SOUTH AFRICA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	70,114	3	32,739	+ 37,376
Stroke	2	30,069	4	30,693	- 625
Road Traffic Accidents	3	11,564	11	13,014	- 1,450
Hypertension	4	10,758	12	12,789	- 2,031
Kidney Disease	5	9,677	9	15,302	- 5,625
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	9,369	2	39,341	- 29,972
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	7,243	22	4,676	+ 2,567
Low Birth Weight	8	6,994	16	6,250	+ 744
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,013	5	30,188	- 24,174
Lung Disease	10	6,000	13	11,895	- 5,894
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,601	25	4,351	+ 1,251
Lung Cancers	12	5,053	15	7,705	- 2,652
Birth Trauma	13	4,885	30	3,004	+ 1,881
Breast Cancer	14	4,454	23	4,533	- 79
Liver Disease	15	4,453	14	9,013	- 4,560
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,035	28	3,587	+ 449
Tuberculosis	17	3,651	6	21,965	- 18,314
Asthma	18	2,622	18	5,966	- 3,344
Stomach Cancer	19	2,612	39	1,535	+ 1,078
Lymphomas	20	2,356	31	2,818	- 462
Bladder Cancer	21	1,829	52	829	+ 1,000
Other Injuries	22	1,801	17	6,014	- 4,213
Falls	23	1,690	42	1,399	+ 291
Parkinson's Disease	24	1,605	46	1,077	+ 528
Leukemia	25	1,488	40	1,464	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,428	8	15,843	- 14,415
Cervical Cancer	27	1,398	20	5,555	- 4,157
Suicide	28	1,378	10	13,774	- 12,396
Prostate Cancer	29	1,374	24	4,374	- 3,000
Drug Use	30	1,264	53	770	+ 494
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,250	35	2,007	- 757
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,190	19	5,890	- 4,700
Maternal Conditions	33	1,178	38	1,700	- 521
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,061	21	5,408	- 4,348
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	927	36	1,894	- 967
Violence	36	917	7	21,000	- 20,083
Skin Cancers	37	914	48	993	- 78
Oral Cancer	38	893	41	1,406	- 512
Fires	39	818	27	3,618	- 2,800
Ovary Cancer	40	786	51	951	- 165
Liver Cancer	41	708	33	2,383	- 1,675
Drownings	42	579	32	2,403	- 1,824
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	465	47	1,015	- 550
Epilepsy	44	456	37	1,870	- 1,414
Meningitis	45	411	26	3,660	- 3,249
Oesophagus Cancer	46	403	29	3,486	- 3,083
Poisonings	47	369	50	975	- 607
HIV/AIDS	48	248	1	71,996	- 71,748
Pertussis	49	217	43	1,142	- 925
Hepatitis B	50	212	61	139	+ 72
Encephalitis	51	187	59	234	- 48
Skin Disease	52	143	45	1,101	- 959
Malnutrition	53	105	34	2,381	- 2,276
Alcohol	54	104	49	987	- 882
Appendicitis	55	103	56	274	- 171
Uterin Cancer	56	97	54	512	- 416
Multiple Sclerosis	57	95	62	113	- 18
Other Neoplasms	58	74	58	267	- 192
Measles	59	71	57	270	- 200
Tetanus	60	66	65	38	+ 28
Syphilis	61	53	44	1,130	- 1,077
War	62	52	64	66	- 13
Schistosomiasis	63	28	66	35	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	28	55	376	- 348
Hepatitis C	65	6	70	8	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	4	77	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	67	3	71	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	2	60	223	- 221
Chlamydia	69	1	68	18	- 17
Diphtheria	70	1	69	16	- 15
Otitis Media	71	0	67	19	- 19
Malaria	72	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Algeria

South Africa

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.