NEW ZEALAND VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,987	1	5,095	+ 892
Stroke	2	2,568	3	2,378	+ 189
Road Traffic Accidents	3	987	16	458	+ 530
Hypertension	4	919	20	327	+ 592
Kidney Disease	5	826	17	432	+ 394
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	800	7	920	- 120
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	618	2	3,032	- 2,413
Low Birth Weight	8	597	38	78	+ 519
Diabetes Mellitus	9	513	8	769	- 255
Lung Disease	10	512	5	1,815	- 1,302
Congenital Anomalies	11	478	30	176	+ 303
Lung Cancers	12	431	4	1,873	- 1,442
Birth Trauma	13	417	54	15	+ 403
Breast Cancer	14	380	10	737	- 356
Liver Disease	15	380	32	158	+ 223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	345	6	1,495	- 1,150
Tuberculosis	17	312	52	17	+ 295
Asthma	18	224	36	91	+ 133
Stomach Cancer	19	223	22	323	- 100
Lymphomas	20	201	13	608	- 407
Bladder Cancer	21	156	26	267	- 111
Other Injuries	22	154	28	218	- 64
Falls	23	144	11	627	- 482
Parkinson's Disease	24	137	19	353	- 216
Leukemia	25	127	18	391	- 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	122	37	81	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	27	119	41	61	+ 59
Suicide	28	118	15	528	- 411
Prostate Cancer	29	117	9	739	- 622
Drug Use	30	108	40	69	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	31	107	14	543	- 436
Endocrine Disorders	32	102	21	325	- 223
Maternal Conditions	33	101	63	5	+ 96
Inflammatory/Heart	34	91	23	313	- 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	79	39	70	+ 9
Violence	36	78	42	57	+ 21
Skin Cancers	37	78	12	612	- 533
Oral Cancer	38	76	31	164	- 87
Fires	39	70	53	17	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	40	67	29	207	- 140
Liver Cancer	41	60	24	288	- 227
Drownings	42	49	44	54	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	40	35	113	- 73
Epilepsy	44	39	43	55	- 16
Meningitis	45	35	59	9	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	46	34	25	279	- 245
Poisonings	47	31	58	9	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	48	21	57	10	+ 11
Pertussis	49	19	65	1	+ 18
Hepatitis B	50	18	56	14	+ 4
Encephalitis	51	16	66	1	+ 15
Skin Disease	52	12	34	118	- 106
Malnutrition	53	9	55	14	- 5
Alcohol	54	9	45	51	- 42
Appendicitis	55	9	62	6	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	56	8	33	145	- 136
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	47	43	- 35
Other Neoplasms	58	6	27	245	- 239
Measles	59	6	82	0	+ 6
Tetanus	60	6	69	0	+ 5
Syphilis	61	4	70	0	+ 4
War	62	4	68	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	46	47	- 45
Hepatitis C	65	0	48	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Algeria

New Zealand

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.