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CANADA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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United States 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

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

United States

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Canada

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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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020