ZIMBABWE VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	13,640	5	5,126	+ 8,514
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,033	3	8,493	+ 2,540
Lung Disease	3	4,646	23	1,163	+ 3,483
Tuberculosis	4	3,779	16	1,999	+ 1,780
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,671	6	4,595	- 923
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,008	2	10,779	- 7,772
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,946	9	3,344	- 398
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,544	4	6,037	- 3,493
Liver Disease	9	2,137	17	1,941	+ 196
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,985	29	801	+ 1,183
Low Birth Weight	11	1,775	7	4,038	- 2,263
Oral Cancer	12	1,577	49	208	+ 1,369
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,524	31	768	+ 757
Hypertension	14	1,502	24	1,146	+ 356
Birth Trauma	15	1,362	8	3,405	- 2,044
Lung Cancers	16	1,238	43	286	+ 952
Kidney Disease	17	1,102	12	2,214	- 1,111
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,028	11	2,217	- 1,189
Measles	19	917	63	30	+ 887
Asthma	20	904	21	1,531	- 627
Other Injuries	21	776	20	1,656	- 880
Drownings	22	721	27	956	- 235
Breast Cancer	23	692	28	839	- 147
Stomach Cancer	24	691	33	559	+ 132
Suicide	25	610	13	2,069	- 1,459
Cervical Cancer	26	522	14	2,023	- 1,501
Violence	27	470	18	1,916	- 1,446
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	461	40	505	- 44
Maternal Conditions	29	398	19	1,749	- 1,351
Parkinson's Disease	30	384	46	226	+ 159
Falls	31	338	41	465	- 126
Drug Use	32	302	48	213	+ 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	297	36	542	- 245
Liver Cancer	34	293	38	510	- 216
Lymphomas	35	271	26	960	- 689
Malnutrition	36	246	10	2,396	- 2,150
Ovary Cancer	37	227	51	173	+ 53
Meningitis	38	214	22	1,325	- 1,111
Pertussis	39	204	42	419	- 214
Leukemia	40	193	45	244	- 51
Prostate Cancer	41	169	32	628	- 459
Inflammatory/Heart	42	151	25	1,047	- 896
Pancreas Cancer	43	144	47	217	- 73
Epilepsy	44	138	39	508	- 370
Endocrine Disorders	45	136	34	553	- 418
Fires	46	129	30	793	- 663
Appendicitis	47	128	58	66	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	127	35	548	- 421
Syphilis	49	125	55	124	+ 0
Skin Disease	50	115	52	173	- 58
Hepatitis B	51	114	60	57	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	52	101	54	125	- 24
Skin Cancers	53	87	44	264	- 177
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	83	64	26	+ 57
HIV/AIDS	55	57	1	19,988	- 19,931
Poisonings	56	55	37	515	- 460
Tetanus	57	46	57	102	- 56
Uterin Cancer	58	41	50	182	- 141
Encephalitis	59	38	56	117	- 80
Alcohol	60	27	61	48	- 22
Other Neoplasms	61	25	62	37	- 12
Hepatitis C	62	21	66	14	+ 7
War	63	21	65	26	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	18	67	14	+ 4
Dengue	65	16	73	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	66	10	59	65	- 55
Leishmaniasis	67	6	77	0	+ 6
Malaria	68	5	15	2,003	- 1,998
Ascariasis	69	3	70	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	69	3	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	72	1	72	2	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	53	172	- 172
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	2	- 2
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	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 ZIMBABWE

Bangladesh

Zimbabwe

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.