Leading Causes of Death Hong Kong vs USA

#1

It’s interesting to see what the leading causes of death are in one of the longest-lived regions of the world compared to the USA.

Hong Kong - total deaths (male) - percentage of total

1 Cancer 8,399 24.5%
2 Pneumonia 5,926 17.3%
3 COVID 5,402 15.8%
4 Diseases of heart 3,874 11.3%
5 Cerebrovascular diseases 1,615 4.7%
6 External causes of morbidity and mortality 1,250 3.6%
7 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 891 2.6%
8 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 891 2.6%
9 Septicaemia 592 1.7%
10 Dementia 529 1.5%
11 Diabetes mellitus 379 1.1%

VS USA

  1. Heart disease (695,547)
  2. Cancer (605,213)
  3. COVID-19 (416,893)
  4. Accidents (224,935)
  5. Stroke (162,890)
  6. Chronic lower respiratory diseases (142,342)
  7. Alzheimer’s disease (119,399)
  8. Diabetes (103,294)
  9. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (56,585)
  10. Kidney disease (54,358)

http://www.healthyhk.gov.hk/phisweb/en/chart_detail/22/

#2

Probably there are 4 main causes:

  1. Obesity rates in USA (that increase mostly heart disease)
  2. Different genetics
  3. Different diet
  4. Better healthcare (and Covid protection)

People in Hong Kong live 8% longer by average - so probably this is how much people can get realistically by not getting obese and good healthcare

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