CAMEROON VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	48,398	6	10,695	+ 37,703
Liver Disease	2	16,735	14	4,531	+ 12,204
Stroke	3	12,203	5	11,199	+ 1,004
Liver Cancer	4	6,823	37	875	+ 5,948
Hypertension	5	5,872	22	2,035	+ 3,836
Kidney Disease	6	5,870	13	5,140	+ 730
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,760	1	19,694	- 13,934
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,325	11	5,468	- 143
Lung Disease	9	3,728	20	2,310	+ 1,418
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,386	12	5,258	- 1,872
Low Birth Weight	11	3,171	8	7,950	- 4,780
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,823	9	7,810	- 4,987
Breast Cancer	13	2,555	23	1,874	+ 681
Lymphomas	14	2,098	44	489	+ 1,609
Asthma	15	1,977	25	1,619	+ 358
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,941	31	1,157	+ 785
Birth Trauma	17	1,700	7	8,243	- 6,542
Lung Cancers	18	1,580	51	301	+ 1,280
Bladder Cancer	19	1,429	62	65	+ 1,364
Violence	20	1,159	24	1,666	- 507
Other Injuries	21	1,063	16	3,289	- 2,226
Leukemia	22	1,047	54	275	+ 773
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	1,028	3	11,849	- 10,821
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	858	43	569	+ 289
Suicide	25	841	19	2,333	- 1,492
Pancreas Cancer	26	809	52	290	+ 519
Inflammatory/Heart	27	693	33	986	- 293
Parkinson's Disease	28	666	46	449	+ 216
Endocrine Disorders	29	660	18	2,474	- 1,814
Falls	30	562	27	1,235	- 673
Ovary Cancer	31	541	50	303	+ 238
Stomach Cancer	32	513	45	458	+ 56
Fires	33	437	36	908	- 472
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	373	40	754	- 382
Prostate Cancer	35	357	34	940	- 583
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	347	49	323	+ 24
Drownings	37	312	29	1,178	- 866
Encephalitis	38	291	58	187	+ 105
Skin Cancers	39	282	56	204	+ 78
Hepatitis B	40	275	47	336	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	41	265	59	135	+ 129
Pertussis	42	252	21	2,288	- 2,035
Meningitis	43	230	15	3,441	- 3,211
Maternal Conditions	44	221	17	2,615	- 2,394
Oral Cancer	45	221	39	845	- 625
Malnutrition	46	211	28	1,218	- 1,007
War	47	199	42	643	- 445
Cervical Cancer	48	174	26	1,582	- 1,408
Tetanus	49	150	55	223	- 72
Epilepsy	50	125	38	867	- 741
Tuberculosis	51	120	10	7,414	- 7,294
Uterin Cancer	52	117	60	75	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	53	111	2	13,888	- 13,778
Schistosomiasis	54	61	53	288	- 226
Skin Disease	55	61	48	324	- 263
Multiple Sclerosis	56	59	64	41	+ 19
Poisonings	57	54	41	666	- 612
Syphilis	58	44	30	1,170	- 1,126
Appendicitis	59	40	61	72	- 33
Alcohol	60	39	57	198	- 158
Other Neoplasms	61	32	63	49	- 16
Drug Use	62	32	35	928	- 896
Hepatitis C	63	27	66	27	+ 0
Measles	64	12	32	1,028	- 1,016
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	7	68	26	- 18
Leishmaniasis	66	4	69	20	- 16
Ascariasis	67	2	65	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	68	1	70	19	- 18
Dengue	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	67	26	- 25
Chlamydia	71	0	72	4	- 4
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	77	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

Egypt

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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.