ESTONIA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	1,037	13	229	+ 808
Coronary Heart Disease	2	755	1	3,009	- 2,254
Tuberculosis	3	634	47	16	+ 618
Stroke	4	495	3	1,116	- 621
Liver Disease	5	245	7	328	- 84
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	239	6	349	- 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	233	53	8	+ 225
Asthma	8	227	44	24	+ 203
Road Traffic Accidents	9	179	35	59	+ 119
Kidney Disease	10	164	17	176	- 12
Low Birth Weight	11	147	55	7	+ 140
Lung Cancers	12	138	4	657	- 520
Falls	13	127	24	119	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	14	112	19	146	- 34
Birth Trauma	15	103	57	5	+ 98
Suicide	16	99	16	197	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	89	45	22	+ 67
Hypertension	18	80	2	2,700	- 2,620
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	78	12	229	- 152
Cervical Cancer	20	76	32	68	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	21	75	43	25	+ 50
Other Injuries	22	63	20	141	- 78
Drownings	23	58	40	30	+ 28
Oral Cancer	24	53	25	110	- 57
Stomach Cancer	25	53	9	290	- 237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	45	5	527	- 482
Breast Cancer	27	40	11	260	- 220
Maternal Conditions	28	37	61	1	+ 36
Encephalitis	29	34	63	0	+ 34
Epilepsy	30	34	37	45	- 11
Malnutrition	31	32	79	0	+ 32
Lymphomas	32	29	15	213	- 183
Parkinson's Disease	33	29	29	82	- 53
HIV/AIDS	34	28	39	40	- 12
Violence	35	27	42	28	- 2
Leukemia	36	26	22	126	- 100
Ovary Cancer	37	22	28	87	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	38	19	27	99	- 80
Poisonings	39	18	52	8	+ 10
Pertussis	40	17	83	0	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	41	17	10	268	- 251
Skin Cancers	42	15	30	79	- 64
Meningitis	43	14	54	7	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	44	12	21	126	- 113
Endocrine Disorders	45	10	33	66	- 56
Liver Cancer	46	10	26	107	- 97
Appendicitis	47	8	59	2	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	48	8	14	217	- 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	7	36	55	- 48
Fires	50	7	38	41	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	7	46	17	- 11
Alcohol	52	6	18	148	- 142
Tetanus	53	5	81	0	+ 5
Syphilis	54	5	62	1	+ 4
Dengue	55	5	75	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	4	65	0	+ 4
Drug Use	57	4	31	75	- 71
Prostate Cancer	58	3	8	298	- 295
Measles	59	2	84	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	34	60	- 58
Other Neoplasms	61	2	23	123	- 121
Leishmaniasis	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	48	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	4	- 3
War	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	67	1	41	29	- 28
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.