HONDURAS VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,070	1	8,063	+ 6,007
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,003	8	1,413	+ 6,591
Lung Disease	3	5,445	5	2,997	+ 2,448
Stroke	4	4,417	3	5,667	- 1,250
Lung Cancers	5	4,334	27	369	+ 3,965
Kidney Disease	6	2,393	4	3,056	- 663
Drug Use	7	2,074	42	129	+ 1,945
Hypertension	8	1,838	13	838	+ 1,000
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,723	29	354	+ 1,369
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,711	10	1,075	+ 636
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,681	9	1,335	+ 345
Suicide	12	1,480	37	201	+ 1,279
Breast Cancer	13	1,356	20	478	+ 878
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,309	31	334	+ 975
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,234	32	325	+ 909
Liver Disease	16	1,209	6	2,721	- 1,512
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,162	7	1,572	- 410
Falls	18	1,126	35	289	+ 837
Lymphomas	19	1,122	24	390	+ 732
Prostate Cancer	20	992	25	378	+ 614
Parkinson's Disease	21	961	23	429	+ 532
Inflammatory/Heart	22	906	28	366	+ 540
Liver Cancer	23	754	26	376	+ 379
Leukemia	24	751	21	475	+ 276
Other Injuries	25	724	12	845	- 121
Bladder Cancer	26	547	49	82	+ 465
Violence	27	529	2	6,520	- 5,992
Oesophagus Cancer	28	497	50	81	+ 416
Other Neoplasms	29	494	56	41	+ 454
Alcohol	30	409	34	308	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	31	407	45	98	+ 309
Skin Cancers	32	399	52	68	+ 331
Stomach Cancer	33	364	18	643	- 278
Congenital Anomalies	34	328	15	793	- 465
Oral Cancer	35	322	44	99	+ 223
Uterin Cancer	36	280	60	23	+ 257
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	277	11	923	- 645
Cervical Cancer	38	195	19	493	- 298
Low Birth Weight	39	193	16	755	- 562
Malnutrition	40	188	39	181	+ 7
Hepatitis C	41	158	66	3	+ 155
HIV/AIDS	42	158	14	794	- 636
Skin Disease	43	151	40	167	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	44	141	62	11	+ 130
Drownings	45	113	38	183	- 70
Asthma	46	106	30	346	- 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	102	54	47	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	96	17	657	- 560
Fires	49	89	57	40	+ 49
Epilepsy	50	88	36	201	- 113
Anemia	51	87	85	0	+ 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	69	47	91	- 23
Poisonings	53	47	55	45	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	34	33	310	- 276
War	55	33	65	4	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	56	22	48	90	- 68
Schizophrenia	57	20	86	0	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	19	82	0	+ 19
Hepatitis B	59	17	64	5	+ 12
Meningitis	60	17	46	92	- 75
Osteoarthritis	61	16	81	0	+ 16
Tuberculosis	62	15	22	453	- 437
Appendicitis	63	12	41	139	- 128
Oral conditions	64	8	80	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	65	6	63	9	- 3
Syphilis	66	1	61	18	- 17
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	51	79	- 78
Pertussis	69	0	53	58	- 57
Chagas disease	70	0	58	27	- 27
Tetanus	71	0	59	26	- 26
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	43	120	- 120
Malaria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

United States

Honduras

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.