ESTONIA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,179	1	3,009	- 1,830
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	701	12	229	+ 472
Stroke	3	550	3	1,116	- 566
Lung Cancers	4	433	4	657	- 224
Lung Disease	5	420	13	229	+ 191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	346	5	527	- 181
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	213	6	349	- 136
Diabetes Mellitus	8	178	19	146	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	9	171	8	298	- 128
Breast Cancer	10	170	11	260	- 90
Falls	11	145	24	119	+ 26
Skin Cancers	12	141	30	79	+ 63
Lymphomas	13	141	15	213	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	14	126	10	268	- 143
Suicide	15	122	16	197	- 75
Road Traffic Accidents	16	106	35	59	+ 47
Kidney Disease	17	100	17	176	- 77
Leukemia	18	90	22	126	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	19	82	29	82	- 0
Hypertension	20	76	2	2,700	- 2,625
Endocrine Disorders	21	75	33	66	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	22	75	9	290	- 215
Inflammatory/Heart	23	72	14	217	- 145
Liver Cancer	24	67	26	107	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	25	65	27	99	- 34
Bladder Cancer	26	62	21	126	- 64
Other Neoplasms	27	57	23	123	- 67
Other Injuries	28	50	20	141	- 91
Ovary Cancer	29	48	28	87	- 39
Congenital Anomalies	30	41	43	25	+ 16
Oral Cancer	31	38	25	110	- 73
Liver Disease	32	36	7	328	- 292
Uterin Cancer	33	33	34	60	- 27
Skin Disease	34	27	41	29	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	26	45	22	+ 5
Asthma	36	21	44	24	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	19	53	8	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	38	18	55	7	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	16	36	55	- 39
Drug Use	40	16	31	75	- 59
Cervical Cancer	41	14	32	68	- 54
Violence	42	13	42	28	- 15
Epilepsy	43	13	37	45	- 32
Drownings	44	13	40	30	- 17
Alcohol	45	12	18	148	- 136
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	11	46	17	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	47	10	48	16	- 6
Hepatitis C	48	7	58	4	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	49	6	50	10	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	5	49	12	- 7
Anemia	51	4	51	9	- 5
Tuberculosis	52	4	47	16	- 12
Fires	53	4	38	41	- 37
Birth Trauma	54	3	57	5	- 2
Malnutrition	55	3	79	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	65	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	57	2	39	40	- 38
Poisonings	58	2	52	8	- 6
Meningitis	59	2	54	7	- 5
Schizophrenia	60	2	56	6	- 4
Oral conditions	61	2	60	2	- 0
Appendicitis	62	1	59	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Pertussis	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	67	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	62	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	84	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.