TANZANIA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	53,653	7	16,894	+ 36,759
Coronary Heart Disease	2	43,400	9	13,215	+ 30,186
Lung Disease	3	18,275	22	3,051	+ 15,224
Tuberculosis	4	14,866	4	20,269	- 5,403
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	14,441	6	17,587	- 3,146
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,831	2	26,028	- 14,197
Diabetes Mellitus	7	11,588	15	6,247	+ 5,341
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,007	5	18,054	- 8,047
Liver Disease	9	8,408	13	6,586	+ 1,822
Oesophagus Cancer	10	7,808	25	2,247	+ 5,561
Low Birth Weight	11	6,981	10	12,173	- 5,192
Oral Cancer	12	6,203	31	1,646	+ 4,557
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	5,996	27	2,048	+ 3,948
Hypertension	14	5,909	17	5,209	+ 700
Birth Trauma	15	5,356	8	15,086	- 9,730
Lung Cancers	16	4,869	61	159	+ 4,710
Kidney Disease	17	4,335	19	4,547	- 212
Congenital Anomalies	18	4,044	11	9,791	- 5,746
Measles	19	3,607	55	295	+ 3,313
Asthma	20	3,556	30	1,700	+ 1,856
Other Injuries	21	3,051	20	4,270	- 1,219
Drownings	22	2,837	32	1,642	+ 1,195
Breast Cancer	23	2,723	37	1,285	+ 1,438
Stomach Cancer	24	2,719	39	1,190	+ 1,529
Suicide	25	2,399	24	2,474	- 76
Cervical Cancer	26	2,052	14	6,424	- 4,371
Violence	27	1,849	18	4,713	- 2,864
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,813	33	1,567	+ 246
Maternal Conditions	29	1,568	12	6,835	- 5,267
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,512	45	513	+ 999
Falls	31	1,331	34	1,533	- 202
Drug Use	32	1,187	48	404	+ 783
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,169	50	401	+ 768
Liver Cancer	34	1,154	36	1,413	- 260
Lymphomas	35	1,067	41	805	+ 261
Malnutrition	36	967	16	5,574	- 4,608
Ovary Cancer	37	892	53	337	+ 555
Meningitis	38	842	21	3,188	- 2,346
Pertussis	39	804	23	2,774	- 1,970
Leukemia	40	758	47	416	+ 342
Prostate Cancer	41	666	28	1,819	- 1,154
Inflammatory/Heart	42	594	38	1,227	- 634
Pancreas Cancer	43	565	62	158	+ 408
Epilepsy	44	541	43	707	- 166
Endocrine Disorders	45	534	29	1,778	- 1,244
Fires	46	508	35	1,424	- 916
Appendicitis	47	505	58	218	+ 287
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	500	46	462	+ 38
Syphilis	49	491	26	2,115	- 1,624
Skin Disease	50	452	52	359	+ 93
Hepatitis B	51	448	60	168	+ 280
Bladder Cancer	52	396	44	667	- 271
Skin Cancers	53	341	42	744	- 403
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	326	63	81	+ 245
HIV/AIDS	55	225	1	27,402	- 27,177
Poisonings	56	215	40	1,170	- 954
Tetanus	57	180	49	402	- 222
Uterin Cancer	58	162	57	218	- 56
Encephalitis	59	148	59	199	- 50
Alcohol	60	105	56	270	- 166
Other Neoplasms	61	97	64	58	+ 40
Hepatitis C	62	83	66	40	+ 43
War	63	81	67	30	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	64	72	68	27	+ 45
Dengue	65	64	73	2	+ 62
Upper Respiratory	66	40	54	299	- 259
Leishmaniasis	67	22	77	0	+ 22
Malaria	68	18	3	21,758	- 21,740
Ascariasis	69	13	65	56	- 43
Chlamydia	70	9	71	9	- 0
Otitis Media	71	5	69	17	- 11
Diphtheria	72	2	70	11	- 9
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	371	- 371
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	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 TANZANIA

Bangladesh

Tanzania

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.