ZAMBIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,907	10	4,432	+ 7,475
Stroke	2	10,844	3	7,948	+ 2,896
Kidney Disease	3	4,530	18	1,760	+ 2,769
Lung Disease	4	4,527	21	1,273	+ 3,255
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,457	29	590	+ 3,868
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,368	2	9,517	- 5,149
Hypertension	7	4,253	13	2,616	+ 1,637
Stomach Cancer	8	4,046	42	206	+ 3,839
Lung Cancers	9	3,847	41	226	+ 3,621
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,540	14	2,395	+ 1,145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	3,368	43	203	+ 3,165
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,150	11	3,654	- 504
Liver Disease	13	2,950	9	4,501	- 1,551
Prostate Cancer	14	2,714	30	561	+ 2,152
Suicide	15	1,895	20	1,303	+ 592
Breast Cancer	16	1,882	35	366	+ 1,516
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,746	62	42	+ 1,704
Lymphomas	18	1,553	31	548	+ 1,005
Liver Cancer	19	1,526	46	177	+ 1,349
Other Neoplasms	20	1,513	65	20	+ 1,493
Other Injuries	21	1,460	19	1,729	- 269
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,434	37	354	+ 1,080
Falls	23	1,008	28	596	+ 411
Leukemia	24	980	39	261	+ 719
Congenital Anomalies	25	956	12	3,146	- 2,190
Parkinson's Disease	26	880	47	164	+ 716
Cervical Cancer	27	869	17	1,799	- 930
Skin Disease	28	851	52	126	+ 725
Violence	29	829	23	1,153	- 324
Oesophagus Cancer	30	805	36	359	+ 446
Inflammatory/Heart	31	790	33	501	+ 289
Bladder Cancer	32	714	50	132	+ 583
HIV/AIDS	33	601	1	17,234	- 16,633
Skin Cancers	34	586	54	108	+ 478
Ovary Cancer	35	573	57	82	+ 491
Low Birth Weight	36	487	8	4,857	- 4,370
Malnutrition	37	468	15	2,303	- 1,834
Tuberculosis	38	457	6	5,941	- 5,484
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	373	5	6,275	- 5,903
Oral Cancer	40	342	48	155	+ 187
Fires	41	329	32	546	- 217
Asthma	42	328	26	741	- 413
Epilepsy	43	328	38	332	- 4
Drownings	44	315	27	689	- 374
Uterin Cancer	45	306	64	30	+ 276
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	249	40	246	+ 3
Alcohol	47	231	49	140	+ 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	208	63	30	+ 178
Anemia	49	200	83	0	+ 200
Drug Use	50	166	53	122	+ 43
Osteoarthritis	51	146	85	0	+ 146
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	116	45	190	- 73
Meningitis	53	106	16	1,976	- 1,870
Birth Trauma	54	97	7	5,062	- 4,964
Chagas disease	55	88	79	0	+ 88
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	82	84	0	+ 82
Poisonings	57	76	34	456	- 380
Schizophrenia	58	42	81	0	+ 42
Appendicitis	59	41	56	84	- 43
Hepatitis B	60	33	55	104	- 71
Hepatitis C	61	30	66	18	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	62	30	67	13	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	63	26	22	1,188	- 1,162
War	64	15	69	6	+ 9
Oral conditions	65	6	86	0	+ 6
Syphilis	66	5	24	885	- 879
Upper Respiratory	67	5	60	68	- 63
Pertussis	68	3	25	743	- 740
Tetanus	69	2	44	190	- 188
Encephalitis	70	2	59	70	- 68
Otitis Media	71	2	70	5	- 3
Ascariasis	72	0	68	9	- 9
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	75	0	61	48	- 48
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	81	0	58	72	- 72
Malaria	82	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	128	- 128
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Chile

Zambia

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.