JORDAN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,498	1	4,856	+ 11,642
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	9,385	11	706	+ 8,678
Lung Disease	3	6,384	15	444	+ 5,940
Stroke	4	5,180	2	2,908	+ 2,271
Lung Cancers	5	5,082	7	1,059	+ 4,024
Kidney Disease	6	2,806	6	1,494	+ 1,312
Drug Use	7	2,432	34	115	+ 2,317
Hypertension	8	2,155	5	1,532	+ 624
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,020	13	616	+ 1,404
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,007	4	1,684	+ 323
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,971	8	937	+ 1,033
Suicide	12	1,735	28	165	+ 1,570
Breast Cancer	13	1,590	12	686	+ 904
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,535	26	180	+ 1,355
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,447	22	245	+ 1,202
Liver Disease	16	1,418	14	494	+ 925
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,362	3	1,717	- 355
Falls	18	1,321	24	191	+ 1,130
Lymphomas	19	1,316	18	323	+ 993
Prostate Cancer	20	1,164	33	131	+ 1,033
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,127	27	169	+ 958
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,063	38	74	+ 989
Liver Cancer	23	884	25	186	+ 699
Leukemia	24	881	16	370	+ 511
Other Injuries	25	849	19	294	+ 556
Bladder Cancer	26	641	23	213	+ 429
Violence	27	620	21	269	+ 351
Oesophagus Cancer	28	583	42	63	+ 519
Other Neoplasms	29	580	57	9	+ 571
Alcohol	30	479	55	11	+ 468
Ovary Cancer	31	477	32	139	+ 338
Skin Cancers	32	468	49	38	+ 430
Stomach Cancer	33	427	17	365	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	34	384	9	934	- 550
Oral Cancer	35	378	31	143	+ 235
Uterin Cancer	36	329	39	74	+ 255
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	325	30	152	+ 173
Cervical Cancer	38	228	41	64	+ 165
Low Birth Weight	39	226	10	857	- 631
Malnutrition	40	221	51	15	+ 206
Hepatitis C	41	186	64	1	+ 184
HIV/AIDS	42	185	63	2	+ 183
Skin Disease	43	177	48	42	+ 134
Multiple Sclerosis	44	165	54	12	+ 153
Drownings	45	133	36	107	+ 26
Asthma	46	125	35	114	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	119	50	22	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	113	40	67	+ 46
Fires	49	104	29	153	- 49
Epilepsy	50	103	46	49	+ 54
Anemia	51	102	82	0	+ 102
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	80	61	4	+ 76
Poisonings	53	55	47	47	+ 8
Birth Trauma	54	40	20	271	- 231
War	55	39	59	6	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	56	25	44	53	- 27
Schizophrenia	57	24	81	0	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	22	85	0	+ 22
Hepatitis B	59	20	60	4	+ 16
Meningitis	60	20	37	78	- 59
Osteoarthritis	61	19	84	0	+ 19
Tuberculosis	62	18	53	12	+ 6
Appendicitis	63	14	58	8	+ 6
Oral conditions	64	9	86	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	65	7	69	0	+ 7
Syphilis	66	2	45	52	- 50
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	52	14	- 13
Pertussis	69	1	43	55	- 54
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	56	11	- 10
Schistosomiasis	72	0	62	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	65	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

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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.