NO MACEDONIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,153	2	4,420	- 1,267
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,794	30	71	+ 1,723
Lung Disease	3	1,220	6	807	+ 414
Stroke	4	990	1	5,521	- 4,531
Lung Cancers	5	971	5	1,055	- 84
Kidney Disease	6	536	9	516	+ 21
Drug Use	7	465	47	9	+ 456
Hypertension	8	412	7	627	- 216
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	386	8	560	- 174
Diabetes Mellitus	10	384	4	1,104	- 720
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	377	19	157	+ 220
Suicide	12	332	16	196	+ 136
Breast Cancer	13	304	11	386	- 82
Endocrine Disorders	14	293	44	12	+ 281
Pancreas Cancer	15	277	12	267	+ 10
Liver Disease	16	271	15	218	+ 53
Road Traffic Accidents	17	260	24	107	+ 153
Falls	18	252	27	78	+ 175
Lymphomas	19	252	25	96	+ 156
Prostate Cancer	20	222	14	259	- 37
Parkinson's Disease	21	215	20	141	+ 75
Inflammatory/Heart	22	203	3	4,249	- 4,046
Liver Cancer	23	169	13	260	- 91
Leukemia	24	168	22	114	+ 54
Other Injuries	25	162	17	183	- 21
Bladder Cancer	26	123	18	163	- 40
Violence	27	119	36	31	+ 88
Oesophagus Cancer	28	111	34	45	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	29	111	40	19	+ 92
Alcohol	30	92	42	14	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	31	91	26	93	- 2
Skin Cancers	32	89	21	126	- 37
Stomach Cancer	33	82	10	455	- 373
Congenital Anomalies	34	73	37	29	+ 45
Oral Cancer	35	72	29	72	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	36	63	23	108	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	62	56	1	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	38	44	31	68	- 24
Low Birth Weight	39	43	28	73	- 30
Malnutrition	40	42	58	1	+ 42
Hepatitis C	41	35	67	0	+ 35
HIV/AIDS	42	35	61	0	+ 35
Skin Disease	43	34	57	1	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	44	32	39	21	+ 10
Drownings	45	25	41	18	+ 8
Asthma	46	24	33	53	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	23	43	13	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	22	32	56	- 34
Fires	49	20	46	11	+ 9
Epilepsy	50	20	38	23	- 3
Anemia	51	19	52	3	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	15	60	0	+ 15
Poisonings	53	10	45	11	- 1
Birth Trauma	54	8	48	7	+ 1
War	55	7	63	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	56	5	54	2	+ 3
Schizophrenia	57	5	85	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	4	53	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	4	49	7	- 3
Meningitis	60	4	51	4	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	61	4	82	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	62	3	35	32	- 28
Appendicitis	63	3	55	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	2	83	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	50	4	- 4
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	64	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

United States

No Macedonia

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.