NEW ZEALAND VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,017	1	5,095	+ 1,921
Stroke	2	4,701	3	2,378	+ 2,323
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,042	8	769	+ 3,273
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,437	7	920	+ 1,517
Prostate Cancer	5	2,184	9	739	+ 1,445
Kidney Disease	6	1,808	17	432	+ 1,376
Endocrine Disorders	7	1,261	21	325	+ 936
Hypertension	8	1,215	20	327	+ 888
Breast Cancer	9	1,122	10	737	+ 386
Other Injuries	10	966	28	218	+ 748
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	897	6	1,495	- 598
Skin Disease	12	814	34	118	+ 696
Lung Disease	13	705	5	1,815	- 1,110
Lung Cancers	14	676	4	1,873	- 1,197
Uterin Cancer	15	544	33	145	+ 400
Pancreas Cancer	16	503	14	543	- 39
Birth Trauma	17	485	54	15	+ 470
Liver Disease	18	480	32	158	+ 322
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	467	2	3,032	- 2,565
Cervical Cancer	20	459	41	61	+ 399
Lymphomas	21	449	13	608	- 159
Road Traffic Accidents	22	402	16	458	- 56
Stomach Cancer	23	366	22	323	+ 43
Violence	24	333	42	57	+ 275
Liver Cancer	25	315	24	288	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	26	304	30	176	+ 128
Low Birth Weight	27	304	38	78	+ 225
Oral Cancer	28	298	31	164	+ 134
Other Neoplasms	29	293	27	245	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	30	268	25	279	- 11
Alcohol	31	263	45	51	+ 212
Anemia	32	249	51	17	+ 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	211	39	70	+ 141
Falls	34	207	11	627	- 420
Ovary Cancer	35	198	29	207	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	36	194	23	313	- 119
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	191	50	22	+ 169
Leukemia	38	184	18	391	- 207
Drownings	39	183	44	54	+ 129
Malnutrition	40	161	55	14	+ 147
Bladder Cancer	41	161	26	267	- 106
HIV/AIDS	42	151	57	10	+ 140
Asthma	43	133	36	91	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	44	123	19	353	- 230
Epilepsy	45	94	43	55	+ 39
Fires	46	83	53	17	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	78	35	113	- 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	72	37	81	- 9
Drug Use	49	56	40	69	- 13
Osteoarthritis	50	47	49	24	+ 23
Tuberculosis	51	43	52	17	+ 26
Suicide	52	33	15	528	- 495
Appendicitis	53	28	62	6	+ 22
Skin Cancers	54	28	12	612	- 584
Maternal Conditions	55	24	63	5	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	20	46	47	- 27
Upper Respiratory	57	18	64	4	+ 15
Hepatitis B	58	14	56	14	- 0
Syphilis	59	13	70	0	+ 13
Poisonings	60	4	58	9	- 5
War	61	1	68	1	+ 0
Pertussis	62	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	59	9	- 9
Hepatitis C	69	0	48	30	- 30
Encephalitis	70	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	67	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	47	43	- 43
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Grenada

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.