DENMARK VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,605	1	5,341	+ 263
Stroke	2	2,522	5	3,662	- 1,140
War	3	2,400	66	1	+ 2,400
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,226	6	2,244	- 17
Low Birth Weight	5	1,637	41	116	+ 1,521
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,591	33	213	+ 1,378
Birth Trauma	7	1,104	56	21	+ 1,083
Hypertension	8	984	15	642	+ 341
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	812	38	145	+ 668
Congenital Anomalies	10	797	36	153	+ 644
Lung Disease	11	594	3	4,387	- 3,793
Measles	12	561	71	0	+ 561
Liver Disease	13	537	14	692	- 155
Violence	14	528	47	63	+ 465
Kidney Disease	15	498	12	911	- 413
Other Injuries	16	414	30	347	+ 66
Asthma	17	391	44	82	+ 309
Tuberculosis	18	353	57	16	+ 337
Diabetes Mellitus	19	333	10	1,284	- 950
Malaria	20	319	79	0	+ 319
Suicide	21	316	16	617	- 302
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	261	2	5,218	- 4,956
Pertussis	23	230	72	0	+ 230
Falls	24	217	22	541	- 323
Drownings	25	212	50	37	+ 175
Breast Cancer	26	211	9	1,299	- 1,088
Malnutrition	27	197	59	14	+ 183
Meningitis	28	189	52	25	+ 164
Fires	29	184	49	53	+ 131
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	170	7	2,147	- 1,977
Stomach Cancer	31	168	23	484	- 316
Maternal Conditions	32	165	64	2	+ 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	155	32	216	- 61
Leukemia	34	144	20	558	- 414
Oesophagus Cancer	35	142	24	477	- 334
Endocrine Disorders	36	137	19	575	- 437
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	131	42	96	+ 35
Drug Use	38	114	34	197	- 83
Liver Cancer	39	113	25	464	- 351
Inflammatory/Heart	40	109	31	284	- 176
Lung Cancers	41	106	4	3,721	- 3,615
Oral Cancer	42	102	28	371	- 269
Epilepsy	43	100	40	125	- 25
Poisonings	44	99	62	6	+ 93
Lymphomas	45	80	13	730	- 649
HIV/AIDS	46	74	55	23	+ 51
Tetanus	47	73	68	0	+ 73
Encephalitis	48	69	67	1	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	49	67	17	600	- 533
Hepatitis B	50	56	61	6	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	51	53	11	1,096	- 1,043
Ovary Cancer	52	35	29	367	- 332
Syphilis	53	33	70	0	+ 32
Appendicitis	54	30	54	23	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	55	30	21	545	- 516
Schistosomiasis	56	23	75	0	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	57	22	37	153	- 131
Skin Cancers	58	19	26	388	- 370
Alcohol	59	15	18	598	- 584
Dengue	60	13	83	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	61	8	45	79	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	39	132	- 124
Prostate Cancer	63	7	8	1,480	- 1,473
Other Neoplasms	64	4	27	378	- 374
Ascariasis	65	3	81	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	43	84	- 82
Diphtheria	67	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	2	60	9	- 7
Uterin Cancer	69	1	35	156	- 155
Upper Respiratory	70	1	58	15	- 14
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	48	57	- 57
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.