The U.S. ranks 22nd in deaths by ultraviolet radiation

According to the World Health Organization, in 2002 the United States had deaths attributable to ultraviolet (UV) radiation at a rate of 2.93 per 100,000 population. That is enough to make the United States rank twenty-second out of one hundred ninety countries ranked in that category. Niue ranked first, with a UV attributable death rate of 2481.51 per 100,000 population.

The U.S. ranks 1st in death by violence

According to the National Academy of Sciences, in 2008 the United States had a death-by-violence rate of 6.47 per 100,000 people. That is enough to make the United States rank first out of seventeen “high-income democracies” ranked in that category. The second-ranked country was Finland, with a death-by-violence rate of 2.24 per 100,000.

Graph from the National Academy of Sciences
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/CPOP/DBASSE_080393#violence

The U.S ranks 3rd in deaths due to road accidents

According to the World Resources Institute in 2005 the United States experienced 43,443 deaths due to road accidents. That is enough to make the United States rank third out of seventy four countries ranked in that category. China ranks first with 98,738 deaths due to road accidents.

Entry prepared by Kiernan Playford

The U.S. ranks 21st in children’s accidental deaths

According to the World Health Organization, 10.3% of all deaths of children under the age of five are caused by accidents, which makes the United States rank twenty-first in the world in that category. Nauru ranks first, with 19.4% of all young children’s deaths caused by accident.

The U.S. ranks 15th in alcohol-related traffic deaths

According to data gathered by the World Health Organization in 2008, thirty-eight percent of all traffic fatalities in the United States are alcohol-related, which makes the United States rank fifteenth out of ninety-two countries who reported such data. Palau ranked first, at 100%. However, only three traffic deaths were reported by Palau.

The U.S. ranks 96th in death

According to the CIA World Factbook’s 2010 estimate, the annual death rate in the United States is 8.38 out of every 1,000 people, which makes the United States rank ninety-sixth out of 222 ranked countries. Angola ranks first, with a death rate of 23.74 per 1,000. The country with the lowest death rate is the United Arab Emirates.

The U.S. ranks 11th in cancer deaths (female)

According to the OECD, in 2009, 144.1 out of every 100,000 American women died of cancer, which makes the United States rank eleventh out of twenty-seven OECD nations ranked in that category. Hungary ranks first with a cancer death rate of 187.4 out of every 100,000 Hungarian woman.

The U.S. ranks 20th in cancer deaths (male)

According to the OECD, 210.9 out of every 100,000 men in the United States died of cancer, which makes the United States rank twentieth out of twenty-seven nations ranked by the OECD in that category. Hungary ranks first, with 367.6 out of every 100,000 Hungarian men dying of cancer that year.

The U.S. ranks 89th in digestive disease death rates

According to the World Health Organization, in 2002 an estimated 30.0 out of every 100,000 Americans died of a digestive disease, a rate that makes the United States rank eighty-ninth in that category. Kiribati ranks first, with a digestive disease death rate of 144.9 per 100,000.

The U.S. ranks 93rd in automobile accident death rates

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 15.5 out of every 100,000 Americans died in an automobile accident in 2002, a death rate that makes the United States rank ninety-third in that category. Sierra Leone ranks first, with an automobile accident death rate of 64.3 out of 100,000 people.