SOUTH AFRICA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	48,071	4	30,693	+ 17,377
Coronary Heart Disease	2	38,885	3	32,739	+ 6,146
Lung Disease	3	16,374	13	11,895	+ 4,479
Tuberculosis	4	13,320	6	21,965	- 8,646
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	12,938	8	15,843	- 2,905
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,600	2	39,341	- 28,740
Diabetes Mellitus	7	10,382	5	30,188	- 19,806
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,965	11	13,014	- 4,049
Liver Disease	9	7,533	14	9,013	- 1,481
Oesophagus Cancer	10	6,996	29	3,486	+ 3,510
Low Birth Weight	11	6,255	16	6,250	+ 4
Oral Cancer	12	5,557	41	1,406	+ 4,152
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	5,372	22	4,676	+ 696
Hypertension	14	5,294	12	12,789	- 7,495
Birth Trauma	15	4,798	30	3,004	+ 1,795
Lung Cancers	16	4,362	15	7,705	- 3,343
Kidney Disease	17	3,884	9	15,302	- 11,418
Congenital Anomalies	18	3,623	25	4,351	- 727
Measles	19	3,232	57	270	+ 2,962
Asthma	20	3,186	18	5,966	- 2,780
Other Injuries	21	2,733	17	6,014	- 3,280
Drownings	22	2,542	32	2,403	+ 138
Breast Cancer	23	2,439	23	4,533	- 2,094
Stomach Cancer	24	2,436	39	1,535	+ 901
Suicide	25	2,149	10	13,774	- 11,625
Cervical Cancer	26	1,839	20	5,555	- 3,717
Violence	27	1,656	7	21,000	- 19,343
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,625	28	3,587	- 1,962
Maternal Conditions	29	1,404	38	1,700	- 295
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,355	46	1,077	+ 278
Falls	31	1,192	42	1,399	- 207
Drug Use	32	1,063	53	770	+ 293
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,047	47	1,015	+ 32
Liver Cancer	34	1,033	33	2,383	- 1,350
Lymphomas	35	956	31	2,818	- 1,862
Malnutrition	36	866	34	2,381	- 1,514
Ovary Cancer	37	799	51	951	- 151
Meningitis	38	754	26	3,660	- 2,906
Pertussis	39	721	43	1,142	- 422
Leukemia	40	679	40	1,464	- 784
Prostate Cancer	41	596	24	4,374	- 3,777
Inflammatory/Heart	42	532	21	5,408	- 4,876
Pancreas Cancer	43	507	35	2,007	- 1,500
Epilepsy	44	485	37	1,870	- 1,385
Endocrine Disorders	45	478	19	5,890	- 5,412
Fires	46	455	27	3,618	- 3,162
Appendicitis	47	452	56	274	+ 178
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	448	36	1,894	- 1,446
Syphilis	49	440	44	1,130	- 690
Skin Disease	50	405	45	1,101	- 696
Hepatitis B	51	402	61	139	+ 262
Bladder Cancer	52	355	52	829	- 474
Skin Cancers	53	306	48	993	- 687
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	292	55	376	- 84
HIV/AIDS	55	202	1	71,996	- 71,794
Poisonings	56	193	50	975	- 782
Tetanus	57	161	65	38	+ 123
Uterin Cancer	58	145	54	512	- 367
Encephalitis	59	133	59	234	- 101
Alcohol	60	94	49	987	- 893
Other Neoplasms	61	87	58	267	- 179
Hepatitis C	62	74	70	8	+ 66
War	63	72	64	66	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	64	62	113	- 49
Dengue	65	58	73	0	+ 58
Upper Respiratory	66	36	60	223	- 187
Leishmaniasis	67	20	77	0	+ 20
Malaria	68	16	63	83	- 66
Ascariasis	69	11	71	3	+ 8
Chlamydia	70	8	68	18	- 11
Otitis Media	71	5	67	19	- 14
Diphtheria	72	2	69	16	- 14
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	66	35	- 35
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Bangladesh

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.