NEW ZEALAND VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,447	3	2,378	+ 5,069
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,457	1	5,095	+ 1,362
Lung Disease	3	3,530	5	1,815	+ 1,716
Lung Cancers	4	2,604	4	1,873	+ 730
Stomach Cancer	5	1,452	22	323	+ 1,129
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,110	2	3,032	- 1,922
Hypertension	7	1,098	20	327	+ 771
Road Traffic Accidents	8	912	16	458	+ 454
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	905	6	1,495	- 589
Oesophagus Cancer	10	885	25	279	+ 606
Kidney Disease	11	701	17	432	+ 269
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	668	7	920	- 252
Liver Cancer	13	660	24	288	+ 372
Diabetes Mellitus	14	589	8	769	- 179
Liver Disease	15	531	32	158	+ 373
Falls	16	506	11	627	- 120
Suicide	17	424	15	528	- 104
Pancreas Cancer	18	407	14	543	- 136
Breast Cancer	19	338	10	737	- 399
Parkinson's Disease	20	258	19	353	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	238	35	113	+ 126
Leukemia	22	212	18	391	- 179
Lymphomas	23	211	13	608	- 397
Oral Cancer	24	199	31	164	+ 36
Other Injuries	25	197	28	218	- 21
Drownings	26	192	44	54	+ 138
Cervical Cancer	27	188	41	61	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	28	186	9	739	- 553
Bladder Cancer	29	138	26	267	- 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	137	39	70	+ 67
Congenital Anomalies	31	133	30	176	- 42
Tuberculosis	32	127	52	17	+ 110
Inflammatory/Heart	33	109	23	313	- 204
HIV/AIDS	34	105	57	10	+ 94
Ovary Cancer	35	102	29	207	- 105
Poisonings	36	94	58	9	+ 85
Endocrine Disorders	37	93	21	325	- 231
Drug Use	38	88	40	69	+ 19
Asthma	39	84	36	91	- 6
Low Birth Weight	40	79	38	78	+ 0
Skin Cancers	41	72	12	612	- 540
Alcohol	42	70	45	51	+ 18
Birth Trauma	43	64	54	15	+ 50
Malnutrition	44	47	55	14	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	45	43	33	145	- 102
Epilepsy	46	41	43	55	- 14
Violence	47	41	42	57	- 17
Fires	48	38	53	17	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	37	46	47	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	32	37	81	- 49
Meningitis	51	21	59	9	+ 12
Skin Disease	52	19	34	118	- 99
Other Neoplasms	53	16	27	245	- 229
Maternal Conditions	54	13	63	5	+ 8
Encephalitis	55	10	66	1	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	10	56	14	- 4
Upper Respiratory	57	10	64	4	+ 6
Syphilis	58	7	70	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	47	43	- 37
Appendicitis	60	5	62	6	- 0
War	61	3	68	1	+ 3
Measles	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Pertussis	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	48	30	- 29
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	82	0	49	24	- 24
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

China

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.