ISRAEL VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,883	1	5,122	+ 8,760
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,897	2	2,996	+ 4,901
Lung Disease	3	5,372	7	1,546	+ 3,826
Stroke	4	4,359	4	2,431	+ 1,927
Lung Cancers	5	4,277	5	2,026	+ 2,251
Kidney Disease	6	2,361	3	2,437	- 76
Drug Use	7	2,047	43	67	+ 1,979
Hypertension	8	1,814	21	400	+ 1,413
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,700	9	1,510	+ 190
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,689	6	1,913	- 224
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,658	8	1,519	+ 139
Suicide	12	1,460	19	453	+ 1,007
Breast Cancer	13	1,338	10	1,237	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,292	12	1,002	+ 290
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,218	11	1,023	+ 195
Liver Disease	16	1,193	28	292	+ 901
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,146	26	333	+ 813
Falls	18	1,111	39	123	+ 988
Lymphomas	19	1,108	13	925	+ 182
Prostate Cancer	20	979	17	521	+ 458
Parkinson's Disease	21	948	22	398	+ 550
Inflammatory/Heart	22	894	30	214	+ 680
Liver Cancer	23	744	25	345	+ 399
Leukemia	24	741	15	612	+ 130
Other Injuries	25	715	14	828	- 113
Bladder Cancer	26	540	18	496	+ 43
Violence	27	522	41	104	+ 418
Oesophagus Cancer	28	490	37	138	+ 352
Other Neoplasms	29	488	20	420	+ 68
Alcohol	30	403	49	39	+ 365
Ovary Cancer	31	401	27	323	+ 79
Skin Cancers	32	393	23	379	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	33	360	16	565	- 206
Congenital Anomalies	34	323	29	291	+ 32
Oral Cancer	35	318	33	150	+ 167
Uterin Cancer	36	277	31	202	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	274	32	166	+ 108
Cervical Cancer	38	192	38	133	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	39	190	42	94	+ 96
Malnutrition	40	186	48	39	+ 147
Hepatitis C	41	156	46	39	+ 117
HIV/AIDS	42	156	52	25	+ 130
Skin Disease	43	149	24	368	- 219
Multiple Sclerosis	44	139	47	39	+ 100
Drownings	45	112	45	39	+ 73
Asthma	46	105	36	142	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	100	35	144	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	95	51	33	+ 62
Fires	49	88	53	24	+ 63
Epilepsy	50	87	40	109	- 22
Anemia	51	86	34	149	- 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	68	54	23	+ 45
Poisonings	53	46	63	4	+ 42
Birth Trauma	54	34	50	35	- 1
War	55	33	60	7	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	56	21	61	6	+ 16
Schizophrenia	57	20	44	66	- 47
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	19	56	17	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	17	58	16	+ 1
Meningitis	60	17	55	20	- 4
Osteoarthritis	61	16	59	8	+ 8
Tuberculosis	62	15	57	16	- 1
Appendicitis	63	12	64	4	+ 8
Oral conditions	64	8	65	4	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	6	62	5	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	1	66	3	- 3
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

United States

Israel

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.