SOUTH AFRICA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	125,032	3	32,739	+ 92,293
Stroke	2	51,508	4	30,693	+ 20,814
Hypertension	3	17,357	12	12,789	+ 4,568
Kidney Disease	4	16,516	9	15,302	+ 1,214
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,926	5	30,188	- 18,261
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,699	2	39,341	- 27,641
Lung Cancers	7	10,645	15	7,705	+ 2,940
Lung Disease	8	10,179	13	11,895	- 1,716
Road Traffic Accidents	9	9,999	11	13,014	- 3,015
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	8,030	22	4,676	+ 3,354
Liver Disease	11	7,867	14	9,013	- 1,147
Breast Cancer	12	5,826	23	4,533	+ 1,292
Asthma	13	5,402	18	5,966	- 564
Low Birth Weight	14	5,343	16	6,250	- 908
Tuberculosis	15	4,640	6	21,965	- 17,325
Suicide	16	4,231	10	13,774	- 9,543
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	4,132	28	3,587	+ 545
Cervical Cancer	18	4,054	20	5,555	- 1,501
Falls	19	3,970	42	1,399	+ 2,571
Lymphomas	20	3,676	31	2,818	+ 858
Other Injuries	21	3,672	17	6,014	- 2,342
Congenital Anomalies	22	3,434	25	4,351	- 916
Birth Trauma	23	3,342	30	3,004	+ 338
Prostate Cancer	24	3,094	24	4,374	- 1,279
Stomach Cancer	25	2,734	39	1,535	+ 1,200
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,443	46	1,077	+ 1,366
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,927	8	15,843	- 13,917
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,826	19	5,890	- 4,064
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,739	36	1,894	- 155
Bladder Cancer	30	1,727	52	829	+ 898
Leukemia	31	1,673	40	1,464	+ 209
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,653	21	5,408	- 3,755
Fires	33	1,462	27	3,618	- 2,156
Ovary Cancer	34	1,293	51	951	+ 342
Oral Cancer	35	1,262	41	1,406	- 144
Pancreas Cancer	36	1,207	35	2,007	- 800
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	1,161	47	1,015	+ 147
Maternal Conditions	38	1,138	38	1,700	- 562
Violence	39	1,022	7	21,000	- 19,978
Meningitis	40	877	26	3,660	- 2,783
Skin Cancers	41	772	48	993	- 221
Oesophagus Cancer	42	710	29	3,486	- 2,775
Drownings	43	688	32	2,403	- 1,715
Liver Cancer	44	684	33	2,383	- 1,700
Epilepsy	45	543	37	1,870	- 1,327
Pertussis	46	524	43	1,142	- 618
Drug Use	47	519	53	770	- 251
Hepatitis B	48	511	61	139	+ 372
HIV/AIDS	49	467	1	71,996	- 71,529
Poisonings	50	430	50	975	- 545
Malnutrition	51	324	34	2,381	- 2,057
Encephalitis	52	285	59	234	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	53	249	54	512	- 263
Skin Disease	54	240	45	1,101	- 861
Syphilis	55	227	44	1,130	- 903
Appendicitis	56	211	56	274	- 63
Alcohol	57	177	49	987	- 810
Multiple Sclerosis	58	171	62	113	+ 58
Tetanus	59	124	65	38	+ 86
Other Neoplasms	60	113	58	267	- 153
Schistosomiasis	61	108	66	35	+ 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	62	55	376	- 314
War	63	35	64	66	- 31
Leishmaniasis	64	25	77	0	+ 25
Hepatitis C	65	12	70	8	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	8	71	3	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	67	6	60	223	- 217
Chlamydia	68	3	68	18	- 16
Diphtheria	69	1	69	16	- 15
Measles	70	0	57	270	- 270
Otitis Media	71	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Morocco

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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.