DENMARK VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,819	1	5,341	+ 3,478
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,017	2	5,218	- 201
Lung Disease	3	3,413	3	4,387	- 974
Stroke	4	2,769	5	3,662	- 893
Lung Cancers	5	2,717	4	3,721	- 1,005
Kidney Disease	6	1,500	12	911	+ 589
Drug Use	7	1,300	34	197	+ 1,103
Hypertension	8	1,152	15	642	+ 510
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,080	7	2,147	- 1,067
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,073	10	1,284	- 211
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,054	6	2,244	- 1,190
Suicide	12	927	16	617	+ 310
Breast Cancer	13	850	9	1,299	- 449
Endocrine Disorders	14	821	19	575	+ 246
Pancreas Cancer	15	774	11	1,096	- 322
Liver Disease	16	758	14	692	+ 66
Road Traffic Accidents	17	728	33	213	+ 515
Falls	18	706	22	541	+ 165
Lymphomas	19	704	13	730	- 26
Prostate Cancer	20	622	8	1,480	- 858
Parkinson's Disease	21	602	17	600	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	22	568	31	284	+ 284
Liver Cancer	23	473	25	464	+ 8
Leukemia	24	471	20	558	- 87
Other Injuries	25	454	30	347	+ 107
Bladder Cancer	26	343	21	545	- 203
Violence	27	331	47	63	+ 268
Oesophagus Cancer	28	311	24	477	- 165
Other Neoplasms	29	310	27	378	- 68
Alcohol	30	256	18	598	- 342
Ovary Cancer	31	255	29	367	- 112
Skin Cancers	32	250	26	388	- 139
Stomach Cancer	33	228	23	484	- 256
Congenital Anomalies	34	205	36	153	+ 52
Oral Cancer	35	202	28	371	- 169
Uterin Cancer	36	176	35	156	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	174	38	145	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	38	122	37	153	- 31
Low Birth Weight	39	121	41	116	+ 4
Malnutrition	40	118	59	14	+ 104
Hepatitis C	41	99	60	9	+ 91
HIV/AIDS	42	99	55	23	+ 76
Skin Disease	43	94	45	79	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	44	88	39	132	- 44
Drownings	45	71	50	37	+ 34
Asthma	46	67	44	82	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	64	42	96	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	60	32	216	- 156
Fires	49	56	49	53	+ 3
Epilepsy	50	55	40	125	- 70
Anemia	51	54	46	73	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	43	43	84	- 41
Poisonings	53	29	62	6	+ 24
Birth Trauma	54	22	56	21	+ 0
War	55	21	66	1	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	56	14	64	2	+ 11
Schizophrenia	57	13	48	57	- 44
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	12	53	25	- 13
Hepatitis B	59	11	61	6	+ 5
Meningitis	60	11	52	25	- 14
Osteoarthritis	61	10	51	25	- 15
Tuberculosis	62	10	57	16	- 6
Appendicitis	63	7	54	23	- 16
Oral conditions	64	5	63	4	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	4	58	15	- 11
Syphilis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	65	2	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	67	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

United States

Denmark

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.