CANADA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	57,280	1	40,063	+ 17,217
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	32,582	2	30,970	+ 1,612
Lung Disease	3	22,166	4	14,212	+ 7,954
Stroke	4	17,984	5	14,159	+ 3,825
Lung Cancers	5	17,645	3	20,937	- 3,292
Kidney Disease	6	9,741	14	4,578	+ 5,163
Drug Use	7	8,444	16	3,686	+ 4,758
Hypertension	8	7,483	22	2,563	+ 4,920
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	7,014	6	9,651	- 2,637
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,968	9	5,718	+ 1,250
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	6,843	7	7,431	- 589
Suicide	12	6,024	15	4,417	+ 1,607
Breast Cancer	13	5,522	8	5,910	- 389
Endocrine Disorders	14	5,330	19	3,233	+ 2,098
Pancreas Cancer	15	5,025	11	5,057	- 33
Liver Disease	16	4,924	17	3,624	+ 1,300
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,730	28	1,998	+ 2,732
Falls	18	4,585	12	4,829	- 244
Lymphomas	19	4,570	10	5,146	- 576
Prostate Cancer	20	4,040	13	4,711	- 671
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,913	18	3,359	+ 554
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,690	27	2,060	+ 1,631
Liver Cancer	23	3,070	20	3,113	- 42
Leukemia	24	3,059	21	3,098	- 39
Other Injuries	25	2,949	24	2,392	+ 557
Bladder Cancer	26	2,226	23	2,521	- 294
Violence	27	2,153	40	605	+ 1,548
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,023	25	2,230	- 207
Other Neoplasms	29	2,013	31	1,679	+ 334
Alcohol	30	1,663	33	1,491	+ 172
Ovary Cancer	31	1,655	29	1,902	- 247
Skin Cancers	32	1,624	30	1,756	- 133
Stomach Cancer	33	1,484	26	2,177	- 694
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,334	35	1,081	+ 253
Oral Cancer	35	1,311	32	1,592	- 281
Uterin Cancer	36	1,142	34	1,183	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,129	36	840	+ 289
Cervical Cancer	38	792	41	578	+ 214
Low Birth Weight	39	786	42	553	+ 232
Malnutrition	40	767	51	192	+ 575
Hepatitis C	41	645	45	363	+ 282
HIV/AIDS	42	642	53	163	+ 479
Skin Disease	43	614	38	679	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	44	574	37	692	- 118
Drownings	45	462	48	283	+ 179
Asthma	46	433	49	262	+ 171
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	414	39	636	- 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	393	43	442	- 49
Fires	49	361	52	192	+ 169
Epilepsy	50	359	44	384	- 25
Anemia	51	353	46	343	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	279	47	322	- 43
Poisonings	53	190	56	121	+ 68
Birth Trauma	54	140	50	193	- 53
War	55	136	65	21	+ 115
Maternal Conditions	56	88	64	45	+ 43
Schizophrenia	57	82	57	118	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	77	54	143	- 66
Hepatitis B	59	69	60	66	+ 3
Meningitis	60	69	59	68	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	61	66	55	139	- 73
Tuberculosis	62	62	58	97	- 35
Appendicitis	63	48	62	49	- 1
Oral conditions	64	32	61	51	- 18
Upper Respiratory	65	26	63	47	- 21
Syphilis	66	6	67	5	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	4	66	8	- 4
Encephalitis	68	3	68	3	- 0
Pertussis	69	2	69	1	+ 1
Chagas disease	70	1	70	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS	187,307		146,537		+ 40,770

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

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.modernize.leducmedia.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.