ZAMBIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,515	2	9,517	+ 998
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	7,783	5	6,275	+ 1,508
Stroke	3	6,906	3	7,948	- 1,042
Coronary Heart Disease	4	6,409	10	4,432	+ 1,977
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,538	11	3,654	+ 1,884
Birth Trauma	6	5,458	7	5,062	+ 396
Low Birth Weight	7	4,916	8	4,857	+ 59
Liver Disease	8	4,784	9	4,501	+ 284
Tuberculosis	9	3,764	6	5,941	- 2,177
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,852	14	2,395	+ 457
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,744	12	3,146	- 402
Hypertension	12	2,363	13	2,616	- 253
Kidney Disease	13	2,123	18	1,760	+ 363
Meningitis	14	2,109	16	1,976	+ 133
Lung Disease	15	2,083	21	1,273	+ 810
Other Injuries	16	2,059	19	1,729	+ 330
HIV/AIDS	17	2,013	1	17,234	- 15,222
Maternal Conditions	18	1,559	22	1,188	+ 371
Malnutrition	19	1,516	15	2,303	- 786
Breast Cancer	20	1,489	35	366	+ 1,123
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,449	29	590	+ 859
Violence	22	1,417	23	1,153	+ 264
Pertussis	23	1,210	25	743	+ 467
Measles	24	1,110	61	48	+ 1,061
Suicide	25	1,058	20	1,303	- 245
Malaria	26	987	4	7,882	- 6,895
Cervical Cancer	27	880	17	1,799	- 918
Falls	28	791	28	596	+ 195
Asthma	29	787	26	741	+ 46
Leukemia	30	741	39	261	+ 480
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	659	43	203	+ 456
Poisonings	32	644	34	456	+ 187
Lymphomas	33	630	31	548	+ 82
Fires	34	571	32	546	+ 25
Drownings	35	550	27	689	- 139
Ovary Cancer	36	425	57	82	+ 343
Tetanus	37	386	44	190	+ 197
Lung Cancers	38	386	41	226	+ 161
Inflammatory/Heart	39	380	33	501	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	40	323	36	359	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	308	40	246	+ 63
Liver Cancer	42	304	46	177	+ 127
Syphilis	43	298	24	885	- 587
Epilepsy	44	285	38	332	- 47
Endocrine Disorders	45	285	37	354	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	46	277	47	164	+ 113
Stomach Cancer	47	266	42	206	+ 60
Oral Cancer	48	259	48	155	+ 104
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	235	45	190	+ 45
Prostate Cancer	50	218	30	561	- 343
Bladder Cancer	51	189	50	132	+ 58
Skin Cancers	52	177	54	108	+ 69
Skin Disease	53	159	52	126	+ 33
Schistosomiasis	54	147	51	128	+ 19
Alcohol	55	132	49	140	- 8
Hepatitis B	56	130	55	104	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	57	124	60	68	+ 57
Appendicitis	58	119	56	84	+ 35
Leishmaniasis	59	102	58	72	+ 29
Drug Use	60	90	53	122	- 32
Pancreas Cancer	61	86	62	42	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	62	74	64	30	+ 44
Encephalitis	63	68	59	70	- 2
War	64	49	69	6	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	39	63	30	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	66	26	65	20	+ 6
Diphtheria	67	26	73	3	+ 23
Ascariasis	68	23	68	9	+ 14
Hepatitis C	69	20	66	18	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	70	11	67	13	- 3
Otitis Media	71	7	70	5	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	4	71	3	+ 0
Dengue	73	4	74	1	+ 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Ethiopia

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.