GEORGIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,236	1	16,014	- 8,778
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,116	5	1,826	+ 2,290
Lung Disease	3	2,800	7	1,158	+ 1,642
Stroke	4	2,272	2	11,969	- 9,697
Lung Cancers	5	2,229	8	1,152	+ 1,077
Kidney Disease	6	1,231	10	826	+ 405
Drug Use	7	1,067	41	90	+ 977
Hypertension	8	945	3	4,387	- 3,442
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	886	14	444	+ 443
Diabetes Mellitus	10	880	6	1,621	- 741
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	864	9	886	- 21
Suicide	12	761	18	367	+ 394
Breast Cancer	13	698	11	613	+ 85
Endocrine Disorders	14	673	38	109	+ 565
Pancreas Cancer	15	635	23	227	+ 408
Liver Disease	16	622	4	1,871	- 1,249
Road Traffic Accidents	17	598	13	496	+ 102
Falls	18	579	16	420	+ 159
Lymphomas	19	577	25	208	+ 369
Prostate Cancer	20	510	22	290	+ 220
Parkinson's Disease	21	494	19	354	+ 140
Inflammatory/Heart	22	466	21	346	+ 120
Liver Cancer	23	388	17	385	+ 3
Leukemia	24	386	30	171	+ 215
Other Injuries	25	373	20	346	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	26	281	26	205	+ 76
Violence	27	272	40	90	+ 182
Oesophagus Cancer	28	256	43	75	+ 180
Other Neoplasms	29	254	52	15	+ 240
Alcohol	30	210	45	49	+ 161
Ovary Cancer	31	209	29	174	+ 35
Skin Cancers	32	205	33	149	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	33	187	12	533	- 346
Congenital Anomalies	34	169	28	174	- 6
Oral Cancer	35	166	31	167	- 1
Uterin Cancer	36	144	36	115	+ 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	143	50	19	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	38	100	27	187	- 87
Low Birth Weight	39	99	37	114	- 15
Malnutrition	40	97	59	5	+ 92
Hepatitis C	41	81	64	0	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	42	81	42	89	- 8
Skin Disease	43	78	51	17	+ 61
Multiple Sclerosis	44	73	54	12	+ 61
Drownings	45	58	39	95	- 37
Asthma	46	55	35	136	- 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	52	15	426	- 374
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	50	24	226	- 177
Fires	49	46	34	140	- 94
Epilepsy	50	45	44	51	- 5
Anemia	51	45	85	0	+ 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	35	57	8	+ 28
Poisonings	53	24	49	23	+ 1
Birth Trauma	54	18	46	39	- 22
War	55	17	61	0	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	56	11	53	13	- 2
Schizophrenia	57	10	83	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	10	81	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	59	9	58	7	+ 2
Meningitis	60	9	47	25	- 16
Osteoarthritis	61	8	80	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	62	8	32	153	- 145
Appendicitis	63	6	55	10	- 4
Oral conditions	64	4	82	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	3	60	1	+ 3
Syphilis	66	1	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	48	24	- 24
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	56	8	- 8
Measles	80	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.