CYPRUS VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,950	1	1,120	+ 830
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,109	3	400	+ 709
Lung Disease	3	755	4	355	+ 399
Stroke	4	612	2	462	+ 150
Lung Cancers	5	601	6	319	+ 281
Kidney Disease	6	332	7	213	+ 119
Drug Use	7	287	41	13	+ 274
Hypertension	8	255	11	127	+ 127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	239	8	167	+ 72
Diabetes Mellitus	10	237	5	332	- 94
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	233	15	98	+ 135
Suicide	12	205	29	44	+ 161
Breast Cancer	13	188	9	155	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	14	181	12	126	+ 56
Pancreas Cancer	15	171	14	104	+ 67
Liver Disease	16	168	26	50	+ 117
Road Traffic Accidents	17	161	18	69	+ 92
Falls	18	156	25	51	+ 105
Lymphomas	19	156	16	97	+ 58
Prostate Cancer	20	138	13	118	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	21	133	28	44	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	22	126	24	51	+ 75
Liver Cancer	23	105	20	64	+ 40
Leukemia	24	104	17	83	+ 21
Other Injuries	25	100	10	136	- 35
Bladder Cancer	26	76	19	67	+ 9
Violence	27	73	40	15	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	28	69	43	10	+ 59
Other Neoplasms	29	69	23	53	+ 15
Alcohol	30	57	49	5	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	31	56	27	45	+ 12
Skin Cancers	32	55	31	39	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	33	50	21	63	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	34	45	38	18	+ 28
Oral Cancer	35	45	36	21	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	36	39	34	27	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	38	22	56	- 18
Cervical Cancer	38	27	37	18	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	39	27	47	6	+ 20
Malnutrition	40	26	56	2	+ 25
Hepatitis C	41	22	58	2	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	42	22	64	0	+ 21
Skin Disease	43	21	30	44	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	44	20	46	9	+ 11
Drownings	45	16	33	33	- 18
Asthma	46	15	35	24	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	14	32	35	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	13	42	11	+ 2
Fires	49	12	50	5	+ 8
Epilepsy	50	12	44	10	+ 2
Anemia	51	12	39	17	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	45	10	- 0
Poisonings	53	6	51	4	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	5	53	2	+ 2
War	55	5	68	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	56	3	63	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	57	3	57	2	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	48	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	2	54	2	+ 1
Meningitis	60	2	55	2	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	61	2	60	1	+ 1
Tuberculosis	62	2	52	4	- 2
Appendicitis	63	2	66	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	61	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	59	1	- 0
Syphilis	66	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	65	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

United States

Cyprus

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.