TRINIDAD/TOB. VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,520	1	1,476	+ 44
Lung Disease	2	880	16	129	+ 750
Stroke	3	697	3	822	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	670	45	18	+ 652
Tuberculosis	5	436	43	22	+ 414
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	392	10	205	+ 187
Diabetes Mellitus	7	271	2	1,275	- 1,004
Liver Disease	8	269	14	136	+ 133
Low Birth Weight	9	239	23	83	+ 156
Falls	10	226	33	43	+ 183
Kidney Disease	11	223	5	439	- 216
Road Traffic Accidents	12	213	15	130	+ 82
Asthma	13	196	35	40	+ 156
Suicide	14	173	17	121	+ 52
Other Injuries	15	150	30	61	+ 89
Oral Cancer	16	134	38	31	+ 103
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	127	9	215	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	126	49	11	+ 115
Hypertension	19	108	11	201	- 93
Birth Trauma	20	103	40	25	+ 78
Lung Cancers	21	88	8	217	- 129
Breast Cancer	22	83	7	258	- 175
Congenital Anomalies	23	83	22	93	- 11
Stomach Cancer	24	81	26	69	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	77	13	196	- 118
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	68	31	52	+ 16
Violence	27	52	4	549	- 498
Drownings	28	49	39	31	+ 18
Encephalitis	29	48	54	6	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	30	45	21	97	- 52
HIV/AIDS	31	44	12	196	- 152
Parkinson's Disease	32	43	32	51	- 8
Lymphomas	33	40	20	111	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	34	39	41	24	+ 15
Leukemia	35	33	29	62	- 29
Meningitis	36	33	52	9	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	37	33	19	114	- 81
Prostate Cancer	38	31	6	330	- 299
Liver Cancer	39	30	28	66	- 36
Epilepsy	40	30	37	32	- 2
Maternal Conditions	41	26	50	10	+ 16
Fires	42	23	48	16	+ 7
Alcohol	43	23	42	23	- 0
Ovary Cancer	44	22	24	80	- 58
Skin Disease	45	18	36	39	- 21
Dengue	46	18	55	5	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	47	15	18	119	- 104
Bladder Cancer	48	14	34	41	- 26
Inflammatory/Heart	49	13	25	72	- 59
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	12	53	8	+ 4
Measles	51	12	76	0	+ 12
Drug Use	52	12	44	19	- 7
Appendicitis	53	11	56	4	+ 7
Pertussis	54	10	67	0	+ 10
Malnutrition	55	9	47	17	- 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	60	0	+ 8
Malaria	57	8	72	0	+ 8
Tetanus	58	7	65	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	59	7	27	68	- 61
Skin Cancers	60	5	57	4	+ 1
Poisonings	61	4	59	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	3	51	10	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	58	2	+ 0
Syphilis	64	2	61	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
War	67	1	46	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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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.