CENTRAL AFRICA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,024	7	2,900	+ 2,124
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,722	15	1,141	+ 2,581
Kidney Disease	3	1,929	21	710	+ 1,219
Stroke	4	1,720	5	3,284	- 1,564
Violence	5	1,403	17	1,009	+ 394
Liver Disease	6	1,290	14	1,153	+ 136
Lung Disease	7	1,259	18	956	+ 303
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,073	1	5,231	- 4,159
Hypertension	9	770	12	1,252	- 483
Road Traffic Accidents	10	705	10	1,790	- 1,085
Other Injuries	11	526	23	621	- 94
Endocrine Disorders	12	489	25	423	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	13	452	19	776	- 324
Malnutrition	14	326	22	691	- 364
Prostate Cancer	15	324	38	156	+ 168
Breast Cancer	16	319	26	344	- 25
Lung Cancers	17	318	55	47	+ 271
Low Birth Weight	18	310	8	2,228	- 1,918
Stomach Cancer	19	300	49	65	+ 234
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	297	45	116	+ 181
Liver Cancer	21	295	44	117	+ 178
Suicide	22	293	24	585	- 292
Other Neoplasms	23	268	70	5	+ 263
Lymphomas	24	214	42	119	+ 95
Leukemia	25	209	47	88	+ 121
Cervical Cancer	26	207	32	230	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	27	195	60	37	+ 158
HIV/AIDS	28	178	4	3,753	- 3,574
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	150	3	4,684	- 4,534
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	149	33	204	- 55
Skin Disease	31	131	54	48	+ 83
Alcohol	32	127	52	62	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	118	27	317	- 199
Ovary Cancer	34	115	50	64	+ 51
Falls	35	114	36	181	- 68
Birth Trauma	36	110	9	2,192	- 2,081
Anemia	37	94	84	0	+ 94
Tuberculosis	38	84	2	4,704	- 4,620
Epilepsy	39	83	43	119	- 36
Skin Cancers	40	83	58	43	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	41	81	30	270	- 189
Drownings	42	78	34	202	- 125
Parkinson's Disease	43	68	48	67	+ 1
Drug Use	44	64	57	44	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	61	66	15	+ 46
Oral Cancer	46	59	46	91	- 32
Asthma	47	58	20	761	- 703
Bladder Cancer	48	55	64	23	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	49	54	53	48	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	50	39	65	20	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	39	80	0	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	37	35	194	- 157
Appendicitis	53	33	51	62	- 28
Maternal Conditions	54	32	13	1,174	- 1,142
Hepatitis C	55	27	69	6	+ 21
Fires	56	26	39	142	- 116
Poisonings	57	23	40	134	- 111
Meningitis	58	15	16	1,015	- 999
Osteoarthritis	59	13	81	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	60	13	72	4	+ 9
Hepatitis B	61	9	61	33	- 24
Encephalitis	62	6	62	28	- 22
Schizophrenia	63	5	86	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	5	63	24	- 19
Oral conditions	65	5	82	0	+ 5
War	66	5	28	314	- 309
Dengue	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	6	- 5
Chagas disease	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	70	1	31	265	- 264
Tetanus	71	0	29	280	- 280
Ascariasis	72	0	71	5	- 5
Syphilis	73	0	41	120	- 120
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	56	46	- 45
Chlamydia	77	0	73	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	80	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	59	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	83	0	37	169	- 169
Malaria	84	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Mexico

Central Africa

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.