Asthma statistics - countries compared

DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Asthma
Predominantly allergic asthma
Nonallergic asthma
Mixed asthma
Asthma, unspecifiedl> The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered

Mortality Statistics > Asthma (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Korea, South:

4,228 deaths

# 2

United States:

4,040 deaths

# 3

South Africa:

3,443 deaths

# 4

Japan:

3,257 deaths

# 5

Germany:

2,605 deaths

# 6

Brazil:

2,203 deaths

# 7

Mexico:

1,967 deaths

# 8

Egypt:

1,116 deaths

# 9

Thailand:

934 deaths

# 10

Poland:

885 deaths

# 11

Spain:

749 deaths

# 12

Argentina:

644 deaths

# 13

Colombia:

569 deaths

# 14

Romania:

476 deaths

# 15

Australia:

390 deaths

# 16

Canada:

292 deaths

# 17

Georgia:

277 deaths

# 18

Venezuela:

249 deaths

# 19

Austria:

213 deaths

# 20

Peru:

208 deaths

# 21

Dominican Republic:

206 deaths

= 22

Chile:

203 deaths

= 22

Hungary:

203 deaths

# 24

Norway:

200 deaths

# 25

El Salvador:

187 deaths

# 26

Denmark:

185 deaths

# 27

Sweden:

181 deaths

# 28

Puerto Rico:

145 deaths

# 29

Israel:

141 deaths

# 30

Cuba:

138 deaths

# 31

Kyrgyzstan:

135 deaths

# 32

Uruguay:

121 deaths

# 33

Czech Republic:

118 deaths

# 34

Moldova:

115 deaths

# 35

Ecuador:

100 deaths

# 36

Nicaragua:

99 deaths

# 37

Slovakia:

97 deaths

# 38

Finland:

95 deaths

# 39

United Kingdom:

91 deaths

# 40

Croatia:

84 deaths

# 41

Latvia:

79 deaths

# 42

Lithuania:

75 deaths

# 43

Netherlands:

73 deaths

# 44

New Zealand:

66 deaths

# 45

Panama:

55 deaths

# 46

Slovenia:

46 deaths

# 47

Paraguay:

45 deaths

# 48

Estonia:

43 deaths

# 49

Costa Rica:

40 deaths

# 50

Kuwait:

37 deaths

# 51

Luxembourg:

12 deaths

# 52

Barbados:

9 deaths

= 53

Bahrain:

8 deaths

= 53

Iceland:

8 deaths

= 53

Qatar:

8 deaths

# 56

Belize:

5 deaths

# 57

Malta:

4 deaths

# 58

Bahamas, The:

3 deaths

Total:

32,205 deaths

Weighted average:

555.3 deaths

DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Asthma
Predominantly allergic asthma
Nonallergic asthma
Mixed asthma
Asthma, unspecifiedl> The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered

SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System via NationMaster

Mortality Statistics > Asthma (most recent) by country

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