NEW ZEALAND VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,955	1	5,095	- 2,141
Stroke	2	2,691	3	2,378	+ 313
Kidney Disease	3	1,124	17	432	+ 692
Lung Disease	4	1,123	5	1,815	- 691
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,106	2	3,032	- 1,926
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,084	7	920	+ 164
Hypertension	7	1,055	20	327	+ 729
Stomach Cancer	8	1,004	22	323	+ 681
Lung Cancers	9	955	4	1,873	- 919
Diabetes Mellitus	10	878	8	769	+ 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	836	6	1,495	- 659
Road Traffic Accidents	12	782	16	458	+ 324
Liver Disease	13	732	32	158	+ 574
Prostate Cancer	14	673	9	739	- 65
Suicide	15	470	15	528	- 58
Breast Cancer	16	467	10	737	- 270
Pancreas Cancer	17	433	14	543	- 110
Lymphomas	18	385	13	608	- 223
Liver Cancer	19	379	24	288	+ 91
Other Neoplasms	20	375	27	245	+ 131
Other Injuries	21	362	28	218	+ 144
Endocrine Disorders	22	356	21	325	+ 31
Falls	23	250	11	627	- 377
Leukemia	24	243	18	391	- 148
Congenital Anomalies	25	237	30	176	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	26	218	19	353	- 135
Cervical Cancer	27	216	41	61	+ 155
Skin Disease	28	211	34	118	+ 93
Violence	29	206	42	57	+ 148
Oesophagus Cancer	30	200	25	279	- 79
Inflammatory/Heart	31	196	23	313	- 117
Bladder Cancer	32	177	26	267	- 90
HIV/AIDS	33	149	57	10	+ 139
Skin Cancers	34	145	12	612	- 466
Ovary Cancer	35	142	29	207	- 65
Low Birth Weight	36	121	38	78	+ 43
Malnutrition	37	116	55	14	+ 102
Tuberculosis	38	113	52	17	+ 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	92	37	81	+ 12
Oral Cancer	40	85	31	164	- 79
Fires	41	82	53	17	+ 65
Asthma	42	81	36	91	- 9
Epilepsy	43	81	43	55	+ 26
Drownings	44	78	44	54	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	45	76	33	145	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	62	39	70	- 8
Alcohol	47	57	45	51	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	52	46	47	+ 5
Anemia	49	50	51	17	+ 32
Drug Use	50	41	40	69	- 28
Osteoarthritis	51	36	49	24	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	29	35	113	- 84
Meningitis	53	26	59	9	+ 17
Birth Trauma	54	24	54	15	+ 10
Chagas disease	55	22	79	0	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	20	50	22	- 2
Poisonings	57	19	58	9	+ 10
Schizophrenia	58	10	60	8	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	10	62	6	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	8	56	14	- 6
Hepatitis C	61	7	48	30	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	47	43	- 36
Maternal Conditions	63	7	63	5	+ 2
War	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	1	61	8	- 6
Syphilis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	4	- 2
Pertussis	68	1	65	1	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Chile

New Zealand

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.