TANZANIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	105,438	9	13,215	+ 92,224
Liver Disease	2	36,459	13	6,586	+ 29,873
Stroke	3	26,585	7	16,894	+ 9,691
Liver Cancer	4	14,865	36	1,413	+ 13,451
Hypertension	5	12,792	17	5,209	+ 7,583
Kidney Disease	6	12,788	19	4,547	+ 8,241
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	12,549	2	26,028	- 13,479
Diabetes Mellitus	8	11,601	15	6,247	+ 5,355
Lung Disease	9	8,122	22	3,051	+ 5,070
Congenital Anomalies	10	7,376	11	9,791	- 2,415
Low Birth Weight	11	6,908	10	12,173	- 5,265
Road Traffic Accidents	12	6,149	5	18,054	- 11,904
Breast Cancer	13	5,567	37	1,285	+ 4,282
Lymphomas	14	4,572	41	805	+ 3,766
Asthma	15	4,308	30	1,700	+ 2,608
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	4,230	27	2,048	+ 2,182
Birth Trauma	17	3,705	8	15,086	- 11,381
Lung Cancers	18	3,443	61	159	+ 3,284
Bladder Cancer	19	3,113	44	667	+ 2,446
Violence	20	2,526	18	4,713	- 2,187
Other Injuries	21	2,316	20	4,270	- 1,954
Leukemia	22	2,282	47	416	+ 1,866
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	2,239	6	17,587	- 15,348
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,869	33	1,567	+ 302
Suicide	25	1,833	24	2,474	- 642
Pancreas Cancer	26	1,762	62	158	+ 1,605
Inflammatory/Heart	27	1,509	38	1,227	+ 282
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,450	45	513	+ 937
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,438	29	1,778	- 339
Falls	30	1,224	34	1,533	- 309
Ovary Cancer	31	1,179	53	337	+ 842
Stomach Cancer	32	1,118	39	1,190	- 72
Fires	33	951	35	1,424	- 473
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	812	46	462	+ 350
Prostate Cancer	35	778	28	1,819	- 1,042
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	757	50	401	+ 356
Drownings	37	681	32	1,642	- 961
Encephalitis	38	634	59	199	+ 436
Skin Cancers	39	614	42	744	- 130
Hepatitis B	40	599	60	168	+ 431
Oesophagus Cancer	41	577	25	2,247	- 1,670
Pertussis	42	550	23	2,774	- 2,224
Meningitis	43	502	21	3,188	- 2,687
Maternal Conditions	44	482	12	6,835	- 6,353
Oral Cancer	45	481	31	1,646	- 1,165
Malnutrition	46	460	16	5,574	- 5,114
War	47	433	67	30	+ 403
Cervical Cancer	48	379	14	6,424	- 6,045
Tetanus	49	328	49	402	- 74
Epilepsy	50	273	43	707	- 433
Tuberculosis	51	262	4	20,269	- 20,007
Uterin Cancer	52	256	57	218	+ 38
HIV/AIDS	53	241	1	27,402	- 27,161
Schistosomiasis	54	134	51	371	- 237
Skin Disease	55	133	52	359	- 226
Multiple Sclerosis	56	129	68	27	+ 102
Poisonings	57	118	40	1,170	- 1,052
Syphilis	58	97	26	2,115	- 2,018
Appendicitis	59	86	58	218	- 131
Alcohol	60	86	56	270	- 185
Other Neoplasms	61	71	64	58	+ 13
Drug Use	62	70	48	404	- 334
Hepatitis C	63	59	66	40	+ 19
Measles	64	26	55	295	- 268
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	16	63	81	- 65
Leishmaniasis	66	8	77	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	67	3	65	56	- 52
Upper Respiratory	68	3	54	299	- 296
Dengue	69	3	73	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	2	70	11	- 9
Chlamydia	71	1	71	9	- 8
Otitis Media	72	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	77	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

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.