CENTRAL AFRICA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,857	1	5,231	- 2,375
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,115	3	4,684	- 2,569
Stroke	3	1,876	5	3,284	- 1,408
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,741	7	2,900	- 1,159
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,505	10	1,790	- 285
Birth Trauma	6	1,483	9	2,192	- 709
Low Birth Weight	7	1,336	8	2,228	- 892
Liver Disease	8	1,300	14	1,153	+ 147
Tuberculosis	9	1,023	2	4,704	- 3,681
Diabetes Mellitus	10	775	15	1,141	- 366
Congenital Anomalies	11	745	19	776	- 30
Hypertension	12	642	12	1,252	- 610
Kidney Disease	13	577	21	710	- 133
Meningitis	14	573	16	1,015	- 442
Lung Disease	15	566	18	956	- 390
Other Injuries	16	559	23	621	- 61
HIV/AIDS	17	547	4	3,753	- 3,206
Maternal Conditions	18	424	13	1,174	- 751
Malnutrition	19	412	22	691	- 279
Breast Cancer	20	404	26	344	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	394	33	204	+ 190
Violence	22	385	17	1,009	- 624
Pertussis	23	329	31	265	+ 64
Measles	24	301	11	1,625	- 1,324
Suicide	25	287	24	585	- 297
Malaria	26	268	6	3,279	- 3,011
Cervical Cancer	27	239	32	230	+ 9
Falls	28	215	36	181	+ 34
Asthma	29	214	20	761	- 547
Leukemia	30	201	47	88	+ 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	179	45	116	+ 63
Poisonings	32	175	40	134	+ 41
Lymphomas	33	171	42	119	+ 52
Fires	34	155	39	142	+ 13
Drownings	35	149	34	202	- 53
Ovary Cancer	36	116	50	64	+ 52
Tetanus	37	105	29	280	- 175
Lung Cancers	38	105	55	47	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	39	103	30	270	- 166
Oesophagus Cancer	40	88	53	48	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	84	27	317	- 233
Liver Cancer	42	82	44	117	- 34
Syphilis	43	81	41	120	- 39
Epilepsy	44	77	43	119	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	45	77	25	423	- 346
Parkinson's Disease	46	75	48	67	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	47	72	49	65	+ 7
Oral Cancer	48	70	46	91	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	64	35	194	- 130
Prostate Cancer	50	59	38	156	- 97
Bladder Cancer	51	51	64	23	+ 28
Skin Cancers	52	48	58	43	+ 5
Skin Disease	53	43	54	48	- 5
Schistosomiasis	54	40	37	169	- 129
Alcohol	55	36	52	62	- 26
Hepatitis B	56	35	61	33	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	34	63	24	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	32	51	62	- 30
Leishmaniasis	59	28	56	46	- 18
Drug Use	60	24	57	44	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	61	23	60	37	- 13
Uterin Cancer	62	20	65	20	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	18	62	28	- 10
War	64	13	28	314	- 300
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	11	66	15	- 5
Other Neoplasms	66	7	70	5	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	7	67	11	- 4
Ascariasis	68	6	71	5	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	5	69	6	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	70	3	72	4	- 1
Otitis Media	71	2	68	6	- 4
Chlamydia	72	1	73	2	- 1
Dengue	73	1	74	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	59	40	- 40
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Ethiopia

Central Africa

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.