HAITI VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,355	1	13,208	+ 4,146
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	9,872	23	955	+ 8,917
Lung Disease	3	6,716	11	2,334	+ 4,382
Stroke	4	5,449	2	11,779	- 6,330
Lung Cancers	5	5,346	36	492	+ 4,854
Kidney Disease	6	2,951	6	2,701	+ 250
Drug Use	7	2,558	52	140	+ 2,419
Hypertension	8	2,267	7	2,632	- 365
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,125	32	680	+ 1,445
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,111	4	5,026	- 2,915
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	2,073	3	7,064	- 4,990
Suicide	12	1,825	21	1,085	+ 740
Breast Cancer	13	1,673	30	705	+ 968
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,615	24	951	+ 664
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,522	44	268	+ 1,254
Liver Disease	16	1,492	10	2,425	- 933
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,433	13	2,115	- 681
Falls	18	1,389	35	549	+ 840
Lymphomas	19	1,385	47	235	+ 1,149
Prostate Cancer	20	1,224	17	1,356	- 132
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,186	42	329	+ 856
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,118	25	941	+ 177
Liver Cancer	23	930	33	662	+ 268
Leukemia	24	927	43	300	+ 626
Other Injuries	25	894	16	1,499	- 605
Bladder Cancer	26	674	55	92	+ 582
Violence	27	652	12	2,330	- 1,677
Oesophagus Cancer	28	613	49	155	+ 458
Other Neoplasms	29	610	60	31	+ 579
Alcohol	30	504	39	428	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	31	502	51	153	+ 348
Skin Cancers	32	492	56	56	+ 436
Stomach Cancer	33	449	26	863	- 414
Congenital Anomalies	34	404	15	1,819	- 1,415
Oral Cancer	35	397	45	261	+ 136
Uterin Cancer	36	346	57	42	+ 304
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	342	8	2,540	- 2,197
Cervical Cancer	38	240	34	573	- 333
Low Birth Weight	39	238	9	2,516	- 2,278
Malnutrition	40	232	29	717	- 484
Hepatitis C	41	195	65	7	+ 188
HIV/AIDS	42	195	5	2,706	- 2,511
Skin Disease	43	186	40	425	- 239
Multiple Sclerosis	44	174	61	28	+ 146
Drownings	45	140	19	1,306	- 1,166
Asthma	46	131	20	1,107	- 976
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	125	27	814	- 689
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	119	31	704	- 585
Fires	49	109	37	470	- 361
Epilepsy	50	109	41	409	- 300
Anemia	51	107	86	0	+ 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	85	58	37	+ 47
Poisonings	53	58	50	154	- 97
Birth Trauma	54	42	14	2,100	- 2,058
War	55	41	66	5	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	56	27	18	1,349	- 1,322
Schizophrenia	57	25	83	0	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	23	81	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	59	21	62	26	- 5
Meningitis	60	21	28	780	- 759
Osteoarthritis	61	20	80	0	+ 20
Tuberculosis	62	19	22	1,007	- 989
Appendicitis	63	15	48	172	- 157
Oral conditions	64	10	82	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	65	8	63	19	- 11
Syphilis	66	2	46	251	- 250
Otitis Media	67	1	70	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	1	54	118	- 117
Pertussis	69	1	38	446	- 446
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	53	119	- 119
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	64	17	- 17
Malaria	77	0	59	36	- 36
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

United States

Haiti

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.