SOLOMON ISL. VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,073	1	975	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	610	28	32	+ 579
Lung Disease	3	415	6	209	+ 207
Stroke	4	337	2	670	- 333
Lung Cancers	5	331	27	33	+ 297
Kidney Disease	6	182	15	64	+ 119
Drug Use	7	158	58	1	+ 157
Hypertension	8	140	13	76	+ 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	131	31	23	+ 108
Diabetes Mellitus	10	131	4	322	- 192
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	128	3	371	- 243
Suicide	12	113	9	98	+ 15
Breast Cancer	13	103	26	34	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	14	100	39	15	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	15	94	51	4	+ 90
Liver Disease	16	92	10	89	+ 3
Road Traffic Accidents	17	89	8	111	- 22
Falls	18	86	20	55	+ 31
Lymphomas	19	86	42	13	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	20	76	41	13	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	21	73	34	21	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	22	69	37	17	+ 52
Liver Cancer	23	58	18	60	- 2
Leukemia	24	57	35	20	+ 37
Other Injuries	25	55	17	60	- 5
Bladder Cancer	26	42	52	4	+ 37
Violence	27	40	30	26	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	28	38	57	1	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	29	38	56	1	+ 37
Alcohol	30	31	48	9	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	31	31	33	21	+ 10
Skin Cancers	32	30	69	0	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	33	28	44	12	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	34	25	16	63	- 38
Oral Cancer	35	25	49	8	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	36	21	47	9	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	21	5	218	- 197
Cervical Cancer	38	15	25	41	- 27
Low Birth Weight	39	15	14	65	- 50
Malnutrition	40	14	36	19	- 5
Hepatitis C	41	12	62	0	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	42	12	80	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	43	11	46	10	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	44	11	61	0	+ 10
Drownings	45	9	11	80	- 72
Asthma	46	8	12	78	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	8	19	59	- 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	7	32	22	- 15
Fires	49	7	40	14	- 8
Epilepsy	50	7	45	11	- 4
Anemia	51	7	72	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	5	60	0	+ 5
Poisonings	53	4	38	15	- 12
Birth Trauma	54	3	21	51	- 49
War	55	3	65	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	56	2	22	46	- 44
Schizophrenia	57	2	70	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	1	85	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	53	3	- 2
Meningitis	60	1	43	13	- 11
Osteoarthritis	61	1	84	0	+ 1
Tuberculosis	62	1	23	45	- 44
Appendicitis	63	1	55	1	- 1
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	29	28	- 28
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	54	2	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	50	7	- 7
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	24	41	- 41
Malaria	77	0	7	146	- 146
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

United States

Solomon Isl.

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.