CENTRAL AFRICA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,494	5	3,284	+ 1,210
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,635	7	2,900	+ 735
Lung Disease	3	1,531	18	956	+ 575
Tuberculosis	4	1,245	2	4,704	- 3,458
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,210	3	4,684	- 3,474
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	991	1	5,231	- 4,240
Diabetes Mellitus	7	971	15	1,141	- 171
Road Traffic Accidents	8	838	10	1,790	- 952
Liver Disease	9	704	14	1,153	- 449
Oesophagus Cancer	10	654	53	48	+ 606
Low Birth Weight	11	585	8	2,228	- 1,643
Oral Cancer	12	520	46	91	+ 429
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	502	33	204	+ 298
Hypertension	14	495	12	1,252	- 757
Birth Trauma	15	449	9	2,192	- 1,743
Lung Cancers	16	408	55	47	+ 361
Kidney Disease	17	363	21	710	- 347
Congenital Anomalies	18	339	19	776	- 437
Measles	19	302	11	1,625	- 1,323
Asthma	20	298	20	761	- 463
Other Injuries	21	256	23	621	- 365
Drownings	22	238	34	202	+ 35
Breast Cancer	23	228	26	344	- 116
Stomach Cancer	24	228	49	65	+ 162
Suicide	25	201	24	585	- 384
Cervical Cancer	26	172	32	230	- 58
Violence	27	155	17	1,009	- 854
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	152	45	116	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	29	131	13	1,174	- 1,043
Parkinson's Disease	30	127	48	67	+ 59
Falls	31	111	36	181	- 70
Drug Use	32	99	57	44	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	98	35	194	- 96
Liver Cancer	34	97	44	117	- 20
Lymphomas	35	89	42	119	- 30
Malnutrition	36	81	22	691	- 610
Ovary Cancer	37	75	50	64	+ 11
Meningitis	38	71	16	1,015	- 944
Pertussis	39	67	31	265	- 198
Leukemia	40	63	47	88	- 25
Prostate Cancer	41	56	38	156	- 101
Inflammatory/Heart	42	50	30	270	- 220
Pancreas Cancer	43	47	60	37	+ 11
Epilepsy	44	45	43	119	- 73
Endocrine Disorders	45	45	25	423	- 378
Fires	46	43	39	142	- 99
Appendicitis	47	42	51	62	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	42	27	317	- 275
Syphilis	49	41	41	120	- 79
Skin Disease	50	38	54	48	- 10
Hepatitis B	51	38	61	33	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	52	33	64	23	+ 10
Skin Cancers	53	29	58	43	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	27	66	15	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	55	19	4	3,753	- 3,734
Poisonings	56	18	40	134	- 116
Tetanus	57	15	29	280	- 265
Uterin Cancer	58	14	65	20	- 6
Encephalitis	59	12	62	28	- 16
Alcohol	60	9	52	62	- 53
Other Neoplasms	61	8	70	5	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	7	69	6	+ 1
War	63	7	28	314	- 307
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	72	4	+ 2
Dengue	65	5	74	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	63	24	- 21
Leishmaniasis	67	2	56	46	- 44
Malaria	68	2	6	3,279	- 3,278
Ascariasis	69	1	71	5	- 4
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	6	- 6
Diphtheria	72	0	67	11	- 10
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	37	169	- 169
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	59	40	- 40
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Bangladesh

Central 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.