ZAMBIA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,492	10	4,432	+ 14,060
Diabetes Mellitus	2	13,699	14	2,395	+ 11,304
Kidney Disease	3	7,099	18	1,760	+ 5,338
Stroke	4	6,330	3	7,948	- 1,618
Violence	5	5,162	23	1,153	+ 4,009
Liver Disease	6	4,747	9	4,501	+ 246
Lung Disease	7	4,633	21	1,273	+ 3,361
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,948	2	9,517	- 5,569
Hypertension	9	2,833	13	2,616	+ 216
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,594	11	3,654	- 1,060
Other Injuries	11	1,937	19	1,729	+ 208
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,799	37	354	+ 1,446
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,664	12	3,146	- 1,482
Malnutrition	14	1,201	15	2,303	- 1,101
Prostate Cancer	15	1,192	30	561	+ 631
Breast Cancer	16	1,174	35	366	+ 808
Lung Cancers	17	1,169	41	226	+ 943
Low Birth Weight	18	1,139	8	4,857	- 3,717
Stomach Cancer	19	1,104	42	206	+ 897
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,093	43	203	+ 890
Liver Cancer	21	1,085	46	177	+ 908
Suicide	22	1,077	20	1,303	- 225
Other Neoplasms	23	987	65	20	+ 967
Lymphomas	24	789	31	548	+ 241
Leukemia	25	768	39	261	+ 507
Cervical Cancer	26	762	17	1,799	- 1,037
Pancreas Cancer	27	717	62	42	+ 675
HIV/AIDS	28	657	1	17,234	- 16,578
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	553	5	6,275	- 5,722
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	548	29	590	- 41
Skin Disease	31	482	52	126	+ 356
Alcohol	32	469	49	140	+ 329
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	435	40	246	+ 189
Ovary Cancer	34	421	57	82	+ 339
Falls	35	418	28	596	- 178
Birth Trauma	36	406	7	5,062	- 4,656
Anemia	37	347	83	0	+ 347
Tuberculosis	38	309	6	5,941	- 5,632
Epilepsy	39	304	38	332	- 28
Skin Cancers	40	304	54	108	+ 196
Inflammatory/Heart	41	297	33	501	- 204
Drownings	42	286	27	689	- 403
Parkinson's Disease	43	249	47	164	+ 85
Drug Use	44	234	53	122	+ 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	225	63	30	+ 195
Oral Cancer	46	216	48	155	+ 60
Asthma	47	214	26	741	- 527
Bladder Cancer	48	202	50	132	+ 71
Oesophagus Cancer	49	199	36	359	- 160
Uterin Cancer	50	143	64	30	+ 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	142	84	0	+ 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	137	45	190	- 53
Appendicitis	53	123	56	84	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	54	119	22	1,188	- 1,069
Hepatitis C	55	99	66	18	+ 82
Fires	56	96	32	546	- 450
Poisonings	57	84	34	456	- 372
Meningitis	58	57	16	1,976	- 1,919
Osteoarthritis	59	48	85	0	+ 48
Multiple Sclerosis	60	47	67	13	+ 34
Hepatitis B	61	33	55	104	- 71
Encephalitis	62	22	59	70	- 48
Schizophrenia	63	20	81	0	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	64	20	60	68	- 48
Oral conditions	65	20	86	0	+ 20
War	66	18	69	6	+ 11
Dengue	67	5	74	1	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	5	70	5	- 0
Chagas disease	69	4	79	0	+ 4
Pertussis	70	3	25	743	- 739
Tetanus	71	2	44	190	- 188
Ascariasis	72	1	68	9	- 8
Syphilis	73	1	24	885	- 884
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	58	72	- 72
Chlamydia	77	0	71	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	80	0	61	48	- 48
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	83	0	51	128	- 128
Malaria	84	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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Zambia

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.