ZAMBIA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	16,542	3	7,948	+ 8,594
Coronary Heart Disease	2	13,381	10	4,432	+ 8,949
Lung Disease	3	5,634	21	1,273	+ 4,362
Tuberculosis	4	4,583	6	5,941	- 1,358
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,452	5	6,275	- 1,823
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,648	2	9,517	- 5,869
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,573	14	2,395	+ 1,178
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,085	11	3,654	- 569
Liver Disease	9	2,592	9	4,501	- 1,909
Oesophagus Cancer	10	2,407	36	359	+ 2,049
Low Birth Weight	11	2,152	8	4,857	- 2,705
Oral Cancer	12	1,912	48	155	+ 1,757
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,849	29	590	+ 1,259
Hypertension	14	1,822	13	2,616	- 795
Birth Trauma	15	1,651	7	5,062	- 3,410
Lung Cancers	16	1,501	41	226	+ 1,275
Kidney Disease	17	1,337	18	1,760	- 424
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,247	12	3,146	- 1,899
Measles	19	1,112	61	48	+ 1,064
Asthma	20	1,096	26	741	+ 356
Other Injuries	21	941	19	1,729	- 788
Drownings	22	875	27	689	+ 186
Breast Cancer	23	839	35	366	+ 474
Stomach Cancer	24	838	42	206	+ 632
Suicide	25	739	20	1,303	- 563
Cervical Cancer	26	633	17	1,799	- 1,166
Violence	27	570	23	1,153	- 583
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	559	43	203	+ 356
Maternal Conditions	29	483	22	1,188	- 705
Parkinson's Disease	30	466	47	164	+ 302
Falls	31	410	28	596	- 186
Drug Use	32	366	53	122	+ 243
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	360	45	190	+ 171
Liver Cancer	34	356	46	177	+ 179
Lymphomas	35	329	31	548	- 219
Malnutrition	36	298	15	2,303	- 2,005
Ovary Cancer	37	275	57	82	+ 193
Meningitis	38	260	16	1,976	- 1,716
Pertussis	39	248	25	743	- 495
Leukemia	40	234	39	261	- 27
Prostate Cancer	41	205	30	561	- 356
Inflammatory/Heart	42	183	33	501	- 318
Pancreas Cancer	43	174	62	42	+ 132
Epilepsy	44	167	38	332	- 165
Endocrine Disorders	45	165	37	354	- 189
Fires	46	157	32	546	- 390
Appendicitis	47	156	56	84	+ 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	154	40	246	- 91
Syphilis	49	151	24	885	- 733
Skin Disease	50	139	52	126	+ 14
Hepatitis B	51	138	55	104	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	52	122	50	132	- 10
Skin Cancers	53	105	54	108	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	101	63	30	+ 71
HIV/AIDS	55	69	1	17,234	- 17,165
Poisonings	56	66	34	456	- 390
Tetanus	57	55	44	190	- 134
Uterin Cancer	58	50	64	30	+ 20
Encephalitis	59	46	59	70	- 24
Alcohol	60	32	49	140	- 108
Other Neoplasms	61	30	65	20	+ 10
Hepatitis C	62	25	66	18	+ 8
War	63	25	69	6	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	64	22	67	13	+ 9
Dengue	65	20	74	1	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	66	12	60	68	- 55
Leishmaniasis	67	7	58	72	- 66
Malaria	68	6	4	7,882	- 7,876
Ascariasis	69	4	68	9	- 5
Chlamydia	70	3	71	3	- 1
Otitis Media	71	2	70	5	- 3
Diphtheria	72	1	73	3	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	128	- 128
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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

Bangladesh

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.