ETHIOPIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	185,285	4	36,530	+ 148,756
Liver Disease	2	64,069	8	27,270	+ 36,799
Stroke	3	46,717	3	39,362	+ 7,355
Liver Cancer	4	26,121	42	1,730	+ 24,391
Hypertension	5	22,479	12	13,470	+ 9,009
Kidney Disease	6	22,472	13	12,103	+ 10,369
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	22,053	1	59,931	- 37,878
Diabetes Mellitus	8	20,387	10	16,258	+ 4,129
Lung Disease	9	14,272	15	11,870	+ 2,402
Congenital Anomalies	10	12,961	11	15,638	- 2,676
Low Birth Weight	11	12,139	7	28,020	- 15,881
Road Traffic Accidents	12	10,806	5	31,564	- 20,758
Breast Cancer	13	9,782	20	8,485	+ 1,297
Lymphomas	14	8,034	33	3,590	+ 4,444
Asthma	15	7,570	29	4,484	+ 3,086
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	7,433	21	8,258	- 825
Birth Trauma	17	6,510	6	31,107	- 24,597
Lung Cancers	18	6,050	38	2,202	+ 3,848
Bladder Cancer	19	5,470	51	1,080	+ 4,390
Violence	20	4,438	22	8,076	- 3,638
Other Injuries	21	4,070	16	11,735	- 7,665
Leukemia	22	4,010	30	4,222	- 212
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	3,934	2	44,361	- 40,426
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	3,285	31	3,755	- 469
Suicide	25	3,220	25	6,030	- 2,810
Pancreas Cancer	26	3,097	61	488	+ 2,609
Inflammatory/Heart	27	2,653	39	2,168	+ 484
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,548	46	1,578	+ 970
Endocrine Disorders	29	2,528	45	1,623	+ 905
Falls	30	2,151	28	4,510	- 2,359
Ovary Cancer	31	2,071	36	2,424	- 353
Stomach Cancer	32	1,965	47	1,519	+ 447
Fires	33	1,671	34	3,255	- 1,583
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,427	41	1,758	- 331
Prostate Cancer	35	1,366	50	1,244	+ 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	1,330	49	1,339	- 9
Drownings	37	1,196	35	3,133	- 1,937
Encephalitis	38	1,114	63	386	+ 729
Skin Cancers	39	1,080	52	1,006	+ 73
Hepatitis B	40	1,053	56	742	+ 312
Oesophagus Cancer	41	1,013	40	1,839	- 825
Pertussis	42	966	23	6,896	- 5,930
Meningitis	43	881	14	12,019	- 11,138
Maternal Conditions	44	847	18	8,887	- 8,039
Oral Cancer	45	845	48	1,477	- 631
Malnutrition	46	808	19	8,643	- 7,835
War	47	760	64	281	+ 480
Cervical Cancer	48	666	27	5,019	- 4,353
Tetanus	49	576	37	2,203	- 1,627
Epilepsy	50	480	44	1,625	- 1,145
Tuberculosis	51	460	9	21,455	- 20,995
Uterin Cancer	52	450	62	421	+ 29
HIV/AIDS	53	423	17	11,471	- 11,048
Schistosomiasis	54	235	54	839	- 605
Skin Disease	55	234	53	904	- 670
Multiple Sclerosis	56	227	70	61	+ 166
Poisonings	57	208	32	3,668	- 3,461
Syphilis	58	170	43	1,699	- 1,529
Appendicitis	59	152	58	677	- 526
Alcohol	60	151	55	750	- 599
Other Neoplasms	61	124	66	148	- 24
Drug Use	62	124	60	513	- 389
Hepatitis C	63	103	69	115	- 12
Measles	64	46	24	6,324	- 6,278
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	28	65	221	- 193
Leishmaniasis	66	14	59	579	- 564
Ascariasis	67	6	68	130	- 124
Upper Respiratory	68	5	57	709	- 704
Dengue	69	5	73	20	- 15
Diphtheria	70	3	67	146	- 142
Chlamydia	71	1	72	21	- 20
Otitis Media	72	0	71	39	- 39
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	26	5,626	- 5,626
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ETHIOPIA

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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.