HUNGARY VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		HUNGARY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,552	1	36,766	- 22,215
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,277	7	4,595	+ 3,682
Lung Disease	3	5,631	5	6,436	- 805
Stroke	4	4,569	2	11,915	- 7,346
Lung Cancers	5	4,483	3	8,377	- 3,894
Kidney Disease	6	2,475	22	874	+ 1,601
Drug Use	7	2,145	53	59	+ 2,086
Hypertension	8	1,901	4	7,262	- 5,361
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,782	6	5,027	- 3,245
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,770	9	2,515	- 745
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,738	15	1,528	+ 210
Suicide	12	1,530	14	1,612	- 82
Breast Cancer	13	1,403	10	2,259	- 856
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,354	30	568	+ 786
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,277	11	2,098	- 821
Liver Disease	16	1,251	8	3,060	- 1,809
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,202	24	750	+ 452
Falls	18	1,165	12	1,746	- 581
Lymphomas	19	1,161	21	905	+ 256
Prostate Cancer	20	1,026	18	1,324	- 297
Parkinson's Disease	21	994	32	489	+ 505
Inflammatory/Heart	22	938	13	1,627	- 689
Liver Cancer	23	780	23	848	- 68
Leukemia	24	777	20	908	- 131
Other Injuries	25	749	25	703	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	26	566	19	1,050	- 485
Violence	27	547	39	135	+ 412
Oesophagus Cancer	28	514	31	565	- 52
Other Neoplasms	29	511	28	615	- 103
Alcohol	30	423	33	484	- 61
Ovary Cancer	31	421	27	656	- 236
Skin Cancers	32	412	29	579	- 167
Stomach Cancer	33	377	16	1,360	- 983
Congenital Anomalies	34	339	37	254	+ 85
Oral Cancer	35	333	17	1,342	- 1,009
Uterin Cancer	36	290	35	418	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	287	36	281	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	38	201	34	466	- 265
Low Birth Weight	39	200	43	113	+ 86
Malnutrition	40	195	59	21	+ 174
Hepatitis C	41	164	50	64	+ 99
HIV/AIDS	42	163	61	14	+ 149
Skin Disease	43	156	40	133	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	44	146	44	110	+ 35
Drownings	45	117	46	97	+ 21
Asthma	46	110	41	122	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	105	38	243	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	100	26	686	- 587
Fires	49	92	45	103	- 11
Epilepsy	50	91	47	93	- 2
Anemia	51	90	55	40	+ 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	71	49	66	+ 4
Poisonings	53	48	54	48	+ 0
Birth Trauma	54	36	60	20	+ 15
War	55	35	68	1	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	56	22	62	11	+ 12
Schizophrenia	57	21	48	79	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	20	42	121	- 101
Hepatitis B	59	18	56	39	- 22
Meningitis	60	17	57	39	- 22
Osteoarthritis	61	17	51	63	- 46
Tuberculosis	62	16	52	62	- 46
Appendicitis	63	12	58	36	- 23
Oral conditions	64	8	66	3	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	7	63	8	- 2
Syphilis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	64	8	- 7
Encephalitis	68	1	67	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	69	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HUNGARY

United States

Hungary

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.