TRINIDAD/TOB. VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,033	3	822	+ 1,211
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,763	1	1,476	+ 287
Lung Disease	3	964	16	129	+ 835
Lung Cancers	4	711	8	217	+ 493
Stomach Cancer	5	396	26	69	+ 327
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	303	9	215	+ 88
Hypertension	7	300	11	201	+ 98
Road Traffic Accidents	8	249	15	130	+ 119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	247	13	196	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	10	242	41	24	+ 217
Kidney Disease	11	191	5	439	- 248
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	182	10	205	- 23
Liver Cancer	13	180	28	66	+ 114
Diabetes Mellitus	14	161	2	1,275	- 1,114
Liver Disease	15	145	14	136	+ 9
Falls	16	138	33	43	+ 95
Suicide	17	116	17	121	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	18	111	19	114	- 3
Breast Cancer	19	92	7	258	- 166
Parkinson's Disease	20	70	32	51	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	65	49	11	+ 54
Leukemia	22	58	29	62	- 5
Lymphomas	23	58	20	111	- 54
Oral Cancer	24	54	38	31	+ 24
Other Injuries	25	54	30	61	- 7
Drownings	26	53	39	31	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	27	51	21	97	- 46
Prostate Cancer	28	51	6	330	- 279
Bladder Cancer	29	38	34	41	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	38	31	52	- 14
Congenital Anomalies	31	36	22	93	- 57
Tuberculosis	32	35	43	22	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	33	30	25	72	- 42
HIV/AIDS	34	29	12	196	- 167
Ovary Cancer	35	28	24	80	- 52
Poisonings	36	26	59	1	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	37	25	18	119	- 94
Drug Use	38	24	44	19	+ 5
Asthma	39	23	35	40	- 17
Low Birth Weight	40	22	23	83	- 61
Skin Cancers	41	20	57	4	+ 15
Alcohol	42	19	42	23	- 4
Birth Trauma	43	18	40	25	- 8
Malnutrition	44	13	47	17	- 4
Uterin Cancer	45	12	27	68	- 56
Epilepsy	46	11	37	32	- 21
Violence	47	11	4	549	- 538
Fires	48	10	48	16	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	10	53	8	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	9	45	18	- 9
Meningitis	51	6	52	9	- 4
Skin Disease	52	5	36	39	- 34
Other Neoplasms	53	4	51	10	- 6
Maternal Conditions	54	4	50	10	- 7
Encephalitis	55	3	54	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	60	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	3	64	0	+ 3
Syphilis	58	2	61	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	58	2	- 1
Appendicitis	60	1	56	4	- 3
War	61	1	46	17	- 16
Measles	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	63	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	55	5	- 5
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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Trinidad/Tob.

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.