NEW ZEALAND VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,567	1	5,095	+ 472
Lung Disease	2	3,222	5	1,815	+ 1,407
Stroke	3	2,553	3	2,378	+ 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,455	37	81	+ 2,374
Tuberculosis	5	1,597	52	17	+ 1,579
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,437	7	920	+ 517
Diabetes Mellitus	7	994	8	769	+ 226
Liver Disease	8	984	32	158	+ 826
Low Birth Weight	9	874	38	78	+ 796
Falls	10	827	11	627	+ 200
Kidney Disease	11	816	17	432	+ 384
Road Traffic Accidents	12	779	16	458	+ 321
Asthma	13	718	36	91	+ 627
Suicide	14	635	15	528	+ 107
Other Injuries	15	548	28	218	+ 330
Oral Cancer	16	491	31	164	+ 328
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	464	2	3,032	- 2,568
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	462	35	113	+ 349
Hypertension	19	396	20	327	+ 69
Birth Trauma	20	377	54	15	+ 362
Lung Cancers	21	323	4	1,873	- 1,550
Breast Cancer	22	303	10	737	- 433
Congenital Anomalies	23	303	30	176	+ 128
Stomach Cancer	24	297	22	323	- 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	283	6	1,495	- 1,211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	249	39	70	+ 179
Violence	27	190	42	57	+ 132
Drownings	28	179	44	54	+ 124
Encephalitis	29	176	66	1	+ 175
Cervical Cancer	30	166	41	61	+ 105
HIV/AIDS	31	163	57	10	+ 152
Parkinson's Disease	32	159	19	353	- 194
Lymphomas	33	147	13	608	- 461
Oesophagus Cancer	34	142	25	279	- 137
Leukemia	35	122	18	391	- 269
Meningitis	36	122	59	9	+ 113
Pancreas Cancer	37	120	14	543	- 423
Prostate Cancer	38	113	9	739	- 626
Liver Cancer	39	111	24	288	- 177
Epilepsy	40	111	43	55	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	41	95	63	5	+ 90
Fires	42	85	53	17	+ 68
Alcohol	43	85	45	51	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	44	80	29	207	- 126
Skin Disease	45	65	34	118	- 53
Dengue	46	64	75	0	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	47	56	21	325	- 269
Bladder Cancer	48	52	26	267	- 215
Inflammatory/Heart	49	46	23	313	- 267
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	44	46	47	- 3
Measles	51	44	82	0	+ 44
Drug Use	52	43	40	69	- 26
Appendicitis	53	41	62	6	+ 35
Pertussis	54	37	65	1	+ 36
Malnutrition	55	32	55	14	+ 18
Hepatitis B	56	30	56	14	+ 16
Malaria	57	28	78	0	+ 28
Tetanus	58	26	69	0	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	59	25	33	145	- 119
Skin Cancers	60	19	12	612	- 593
Poisonings	61	13	58	9	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	62	11	27	245	- 234
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	47	43	- 35
Syphilis	64	7	70	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	5	48	30	- 25
Leishmaniasis	66	4	80	0	+ 4
War	67	3	68	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	64	4	- 2
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Oral conditions	84	0	61	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	50	22	- 22
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

India

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.