UNITED KINGDOM VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	101,079	2	71,728	+ 29,351
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	57,495	1	98,135	- 40,639
Lung Disease	3	39,115	6	32,896	+ 6,219
Stroke	4	31,735	4	37,626	- 5,892
Lung Cancers	5	31,137	5	35,715	- 4,578
Kidney Disease	6	17,189	18	5,471	+ 11,718
Drug Use	7	14,901	31	2,824	+ 12,077
Hypertension	8	13,205	23	5,208	+ 7,997
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	12,377	7	18,446	- 6,069
Diabetes Mellitus	10	12,296	17	5,842	+ 6,453
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	12,075	3	40,540	- 28,465
Suicide	12	10,630	20	5,325	+ 5,305
Breast Cancer	13	9,744	9	12,718	- 2,975
Endocrine Disorders	14	9,406	28	3,297	+ 6,109
Pancreas Cancer	15	8,867	11	8,995	- 128
Liver Disease	16	8,689	14	7,666	+ 1,023
Road Traffic Accidents	17	8,347	33	2,169	+ 6,178
Falls	18	8,091	15	7,618	+ 473
Lymphomas	19	8,064	10	9,350	- 1,286
Prostate Cancer	20	7,129	8	13,289	- 6,160
Parkinson's Disease	21	6,905	13	8,573	- 1,668
Inflammatory/Heart	22	6,512	29	3,126	+ 3,386
Liver Cancer	23	5,418	21	5,237	+ 182
Leukemia	24	5,398	22	5,211	+ 187
Other Injuries	25	5,205	19	5,464	- 259
Bladder Cancer	26	3,928	16	6,133	- 2,205
Violence	27	3,799	46	868	+ 2,931
Oesophagus Cancer	28	3,569	12	8,727	- 5,157
Other Neoplasms	29	3,552	26	3,986	- 434
Alcohol	30	2,935	39	1,555	+ 1,380
Ovary Cancer	31	2,921	25	4,019	- 1,098
Skin Cancers	32	2,865	27	3,727	- 862
Stomach Cancer	33	2,618	24	4,999	- 2,381
Congenital Anomalies	34	2,355	35	2,127	+ 228
Oral Cancer	35	2,313	30	3,109	- 796
Uterin Cancer	36	2,015	32	2,346	- 332
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,993	38	1,599	+ 394
Cervical Cancer	38	1,398	43	1,099	+ 299
Low Birth Weight	39	1,386	40	1,313	+ 73
Malnutrition	40	1,354	58	116	+ 1,238
Hepatitis C	41	1,138	51	267	+ 871
HIV/AIDS	42	1,133	55	188	+ 945
Skin Disease	43	1,083	34	2,134	- 1,051
Multiple Sclerosis	44	1,013	37	1,856	- 843
Drownings	45	815	49	301	+ 514
Asthma	46	764	41	1,302	- 538
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	730	45	876	- 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	693	36	2,090	- 1,397
Fires	49	637	48	334	+ 303
Epilepsy	50	633	42	1,193	- 560
Anemia	51	624	50	277	+ 347
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	493	44	1,014	- 521
Poisonings	53	335	53	221	+ 115
Birth Trauma	54	247	54	190	+ 57
War	55	240	67	10	+ 230
Maternal Conditions	56	156	64	47	+ 109
Schizophrenia	57	145	60	101	+ 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	136	56	184	- 48
Hepatitis B	59	122	65	40	+ 82
Meningitis	60	121	52	232	- 111
Osteoarthritis	61	116	57	167	- 51
Tuberculosis	62	109	47	351	- 242
Appendicitis	63	85	59	105	- 20
Oral conditions	64	57	61	54	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	46	63	48	- 2
Syphilis	66	10	62	49	- 39
Otitis Media	67	7	66	16	- 9
Encephalitis	68	5	68	6	- 1
Pertussis	69	3	69	3	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

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.