NEW ZEALAND VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,589	1	5,095	- 506
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,399	8	769	+ 2,631
Kidney Disease	3	1,762	17	432	+ 1,330
Stroke	4	1,571	3	2,378	- 807
Violence	5	1,281	42	57	+ 1,224
Liver Disease	6	1,178	32	158	+ 1,020
Lung Disease	7	1,150	5	1,815	- 665
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	980	7	920	+ 60
Hypertension	9	703	20	327	+ 376
Road Traffic Accidents	10	644	16	458	+ 186
Other Injuries	11	481	28	218	+ 263
Endocrine Disorders	12	446	21	325	+ 122
Congenital Anomalies	13	413	30	176	+ 237
Malnutrition	14	298	55	14	+ 284
Prostate Cancer	15	296	9	739	- 443
Breast Cancer	16	291	10	737	- 445
Lung Cancers	17	290	4	1,873	- 1,583
Low Birth Weight	18	283	38	78	+ 204
Stomach Cancer	19	274	22	323	- 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	271	6	1,495	- 1,223
Liver Cancer	21	269	24	288	- 19
Suicide	22	267	15	528	- 261
Other Neoplasms	23	245	27	245	- 0
Lymphomas	24	196	13	608	- 412
Leukemia	25	191	18	391	- 200
Cervical Cancer	26	189	41	61	+ 128
Pancreas Cancer	27	178	14	543	- 365
HIV/AIDS	28	163	57	10	+ 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	137	37	81	+ 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	136	2	3,032	- 2,896
Skin Disease	31	120	34	118	+ 2
Alcohol	32	116	45	51	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	108	39	70	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	34	105	29	207	- 102
Falls	35	104	11	627	- 523
Birth Trauma	36	101	54	15	+ 86
Anemia	37	86	51	17	+ 69
Tuberculosis	38	77	52	17	+ 60
Epilepsy	39	75	43	55	+ 20
Skin Cancers	40	75	12	612	- 536
Inflammatory/Heart	41	74	23	313	- 239
Drownings	42	71	44	54	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	43	62	19	353	- 291
Drug Use	44	58	40	69	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	56	46	47	+ 9
Oral Cancer	46	53	31	164	- 110
Asthma	47	53	36	91	- 38
Bladder Cancer	48	50	26	267	- 217
Oesophagus Cancer	49	49	25	279	- 230
Uterin Cancer	50	36	33	145	- 109
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	35	50	22	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	34	35	113	- 79
Appendicitis	53	31	62	6	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	54	30	63	5	+ 25
Hepatitis C	55	25	48	30	- 5
Fires	56	24	53	17	+ 7
Poisonings	57	21	58	9	+ 12
Meningitis	58	14	59	9	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	59	12	49	24	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	47	43	- 32
Hepatitis B	61	8	56	14	- 6
Encephalitis	62	6	66	1	+ 5
Schizophrenia	63	5	60	8	- 3
Upper Respiratory	64	5	64	4	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	5	61	8	- 3
War	66	4	68	1	+ 4
Dengue	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Chagas disease	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	70	1	65	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Syphilis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Mexico

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.