NEW ZEALAND VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,620	1	5,095	+ 2,525
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,335	2	3,032	+ 1,303
Lung Disease	3	2,949	5	1,815	+ 1,134
Stroke	4	2,393	3	2,378	+ 14
Lung Cancers	5	2,347	4	1,873	+ 474
Kidney Disease	6	1,296	17	432	+ 864
Drug Use	7	1,123	40	69	+ 1,054
Hypertension	8	996	20	327	+ 669
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	933	6	1,495	- 562
Diabetes Mellitus	10	927	8	769	+ 158
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	910	7	920	- 10
Suicide	12	801	15	528	+ 273
Breast Cancer	13	735	10	737	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	14	709	21	325	+ 385
Pancreas Cancer	15	669	14	543	+ 126
Liver Disease	16	655	32	158	+ 497
Road Traffic Accidents	17	629	16	458	+ 171
Falls	18	610	11	627	- 17
Lymphomas	19	608	13	608	- 0
Prostate Cancer	20	537	9	739	- 201
Parkinson's Disease	21	521	19	353	+ 168
Inflammatory/Heart	22	491	23	313	+ 178
Liver Cancer	23	408	24	288	+ 121
Leukemia	24	407	18	391	+ 16
Other Injuries	25	392	28	218	+ 174
Bladder Cancer	26	296	26	267	+ 29
Violence	27	286	42	57	+ 229
Oesophagus Cancer	28	269	25	279	- 10
Other Neoplasms	29	268	27	245	+ 23
Alcohol	30	221	45	51	+ 170
Ovary Cancer	31	220	29	207	+ 13
Skin Cancers	32	216	12	612	- 396
Stomach Cancer	33	197	22	323	- 125
Congenital Anomalies	34	178	30	176	+ 2
Oral Cancer	35	174	31	164	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	36	152	33	145	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	150	37	81	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	38	105	41	61	+ 45
Low Birth Weight	39	105	38	78	+ 26
Malnutrition	40	102	55	14	+ 88
Hepatitis C	41	86	48	30	+ 56
HIV/AIDS	42	85	57	10	+ 75
Skin Disease	43	82	34	118	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	44	76	47	43	+ 33
Drownings	45	61	44	54	+ 7
Asthma	46	58	36	91	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	55	35	113	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	52	39	70	- 18
Fires	49	48	53	17	+ 31
Epilepsy	50	48	43	55	- 7
Anemia	51	47	51	17	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	37	46	47	- 10
Poisonings	53	25	58	9	+ 16
Birth Trauma	54	19	54	15	+ 4
War	55	18	68	1	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	56	12	63	5	+ 7
Schizophrenia	57	11	60	8	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	10	50	22	- 12
Hepatitis B	59	9	56	14	- 5
Meningitis	60	9	59	9	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	61	9	49	24	- 15
Tuberculosis	62	8	52	17	- 9
Appendicitis	63	6	62	6	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	4	61	8	- 3
Upper Respiratory	65	3	64	4	- 0
Syphilis	66	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	1	67	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	66	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	83	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

United States

New Zealand

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.