GERMANY VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		GERMANY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	124,201	1	147,055	- 22,854
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	70,648	2	51,168	+ 19,479
Lung Disease	3	48,063	5	42,797	+ 5,266
Stroke	4	38,994	3	49,794	- 10,799
Lung Cancers	5	38,259	4	46,560	- 8,301
Kidney Disease	6	21,121	8	22,770	- 1,650
Drug Use	7	18,310	40	1,930	+ 16,380
Hypertension	8	16,226	6	26,796	- 10,570
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	15,209	7	26,026	- 10,817
Diabetes Mellitus	10	15,108	13	15,560	- 452
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	14,837	9	20,712	- 5,875
Suicide	12	13,062	19	10,284	+ 2,777
Breast Cancer	13	11,972	10	18,842	- 6,870
Endocrine Disorders	14	11,558	18	10,677	+ 881
Pancreas Cancer	15	10,895	11	17,971	- 7,076
Liver Disease	16	10,677	15	15,194	- 4,517
Road Traffic Accidents	17	10,256	34	3,160	+ 7,096
Falls	18	9,942	14	15,325	- 5,383
Lymphomas	19	9,909	17	12,249	- 2,340
Prostate Cancer	20	8,760	12	16,487	- 7,727
Parkinson's Disease	21	8,484	16	12,594	- 4,109
Inflammatory/Heart	22	8,002	21	8,891	- 889
Liver Cancer	23	6,658	25	8,057	- 1,400
Leukemia	24	6,633	22	8,737	- 2,104
Other Injuries	25	6,395	23	8,248	- 1,853
Bladder Cancer	26	4,827	28	6,193	- 1,366
Violence	27	4,668	46	769	+ 3,899
Oesophagus Cancer	28	4,386	27	6,212	- 1,827
Other Neoplasms	29	4,365	24	8,161	- 3,796
Alcohol	30	3,606	26	6,257	- 2,651
Ovary Cancer	31	3,589	30	5,192	- 1,603
Skin Cancers	32	3,520	31	4,055	- 535
Stomach Cancer	33	3,217	20	9,658	- 6,441
Congenital Anomalies	34	2,893	36	2,291	+ 602
Oral Cancer	35	2,842	29	6,023	- 3,181
Uterin Cancer	36	2,475	37	2,231	+ 245
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	2,449	32	3,830	- 1,381
Cervical Cancer	38	1,718	39	2,131	- 413
Low Birth Weight	39	1,703	45	770	+ 933
Malnutrition	40	1,663	50	450	+ 1,213
Hepatitis C	41	1,398	48	507	+ 891
HIV/AIDS	42	1,392	54	345	+ 1,047
Skin Disease	43	1,331	42	1,543	- 212
Multiple Sclerosis	44	1,244	41	1,571	- 326
Drownings	45	1,001	49	459	+ 543
Asthma	46	939	44	924	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	897	33	3,615	- 2,719
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	851	38	2,166	- 1,315
Fires	49	783	53	359	+ 424
Epilepsy	50	778	35	3,091	- 2,313
Anemia	51	766	43	994	- 227
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	605	47	543	+ 63
Poisonings	53	412	58	216	+ 195
Birth Trauma	54	303	57	239	+ 64
War	55	295	66	10	+ 284
Maternal Conditions	56	192	64	38	+ 153
Schizophrenia	57	178	51	391	- 213
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	167	55	292	- 125
Hepatitis B	59	150	59	182	- 32
Meningitis	60	149	60	168	- 19
Osteoarthritis	61	142	52	364	- 221
Tuberculosis	62	134	56	281	- 146
Appendicitis	63	104	62	129	- 25
Oral conditions	64	70	63	62	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	65	56	61	138	- 82
Syphilis	66	12	68	6	+ 7
Otitis Media	67	8	65	16	- 7
Encephalitis	68	6	67	8	- 1
Pertussis	69	4	69	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	70	1	74	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	75	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	73	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	70	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GERMANY

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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.