ZIMBABWE VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,818	3	8,493	+ 1,325
Stroke	2	8,942	5	5,126	+ 3,816
Kidney Disease	3	3,735	12	2,214	+ 1,521
Lung Disease	4	3,733	23	1,163	+ 2,570
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,675	31	768	+ 2,908
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,602	2	10,779	- 7,178
Hypertension	7	3,507	24	1,146	+ 2,361
Stomach Cancer	8	3,336	33	559	+ 2,777
Lung Cancers	9	3,172	43	286	+ 2,886
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,919	9	3,344	- 425
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,777	40	505	+ 2,272
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,597	4	6,037	- 3,440
Liver Disease	13	2,433	17	1,941	+ 491
Prostate Cancer	14	2,238	32	628	+ 1,610
Suicide	15	1,562	13	2,069	- 506
Breast Cancer	16	1,552	28	839	+ 712
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,440	47	217	+ 1,223
Lymphomas	18	1,281	26	960	+ 321
Liver Cancer	19	1,258	38	510	+ 748
Other Neoplasms	20	1,248	62	37	+ 1,210
Other Injuries	21	1,204	20	1,656	- 452
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,182	34	553	+ 629
Falls	23	831	41	465	+ 366
Leukemia	24	808	45	244	+ 564
Congenital Anomalies	25	788	11	2,217	- 1,429
Parkinson's Disease	26	726	46	226	+ 500
Cervical Cancer	27	716	14	2,023	- 1,307
Skin Disease	28	701	52	173	+ 528
Violence	29	683	18	1,916	- 1,233
Oesophagus Cancer	30	663	29	801	- 138
Inflammatory/Heart	31	652	25	1,047	- 396
Bladder Cancer	32	589	54	125	+ 464
HIV/AIDS	33	496	1	19,988	- 19,493
Skin Cancers	34	483	44	264	+ 219
Ovary Cancer	35	473	51	173	+ 299
Low Birth Weight	36	402	7	4,038	- 3,636
Malnutrition	37	386	10	2,396	- 2,010
Tuberculosis	38	377	16	1,999	- 1,622
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	307	6	4,595	- 4,287
Oral Cancer	40	282	49	208	+ 74
Fires	41	271	30	793	- 521
Asthma	42	271	21	1,531	- 1,260
Epilepsy	43	270	39	508	- 237
Drownings	44	260	27	956	- 696
Uterin Cancer	45	252	50	182	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	205	35	548	- 343
Alcohol	47	190	61	48	+ 142
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	171	64	26	+ 145
Anemia	49	165	84	0	+ 165
Drug Use	50	137	48	213	- 76
Osteoarthritis	51	121	81	0	+ 121
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	96	36	542	- 446
Meningitis	53	87	22	1,325	- 1,238
Birth Trauma	54	80	8	3,405	- 3,325
Chagas disease	55	72	76	0	+ 72
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	67	80	0	+ 67
Poisonings	57	63	37	515	- 453
Schizophrenia	58	35	86	0	+ 35
Appendicitis	59	34	58	66	- 32
Hepatitis B	60	27	60	57	- 29
Hepatitis C	61	25	66	14	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	67	14	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	63	22	19	1,749	- 1,727
War	64	13	65	26	- 14
Oral conditions	65	5	82	0	+ 5
Syphilis	66	5	55	124	- 120
Upper Respiratory	67	4	59	65	- 61
Pertussis	68	2	42	419	- 416
Tetanus	69	2	57	102	- 100
Encephalitis	70	2	56	117	- 116
Otitis Media	71	2	68	3	- 2
Ascariasis	72	0	70	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	63	30	- 30
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	84	0	53	172	- 172
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Chile

Zimbabwe

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.