SINGAPORE VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,901	1	5,292	+ 3,609
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,063	36	32	+ 5,031
Lung Disease	3	3,444	14	383	+ 3,062
Stroke	4	2,795	3	1,559	+ 1,236
Lung Cancers	5	2,742	4	1,540	+ 1,201
Kidney Disease	6	1,514	6	1,028	+ 485
Drug Use	7	1,312	44	19	+ 1,293
Hypertension	8	1,163	8	732	+ 431
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,090	5	1,203	- 113
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,083	28	108	+ 975
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,063	2	5,189	- 4,126
Suicide	12	936	9	650	+ 286
Breast Cancer	13	858	10	605	+ 253
Endocrine Disorders	14	828	37	30	+ 798
Pancreas Cancer	15	781	11	537	+ 244
Liver Disease	16	765	20	209	+ 556
Road Traffic Accidents	17	735	26	121	+ 614
Falls	18	713	18	218	+ 495
Lymphomas	19	710	13	397	+ 313
Prostate Cancer	20	628	16	303	+ 325
Parkinson's Disease	21	608	29	90	+ 518
Inflammatory/Heart	22	573	19	215	+ 358
Liver Cancer	23	477	7	746	- 268
Leukemia	24	475	17	249	+ 226
Other Injuries	25	458	32	79	+ 379
Bladder Cancer	26	346	27	120	+ 226
Violence	27	335	46	15	+ 320
Oesophagus Cancer	28	314	24	137	+ 177
Other Neoplasms	29	313	22	195	+ 118
Alcohol	30	258	47	10	+ 248
Ovary Cancer	31	257	21	204	+ 53
Skin Cancers	32	252	34	56	+ 196
Stomach Cancer	33	231	12	405	- 174
Congenital Anomalies	34	207	31	80	+ 128
Oral Cancer	35	204	15	317	- 113
Uterin Cancer	36	177	23	147	+ 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	175	39	28	+ 148
Cervical Cancer	38	123	30	85	+ 38
Low Birth Weight	39	122	41	25	+ 97
Malnutrition	40	119	63	0	+ 119
Hepatitis C	41	100	56	3	+ 97
HIV/AIDS	42	100	45	18	+ 82
Skin Disease	43	95	25	136	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	44	89	57	3	+ 87
Drownings	45	72	38	29	+ 43
Asthma	46	67	35	37	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	64	43	22	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	61	33	69	- 8
Fires	49	56	49	7	+ 49
Epilepsy	50	56	42	25	+ 31
Anemia	51	55	85	0	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	43	58	2	+ 41
Poisonings	53	30	60	1	+ 28
Birth Trauma	54	22	55	3	+ 19
War	55	21	59	2	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	56	14	53	3	+ 10
Schizophrenia	57	13	84	0	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	12	51	6	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	11	52	4	+ 7
Meningitis	60	11	48	8	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	61	10	82	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	62	10	40	26	- 16
Appendicitis	63	7	50	6	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	5	81	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	4	54	3	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	0	61	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	62	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	66	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

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.