POLAND VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	57,208	1	117,700	- 60,491
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	32,541	21	3,701	+ 28,840
Lung Disease	3	22,138	6	13,677	+ 8,462
Stroke	4	17,961	2	32,693	- 14,732
Lung Cancers	5	17,623	3	25,781	- 8,158
Kidney Disease	6	9,729	20	4,065	+ 5,664
Drug Use	7	8,434	48	321	+ 8,113
Hypertension	8	7,474	15	4,937	+ 2,537
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	7,005	5	14,610	- 7,605
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,959	8	8,947	- 1,988
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	6,834	4	19,998	- 13,164
Suicide	12	6,016	18	4,282	+ 1,734
Breast Cancer	13	5,515	9	7,967	- 2,452
Endocrine Disorders	14	5,324	38	831	+ 4,493
Pancreas Cancer	15	5,019	13	5,430	- 411
Liver Disease	16	4,918	10	7,912	- 2,994
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,724	22	3,555	+ 1,170
Falls	18	4,580	16	4,712	- 132
Lymphomas	19	4,564	19	4,141	+ 423
Prostate Cancer	20	4,035	11	6,489	- 2,454
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,908	34	1,500	+ 2,408
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,686	23	3,495	+ 191
Liver Cancer	23	3,067	29	2,290	+ 777
Leukemia	24	3,055	24	3,456	- 400
Other Injuries	25	2,946	28	2,527	+ 419
Bladder Cancer	26	2,223	17	4,700	- 2,477
Violence	27	2,150	49	294	+ 1,856
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,020	33	1,803	+ 217
Other Neoplasms	29	2,010	7	9,256	- 7,246
Alcohol	30	1,661	14	5,238	- 3,577
Ovary Cancer	31	1,653	27	2,929	- 1,276
Skin Cancers	32	1,621	31	2,155	- 533
Stomach Cancer	33	1,482	12	5,910	- 4,429
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,333	36	916	+ 416
Oral Cancer	35	1,309	25	3,377	- 2,067
Uterin Cancer	36	1,140	30	2,163	- 1,022
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,128	37	839	+ 289
Cervical Cancer	38	791	32	1,907	- 1,115
Low Birth Weight	39	785	42	579	+ 206
Malnutrition	40	766	50	291	+ 476
Hepatitis C	41	644	52	188	+ 456
HIV/AIDS	42	641	54	115	+ 526
Skin Disease	43	613	46	469	+ 144
Multiple Sclerosis	44	573	44	502	+ 71
Drownings	45	461	39	636	- 175
Asthma	46	433	43	540	- 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	413	40	612	- 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	392	26	3,091	- 2,699
Fires	49	361	45	474	- 114
Epilepsy	50	358	35	1,145	- 787
Anemia	51	353	62	12	+ 341
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	279	47	369	- 90
Poisonings	53	190	51	205	- 15
Birth Trauma	54	140	57	52	+ 88
War	55	136	66	4	+ 132
Maternal Conditions	56	88	63	10	+ 79
Schizophrenia	57	82	58	30	+ 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	77	59	29	+ 48
Hepatitis B	59	69	56	52	+ 17
Meningitis	60	69	53	171	- 102
Osteoarthritis	61	66	61	18	+ 48
Tuberculosis	62	62	41	597	- 535
Appendicitis	63	48	55	69	- 21
Oral conditions	64	32	65	4	+ 28
Upper Respiratory	65	26	60	19	+ 7
Syphilis	66	6	69	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	67	4	68	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	68	3	64	6	- 4
Pertussis	69	2	71	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	0	67	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

United States

Poland

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.