NEW ZEALAND VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	4,482	5	1,815	+ 2,667
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,263	1	5,095	- 1,832
Tuberculosis	3	2,742	52	17	+ 2,725
Stroke	4	2,141	3	2,378	- 238
Liver Disease	5	1,059	32	158	+ 901
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,034	7	920	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,007	37	81	+ 926
Asthma	8	983	36	91	+ 893
Road Traffic Accidents	9	772	16	458	+ 314
Kidney Disease	10	710	17	432	+ 278
Low Birth Weight	11	634	38	78	+ 555
Lung Cancers	12	595	4	1,873	- 1,279
Falls	13	551	11	627	- 76
Diabetes Mellitus	14	486	8	769	- 283
Birth Trauma	15	444	54	15	+ 429
Suicide	16	426	15	528	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	385	35	113	+ 272
Hypertension	18	347	20	327	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	335	2	3,032	- 2,696
Cervical Cancer	20	327	41	61	+ 266
Congenital Anomalies	21	323	30	176	+ 148
Other Injuries	22	274	28	218	+ 56
Drownings	23	250	44	54	+ 195
Oral Cancer	24	230	31	164	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	25	229	22	323	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	194	6	1,495	- 1,301
Breast Cancer	27	172	10	737	- 565
Maternal Conditions	28	162	63	5	+ 157
Encephalitis	29	146	66	1	+ 146
Epilepsy	30	145	43	55	+ 90
Malnutrition	31	140	55	14	+ 126
Lymphomas	32	127	13	608	- 481
Parkinson's Disease	33	126	19	353	- 227
HIV/AIDS	34	122	57	10	+ 112
Violence	35	117	42	57	+ 59
Leukemia	36	111	18	391	- 280
Ovary Cancer	37	97	29	207	- 110
Oesophagus Cancer	38	81	25	279	- 198
Poisonings	39	79	58	9	+ 69
Pertussis	40	75	65	1	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	41	74	14	543	- 469
Skin Cancers	42	66	12	612	- 545
Meningitis	43	63	59	9	+ 54
Bladder Cancer	44	54	26	267	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	45	43	21	325	- 282
Liver Cancer	46	42	24	288	- 245
Appendicitis	47	37	62	6	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	48	36	23	313	- 277
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	32	39	70	- 39
Fires	50	30	53	17	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	29	46	47	- 18
Alcohol	52	28	45	51	- 24
Tetanus	53	22	69	0	+ 22
Syphilis	54	22	70	0	+ 22
Dengue	55	20	75	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	56	19	56	14	+ 6
Drug Use	57	15	40	69	- 54
Prostate Cancer	58	14	9	739	- 725
Measles	59	10	82	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	60	9	33	145	- 135
Other Neoplasms	61	8	27	245	- 237
Leishmaniasis	62	6	80	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	47	43	- 37
Hepatitis C	64	5	48	30	- 25
War	65	4	68	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	4	64	4	+ 0
Skin Disease	67	3	34	118	- 115
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Nepal

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.