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	57,187	1	40,063	+ 17,124
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	32,529	2	30,970	+ 1,560
Lung Disease	3	22,130	4	14,212	+ 7,918
Stroke	4	17,955	5	14,159	+ 3,796
Lung Cancers	5	17,616	3	20,937	- 3,321
Kidney Disease	6	9,725	14	4,578	+ 5,147
Drug Use	7	8,431	16	3,686	+ 4,745
Hypertension	8	7,471	22	2,563	+ 4,908
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	7,003	6	9,651	- 2,648
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,956	9	5,718	+ 1,239
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	6,832	7	7,431	- 600
Suicide	12	6,014	15	4,417	+ 1,598
Breast Cancer	13	5,513	8	5,910	- 398
Endocrine Disorders	14	5,322	19	3,233	+ 2,089
Pancreas Cancer	15	5,017	11	5,057	- 41
Liver Disease	16	4,916	17	3,624	+ 1,292
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,722	28	1,998	+ 2,725
Falls	18	4,578	12	4,829	- 251
Lymphomas	19	4,562	10	5,146	- 584
Prostate Cancer	20	4,034	13	4,711	- 677
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,907	18	3,359	+ 548
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,684	27	2,060	+ 1,625
Liver Cancer	23	3,065	20	3,113	- 47
Leukemia	24	3,054	21	3,098	- 44
Other Injuries	25	2,945	24	2,392	+ 552
Bladder Cancer	26	2,222	23	2,521	- 298
Violence	27	2,149	40	605	+ 1,544
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,019	25	2,230	- 210
Other Neoplasms	29	2,010	31	1,679	+ 331
Alcohol	30	1,660	33	1,491	+ 169
Ovary Cancer	31	1,653	29	1,902	- 249
Skin Cancers	32	1,621	30	1,756	- 135
Stomach Cancer	33	1,481	26	2,177	- 696
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,332	35	1,081	+ 251
Oral Cancer	35	1,309	32	1,592	- 283
Uterin Cancer	36	1,140	34	1,183	- 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,127	36	840	+ 287
Cervical Cancer	38	791	41	578	+ 213
Low Birth Weight	39	784	42	553	+ 231
Malnutrition	40	766	51	192	+ 574
Hepatitis C	41	644	45	363	+ 281
HIV/AIDS	42	641	53	163	+ 478
Skin Disease	43	613	38	679	- 66
Multiple Sclerosis	44	573	37	692	- 119
Drownings	45	461	48	283	+ 178
Asthma	46	432	49	262	+ 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	413	39	636	- 223
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	392	43	442	- 50
Fires	49	361	52	192	+ 168
Epilepsy	50	358	44	384	- 26
Anemia	51	353	46	343	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	279	47	322	- 44
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	- 37
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	- 36
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	0	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

Canada

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.