ZAMBIA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,025	10	4,432	+ 38,593
Stroke	2	17,724	3	7,948	+ 9,776
Hypertension	3	5,973	13	2,616	+ 3,356
Kidney Disease	4	5,683	18	1,760	+ 3,923
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,104	14	2,395	+ 1,709
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,026	2	9,517	- 5,491
Lung Cancers	7	3,663	41	226	+ 3,437
Lung Disease	8	3,503	21	1,273	+ 2,230
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,441	11	3,654	- 213
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,763	29	590	+ 2,174
Liver Disease	11	2,707	9	4,501	- 1,794
Breast Cancer	12	2,005	35	366	+ 1,639
Asthma	13	1,859	26	741	+ 1,118
Low Birth Weight	14	1,838	8	4,857	- 3,019
Tuberculosis	15	1,597	6	5,941	- 4,344
Suicide	16	1,456	20	1,303	+ 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	1,422	43	203	+ 1,219
Cervical Cancer	18	1,395	17	1,799	- 403
Falls	19	1,366	28	596	+ 770
Lymphomas	20	1,265	31	548	+ 717
Other Injuries	21	1,264	19	1,729	- 465
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,182	12	3,146	- 1,964
Birth Trauma	23	1,150	7	5,062	- 3,912
Prostate Cancer	24	1,065	30	561	+ 503
Stomach Cancer	25	941	42	206	+ 734
Parkinson's Disease	26	841	47	164	+ 677
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	663	5	6,275	- 5,612
Endocrine Disorders	28	628	37	354	+ 275
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	598	40	246	+ 353
Bladder Cancer	30	594	50	132	+ 463
Leukemia	31	576	39	261	+ 314
Inflammatory/Heart	32	569	33	501	+ 68
Fires	33	503	32	546	- 43
Ovary Cancer	34	445	57	82	+ 362
Oral Cancer	35	434	48	155	+ 279
Pancreas Cancer	36	415	62	42	+ 373
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	400	45	190	+ 210
Maternal Conditions	38	392	22	1,188	- 796
Violence	39	352	23	1,153	- 802
Meningitis	40	302	16	1,976	- 1,674
Skin Cancers	41	266	54	108	+ 158
Oesophagus Cancer	42	244	36	359	- 114
Drownings	43	237	27	689	- 452
Liver Cancer	44	235	46	177	+ 58
Epilepsy	45	187	38	332	- 145
Pertussis	46	180	25	743	- 562
Drug Use	47	179	53	122	+ 56
Hepatitis B	48	176	55	104	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	49	161	1	17,234	- 17,074
Poisonings	50	148	34	456	- 308
Malnutrition	51	111	15	2,303	- 2,191
Encephalitis	52	98	59	70	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	53	86	64	30	+ 56
Skin Disease	54	83	52	126	- 43
Syphilis	55	78	24	885	- 807
Appendicitis	56	72	56	84	- 11
Alcohol	57	61	49	140	- 79
Multiple Sclerosis	58	59	67	13	+ 45
Tetanus	59	43	44	190	- 147
Other Neoplasms	60	39	65	20	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	61	37	51	128	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	21	63	30	- 9
War	63	12	69	6	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	64	9	58	72	- 64
Hepatitis C	65	4	66	18	- 14
Ascariasis	66	3	68	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	67	2	60	68	- 66
Chlamydia	68	1	71	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	1	73	3	- 2
Measles	70	0	61	48	- 48
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	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.