ESTONIA VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	759	6	349	+ 410
HIV/AIDS	2	535	39	40	+ 495
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	457	53	8	+ 449
Malaria	4	433	73	0	+ 433
Stroke	5	432	3	1,116	- 684
Coronary Heart Disease	6	412	1	3,009	- 2,597
Birth Trauma	7	318	57	5	+ 313
Low Birth Weight	8	306	55	7	+ 300
Road Traffic Accidents	9	301	35	59	+ 242
Tuberculosis	10	286	47	16	+ 269
Diabetes Mellitus	11	211	19	146	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	12	203	43	25	+ 178
Kidney Disease	13	198	17	176	+ 22
Liver Disease	14	175	7	328	- 154
Meningitis	15	133	54	7	+ 125
Other Injuries	16	127	20	141	- 14
Maternal Conditions	17	101	61	1	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	18	95	33	66	+ 29
Suicide	19	90	16	197	- 107
Lung Disease	20	89	13	229	- 140
Pertussis	21	88	83	0	+ 88
Hypertension	22	78	2	2,700	- 2,622
Breast Cancer	23	72	11	260	- 188
Violence	24	64	42	28	+ 36
Asthma	25	62	44	24	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	26	61	32	68	- 7
Falls	27	48	24	119	- 71
Malnutrition	28	47	79	0	+ 47
Drownings	29	45	40	30	+ 15
Syphilis	30	45	62	1	+ 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	45	12	229	- 185
Measles	32	40	84	0	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	33	38	14	217	- 179
Prostate Cancer	34	36	8	298	- 262
Drug Use	35	36	31	75	- 39
Fires	36	35	38	41	- 6
Liver Cancer	37	34	26	107	- 73
Epilepsy	38	33	37	45	- 11
Oral Cancer	39	33	25	110	- 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	29	36	55	- 26
Poisonings	41	26	52	8	+ 17
War	42	25	64	0	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	22	5	527	- 505
Lymphomas	44	19	15	213	- 194
Stomach Cancer	45	18	9	290	- 272
Parkinson's Disease	46	17	29	82	- 65
Hepatitis B	47	13	65	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	48	12	41	29	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	12	45	22	- 9
Ovary Cancer	50	12	28	87	- 76
Lung Cancers	51	12	4	657	- 646
Pancreas Cancer	52	11	10	268	- 257
Schistosomiasis	53	11	72	0	+ 11
Leukemia	54	11	22	126	- 115
Tetanus	55	9	81	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	56	8	30	79	- 71
Alcohol	57	8	18	148	- 141
Encephalitis	58	7	63	0	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	59	5	27	99	- 93
Uterin Cancer	60	3	34	60	- 57
Appendicitis	61	3	59	2	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	62	2	21	126	- 123
Other Neoplasms	63	2	23	123	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	48	16	- 15
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	58	4	- 3
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	46	17	- 16
Leishmaniasis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	66	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.