NEPAL VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,952	2	19,677	+ 26,275
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	26,138	19	2,022	+ 24,116
Lung Disease	3	17,782	1	27,027	- 9,244
Stroke	4	14,427	4	12,909	+ 1,518
Lung Cancers	5	14,155	12	3,586	+ 10,569
Kidney Disease	6	7,814	10	4,284	+ 3,530
Drug Use	7	6,774	57	93	+ 6,681
Hypertension	8	6,003	18	2,092	+ 3,912
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	5,627	26	1,167	+ 4,460
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,590	14	2,929	+ 2,661
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	5,490	6	6,237	- 748
Suicide	12	4,833	16	2,571	+ 2,261
Breast Cancer	13	4,430	27	1,038	+ 3,391
Endocrine Disorders	14	4,276	45	257	+ 4,019
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,031	41	445	+ 3,586
Liver Disease	16	3,950	5	6,383	- 2,433
Road Traffic Accidents	17	3,795	9	4,654	- 860
Falls	18	3,678	13	3,321	+ 357
Lymphomas	19	3,666	32	768	+ 2,898
Prostate Cancer	20	3,241	58	85	+ 3,156
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,139	33	760	+ 2,379
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,961	48	217	+ 2,743
Liver Cancer	23	2,463	46	256	+ 2,207
Leukemia	24	2,454	36	668	+ 1,786
Other Injuries	25	2,366	22	1,655	+ 711
Bladder Cancer	26	1,786	44	325	+ 1,461
Violence	27	1,727	35	704	+ 1,023
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,623	38	491	+ 1,132
Other Neoplasms	29	1,615	61	50	+ 1,565
Alcohol	30	1,334	52	168	+ 1,167
Ovary Cancer	31	1,328	37	585	+ 743
Skin Cancers	32	1,302	42	400	+ 903
Stomach Cancer	33	1,190	25	1,379	- 189
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,070	21	1,949	- 878
Oral Cancer	35	1,052	24	1,389	- 337
Uterin Cancer	36	916	60	56	+ 859
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	906	7	6,071	- 5,165
Cervical Cancer	38	636	20	1,969	- 1,334
Low Birth Weight	39	630	11	3,822	- 3,192
Malnutrition	40	615	31	845	- 229
Hepatitis C	41	517	64	29	+ 489
HIV/AIDS	42	515	34	737	- 222
Skin Disease	43	492	67	17	+ 475
Multiple Sclerosis	44	460	63	38	+ 422
Drownings	45	370	23	1,505	- 1,135
Asthma	46	347	8	5,930	- 5,583
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	332	17	2,320	- 1,988
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	315	49	191	+ 124
Fires	49	290	50	184	+ 106
Epilepsy	50	288	30	874	- 586
Anemia	51	283	86	0	+ 283
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	224	51	173	+ 51
Poisonings	53	152	39	474	- 321
Birth Trauma	54	112	15	2,676	- 2,563
War	55	109	65	24	+ 85
Maternal Conditions	56	71	28	977	- 906
Schizophrenia	57	66	84	0	+ 66
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	62	80	0	+ 62
Hepatitis B	59	55	56	117	- 61
Meningitis	60	55	43	377	- 322
Osteoarthritis	61	53	81	0	+ 53
Tuberculosis	62	50	3	16,535	- 16,485
Appendicitis	63	39	47	220	- 182
Oral conditions	64	26	82	0	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	65	21	66	24	- 3
Syphilis	66	4	54	134	- 130
Otitis Media	67	3	70	4	- 1
Encephalitis	68	2	29	882	- 880
Pertussis	69	1	40	453	- 451
Chagas disease	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	53	134	- 134
Schistosomiasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	55	120	- 120
Malaria	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	62	39	- 39
Measles	80	0	59	60	- 60
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

United States

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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.