SLOVENIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,098	1	3,617	- 519
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,762	16	375	+ 1,386
Lung Disease	3	1,199	7	675	+ 524
Stroke	4	972	2	1,977	- 1,005
Lung Cancers	5	954	3	1,261	- 307
Kidney Disease	6	527	28	143	+ 383
Drug Use	7	457	41	24	+ 433
Hypertension	8	405	4	881	- 476
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	379	5	743	- 364
Diabetes Mellitus	10	377	18	340	+ 37
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	370	13	412	- 42
Suicide	12	326	14	411	- 85
Breast Cancer	13	299	9	484	- 185
Endocrine Disorders	14	288	33	93	+ 196
Pancreas Cancer	15	272	15	409	- 138
Liver Disease	16	266	12	429	- 163
Road Traffic Accidents	17	256	31	105	+ 151
Falls	18	248	6	708	- 460
Lymphomas	19	247	11	465	- 218
Prostate Cancer	20	218	10	476	- 258
Parkinson's Disease	21	212	24	196	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	22	200	20	239	- 40
Liver Cancer	23	166	19	285	- 118
Leukemia	24	165	21	225	- 60
Other Injuries	25	159	23	203	- 43
Bladder Cancer	26	120	22	211	- 91
Violence	27	116	42	19	+ 98
Oesophagus Cancer	28	109	32	93	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	29	109	34	69	+ 40
Alcohol	30	90	8	511	- 421
Ovary Cancer	31	90	29	122	- 33
Skin Cancers	32	88	25	191	- 103
Stomach Cancer	33	80	17	341	- 260
Congenital Anomalies	34	72	38	49	+ 23
Oral Cancer	35	71	27	145	- 74
Uterin Cancer	36	62	30	106	- 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	61	52	4	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	38	43	36	60	- 18
Low Birth Weight	39	42	43	17	+ 26
Malnutrition	40	41	64	0	+ 41
Hepatitis C	41	35	67	0	+ 35
HIV/AIDS	42	35	70	0	+ 35
Skin Disease	43	33	49	5	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	44	31	39	35	- 4
Drownings	45	25	44	17	+ 8
Asthma	46	23	45	16	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	26	151	- 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	21	37	55	- 33
Fires	49	20	48	8	+ 11
Epilepsy	50	19	35	62	- 43
Anemia	51	19	60	1	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	15	40	30	- 15
Poisonings	53	10	51	4	+ 6
Birth Trauma	54	8	57	1	+ 6
War	55	7	61	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	56	5	56	1	+ 3
Schizophrenia	57	4	47	9	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	4	86	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	4	58	1	+ 3
Meningitis	60	4	50	5	- 1
Osteoarthritis	61	4	85	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	62	3	46	15	- 11
Appendicitis	63	3	54	2	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	2	53	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	0	55	2	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

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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.