ESTONIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,763	1	3,009	- 1,246
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,003	12	229	+ 773
Lung Disease	3	682	13	229	+ 453
Stroke	4	553	3	1,116	- 563
Lung Cancers	5	543	4	657	- 114
Kidney Disease	6	300	17	176	+ 123
Drug Use	7	260	31	75	+ 185
Hypertension	8	230	2	2,700	- 2,470
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	216	5	527	- 311
Diabetes Mellitus	10	214	19	146	+ 68
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	211	6	349	- 138
Suicide	12	185	16	197	- 12
Breast Cancer	13	170	11	260	- 90
Endocrine Disorders	14	164	33	66	+ 98
Pancreas Cancer	15	155	10	268	- 114
Liver Disease	16	152	7	328	- 177
Road Traffic Accidents	17	146	35	59	+ 86
Falls	18	141	24	119	+ 23
Lymphomas	19	141	15	213	- 72
Prostate Cancer	20	124	8	298	- 174
Parkinson's Disease	21	120	29	82	+ 38
Inflammatory/Heart	22	114	14	217	- 103
Liver Cancer	23	94	26	107	- 13
Leukemia	24	94	22	126	- 31
Other Injuries	25	91	20	141	- 50
Bladder Cancer	26	69	21	126	- 57
Violence	27	66	42	28	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	28	62	27	99	- 36
Other Neoplasms	29	62	23	123	- 61
Alcohol	30	51	18	148	- 97
Ovary Cancer	31	51	28	87	- 36
Skin Cancers	32	50	30	79	- 29
Stomach Cancer	33	46	9	290	- 244
Congenital Anomalies	34	41	43	25	+ 16
Oral Cancer	35	40	25	110	- 70
Uterin Cancer	36	35	34	60	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	35	53	8	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	38	24	32	68	- 43
Low Birth Weight	39	24	55	7	+ 17
Malnutrition	40	24	79	0	+ 24
Hepatitis C	41	20	58	4	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	42	20	39	40	- 21
Skin Disease	43	19	41	29	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	44	18	48	16	+ 1
Drownings	45	14	40	30	- 16
Asthma	46	13	44	24	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	13	45	22	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	12	36	55	- 43
Fires	49	11	38	41	- 30
Epilepsy	50	11	37	45	- 33
Anemia	51	11	51	9	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	9	46	17	- 9
Poisonings	53	6	52	8	- 2
Birth Trauma	54	4	57	5	- 1
War	55	4	64	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	56	3	61	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	57	3	56	6	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	49	12	- 10
Hepatitis B	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Meningitis	60	2	54	7	- 5
Osteoarthritis	61	2	50	10	- 8
Tuberculosis	62	2	47	16	- 15
Appendicitis	63	1	59	2	- 1
Oral conditions	64	1	60	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	63	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.