CAMEROON VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	24,628	5	11,199	+ 13,428
Coronary Heart Disease	2	19,921	6	10,695	+ 9,227
Lung Disease	3	8,389	20	2,310	+ 6,078
Tuberculosis	4	6,824	10	7,414	- 590
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	6,628	3	11,849	- 5,220
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,431	1	19,694	- 14,263
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,319	11	5,468	- 149
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,593	9	7,810	- 3,217
Liver Disease	9	3,859	14	4,531	- 672
Oesophagus Cancer	10	3,584	59	135	+ 3,449
Low Birth Weight	11	3,204	8	7,950	- 4,746
Oral Cancer	12	2,847	39	845	+ 2,002
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,752	31	1,157	+ 1,596
Hypertension	14	2,712	22	2,035	+ 677
Birth Trauma	15	2,458	7	8,243	- 5,785
Lung Cancers	16	2,235	51	301	+ 1,934
Kidney Disease	17	1,990	13	5,140	- 3,150
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,856	12	5,258	- 3,402
Measles	19	1,656	32	1,028	+ 628
Asthma	20	1,632	25	1,619	+ 13
Other Injuries	21	1,400	16	3,289	- 1,889
Drownings	22	1,302	29	1,178	+ 124
Breast Cancer	23	1,250	23	1,874	- 625
Stomach Cancer	24	1,248	45	458	+ 790
Suicide	25	1,101	19	2,333	- 1,232
Cervical Cancer	26	942	26	1,582	- 640
Violence	27	849	24	1,666	- 818
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	832	43	569	+ 263
Maternal Conditions	29	720	17	2,615	- 1,895
Parkinson's Disease	30	694	46	449	+ 245
Falls	31	611	27	1,235	- 624
Drug Use	32	545	35	928	- 383
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	536	49	323	+ 213
Liver Cancer	34	529	37	875	- 346
Lymphomas	35	490	44	489	+ 0
Malnutrition	36	444	28	1,218	- 775
Ovary Cancer	37	410	50	303	+ 107
Meningitis	38	386	15	3,441	- 3,054
Pertussis	39	369	21	2,288	- 1,918
Leukemia	40	348	54	275	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	41	306	34	940	- 634
Inflammatory/Heart	42	273	33	986	- 714
Pancreas Cancer	43	260	52	290	- 30
Epilepsy	44	248	38	867	- 618
Endocrine Disorders	45	245	18	2,474	- 2,229
Fires	46	233	36	908	- 675
Appendicitis	47	232	61	72	+ 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	230	40	754	- 524
Syphilis	49	225	30	1,170	- 945
Skin Disease	50	208	48	324	- 116
Hepatitis B	51	206	47	336	- 130
Bladder Cancer	52	182	62	65	+ 117
Skin Cancers	53	157	56	204	- 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	150	68	26	+ 124
HIV/AIDS	55	103	2	13,888	- 13,785
Poisonings	56	99	41	666	- 567
Tetanus	57	83	55	223	- 140
Uterin Cancer	58	74	60	75	- 0
Encephalitis	59	68	58	187	- 118
Alcohol	60	48	57	198	- 149
Other Neoplasms	61	45	63	49	- 4
Hepatitis C	62	38	66	27	+ 11
War	63	37	42	643	- 606
Multiple Sclerosis	64	33	64	41	- 8
Dengue	65	29	73	0	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	66	18	70	19	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	10	69	20	- 10
Malaria	68	8	4	11,233	- 11,225
Ascariasis	69	6	65	30	- 24
Chlamydia	70	4	72	4	- 0
Otitis Media	71	3	74	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	1	67	26	- 25
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	53	288	- 288
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.