SINGAPORE VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,313	1	5,292	+ 13,021
Stroke	2	5,087	3	1,559	+ 3,528
Lung Cancers	3	4,011	4	1,540	+ 2,471
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,112	2	5,189	- 2,078
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,273	5	1,203	+ 1,071
Lung Disease	6	2,128	14	383	+ 1,745
Other Neoplasms	7	1,440	22	195	+ 1,245
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,392	28	108	+ 1,284
Breast Cancer	9	1,240	10	605	+ 634
Liver Disease	10	1,231	20	209	+ 1,022
Prostate Cancer	11	1,010	16	303	+ 707
Stomach Cancer	12	920	12	405	+ 515
Pancreas Cancer	13	845	11	537	+ 308
Alcohol	14	815	47	10	+ 805
Hypertension	15	768	8	732	+ 36
Falls	16	733	18	218	+ 516
Bladder Cancer	17	731	27	120	+ 611
Suicide	18	666	9	650	+ 16
Lymphomas	19	644	13	397	+ 248
Kidney Disease	20	632	6	1,028	- 396
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	576	36	32	+ 543
Road Traffic Accidents	22	553	26	121	+ 432
Inflammatory/Heart	23	544	19	215	+ 328
Leukemia	24	538	17	249	+ 288
Oral Cancer	25	525	15	317	+ 208
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	481	33	69	+ 412
Ovary Cancer	27	456	21	204	+ 252
Other Injuries	28	393	32	79	+ 314
Liver Cancer	29	356	7	746	- 389
Uterin Cancer	30	336	23	147	+ 189
Skin Cancers	31	335	34	56	+ 279
Cervical Cancer	32	297	30	85	+ 212
Oesophagus Cancer	33	281	24	137	+ 144
Parkinson's Disease	34	233	29	90	+ 144
Epilepsy	35	178	42	25	+ 153
Congenital Anomalies	36	143	31	80	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	131	39	28	+ 103
Endocrine Disorders	38	129	37	30	+ 99
Drownings	39	99	38	29	+ 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	95	43	22	+ 73
Tuberculosis	41	93	40	26	+ 67
Low Birth Weight	42	90	41	25	+ 65
Asthma	43	84	35	37	+ 47
Multiple Sclerosis	44	78	57	3	+ 76
Fires	45	74	49	7	+ 67
Skin Disease	46	73	25	136	- 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	57	58	2	+ 55
Drug Use	48	50	44	19	+ 31
Violence	49	46	46	15	+ 31
Malnutrition	50	45	63	0	+ 45
Poisonings	51	32	60	1	+ 31
Hepatitis C	52	29	56	3	+ 26
Meningitis	53	27	48	8	+ 18
HIV/AIDS	54	18	45	18	- 0
Appendicitis	55	11	50	6	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	8	52	4	+ 4
Birth Trauma	57	8	55	3	+ 5
Schizophrenia	58	5	84	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	5	51	6	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	3	54	3	- 0
Osteoarthritis	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Anemia	62	2	85	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	53	3	- 2
Encephalitis	64	1	61	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	81	0	+ 1
War	66	1	59	2	- 2
Tetanus	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Poland

Singapore

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.