YEMEN VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,233	1	30,158	+ 20,075
Liver Disease	2	17,370	13	2,891	+ 14,479
Stroke	3	12,666	2	13,570	- 904
Liver Cancer	4	7,082	39	609	+ 6,473
Hypertension	5	6,094	8	5,293	+ 801
Kidney Disease	6	6,092	15	2,679	+ 3,414
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,979	4	11,978	- 5,999
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,527	19	1,794	+ 3,733
Lung Disease	9	3,869	11	3,196	+ 673
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,514	10	4,291	- 777
Low Birth Weight	11	3,291	5	8,810	- 5,519
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,930	6	8,561	- 5,631
Breast Cancer	13	2,652	26	1,134	+ 1,519
Lymphomas	14	2,178	45	433	+ 1,745
Asthma	15	2,052	17	2,106	- 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,015	22	1,405	+ 610
Birth Trauma	17	1,765	7	5,939	- 4,175
Lung Cancers	18	1,640	41	569	+ 1,071
Bladder Cancer	19	1,483	55	160	+ 1,323
Violence	20	1,203	14	2,839	- 1,636
Other Injuries	21	1,103	16	2,225	- 1,122
Leukemia	22	1,087	34	776	+ 311
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	1,067	9	4,372	- 3,305
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	891	30	913	- 22
Suicide	25	873	21	1,699	- 825
Pancreas Cancer	26	840	51	283	+ 557
Inflammatory/Heart	27	719	40	585	+ 134
Parkinson's Disease	28	691	49	362	+ 329
Endocrine Disorders	29	685	36	738	- 52
Falls	30	583	24	1,170	- 587
Ovary Cancer	31	562	52	188	+ 373
Stomach Cancer	32	533	31	902	- 369
Fires	33	453	29	991	- 538
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	387	33	833	- 447
Prostate Cancer	35	370	63	39	+ 331
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	361	37	707	- 346
Drownings	37	324	25	1,142	- 818
Encephalitis	38	302	48	369	- 67
Skin Cancers	39	293	58	100	+ 193
Hepatitis B	40	286	50	299	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	41	275	35	765	- 490
Pertussis	42	262	23	1,239	- 977
Meningitis	43	239	28	1,018	- 780
Maternal Conditions	44	230	32	890	- 660
Oral Cancer	45	229	42	547	- 318
Malnutrition	46	219	27	1,058	- 839
War	47	206	3	12,915	- 12,709
Cervical Cancer	48	181	57	119	+ 62
Tetanus	49	156	47	395	- 238
Epilepsy	50	130	43	539	- 409
Tuberculosis	51	125	18	1,899	- 1,775
Uterin Cancer	52	122	69	5	+ 117
HIV/AIDS	53	115	46	396	- 281
Schistosomiasis	54	64	56	124	- 60
Skin Disease	55	63	61	44	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	56	61	62	42	+ 20
Poisonings	57	56	44	532	- 475
Syphilis	58	46	53	175	- 129
Appendicitis	59	41	54	162	- 121
Alcohol	60	41	59	78	- 38
Other Neoplasms	61	34	64	21	+ 13
Drug Use	62	34	38	613	- 579
Hepatitis C	63	28	68	8	+ 20
Measles	64	12	12	3,019	- 3,007
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	7	66	14	- 7
Leishmaniasis	66	4	71	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	2	65	17	- 15
Upper Respiratory	68	1	70	5	- 3
Dengue	69	1	60	71	- 70
Diphtheria	70	1	67	14	- 13
Chlamydia	71	0	72	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 YEMEN

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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.