NEW ZEALAND VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,198	1	5,095	- 898
Stroke	2	2,815	3	2,378	+ 436
Hypertension	3	2,484	20	327	+ 2,157
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,929	8	769	+ 1,161
Violence	5	1,865	42	57	+ 1,808
HIV/AIDS	6	1,687	57	10	+ 1,676
Kidney Disease	7	1,505	17	432	+ 1,073
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,226	7	920	+ 306
Breast Cancer	9	865	10	737	+ 129
Other Injuries	10	842	28	218	+ 624
Liver Disease	11	841	32	158	+ 684
Prostate Cancer	12	822	9	739	+ 83
Endocrine Disorders	13	775	21	325	+ 450
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	671	2	3,032	- 2,361
Inflammatory/Heart	15	589	23	313	+ 276
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	532	6	1,495	- 963
Lung Disease	17	417	5	1,815	- 1,398
Road Traffic Accidents	18	379	16	458	- 79
Lung Cancers	19	368	4	1,873	- 1,506
Skin Disease	20	333	34	118	+ 215
Drownings	21	326	44	54	+ 272
Lymphomas	22	313	13	608	- 296
Cervical Cancer	23	258	41	61	+ 197
Alcohol	24	252	45	51	+ 201
Stomach Cancer	25	223	22	323	- 100
Falls	26	221	11	627	- 406
Parkinson's Disease	27	211	19	353	- 142
Low Birth Weight	28	207	38	78	+ 129
Congenital Anomalies	29	199	30	176	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	30	175	33	145	+ 31
Suicide	31	173	15	528	- 355
Liver Cancer	32	148	24	288	- 139
Fires	33	131	53	17	+ 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	130	39	70	+ 60
Leukemia	35	127	18	391	- 264
Ovary Cancer	36	125	29	207	- 82
Pancreas Cancer	37	123	14	543	- 420
Oesophagus Cancer	38	109	25	279	- 170
Asthma	39	107	36	91	+ 17
Epilepsy	40	98	43	55	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	41	81	63	5	+ 76
Birth Trauma	42	78	54	15	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	65	37	81	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	55	35	113	- 58
Malnutrition	45	53	55	14	+ 39
Oral Cancer	46	44	31	164	- 120
Other Neoplasms	47	41	27	245	- 204
Drug Use	48	31	40	69	- 38
Meningitis	49	31	59	9	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	50	26	26	267	- 240
Encephalitis	51	23	66	1	+ 22
Appendicitis	52	23	62	6	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	20	46	47	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	54	19	47	43	- 25
Skin Cancers	55	10	12	612	- 601
Poisonings	56	8	58	9	- 1
War	57	8	68	1	+ 8
Tuberculosis	58	5	52	17	- 13
Dengue	59	3	75	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	56	14	- 11
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	4	- 1
Tetanus	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	48	30	- 29
Otitis Media	66	0	67	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	69	0	82	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Oral conditions	84	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	86	0	49	24	- 24
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Bahamas

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.