YEMEN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,455	1	30,158	+ 17,297
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	26,993	22	1,405	+ 25,588
Lung Disease	3	18,364	11	3,196	+ 15,168
Stroke	4	14,899	2	13,570	+ 1,329
Lung Cancers	5	14,618	41	569	+ 14,049
Kidney Disease	6	8,070	15	2,679	+ 5,391
Drug Use	7	6,996	38	613	+ 6,383
Hypertension	8	6,199	8	5,293	+ 906
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	5,811	30	913	+ 4,898
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,773	19	1,794	+ 3,978
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	5,669	4	11,978	- 6,309
Suicide	12	4,991	21	1,699	+ 3,292
Breast Cancer	13	4,574	26	1,134	+ 3,441
Endocrine Disorders	14	4,416	36	738	+ 3,678
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,163	51	283	+ 3,880
Liver Disease	16	4,079	13	2,891	+ 1,188
Road Traffic Accidents	17	3,919	6	8,561	- 4,642
Falls	18	3,799	24	1,170	+ 2,629
Lymphomas	19	3,786	45	433	+ 3,353
Prostate Cancer	20	3,347	63	39	+ 3,308
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,242	49	362	+ 2,880
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,057	40	585	+ 2,473
Liver Cancer	23	2,544	39	609	+ 1,935
Leukemia	24	2,534	34	776	+ 1,758
Other Injuries	25	2,443	16	2,225	+ 218
Bladder Cancer	26	1,844	55	160	+ 1,684
Violence	27	1,784	14	2,839	- 1,056
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,676	35	765	+ 911
Other Neoplasms	29	1,668	64	21	+ 1,647
Alcohol	30	1,378	59	78	+ 1,299
Ovary Cancer	31	1,371	52	188	+ 1,183
Skin Cancers	32	1,345	58	100	+ 1,245
Stomach Cancer	33	1,229	31	902	+ 327
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,105	10	4,291	- 3,185
Oral Cancer	35	1,086	42	547	+ 539
Uterin Cancer	36	946	69	5	+ 941
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	936	9	4,372	- 3,436
Cervical Cancer	38	656	57	119	+ 537
Low Birth Weight	39	651	5	8,810	- 8,159
Malnutrition	40	636	27	1,058	- 423
Hepatitis C	41	534	68	8	+ 526
HIV/AIDS	42	532	46	396	+ 136
Skin Disease	43	508	61	44	+ 464
Multiple Sclerosis	44	475	62	42	+ 434
Drownings	45	383	25	1,142	- 760
Asthma	46	359	17	2,106	- 1,747
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	343	37	707	- 364
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	325	33	833	- 508
Fires	49	299	29	991	- 692
Epilepsy	50	297	43	539	- 242
Anemia	51	293	84	0	+ 293
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	231	66	14	+ 217
Poisonings	53	157	44	532	- 374
Birth Trauma	54	116	7	5,939	- 5,824
War	55	113	3	12,915	- 12,802
Maternal Conditions	56	73	32	890	- 817
Schizophrenia	57	68	86	0	+ 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	64	80	0	+ 64
Hepatitis B	59	57	50	299	- 242
Meningitis	60	57	28	1,018	- 962
Osteoarthritis	61	54	81	0	+ 54
Tuberculosis	62	51	18	1,899	- 1,848
Appendicitis	63	40	54	162	- 122
Oral conditions	64	27	82	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	65	22	70	5	+ 17
Syphilis	66	5	53	175	- 171
Otitis Media	67	3	73	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	68	2	48	369	- 366
Pertussis	69	1	23	1,239	- 1,238
Chagas disease	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	47	395	- 394
Schistosomiasis	72	0	56	124	- 124
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	14	- 14
Dengue	76	0	60	71	- 71
Malaria	77	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	2	- 2
Measles	80	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

United States

Yemen

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.