GREECE VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,446	1	21,124	- 5,679
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,786	7	3,940	+ 4,846
Lung Disease	3	5,977	5	5,526	+ 451
Stroke	4	4,849	2	14,077	- 9,228
Lung Cancers	5	4,758	4	7,355	- 2,598
Kidney Disease	6	2,627	6	4,759	- 2,132
Drug Use	7	2,277	37	193	+ 2,084
Hypertension	8	2,018	9	2,922	- 905
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,891	8	3,264	- 1,372
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,879	20	1,266	+ 613
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,845	3	8,282	- 6,437
Suicide	12	1,624	28	533	+ 1,092
Breast Cancer	13	1,489	11	2,520	- 1,031
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,437	29	526	+ 911
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,355	13	1,904	- 549
Liver Disease	16	1,328	23	809	+ 518
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,275	22	870	+ 405
Falls	18	1,236	21	1,245	- 9
Lymphomas	19	1,232	19	1,268	- 36
Prostate Cancer	20	1,089	12	2,023	- 934
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,055	10	2,646	- 1,591
Inflammatory/Heart	22	995	24	725	+ 270
Liver Cancer	23	828	14	1,566	- 738
Leukemia	24	825	18	1,354	- 529
Other Injuries	25	795	17	1,453	- 658
Bladder Cancer	26	600	15	1,551	- 950
Violence	27	581	42	104	+ 477
Oesophagus Cancer	28	545	35	246	+ 300
Other Neoplasms	29	543	25	679	- 136
Alcohol	30	448	49	50	+ 398
Ovary Cancer	31	446	27	557	- 111
Skin Cancers	32	438	31	438	- 0
Stomach Cancer	33	400	16	1,535	- 1,135
Congenital Anomalies	34	360	38	174	+ 186
Oral Cancer	35	353	30	440	- 87
Uterin Cancer	36	308	33	373	- 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	305	44	95	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	38	214	36	243	- 30
Low Birth Weight	39	212	41	127	+ 85
Malnutrition	40	207	66	1	+ 206
Hepatitis C	41	174	52	38	+ 135
HIV/AIDS	42	173	50	47	+ 126
Skin Disease	43	165	47	56	+ 109
Multiple Sclerosis	44	155	40	135	+ 20
Drownings	45	125	32	435	- 311
Asthma	46	117	55	27	+ 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	112	43	100	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	106	26	611	- 505
Fires	49	97	39	146	- 49
Epilepsy	50	97	34	249	- 152
Anemia	51	95	51	47	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	75	45	67	+ 9
Poisonings	53	51	56	19	+ 32
Birth Trauma	54	38	57	17	+ 21
War	55	37	64	1	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	56	24	61	2	+ 22
Schizophrenia	57	22	54	27	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	21	86	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	59	19	48	56	- 37
Meningitis	60	19	53	33	- 15
Osteoarthritis	61	18	85	0	+ 18
Tuberculosis	62	17	46	66	- 50
Appendicitis	63	13	58	9	+ 4
Oral conditions	64	9	63	2	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	65	7	59	8	- 1
Syphilis	66	2	65	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Measles	80	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

United States

Greece

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.