SINGAPORE VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	5,235	14	383	+ 4,852
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,811	1	5,292	- 1,480
Tuberculosis	3	3,203	40	26	+ 3,177
Stroke	4	2,500	3	1,559	+ 942
Liver Disease	5	1,236	20	209	+ 1,027
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,208	2	5,189	- 3,981
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,176	39	28	+ 1,148
Asthma	8	1,149	35	37	+ 1,112
Road Traffic Accidents	9	902	26	121	+ 780
Kidney Disease	10	830	6	1,028	- 199
Low Birth Weight	11	740	41	25	+ 715
Lung Cancers	12	695	4	1,540	- 846
Falls	13	643	18	218	+ 426
Diabetes Mellitus	14	567	28	108	+ 460
Birth Trauma	15	518	55	3	+ 515
Suicide	16	498	9	650	- 152
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	449	43	22	+ 427
Hypertension	18	405	8	732	- 327
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	392	36	32	+ 359
Cervical Cancer	20	381	30	85	+ 296
Congenital Anomalies	21	377	31	80	+ 298
Other Injuries	22	320	32	79	+ 241
Drownings	23	292	38	29	+ 263
Oral Cancer	24	269	15	317	- 48
Stomach Cancer	25	267	12	405	- 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	226	5	1,203	- 976
Breast Cancer	27	201	10	605	- 404
Maternal Conditions	28	189	53	3	+ 186
Encephalitis	29	171	61	0	+ 171
Epilepsy	30	169	42	25	+ 144
Malnutrition	31	164	63	0	+ 164
Lymphomas	32	149	13	397	- 248
Parkinson's Disease	33	147	29	90	+ 57
HIV/AIDS	34	143	45	18	+ 125
Violence	35	136	46	15	+ 122
Leukemia	36	129	17	249	- 120
Ovary Cancer	37	113	21	204	- 91
Oesophagus Cancer	38	95	24	137	- 42
Poisonings	39	92	60	1	+ 91
Pertussis	40	88	62	0	+ 88
Pancreas Cancer	41	86	11	537	- 451
Skin Cancers	42	77	34	56	+ 21
Meningitis	43	73	48	8	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	44	63	27	120	- 57
Endocrine Disorders	45	50	37	30	+ 19
Liver Cancer	46	50	7	746	- 696
Appendicitis	47	43	50	6	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	48	42	19	215	- 173
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	37	33	69	- 32
Fires	50	36	49	7	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	33	58	2	+ 31
Alcohol	52	32	47	10	+ 22
Tetanus	53	26	73	0	+ 26
Syphilis	54	26	65	0	+ 26
Dengue	55	23	66	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	56	23	52	4	+ 19
Drug Use	57	18	44	19	- 1
Prostate Cancer	58	17	16	303	- 286
Measles	59	12	72	0	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	60	11	23	147	- 136
Other Neoplasms	61	10	22	195	- 186
Leishmaniasis	62	8	76	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	57	3	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	6	56	3	+ 3
War	65	5	59	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	5	54	3	+ 1
Skin Disease	67	3	25	136	- 133
Chlamydia	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Nepal

Singapore

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.