ICELAND VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	232	6	82	+ 149
HIV/AIDS	2	163	59	0	+ 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	139	55	1	+ 138
Malaria	4	132	73	0	+ 132
Stroke	5	132	3	141	- 9
Coronary Heart Disease	6	126	1	403	- 278
Birth Trauma	7	97	46	2	+ 94
Low Birth Weight	8	93	43	3	+ 90
Road Traffic Accidents	9	92	35	7	+ 85
Tuberculosis	10	87	82	0	+ 87
Diabetes Mellitus	11	64	16	30	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	12	62	34	7	+ 54
Kidney Disease	13	60	15	33	+ 27
Liver Disease	14	53	31	9	+ 44
Meningitis	15	40	50	1	+ 39
Other Injuries	16	39	11	50	- 11
Maternal Conditions	17	31	60	0	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	18	29	27	16	+ 13
Suicide	19	27	13	40	- 13
Lung Disease	20	27	5	129	- 102
Pertussis	21	27	62	0	+ 27
Hypertension	22	24	17	24	- 0
Breast Cancer	23	22	9	53	- 31
Violence	24	20	39	4	+ 16
Asthma	25	19	48	2	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	26	19	32	9	+ 9
Falls	27	15	18	24	- 9
Malnutrition	28	14	57	1	+ 14
Drownings	29	14	56	1	+ 13
Syphilis	30	14	80	0	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	14	2	295	- 282
Measles	32	12	67	0	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	33	12	26	16	- 4
Prostate Cancer	34	11	8	61	- 50
Drug Use	35	11	24	17	- 6
Fires	36	11	58	1	+ 10
Liver Cancer	37	10	20	22	- 12
Epilepsy	38	10	37	5	+ 5
Oral Cancer	39	10	33	9	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	9	41	3	+ 6
Poisonings	41	8	42	3	+ 5
War	42	8	61	0	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	7	7	73	- 67
Lymphomas	44	6	14	37	- 31
Stomach Cancer	45	5	23	18	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	46	5	10	53	- 48
Hepatitis B	47	4	63	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	48	4	45	3	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	4	54	1	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	50	4	25	16	- 13
Lung Cancers	51	4	4	134	- 131
Pancreas Cancer	52	3	12	43	- 40
Schistosomiasis	53	3	75	0	+ 3
Leukemia	54	3	22	19	- 16
Tetanus	55	3	68	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	56	2	29	13	- 11
Alcohol	57	2	28	14	- 12
Encephalitis	58	2	78	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	19	23	- 21
Uterin Cancer	60	1	36	7	- 6
Appendicitis	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	62	1	21	20	- 20
Other Neoplasms	63	1	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	64	0	44	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	52	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	0	38	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	51	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	64	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	84	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Cameroon

Iceland

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.