NEW ZEALAND VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,243	1	5,095	- 2,852
Stroke	2	1,343	3	2,378	- 1,035
Road Traffic Accidents	3	793	16	458	+ 335
Diabetes Mellitus	4	778	8	769	+ 9
Hypertension	5	707	20	327	+ 381
Kidney Disease	6	690	17	432	+ 258
Lung Cancers	7	489	4	1,873	- 1,384
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	433	7	920	- 487
Congenital Anomalies	9	432	30	176	+ 256
Low Birth Weight	10	396	38	78	+ 317
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	326	2	3,032	- 2,705
Breast Cancer	12	317	10	737	- 420
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	285	6	1,495	- 1,210
Liver Disease	14	228	32	158	+ 70
Lung Disease	15	205	5	1,815	- 1,610
Leukemia	16	171	18	391	- 220
Stomach Cancer	17	169	22	323	- 154
Lymphomas	18	149	13	608	- 459
Other Injuries	19	136	28	218	- 82
Birth Trauma	20	125	54	15	+ 111
Violence	21	124	42	57	+ 67
Pancreas Cancer	22	113	14	543	- 429
Bladder Cancer	23	98	26	267	- 169
Falls	24	88	11	627	- 539
Liver Cancer	25	86	24	288	- 202
Endocrine Disorders	26	83	21	325	- 241
Parkinson's Disease	27	78	19	353	- 275
Suicide	28	76	15	528	- 452
Fires	29	71	53	17	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	70	37	81	- 11
Oral Cancer	31	66	31	164	- 98
Ovary Cancer	32	64	29	207	- 143
Prostate Cancer	33	61	9	739	- 678
Drug Use	34	53	40	69	- 16
Asthma	35	53	36	91	- 38
Drownings	36	49	44	54	- 5
Meningitis	37	36	59	9	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	38	34	23	313	- 279
Uterin Cancer	39	34	33	145	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	31	39	70	- 39
Cervical Cancer	41	29	41	61	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	42	29	25	279	- 250
Pertussis	43	25	65	1	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	44	24	63	5	+ 19
Syphilis	45	24	70	0	+ 24
Epilepsy	46	23	43	55	- 32
Poisonings	47	22	58	9	+ 12
Skin Disease	48	20	34	118	- 98
Skin Cancers	49	17	12	612	- 594
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	10	35	113	- 102
Malnutrition	51	7	55	14	- 7
Encephalitis	52	6	66	1	+ 6
Tuberculosis	53	6	52	17	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	47	43	- 38
Alcohol	55	5	45	51	- 47
Tetanus	56	5	69	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	4	27	245	- 241
Appendicitis	58	4	62	6	- 2
War	59	3	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	56	14	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	46	47	- 45
Schistosomiasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	57	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	1	48	30	- 29
Measles	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	4	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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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.