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USA VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Russia RUSSIA UNITED STATES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 1,324,524 1 504,904 + 819,620
Stroke 2 770,170 4 158,520 + 611,650
Lung Cancers 3 127,957 5 155,533 - 27,576
Inflammatory/Heart 4 127,248 22 32,529 + 94,719
Alzheimers & Dementia 5 114,212 2 287,198 - 172,987
Liver Disease 6 107,011 16 43,402 + 63,609
Colon-Rectum Cancers 7 100,350 9 61,827 + 38,523
Suicide 8 86,209 12 53,099 + 33,111
Lung Disease 9 86,151 3 195,387 - 109,236
Influenza and Pneumonia 10 76,274 11 60,317 + 15,957
Stomach Cancer 11 69,169 33 13,077 + 56,092
Alcohol 12 65,870 30 14,659 + 51,211
Breast Cancer 13 54,707 13 48,671 + 6,036
Other Injuries 14 53,000 25 25,997 + 27,003
HIV/AIDS 15 50,046 42 5,660 + 44,385
Pancreas Cancer 16 47,740 15 44,293 + 3,448
Hypertension 17 43,187 8 65,960 - 22,773
Diabetes Mellitus 18 43,180 10 61,418 - 18,238
Road Traffic Accidents 19 41,208 17 41,694 - 486
Prostate Cancer 20 33,206 20 35,612 - 2,407
Falls 21 27,551 18 40,418 - 12,867
Kidney Disease 22 27,260 6 85,861 - 58,601
Violence 23 26,952 27 18,976 + 7,976
Liver Cancer 24 26,280 23 27,064 - 785
Oral Cancer 25 25,610 35 11,555 + 14,055
Parkinson's Disease 26 22,057 21 34,491 - 12,434
Drug Use 27 21,450 7 74,435 - 52,985
Peptic Ulcer Disease 28 21,038 48 3,461 + 17,577
Lymphomas 29 20,995 19 40,281 - 19,286
Tuberculosis 30 19,823 62 546 + 19,277
Leukemia 31 19,390 24 26,966 - 7,576
Ovary Cancer 32 19,119 31 14,591 + 4,528
Oesophagus Cancer 33 17,492 28 17,829 - 337
Cervical Cancer 34 17,472 38 6,984 + 10,488
Uterin Cancer 35 16,164 36 10,063 + 6,101
Drownings 36 15,603 45 4,070 + 11,533
Fires 37 15,034 49 3,183 + 11,851
Bladder Cancer 38 14,846 26 19,622 - 4,777
Skin Cancers 39 13,209 32 14,311 - 1,102
Poisonings 40 13,099 53 1,674 + 11,425
Congenital Anomalies 41 9,889 34 11,762 - 1,872
Rheumatic Heart Disease 42 6,521 47 3,646 + 2,875
Skin Disease 43 6,439 43 5,409 + 1,030
Low Birth Weight 44 5,067 39 6,924 - 1,857
Endocrine Disorders 45 4,716 14 46,985 - 42,269
Asthma 46 4,152 46 3,818 + 334
Encephalitis 47 2,533 68 25 + 2,508
Meningitis 48 2,442 60 606 + 1,836
Multiple Sclerosis 49 1,946 44 5,059 - 3,113
Rheumatoid Arthritis 50 1,766 52 2,461 - 695
Other Neoplasms 51 1,715 29 17,743 - 16,028
Epilepsy 52 1,691 50 3,162 - 1,472
Birth Trauma 53 1,681 54 1,233 + 447
Appendicitis 54 962 63 424 + 537
Diarrhoeal diseases 55 949 37 9,955 - 9,006
Maternal Conditions 56 629 56 779 - 149
Malnutrition 57 570 40 6,762 - 6,192
Upper Respiratory 58 372 65 229 + 143
War 59 289 55 1,198 - 909
Hepatitis B 60 102 59 608 - 505
Chlamydia 61 59 84 0 + 59
Syphilis 62 44 66 49 - 6
Tetanus 63 8 71 2 + 6
Otitis Media 64 8 67 34 - 26
Pertussis 65 5 69 16 - 11
Hepatitis C 66 4 41 5,684 - 5,680
Diphtheria 67 1 75 0 + 1
Measles 68 0 80 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 69 0 73 1 - 1
Trypanosomiasis 70 0 78 0 - 0
Chagas disease 71 0 70 4 - 4
Schistosomiasis 72 0 72 1 - 1
Leishmaniasis 73 0 79 0 - 0
Malaria 74 0 77 0 - 0
Leprosy 75 0 74 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 76 0 81 0 - 0
Ascariasis 77 0 82 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 78 0 83 0 - 0
Dengue 79 0 76 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 86 0 - 0
Anemia 81 0 51 3,115 - 3,115
Vitamin A Deficiency 82 0 85 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 83 0 57 723 - 723
Osteoarthritis 84 0 61 579 - 579
Prostatic Hypertrophy 85 0 58 678 - 678
Oral conditions 86 0 64 286 - 286
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to USA

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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