ICELAND VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,106	1	403	+ 702
Stroke	2	307	3	141	+ 167
Lung Cancers	3	242	4	134	+ 108
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	188	6	82	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	137	7	73	+ 64
Lung Disease	6	128	5	129	- 0
Other Neoplasms	7	87	30	10	+ 77
Diabetes Mellitus	8	84	16	30	+ 54
Breast Cancer	9	75	9	53	+ 21
Liver Disease	10	74	31	9	+ 65
Prostate Cancer	11	61	8	61	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	12	56	23	18	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	13	51	12	43	+ 8
Alcohol	14	49	28	14	+ 35
Hypertension	15	46	17	24	+ 22
Falls	16	44	18	24	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	17	44	21	20	+ 24
Suicide	18	40	13	40	- 0
Lymphomas	19	39	14	37	+ 2
Kidney Disease	20	38	15	33	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	35	2	295	- 261
Road Traffic Accidents	22	33	35	7	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	23	33	26	16	+ 17
Leukemia	24	32	22	19	+ 14
Oral Cancer	25	32	33	9	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	29	41	3	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	27	28	25	16	+ 11
Other Injuries	28	24	11	50	- 26
Liver Cancer	29	22	20	22	- 1
Uterin Cancer	30	20	36	7	+ 13
Skin Cancers	31	20	29	13	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	32	18	32	9	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	33	17	19	23	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	34	14	10	53	- 39
Epilepsy	35	11	37	5	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	36	9	34	7	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	8	55	1	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	38	8	27	16	- 8
Drownings	39	6	56	1	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	6	54	1	+ 5
Tuberculosis	41	6	82	0	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	42	5	43	3	+ 2
Asthma	43	5	48	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	44	5	44	3	+ 2
Fires	45	4	58	1	+ 4
Skin Disease	46	4	45	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	3	38	4	- 1
Drug Use	48	3	24	17	- 14
Violence	49	3	39	4	- 1
Malnutrition	50	3	57	1	+ 2
Poisonings	51	2	42	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	52	2	52	1	+ 1
Meningitis	53	2	50	1	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	54	1	59	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	55	1	86	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	0	63	0	+ 0
Birth Trauma	57	0	46	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	58	0	49	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	0	53	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	0	51	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	61	0	47	2	- 2
Anemia	62	0	40	4	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	0	60	0	- 0
Encephalitis	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	0	85	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Poland

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.