PERU VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	48,134	2	13,769	+ 34,365
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	27,379	6	5,811	+ 21,568
Lung Disease	3	18,627	15	2,519	+ 16,108
Stroke	4	15,112	3	7,722	+ 7,390
Lung Cancers	5	14,827	10	3,169	+ 11,659
Kidney Disease	6	8,185	4	7,234	+ 951
Drug Use	7	7,096	34	635	+ 6,461
Hypertension	8	6,288	28	1,061	+ 5,227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	5,894	14	2,642	+ 3,252
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,855	8	4,437	+ 1,418
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	5,750	1	15,326	- 9,576
Suicide	12	5,062	30	903	+ 4,159
Breast Cancer	13	4,640	20	1,969	+ 2,670
Endocrine Disorders	14	4,479	40	474	+ 4,005
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,223	23	1,607	+ 2,616
Liver Disease	16	4,138	5	6,375	- 2,238
Road Traffic Accidents	17	3,975	9	4,414	- 439
Falls	18	3,853	25	1,285	+ 2,568
Lymphomas	19	3,840	18	2,254	+ 1,586
Prostate Cancer	20	3,395	11	3,167	+ 228
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,288	26	1,270	+ 2,018
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,101	39	494	+ 2,608
Liver Cancer	23	2,580	16	2,476	+ 104
Leukemia	24	2,571	22	1,850	+ 721
Other Injuries	25	2,478	13	2,876	- 397
Bladder Cancer	26	1,871	41	463	+ 1,408
Violence	27	1,809	12	3,013	- 1,204
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,700	42	394	+ 1,306
Other Neoplasms	29	1,691	58	54	+ 1,637
Alcohol	30	1,398	44	321	+ 1,076
Ovary Cancer	31	1,391	33	713	+ 678
Skin Cancers	32	1,364	32	786	+ 579
Stomach Cancer	33	1,247	7	5,072	- 3,825
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,121	19	1,997	- 875
Oral Cancer	35	1,102	38	519	+ 582
Uterin Cancer	36	959	45	304	+ 655
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	949	27	1,108	- 159
Cervical Cancer	38	666	21	1,924	- 1,258
Low Birth Weight	39	660	24	1,475	- 815
Malnutrition	40	645	29	1,006	- 361
Hepatitis C	41	542	65	4	+ 538
HIV/AIDS	42	540	31	849	- 309
Skin Disease	43	516	54	156	+ 359
Multiple Sclerosis	44	482	62	35	+ 448
Drownings	45	388	36	584	- 196
Asthma	46	364	50	208	+ 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	348	51	198	+ 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	330	35	609	- 279
Fires	49	303	49	239	+ 65
Epilepsy	50	301	47	262	+ 40
Anemia	51	297	82	0	+ 297
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	235	57	107	+ 127
Poisonings	53	160	55	126	+ 34
Birth Trauma	54	118	37	537	- 419
War	55	114	67	3	+ 111
Maternal Conditions	56	74	43	345	- 271
Schizophrenia	57	69	83	0	+ 69
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	65	84	0	+ 65
Hepatitis B	59	58	64	10	+ 48
Meningitis	60	58	56	118	- 60
Osteoarthritis	61	55	85	0	+ 55
Tuberculosis	62	52	17	2,377	- 2,325
Appendicitis	63	40	53	170	- 130
Oral conditions	64	27	86	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	65	22	63	11	+ 11
Syphilis	66	5	52	182	- 178
Otitis Media	67	3	71	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	68	2	46	281	- 278
Pertussis	69	1	48	260	- 259
Chagas disease	70	0	59	49	- 48
Tetanus	71	0	60	48	- 47
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	66	4	- 4
Malaria	77	0	61	35	- 35
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

United States

Peru

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.