CROATIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,128	1	12,307	- 6,180
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,485	9	1,066	+ 2,419
Lung Disease	3	2,371	5	2,111	+ 260
Stroke	4	1,924	2	6,275	- 4,352
Lung Cancers	5	1,888	3	2,842	- 954
Kidney Disease	6	1,042	7	1,392	- 350
Drug Use	7	903	43	70	+ 833
Hypertension	8	801	8	1,102	- 301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	750	4	2,189	- 1,439
Diabetes Mellitus	10	745	6	1,963	- 1,217
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	732	10	1,021	- 289
Suicide	12	644	17	676	- 32
Breast Cancer	13	591	11	1,019	- 428
Endocrine Disorders	14	570	42	72	+ 498
Pancreas Cancer	15	538	16	754	- 217
Liver Disease	16	527	13	924	- 398
Road Traffic Accidents	17	506	27	328	+ 178
Falls	18	491	12	974	- 484
Lymphomas	19	489	18	556	- 67
Prostate Cancer	20	432	14	852	- 420
Parkinson's Disease	21	419	24	423	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	22	395	21	457	- 62
Liver Cancer	23	328	19	501	- 173
Leukemia	24	327	22	435	- 108
Other Injuries	25	316	23	428	- 112
Bladder Cancer	26	238	20	499	- 261
Violence	27	230	48	45	+ 186
Oesophagus Cancer	28	216	33	189	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	29	215	29	283	- 68
Alcohol	30	178	30	219	- 41
Ovary Cancer	31	177	28	308	- 131
Skin Cancers	32	174	26	332	- 158
Stomach Cancer	33	159	15	786	- 628
Congenital Anomalies	34	143	37	94	+ 48
Oral Cancer	35	140	25	338	- 198
Uterin Cancer	36	122	32	199	- 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	121	39	82	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	38	85	34	156	- 71
Low Birth Weight	39	84	56	10	+ 74
Malnutrition	40	82	70	0	+ 82
Hepatitis C	41	69	47	45	+ 24
HIV/AIDS	42	69	59	8	+ 61
Skin Disease	43	66	58	8	+ 58
Multiple Sclerosis	44	61	45	55	+ 7
Drownings	45	49	38	86	- 36
Asthma	46	46	41	74	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	44	35	137	- 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	42	31	207	- 165
Fires	49	39	50	34	+ 4
Epilepsy	50	38	36	94	- 56
Anemia	51	38	53	16	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	30	46	47	- 17
Poisonings	53	20	54	16	+ 5
Birth Trauma	54	15	55	11	+ 4
War	55	15	67	0	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	56	9	61	2	+ 7
Schizophrenia	57	9	40	79	- 70
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	8	49	43	- 35
Hepatitis B	59	7	51	17	- 10
Meningitis	60	7	52	16	- 9
Osteoarthritis	61	7	84	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	62	7	44	61	- 55
Appendicitis	63	5	57	9	- 3
Oral conditions	64	3	64	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	3	63	2	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	60	3	- 3
Encephalitis	68	0	65	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

United States

Croatia

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.