NEW ZEALAND VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,609	7	920	+ 1,689
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,931	37	81	+ 1,850
Stroke	3	1,714	3	2,378	- 665
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,590	1	5,095	- 3,505
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,374	16	458	+ 916
Birth Trauma	6	1,354	54	15	+ 1,340
Low Birth Weight	7	1,220	38	78	+ 1,141
Liver Disease	8	1,187	32	158	+ 1,030
Tuberculosis	9	934	52	17	+ 917
Diabetes Mellitus	10	708	8	769	- 61
Congenital Anomalies	11	681	30	176	+ 505
Hypertension	12	586	20	327	+ 260
Kidney Disease	13	527	17	432	+ 95
Meningitis	14	523	59	9	+ 514
Lung Disease	15	517	5	1,815	- 1,298
Other Injuries	16	511	28	218	+ 293
HIV/AIDS	17	499	57	10	+ 489
Maternal Conditions	18	387	63	5	+ 382
Malnutrition	19	376	55	14	+ 362
Breast Cancer	20	369	10	737	- 367
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	359	2	3,032	- 2,672
Violence	22	352	42	57	+ 294
Pertussis	23	300	65	1	+ 299
Measles	24	275	82	0	+ 275
Suicide	25	263	15	528	- 266
Malaria	26	245	78	0	+ 245
Cervical Cancer	27	218	41	61	+ 158
Falls	28	196	11	627	- 430
Asthma	29	195	36	91	+ 105
Leukemia	30	184	18	391	- 207
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	163	6	1,495	- 1,331
Poisonings	32	160	58	9	+ 150
Lymphomas	33	156	13	608	- 452
Fires	34	142	53	17	+ 125
Drownings	35	136	44	54	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	36	106	29	207	- 101
Tetanus	37	96	69	0	+ 96
Lung Cancers	38	96	4	1,873	- 1,778
Inflammatory/Heart	39	94	23	313	- 219
Oesophagus Cancer	40	80	25	279	- 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	77	39	70	+ 6
Liver Cancer	42	75	24	288	- 213
Syphilis	43	74	70	0	+ 74
Epilepsy	44	71	43	55	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	45	71	21	325	- 254
Parkinson's Disease	46	69	19	353	- 284
Stomach Cancer	47	66	22	323	- 257
Oral Cancer	48	64	31	164	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	58	35	113	- 54
Prostate Cancer	50	54	9	739	- 685
Bladder Cancer	51	47	26	267	- 220
Skin Cancers	52	44	12	612	- 568
Skin Disease	53	39	34	118	- 79
Schistosomiasis	54	37	77	0	+ 37
Alcohol	55	33	45	51	- 19
Hepatitis B	56	32	56	14	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	57	31	64	4	+ 27
Appendicitis	58	29	62	6	+ 24
Leishmaniasis	59	25	80	0	+ 25
Drug Use	60	22	40	69	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	61	21	14	543	- 522
Uterin Cancer	62	18	33	145	- 126
Encephalitis	63	17	66	1	+ 16
War	64	12	68	1	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	10	46	47	- 37
Other Neoplasms	66	6	27	245	- 239
Diphtheria	67	6	83	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	68	6	76	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	69	5	48	30	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	70	3	47	43	- 41
Otitis Media	71	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Ethiopia

New Zealand

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.