 36
Hepatitis B	59	33	60	30	+ 3
Meningitis	60	33	53	95	- 62
Osteoarthritis	61	32	51	131	- 100
Tuberculosis	62	30	38	410	- 380
Appendicitis	63	23	59	37	- 14
Oral conditions	64	16	65	5	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	65	13	67	4	+ 8
Syphilis	66	3	66	5	- 2
Otitis Media	67	2	71	2	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	1	70	2	- 0
Pertussis	69	1	68	3	- 2
Chagas disease	70	0	55	79	- 78
Tetanus	71	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

United States

Chile

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.