GREECE VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,435	1	21,124	- 9,689
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	9,368	7	3,940	+ 5,428
Stroke	3	6,417	2	14,077	- 7,660
Lung Cancers	4	4,897	4	7,355	- 2,459
Lung Disease	5	4,188	5	5,526	- 1,339
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,752	8	3,264	+ 488
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,035	3	8,282	- 5,247
Kidney Disease	8	2,152	6	4,759	- 2,607
Hypertension	9	2,017	9	2,922	- 906
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,720	20	1,266	+ 454
Breast Cancer	11	1,564	11	2,520	- 957
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,494	13	1,904	- 410
Prostate Cancer	13	1,420	12	2,023	- 603
Stomach Cancer	14	1,282	16	1,535	- 253
Other Injuries	15	1,225	17	1,453	- 228
Lymphomas	16	1,180	19	1,268	- 88
Bladder Cancer	17	1,155	15	1,551	- 395
Liver Cancer	18	1,128	14	1,566	- 437
Inflammatory/Heart	19	1,103	24	725	+ 378
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,094	10	2,646	- 1,552
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,076	29	526	+ 550
Other Neoplasms	22	1,051	25	679	+ 372
Liver Disease	23	936	23	809	+ 127
Leukemia	24	835	18	1,354	- 519
Suicide	25	799	28	533	+ 266
Falls	26	718	21	1,245	- 527
Oral Cancer	27	571	30	440	+ 131
Ovary Cancer	28	448	27	557	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	29	445	35	246	+ 199
Skin Disease	30	407	47	56	+ 351
Road Traffic Accidents	31	405	22	870	- 466
Skin Cancers	32	399	31	438	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	357	43	100	+ 257
Uterin Cancer	34	357	33	373	- 16
Asthma	35	251	55	27	+ 223
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	235	44	95	+ 140
Anemia	37	202	51	47	+ 156
Congenital Anomalies	38	191	38	174	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	39	189	36	243	- 54
Epilepsy	40	182	34	249	- 67
Drug Use	41	172	37	193	- 21
Hepatitis C	42	144	52	38	+ 106
HIV/AIDS	43	119	50	47	+ 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	105	26	611	- 506
Drownings	45	99	32	435	- 337
Alcohol	46	74	49	50	+ 23
Malnutrition	47	67	66	1	+ 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	65	45	67	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	49	64	40	135	- 72
Tuberculosis	50	60	46	66	- 7
Violence	51	58	42	104	- 46
Low Birth Weight	52	56	41	127	- 71
Osteoarthritis	53	47	85	0	+ 47
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	45	86	0	+ 45
Fires	55	41	39	146	- 106
Schizophrenia	56	40	54	27	+ 12
Poisonings	57	38	56	19	+ 18
Hepatitis B	58	36	48	56	- 20
Meningitis	59	28	53	33	- 5
Birth Trauma	60	25	57	17	+ 8
Appendicitis	61	18	58	9	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	10	59	8	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	10	63	2	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	64	3	61	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	60	4	- 1
Otitis Media	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	2	65	1	+ 1
War	68	1	64	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	0	62	2	- 1
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Spain

Greece

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.