ICELAND VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,089	1	403	+ 685
Stroke	2	259	3	141	+ 119
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	148	6	82	+ 66
Lung Cancers	4	126	4	134	- 8
Lung Disease	5	102	5	129	- 27
Hypertension	6	95	17	24	+ 70
Diabetes Mellitus	7	87	16	30	+ 58
Liver Disease	8	77	31	9	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	9	72	35	7	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	57	7	73	- 16
Kidney Disease	11	57	15	33	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	12	55	23	18	+ 37
Breast Cancer	13	54	9	53	+ 1
Liver Cancer	14	44	20	22	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	15	44	12	43	+ 0
Congenital Anomalies	16	35	34	7	+ 27
Other Injuries	17	32	11	50	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	29	41	3	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	19	27	8	61	- 34
Bladder Cancer	20	22	21	20	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	21	21	26	16	+ 6
Leukemia	22	17	22	19	- 2
Low Birth Weight	23	16	43	3	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	24	15	36	7	+ 8
Violence	25	14	39	4	+ 10
Lymphomas	26	13	14	37	- 24
Cervical Cancer	27	12	32	9	+ 3
Suicide	28	12	13	40	- 28
Ovary Cancer	29	11	25	16	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	8	54	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	31	8	52	1	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	32	8	59	0	+ 7
Oral Cancer	33	7	33	9	- 1
Skin Cancers	34	7	29	13	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	35	6	27	16	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	36	6	19	23	- 16
Other Neoplasms	37	5	30	10	- 4
Tuberculosis	38	5	82	0	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	5	2	295	- 291
Falls	40	5	18	24	- 19
Drug Use	41	4	24	17	- 12
Birth Trauma	42	4	46	2	+ 2
Skin Disease	43	3	45	3	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	3	53	1	+ 2
Drownings	45	3	56	1	+ 2
Poisonings	46	2	42	3	- 1
Fires	47	2	58	1	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	48	1	10	53	- 52
Asthma	49	1	48	2	- 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	1	55	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	51	1	63	0	+ 1
Epilepsy	52	1	37	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	53	1	44	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	1	38	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	55	1	60	0	+ 1
Meningitis	56	1	50	1	- 0
Encephalitis	57	1	78	0	+ 1
Anemia	58	1	40	4	- 3
Appendicitis	59	1	86	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	60	0	47	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	61	0	49	1	- 1
Alcohol	62	0	28	14	- 14
Upper Respiratory	63	0	51	1	- 1
Oral conditions	64	0	85	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	66	0	57	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	0	83	0	+ 0
War	69	0	61	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	74	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	65	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Armenia

Iceland

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.