MOROCCO VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		MOROCCO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,202	1	77,340	- 22,138
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	31,400	10	4,967	+ 26,433
Lung Disease	3	21,362	8	6,296	+ 15,066
Stroke	4	17,331	2	31,861	- 14,529
Lung Cancers	5	17,005	7	6,585	+ 10,420
Kidney Disease	6	9,387	4	10,216	- 829
Drug Use	7	8,138	47	321	+ 7,817
Hypertension	8	7,212	3	10,736	- 3,525
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	6,760	17	2,556	+ 4,204
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,715	5	7,377	- 662
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	6,595	6	7,237	- 642
Suicide	12	5,805	16	2,617	+ 3,188
Breast Cancer	13	5,321	12	3,604	+ 1,718
Endocrine Disorders	14	5,137	28	1,129	+ 4,008
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,843	36	747	+ 4,096
Liver Disease	16	4,745	11	4,866	- 121
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,559	9	6,185	- 1,626
Falls	18	4,419	19	2,456	+ 1,963
Lymphomas	19	4,404	20	2,274	+ 2,130
Prostate Cancer	20	3,894	24	1,914	+ 1,979
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,771	26	1,511	+ 2,260
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,556	32	1,022	+ 2,534
Liver Cancer	23	2,959	44	423	+ 2,536
Leukemia	24	2,948	31	1,035	+ 1,914
Other Injuries	25	2,842	21	2,271	+ 571
Bladder Cancer	26	2,145	30	1,069	+ 1,077
Violence	27	2,075	39	632	+ 1,443
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,949	42	439	+ 1,510
Other Neoplasms	29	1,940	60	70	+ 1,870
Alcohol	30	1,603	57	109	+ 1,494
Ovary Cancer	31	1,595	34	800	+ 796
Skin Cancers	32	1,565	41	477	+ 1,087
Stomach Cancer	33	1,430	25	1,691	- 262
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,286	22	2,124	- 838
Oral Cancer	35	1,263	35	780	+ 483
Uterin Cancer	36	1,100	53	154	+ 946
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,088	27	1,192	- 103
Cervical Cancer	38	764	18	2,508	- 1,744
Low Birth Weight	39	757	14	3,305	- 2,548
Malnutrition	40	739	51	200	+ 539
Hepatitis C	41	621	65	7	+ 614
HIV/AIDS	42	619	49	289	+ 330
Skin Disease	43	591	54	149	+ 443
Multiple Sclerosis	44	553	58	106	+ 447
Drownings	45	445	43	426	+ 19
Asthma	46	417	13	3,342	- 2,924
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	399	37	718	- 320
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	378	29	1,076	- 697
Fires	49	348	33	904	- 556
Epilepsy	50	346	45	336	+ 10
Anemia	51	341	84	0	+ 341
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	269	62	38	+ 231
Poisonings	53	183	50	266	- 83
Birth Trauma	54	135	23	2,067	- 1,932
War	55	131	63	22	+ 109
Maternal Conditions	56	85	38	704	- 619
Schizophrenia	57	79	86	0	+ 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	74	80	0	+ 74
Hepatitis B	59	66	48	316	- 250
Meningitis	60	66	40	542	- 476
Osteoarthritis	61	63	81	0	+ 63
Tuberculosis	62	60	15	2,870	- 2,811
Appendicitis	63	46	56	130	- 84
Oral conditions	64	31	82	0	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	65	25	67	4	+ 21
Syphilis	66	5	55	140	- 135
Otitis Media	67	4	71	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	68	3	52	176	- 174
Pertussis	69	2	46	324	- 323
Chagas disease	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	76	- 76
Schistosomiasis	72	0	61	67	- 66
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	64	15	- 15
Measles	80	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOROCCO

United States

Morocco

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.