GREECE VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	VIET NAM		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,731	2	14,077	+ 1,653
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,094	1	21,124	- 12,030
Lung Disease	3	3,549	5	5,526	- 1,978
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,349	20	1,266	+ 2,084
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,916	22	870	+ 2,045
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,899	7	3,940	- 1,041
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,753	3	8,282	- 5,529
Kidney Disease	8	2,498	6	4,759	- 2,261
Liver Cancer	9	2,472	14	1,566	+ 907
Liver Disease	10	2,364	23	809	+ 1,555
Lung Cancers	11	2,106	4	7,355	- 5,249
Hypertension	12	1,966	9	2,922	- 956
Falls	13	1,526	21	1,245	+ 281
Stomach Cancer	14	1,497	16	1,535	- 38
Tuberculosis	15	934	46	66	+ 868
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	817	8	3,264	- 2,447
Asthma	17	806	55	27	+ 779
Suicide	18	717	28	533	+ 184
Low Birth Weight	19	705	41	127	+ 578
Oral Cancer	20	701	30	440	+ 261
Congenital Anomalies	21	699	38	174	+ 525
Breast Cancer	22	612	11	2,520	- 1,908
Other Injuries	23	548	17	1,453	- 905
Inflammatory/Heart	24	530	24	725	- 195
Parkinson's Disease	25	528	10	2,646	- 2,118
Drownings	26	504	32	435	+ 69
HIV/AIDS	27	494	50	47	+ 447
Leukemia	28	485	18	1,354	- 869
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	434	44	95	+ 339
Lymphomas	30	293	19	1,268	- 975
Cervical Cancer	31	237	36	243	- 7
Birth Trauma	32	231	57	17	+ 215
Oesophagus Cancer	33	224	35	246	- 22
Endocrine Disorders	34	206	29	526	- 320
Prostate Cancer	35	189	12	2,023	- 1,834
Violence	36	177	42	104	+ 73
Measles	37	176	68	0	+ 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	169	43	100	+ 69
Encephalitis	39	154	67	1	+ 154
Skin Disease	40	150	47	56	+ 94
Drug Use	41	135	37	193	- 58
Uterin Cancer	42	115	33	373	- 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	95	26	611	- 516
Pancreas Cancer	44	92	13	1,904	- 1,812
Bladder Cancer	45	89	15	1,551	- 1,462
Alcohol	46	86	49	50	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	47	85	27	557	- 472
Poisonings	48	82	56	19	+ 63
Maternal Conditions	49	76	61	2	+ 74
Pertussis	50	70	69	0	+ 70
Meningitis	51	62	53	33	+ 28
Fires	52	59	39	146	- 88
Epilepsy	53	58	34	249	- 191
Skin Cancers	54	46	31	438	- 392
Hepatitis B	55	37	48	56	- 18
Syphilis	56	32	65	1	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	57	32	25	679	- 646
Tetanus	58	28	62	2	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	45	67	- 45
Appendicitis	60	20	58	9	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	40	135	- 122
Dengue	62	13	71	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	63	12	66	1	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	8	52	38	- 31
War	65	3	64	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	59	8	- 5
Malaria	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	47	- 47
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	27	- 27
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	63	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Viet Nam

Greece

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.