NEW ZEALAND VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,067	1	5,095	+ 2,971
Liver Disease	2	2,789	32	158	+ 2,632
Stroke	3	2,034	3	2,378	- 344
Liver Cancer	4	1,137	24	288	+ 849
Hypertension	5	979	20	327	+ 652
Kidney Disease	6	978	17	432	+ 546
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	960	7	920	+ 40
Diabetes Mellitus	8	888	8	769	+ 119
Lung Disease	9	621	5	1,815	- 1,193
Congenital Anomalies	10	564	30	176	+ 389
Low Birth Weight	11	528	38	78	+ 450
Road Traffic Accidents	12	470	16	458	+ 13
Breast Cancer	13	426	10	737	- 311
Lymphomas	14	350	13	608	- 258
Asthma	15	330	36	91	+ 239
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	324	2	3,032	- 2,708
Birth Trauma	17	283	54	15	+ 269
Lung Cancers	18	263	4	1,873	- 1,610
Bladder Cancer	19	238	26	267	- 29
Violence	20	193	42	57	+ 136
Other Injuries	21	177	28	218	- 41
Leukemia	22	175	18	391	- 216
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	171	37	81	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	143	6	1,495	- 1,352
Suicide	25	140	15	528	- 388
Pancreas Cancer	26	135	14	543	- 408
Inflammatory/Heart	27	115	23	313	- 197
Parkinson's Disease	28	111	19	353	- 242
Endocrine Disorders	29	110	21	325	- 214
Falls	30	94	11	627	- 533
Ovary Cancer	31	90	29	207	- 117
Stomach Cancer	32	86	22	323	- 237
Fires	33	73	53	17	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	62	39	70	- 8
Prostate Cancer	35	59	9	739	- 679
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	58	35	113	- 55
Drownings	37	52	44	54	- 2
Encephalitis	38	49	66	1	+ 48
Skin Cancers	39	47	12	612	- 565
Hepatitis B	40	46	56	14	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	41	44	25	279	- 235
Pertussis	42	42	65	1	+ 41
Meningitis	43	38	59	9	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	44	37	63	5	+ 32
Oral Cancer	45	37	31	164	- 127
Malnutrition	46	35	55	14	+ 21
War	47	33	68	1	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	48	29	41	61	- 32
Tetanus	49	25	69	0	+ 25
Epilepsy	50	21	43	55	- 34
Tuberculosis	51	20	52	17	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	52	20	33	145	- 125
HIV/AIDS	53	18	57	10	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	54	10	77	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	55	10	34	118	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	56	10	47	43	- 34
Poisonings	57	9	58	9	- 0
Syphilis	58	7	70	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	7	62	6	+ 1
Alcohol	60	7	45	51	- 45
Other Neoplasms	61	5	27	245	- 240
Drug Use	62	5	40	69	- 64
Hepatitis C	63	4	48	30	- 25
Measles	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	46	47	- 46
Leishmaniasis	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	4	- 3
Dengue	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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.