DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified
- Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx
- Polyp of vocal cord and larynx
- Nodules of vocal cords Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Malta: | 2.5092 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #2 | Estonia: | 1.50038 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #3 | Israel: | 1.11518 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #4 | Spain: | 0.594928 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #5 | Uruguay: | 0.58548 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #6 | Lithuania: | 0.556019 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #7 | Cuba: | 0.528774 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #8 | Slovenia: | 0.497265 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #9 | Latvia: | 0.436681 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #10 | Norway: | 0.435445 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #11 | Kuwait: | 0.428082 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #12 | Canada: | 0.426764 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #13 | Kyrgyzstan: | 0.388651 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #14 | United States: | 0.378719 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #15 | Mexico: | 0.291894 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #16 | Puerto Rico: | 0.255689 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #17 | Japan: | 0.251144 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #18 | Costa Rica: | 0.249004 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #19 | Colombia: | 0.232807 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #20 | Ecuador: | 0.224484 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #21 | Moldova: | 0.224467 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #22 | Croatia: | 0.22242 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #23 | Sweden: | 0.222173 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #24 | Georgia: | 0.213812 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #25 | Finland: | 0.191461 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #26 | Brazil: | 0.188058 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #27 | Chile: | 0.187723 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #28 | Slovakia: | 0.184128 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #29 | Denmark: | 0.184094 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #30 | Netherlands: | 0.182849 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #31 | Venezuela: | 0.157635 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #32 | Paraguay: | 0.15753 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #33 | Argentina: | 0.151753 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #34 | Australia: | 0.149328 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #35 | Peru: | 0.143236 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #36 | Romania: | 0.134348 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #37 | Korea, South: | 0.123353 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #38 | Austria: | 0.122175 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #39 | Dominican Republic: | 0.110497 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #40 | Hungary: | 0.09993 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #41 | Czech Republic: | 0.0976467 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #42 | United Kingdom: | 0.0827253 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #43 | Germany: | 0.0606568 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #44 | Poland: | 0.0518699 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #45 | South Africa: | 0.0451019 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #46 | Egypt: | 0.0129022 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| |
Weighted average: |
0.3 deaths per 1 million peo |
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DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified
- Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx
- Polyp of vocal cord and larynx
- Nodules of vocal cords Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.