ZAMBIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,507	10	4,432	+ 28,076
Liver Disease	2	11,241	9	4,501	+ 6,740
Stroke	3	8,196	3	7,948	+ 248
Liver Cancer	4	4,583	46	177	+ 4,406
Hypertension	5	3,944	13	2,616	+ 1,328
Kidney Disease	6	3,943	18	1,760	+ 2,182
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,869	2	9,517	- 5,648
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,577	14	2,395	+ 1,182
Lung Disease	9	2,504	21	1,273	+ 1,231
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,274	12	3,146	- 872
Low Birth Weight	11	2,130	8	4,857	- 2,727
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,896	11	3,654	- 1,758
Breast Cancer	13	1,716	35	366	+ 1,350
Lymphomas	14	1,409	31	548	+ 862
Asthma	15	1,328	26	741	+ 587
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,304	29	590	+ 714
Birth Trauma	17	1,142	7	5,062	- 3,919
Lung Cancers	18	1,061	41	226	+ 836
Bladder Cancer	19	960	50	132	+ 828
Violence	20	779	23	1,153	- 375
Other Injuries	21	714	19	1,729	- 1,015
Leukemia	22	704	39	261	+ 442
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	690	5	6,275	- 5,585
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	576	43	203	+ 374
Suicide	25	565	20	1,303	- 738
Pancreas Cancer	26	543	62	42	+ 501
Inflammatory/Heart	27	465	33	501	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	28	447	47	164	+ 283
Endocrine Disorders	29	443	37	354	+ 90
Falls	30	377	28	596	- 219
Ovary Cancer	31	363	57	82	+ 281
Stomach Cancer	32	345	42	206	+ 138
Fires	33	293	32	546	- 253
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	250	40	246	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	35	240	30	561	- 322
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	233	45	190	+ 44
Drownings	37	210	27	689	- 479
Encephalitis	38	196	59	70	+ 125
Skin Cancers	39	189	54	108	+ 81
Hepatitis B	40	185	55	104	+ 81
Oesophagus Cancer	41	178	36	359	- 181
Pertussis	42	169	25	743	- 573
Meningitis	43	155	16	1,976	- 1,821
Maternal Conditions	44	149	22	1,188	- 1,039
Oral Cancer	45	148	48	155	- 7
Malnutrition	46	142	15	2,303	- 2,161
War	47	133	69	6	+ 127
Cervical Cancer	48	117	17	1,799	- 1,682
Tetanus	49	101	44	190	- 89
Epilepsy	50	84	38	332	- 248
Tuberculosis	51	81	6	5,941	- 5,860
Uterin Cancer	52	79	64	30	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	53	74	1	17,234	- 17,160
Schistosomiasis	54	41	51	128	- 87
Skin Disease	55	41	52	126	- 85
Multiple Sclerosis	56	40	67	13	+ 26
Poisonings	57	36	34	456	- 420
Syphilis	58	30	24	885	- 855
Appendicitis	59	27	56	84	- 57
Alcohol	60	26	49	140	- 114
Other Neoplasms	61	22	65	20	+ 2
Drug Use	62	22	53	122	- 101
Hepatitis C	63	18	66	18	+ 0
Measles	64	8	61	48	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	63	30	- 25
Leishmaniasis	66	3	58	72	- 70
Ascariasis	67	1	68	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	68	1	60	68	- 67
Dengue	69	1	74	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	1	73	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	77	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Egypt

Zambia

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.