ZAMBIA VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,916	10	4,432	+ 12,484
Stroke	2	11,343	3	7,948	+ 3,395
Hypertension	3	10,011	13	2,616	+ 7,395
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,775	14	2,395	+ 5,380
Violence	5	7,516	23	1,153	+ 6,363
HIV/AIDS	6	6,797	1	17,234	- 10,438
Kidney Disease	7	6,063	18	1,760	+ 4,303
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,940	2	9,517	- 4,577
Breast Cancer	9	3,488	35	366	+ 3,122
Other Injuries	10	3,393	19	1,729	+ 1,664
Liver Disease	11	3,390	9	4,501	- 1,110
Prostate Cancer	12	3,313	30	561	+ 2,751
Endocrine Disorders	13	3,122	37	354	+ 2,769
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,704	29	590	+ 2,115
Inflammatory/Heart	15	2,375	33	501	+ 1,874
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,144	43	203	+ 1,941
Lung Disease	17	1,682	21	1,273	+ 409
Road Traffic Accidents	18	1,527	11	3,654	- 2,127
Lung Cancers	19	1,482	41	226	+ 1,256
Skin Disease	20	1,342	52	126	+ 1,216
Drownings	21	1,315	27	689	+ 626
Lymphomas	22	1,260	31	548	+ 712
Cervical Cancer	23	1,040	17	1,799	- 758
Alcohol	24	1,017	49	140	+ 877
Stomach Cancer	25	898	42	206	+ 691
Falls	26	891	28	596	+ 294
Parkinson's Disease	27	852	47	164	+ 688
Low Birth Weight	28	834	8	4,857	- 4,022
Congenital Anomalies	29	803	12	3,146	- 2,343
Uterin Cancer	30	707	64	30	+ 677
Suicide	31	697	20	1,303	- 606
Liver Cancer	32	598	46	177	+ 421
Fires	33	527	32	546	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	525	40	246	+ 280
Leukemia	35	511	39	261	+ 250
Ovary Cancer	36	505	57	82	+ 423
Pancreas Cancer	37	494	62	42	+ 452
Oesophagus Cancer	38	441	36	359	+ 82
Asthma	39	432	26	741	- 309
Epilepsy	40	395	38	332	+ 63
Maternal Conditions	41	324	22	1,188	- 863
Birth Trauma	42	314	7	5,062	- 4,748
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	262	5	6,275	- 6,013
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	220	45	190	+ 31
Malnutrition	45	215	15	2,303	- 2,088
Oral Cancer	46	175	48	155	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	47	166	65	20	+ 146
Drug Use	48	126	53	122	+ 4
Meningitis	49	125	16	1,976	- 1,851
Bladder Cancer	50	107	50	132	- 25
Encephalitis	51	93	59	70	+ 23
Appendicitis	52	91	56	84	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	79	63	30	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	54	76	67	13	+ 63
Skin Cancers	55	42	54	108	- 66
Poisonings	56	33	34	456	- 423
War	57	33	69	6	+ 26
Tuberculosis	58	18	6	5,941	- 5,923
Dengue	59	13	74	1	+ 12
Hepatitis B	60	11	55	104	- 93
Upper Respiratory	61	10	60	68	- 58
Tetanus	62	4	44	190	- 186
Syphilis	63	4	24	885	- 881
Chlamydia	64	3	71	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	18	- 17
Otitis Media	66	1	70	5	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	68	9	- 8
Pertussis	68	0	25	743	- 743
Measles	69	0	61	48	- 48
Diphtheria	70	0	73	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	128	- 128
Leishmaniasis	75	0	58	72	- 72
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Bahamas

Zambia

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.