VENEZUELA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	46,141	1	26,905	+ 19,235
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	26,246	35	572	+ 25,674
Lung Disease	3	17,855	10	5,150	+ 12,706
Stroke	4	14,486	3	12,133	+ 2,353
Lung Cancers	5	14,213	11	3,900	+ 10,314
Kidney Disease	6	7,846	8	5,932	+ 1,915
Drug Use	7	6,802	50	225	+ 6,577
Hypertension	8	6,028	9	5,195	+ 833
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	5,650	19	2,037	+ 3,613
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,613	4	11,176	- 5,564
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	5,512	7	7,188	- 1,676
Suicide	12	4,852	34	585	+ 4,267
Breast Cancer	13	4,448	15	2,563	+ 1,885
Endocrine Disorders	14	4,294	30	760	+ 3,534
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,048	25	1,082	+ 2,966
Liver Disease	16	3,966	16	2,340	+ 1,626
Road Traffic Accidents	17	3,810	5	11,127	- 7,317
Falls	18	3,694	28	865	+ 2,828
Lymphomas	19	3,681	23	1,248	+ 2,433
Prostate Cancer	20	3,254	13	2,848	+ 406
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,152	48	252	+ 2,900
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,973	33	599	+ 2,374
Liver Cancer	23	2,473	26	1,029	+ 1,444
Leukemia	24	2,464	27	1,007	+ 1,457
Other Injuries	25	2,376	21	1,693	+ 683
Bladder Cancer	26	1,793	45	365	+ 1,429
Violence	27	1,734	2	18,132	- 16,398
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,629	44	370	+ 1,260
Other Neoplasms	29	1,621	18	2,167	- 546
Alcohol	30	1,340	62	34	+ 1,305
Ovary Cancer	31	1,333	36	563	+ 771
Skin Cancers	32	1,308	37	553	+ 755
Stomach Cancer	33	1,195	17	2,175	- 980
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,075	14	2,846	- 1,771
Oral Cancer	35	1,056	38	544	+ 512
Uterin Cancer	36	920	47	309	+ 610
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	910	22	1,359	- 449
Cervical Cancer	38	638	20	1,986	- 1,348
Low Birth Weight	39	633	12	3,088	- 2,455
Malnutrition	40	618	32	629	- 11
Hepatitis C	41	519	65	21	+ 498
HIV/AIDS	42	517	6	7,490	- 6,973
Skin Disease	43	494	66	18	+ 477
Multiple Sclerosis	44	462	60	51	+ 412
Drownings	45	372	43	388	- 16
Asthma	46	349	46	311	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	333	57	80	+ 253
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	316	40	418	- 101
Fires	49	291	54	144	+ 146
Epilepsy	50	289	41	411	- 122
Anemia	51	285	55	126	+ 159
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	225	52	180	+ 45
Poisonings	53	153	58	68	+ 85
Birth Trauma	54	113	24	1,087	- 974
War	55	109	51	185	- 75
Maternal Conditions	56	71	39	422	- 351
Schizophrenia	57	66	69	6	+ 60
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	62	53	151	- 89
Hepatitis B	59	56	63	30	+ 26
Meningitis	60	55	49	251	- 195
Osteoarthritis	61	53	72	3	+ 50
Tuberculosis	62	50	31	748	- 698
Appendicitis	63	39	56	98	- 59
Oral conditions	64	26	86	0	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	65	21	74	1	+ 20
Syphilis	66	5	67	15	- 11
Otitis Media	67	3	75	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	68	2	61	37	- 35
Pertussis	69	1	64	26	- 24
Chagas disease	70	0	29	826	- 826
Tetanus	71	0	68	8	- 7
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	4	- 4
Diphtheria	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	59	65	- 65
Malaria	77	0	42	402	- 402
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

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.