FRANCE VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		FRANCE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	100,954	1	63,181	+ 37,773
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	57,424	2	53,157	+ 4,267
Lung Disease	3	39,067	7	18,232	+ 20,836
Stroke	4	31,696	3	36,354	- 4,659
Lung Cancers	5	31,098	4	35,657	- 4,559
Kidney Disease	6	17,168	11	11,477	+ 5,691
Drug Use	7	14,883	36	1,881	+ 13,002
Hypertension	8	13,189	23	7,109	+ 6,079
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	12,362	5	21,854	- 9,491
Diabetes Mellitus	10	12,280	12	10,912	+ 1,369
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	12,060	6	19,771	- 7,710
Suicide	12	10,617	16	8,961	+ 1,656
Breast Cancer	13	9,732	8	15,536	- 5,804
Endocrine Disorders	14	9,395	19	8,086	+ 1,308
Pancreas Cancer	15	8,856	10	12,360	- 3,503
Liver Disease	16	8,678	22	7,382	+ 1,296
Road Traffic Accidents	17	8,337	31	3,339	+ 4,998
Falls	18	8,081	18	8,284	- 203
Lymphomas	19	8,054	14	10,067	- 2,013
Prostate Cancer	20	7,121	13	10,873	- 3,752
Parkinson's Disease	21	6,896	20	7,570	- 674
Inflammatory/Heart	22	6,504	25	6,065	+ 439
Liver Cancer	23	5,411	15	9,573	- 4,162
Leukemia	24	5,392	21	7,457	- 2,065
Other Injuries	25	5,198	9	15,119	- 9,921
Bladder Cancer	26	3,923	24	6,566	- 2,642
Violence	27	3,794	49	538	+ 3,257
Oesophagus Cancer	28	3,565	28	4,673	- 1,108
Other Neoplasms	29	3,548	17	8,771	- 5,223
Alcohol	30	2,931	33	3,189	- 258
Ovary Cancer	31	2,918	30	3,964	- 1,046
Skin Cancers	32	2,861	32	3,256	- 394
Stomach Cancer	33	2,615	26	5,530	- 2,916
Congenital Anomalies	34	2,352	35	2,012	+ 340
Oral Cancer	35	2,310	27	4,676	- 2,366
Uterin Cancer	36	2,012	34	2,721	- 709
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,990	38	1,807	+ 183
Cervical Cancer	38	1,396	40	1,574	- 177
Low Birth Weight	39	1,384	47	651	+ 734
Malnutrition	40	1,352	29	4,212	- 2,859
Hepatitis C	41	1,136	52	416	+ 720
HIV/AIDS	42	1,132	54	362	+ 770
Skin Disease	43	1,082	39	1,598	- 516
Multiple Sclerosis	44	1,012	46	752	+ 259
Drownings	45	814	45	868	- 54
Asthma	46	763	42	1,039	- 276
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	729	41	1,384	- 655
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	692	43	986	- 294
Fires	49	636	53	403	+ 233
Epilepsy	50	632	37	1,865	- 1,233
Anemia	51	623	44	973	- 350
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	492	51	426	+ 66
Poisonings	53	335	57	228	+ 107
Birth Trauma	54	247	55	309	- 62
War	55	239	67	7	+ 233
Maternal Conditions	56	156	64	52	+ 104
Schizophrenia	57	145	48	647	- 503
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	136	62	75	+ 60
Hepatitis B	59	122	59	135	- 14
Meningitis	60	121	58	163	- 42
Osteoarthritis	61	116	56	245	- 130
Tuberculosis	62	109	50	435	- 326
Appendicitis	63	85	61	90	- 5
Oral conditions	64	57	60	118	- 61
Upper Respiratory	65	46	63	54	- 8
Syphilis	66	10	68	4	+ 6
Otitis Media	67	7	65	16	- 9
Encephalitis	68	5	66	8	- 3
Pertussis	69	3	69	3	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	0	70	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	72	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	1	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	1	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	75	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	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 FRANCE

United States

France

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.