SOUTH AFRICA VS AZERBAIJAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AZERBAIJAN		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	189,091	3	32,739	+ 156,352
Stroke	2	73,434	4	30,693	+ 42,741
Liver Disease	3	20,083	14	9,013	+ 11,070
Diabetes Mellitus	4	13,522	5	30,188	- 16,665
Hypertension	5	13,449	12	12,789	+ 660
Lung Disease	6	10,437	13	11,895	- 1,457
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	10,109	2	39,341	- 29,231
Inflammatory/Heart	8	9,539	21	5,408	+ 4,131
Kidney Disease	9	9,025	9	15,302	- 6,277
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,776	22	4,676	+ 3,100
Lung Cancers	11	7,621	15	7,705	- 84
Stomach Cancer	12	7,372	39	1,535	+ 5,837
Breast Cancer	13	5,204	23	4,533	+ 671
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	4,471	28	3,587	+ 885
Low Birth Weight	15	4,115	16	6,250	- 2,135
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,839	11	13,014	- 9,175
Tuberculosis	17	3,369	6	21,965	- 18,596
Oesophagus Cancer	18	3,244	29	3,486	- 241
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,077	25	4,351	- 1,273
Fires	20	2,683	27	3,618	- 935
Other Injuries	21	2,641	17	6,014	- 3,373
Birth Trauma	22	2,605	30	3,004	- 399
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,472	46	1,077	+ 1,395
Asthma	24	2,439	18	5,966	- 3,527
Suicide	25	2,334	10	13,774	- 11,440
HIV/AIDS	26	2,258	1	71,996	- 69,738
Liver Cancer	27	2,152	33	2,383	- 232
Drownings	28	1,901	32	2,403	- 502
Falls	29	1,738	42	1,399	+ 339
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,704	19	5,890	- 4,186
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,649	35	2,007	- 358
Cervical Cancer	32	1,578	20	5,555	- 3,977
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,486	8	15,843	- 14,357
Violence	34	1,428	7	21,000	- 19,572
Ovary Cancer	35	1,424	51	951	+ 473
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	1,396	36	1,894	- 498
Alcohol	37	1,385	49	987	+ 398
Lymphomas	38	1,301	31	2,818	- 1,517
Epilepsy	39	1,269	37	1,870	- 601
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	1,149	47	1,015	+ 135
Bladder Cancer	41	1,029	52	829	+ 200
Oral Cancer	42	904	41	1,406	- 502
Prostate Cancer	43	887	24	4,374	- 3,486
Leukemia	44	810	40	1,464	- 653
Skin Cancers	45	716	48	993	- 276
Encephalitis	46	614	59	234	+ 380
Uterin Cancer	47	552	54	512	+ 40
Poisonings	48	527	50	975	- 448
Pertussis	49	387	43	1,142	- 755
Meningitis	50	359	26	3,660	- 3,301
Maternal Conditions	51	280	38	1,700	- 1,420
Drug Use	52	278	53	770	- 491
Syphilis	53	184	44	1,130	- 946
Other Neoplasms	54	111	58	267	- 155
Malnutrition	55	104	34	2,381	- 2,277
Upper Respiratory	56	95	60	223	- 128
Hepatitis B	57	92	61	139	- 48
Skin Disease	58	79	45	1,101	- 1,023
Multiple Sclerosis	59	74	62	113	- 39
Appendicitis	60	72	56	274	- 202
Tetanus	61	41	65	38	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	40	55	376	- 336
Leishmaniasis	63	25	77	0	+ 25
Chlamydia	64	6	68	18	- 12
War	65	6	64	66	- 60
Hepatitis C	66	3	70	8	- 5
Diphtheria	67	2	69	16	- 14
Measles	68	2	57	270	- 269
Ascariasis	69	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	66	35	- 35
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Azerbaijan

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.