SOUTH AFRICA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,601	3	32,739	+ 1,863
Stroke	2	31,513	4	30,693	+ 820
Kidney Disease	3	13,163	9	15,302	- 2,138
Lung Disease	4	13,156	13	11,895	+ 1,261
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	12,953	22	4,676	+ 8,277
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	12,694	2	39,341	- 26,647
Hypertension	7	12,359	12	12,789	- 429
Stomach Cancer	8	11,757	39	1,535	+ 10,222
Lung Cancers	9	11,180	15	7,705	+ 3,475
Diabetes Mellitus	10	10,287	5	30,188	- 19,901
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	9,787	28	3,587	+ 6,201
Road Traffic Accidents	12	9,153	11	13,014	- 3,861
Liver Disease	13	8,573	14	9,013	- 440
Prostate Cancer	14	7,886	24	4,374	+ 3,512
Suicide	15	5,506	10	13,774	- 8,268
Breast Cancer	16	5,468	23	4,533	+ 935
Pancreas Cancer	17	5,074	35	2,007	+ 3,067
Lymphomas	18	4,513	31	2,818	+ 1,696
Liver Cancer	19	4,434	33	2,383	+ 2,050
Other Neoplasms	20	4,397	58	267	+ 4,130
Other Injuries	21	4,243	17	6,014	- 1,771
Endocrine Disorders	22	4,166	19	5,890	- 1,724
Falls	23	2,928	42	1,399	+ 1,529
Leukemia	24	2,847	40	1,464	+ 1,384
Congenital Anomalies	25	2,778	25	4,351	- 1,573
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,558	46	1,077	+ 1,481
Cervical Cancer	27	2,525	20	5,555	- 3,031
Skin Disease	28	2,472	45	1,101	+ 1,370
Violence	29	2,408	7	21,000	- 18,591
Oesophagus Cancer	30	2,338	29	3,486	- 1,147
Inflammatory/Heart	31	2,297	21	5,408	- 3,112
Bladder Cancer	32	2,076	52	829	+ 1,247
HIV/AIDS	33	1,747	1	71,996	- 70,249
Skin Cancers	34	1,702	48	993	+ 710
Ovary Cancer	35	1,666	51	951	+ 715
Low Birth Weight	36	1,416	16	6,250	- 4,834
Malnutrition	37	1,360	34	2,381	- 1,020
Tuberculosis	38	1,328	6	21,965	- 20,637
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	1,083	8	15,843	- 14,761
Oral Cancer	40	994	41	1,406	- 412
Fires	41	957	27	3,618	- 2,661
Asthma	42	954	18	5,966	- 5,012
Epilepsy	43	953	37	1,870	- 917
Drownings	44	916	32	2,403	- 1,487
Uterin Cancer	45	890	54	512	+ 377
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	723	36	1,894	- 1,171
Alcohol	47	670	49	987	- 317
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	604	55	376	+ 228
Anemia	49	582	82	0	+ 582
Drug Use	50	481	53	770	- 289
Osteoarthritis	51	425	85	0	+ 425
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	338	47	1,015	- 677
Meningitis	53	307	26	3,660	- 3,353
Birth Trauma	54	283	30	3,004	- 2,721
Chagas disease	55	254	78	0	+ 254
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	237	86	0	+ 237
Poisonings	57	221	50	975	- 755
Schizophrenia	58	123	80	0	+ 123
Appendicitis	59	119	56	274	- 155
Hepatitis B	60	97	61	139	- 43
Hepatitis C	61	86	70	8	+ 78
Multiple Sclerosis	62	86	62	113	- 27
Maternal Conditions	63	77	38	1,700	- 1,623
War	64	44	64	66	- 21
Oral conditions	65	17	84	0	+ 17
Syphilis	66	16	44	1,130	- 1,114
Upper Respiratory	67	14	60	223	- 209
Pertussis	68	8	43	1,142	- 1,134
Tetanus	69	6	65	38	- 32
Encephalitis	70	6	59	234	- 228
Otitis Media	71	5	67	19	- 14
Ascariasis	72	0	71	3	- 3
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	16	- 16
Measles	75	0	57	270	- 270
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	63	83	- 83
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	66	35	- 35
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Chile

South Africa

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.