MONGOLIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,845	1	5,202	- 356
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,756	19	243	+ 2,513
Lung Disease	3	1,875	15	327	+ 1,548
Stroke	4	1,521	2	4,401	- 2,880
Lung Cancers	5	1,493	10	411	+ 1,081
Kidney Disease	6	824	12	408	+ 416
Drug Use	7	714	45	33	+ 682
Hypertension	8	633	21	199	+ 434
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	593	32	93	+ 500
Diabetes Mellitus	10	589	27	145	+ 444
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	579	11	410	+ 169
Suicide	12	510	8	577	- 67
Breast Cancer	13	467	38	61	+ 406
Endocrine Disorders	14	451	35	69	+ 382
Pancreas Cancer	15	425	30	94	+ 331
Liver Disease	16	417	4	1,723	- 1,306
Road Traffic Accidents	17	400	5	679	- 279
Falls	18	388	18	244	+ 144
Lymphomas	19	387	42	43	+ 344
Prostate Cancer	20	342	52	18	+ 324
Parkinson's Disease	21	331	39	55	+ 276
Inflammatory/Heart	22	312	16	263	+ 50
Liver Cancer	23	260	3	1,834	- 1,574
Leukemia	24	259	46	30	+ 229
Other Injuries	25	249	9	442	- 193
Bladder Cancer	26	188	50	19	+ 169
Violence	27	182	22	197	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	28	171	13	366	- 194
Other Neoplasms	29	170	58	3	+ 167
Alcohol	30	141	7	582	- 442
Ovary Cancer	31	140	41	45	+ 95
Skin Cancers	32	137	54	13	+ 125
Stomach Cancer	33	125	6	617	- 492
Congenital Anomalies	34	113	17	262	- 149
Oral Cancer	35	111	37	61	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	36	97	57	7	+ 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	96	36	66	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	38	67	25	155	- 88
Low Birth Weight	39	66	20	204	- 137
Malnutrition	40	65	64	0	+ 65
Hepatitis C	41	55	62	1	+ 54
HIV/AIDS	42	54	49	21	+ 33
Skin Disease	43	52	51	18	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	44	49	59	3	+ 46
Drownings	45	39	26	151	- 112
Asthma	46	37	29	112	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	35	28	129	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	33	23	192	- 159
Fires	49	31	31	94	- 64
Epilepsy	50	30	34	80	- 50
Anemia	51	30	85	0	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	24	56	8	+ 15
Poisonings	53	16	33	89	- 73
Birth Trauma	54	12	24	160	- 148
War	55	11	63	0	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	56	7	40	49	- 41
Schizophrenia	57	7	84	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	7	81	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	6	55	10	- 5
Meningitis	60	6	48	21	- 16
Osteoarthritis	61	6	80	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	62	5	14	327	- 322
Appendicitis	63	4	47	25	- 21
Oral conditions	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	2	61	1	+ 1
Syphilis	66	0	44	34	- 34
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	43	40	- 40
Pertussis	69	0	53	15	- 15
Chagas disease	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

United States

Mongolia

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.