SWITZERLAND VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,083	1	10,713	+ 2,369
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,442	2	7,192	+ 249
Lung Disease	3	5,063	5	2,902	+ 2,161
Stroke	4	4,107	3	3,918	+ 190
Lung Cancers	5	4,030	4	3,520	+ 510
Kidney Disease	6	2,225	13	1,261	+ 964
Drug Use	7	1,929	36	176	+ 1,753
Hypertension	8	1,709	6	2,471	- 762
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,602	7	1,995	- 393
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,591	17	1,022	+ 570
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,563	8	1,949	- 386
Suicide	12	1,376	14	1,249	+ 127
Breast Cancer	13	1,261	11	1,577	- 316
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,217	25	593	+ 625
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,148	12	1,486	- 338
Liver Disease	16	1,125	21	677	+ 447
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,080	34	193	+ 887
Falls	18	1,047	9	1,919	- 872
Lymphomas	19	1,044	15	1,131	- 88
Prostate Cancer	20	923	10	1,579	- 657
Parkinson's Disease	21	894	18	857	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	22	843	16	1,027	- 184
Liver Cancer	23	701	19	805	- 104
Leukemia	24	699	22	671	+ 27
Other Injuries	25	674	30	410	+ 264
Bladder Cancer	26	508	23	669	- 161
Violence	27	492	51	42	+ 449
Oesophagus Cancer	28	462	28	491	- 29
Other Neoplasms	29	460	20	681	- 222
Alcohol	30	380	32	229	+ 151
Ovary Cancer	31	378	29	457	- 79
Skin Cancers	32	371	27	493	- 122
Stomach Cancer	33	339	24	614	- 275
Congenital Anomalies	34	305	31	305	- 0
Oral Cancer	35	299	26	500	- 201
Uterin Cancer	36	261	33	224	+ 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	258	35	186	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	38	181	42	105	+ 76
Low Birth Weight	39	179	43	105	+ 75
Malnutrition	40	175	47	84	+ 91
Hepatitis C	41	147	58	15	+ 132
HIV/AIDS	42	147	54	29	+ 118
Skin Disease	43	140	40	129	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	44	131	38	160	- 29
Drownings	45	105	50	49	+ 56
Asthma	46	99	46	95	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	94	48	78	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	90	41	122	- 33
Fires	49	82	55	21	+ 61
Epilepsy	50	82	39	159	- 77
Anemia	51	81	44	102	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	64	49	68	- 4
Poisonings	53	43	60	13	+ 30
Birth Trauma	54	32	52	32	+ 0
War	55	31	67	1	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	56	20	64	4	+ 16
Schizophrenia	57	19	45	96	- 78
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	18	53	32	- 14
Hepatitis B	59	16	63	5	+ 11
Meningitis	60	16	57	20	- 4
Osteoarthritis	61	15	37	170	- 155
Tuberculosis	62	14	56	21	- 7
Appendicitis	63	11	59	15	- 4
Oral conditions	64	7	62	8	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	6	61	11	- 5
Syphilis	66	1	65	2	- 0
Otitis Media	67	1	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	1	68	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

United States

Switzerland

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.