TRINIDAD/TOB. VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,080	1	1,476	+ 605
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,183	9	215	+ 969
Lung Disease	3	805	16	129	+ 676
Stroke	4	653	3	822	- 169
Lung Cancers	5	641	8	217	+ 424
Kidney Disease	6	354	5	439	- 86
Drug Use	7	307	44	19	+ 288
Hypertension	8	272	11	201	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	255	13	196	+ 59
Diabetes Mellitus	10	253	2	1,275	- 1,022
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	249	10	205	+ 43
Suicide	12	219	17	121	+ 98
Breast Cancer	13	201	7	258	- 58
Endocrine Disorders	14	194	18	119	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	15	182	19	114	+ 69
Liver Disease	16	179	14	136	+ 43
Road Traffic Accidents	17	172	15	130	+ 42
Falls	18	167	33	43	+ 124
Lymphomas	19	166	20	111	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	20	147	6	330	- 183
Parkinson's Disease	21	142	32	51	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	22	134	25	72	+ 62
Liver Cancer	23	112	28	66	+ 46
Leukemia	24	111	29	62	+ 49
Other Injuries	25	107	30	61	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	26	81	34	41	+ 40
Violence	27	78	4	549	- 471
Oesophagus Cancer	28	73	41	24	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	29	73	51	10	+ 63
Alcohol	30	60	42	23	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	31	60	24	80	- 20
Skin Cancers	32	59	57	4	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	33	54	26	69	- 15
Congenital Anomalies	34	48	22	93	- 45
Oral Cancer	35	48	38	31	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	36	41	27	68	- 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	41	45	18	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	38	29	21	97	- 68
Low Birth Weight	39	29	23	83	- 54
Malnutrition	40	28	47	17	+ 11
Hepatitis C	41	23	62	0	+ 23
HIV/AIDS	42	23	12	196	- 173
Skin Disease	43	22	36	39	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	44	21	58	2	+ 19
Drownings	45	17	39	31	- 14
Asthma	46	16	35	40	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	15	49	11	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	14	31	52	- 38
Fires	49	13	48	16	- 3
Epilepsy	50	13	37	32	- 19
Anemia	51	13	85	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	53	8	+ 2
Poisonings	53	7	59	1	+ 5
Birth Trauma	54	5	40	25	- 20
War	55	5	46	17	- 12
Maternal Conditions	56	3	50	10	- 7
Schizophrenia	57	3	86	0	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	82	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	3	60	0	+ 2
Meningitis	60	2	52	9	- 7
Osteoarthritis	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	62	2	43	22	- 19
Appendicitis	63	2	56	4	- 3
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	0	61	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	54	6	- 6
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	55	5	- 5
Malaria	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	63	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

United States

Trinidad/Tob.

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.