TRINIDAD/TOB. VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,391	1	1,476	- 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	828	9	215	+ 613
Stroke	3	649	3	822	- 173
Lung Cancers	4	511	8	217	+ 294
Lung Disease	5	495	16	129	+ 366
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	408	13	196	+ 212
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	251	10	205	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	8	210	2	1,275	- 1,066
Prostate Cancer	9	202	6	330	- 128
Breast Cancer	10	201	7	258	- 57
Falls	11	171	33	43	+ 128
Skin Cancers	12	167	57	4	+ 163
Lymphomas	13	166	20	111	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	14	148	19	114	+ 34
Suicide	15	144	17	121	+ 23
Road Traffic Accidents	16	125	15	130	- 5
Kidney Disease	17	118	5	439	- 321
Leukemia	18	107	29	62	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	19	96	32	51	+ 45
Hypertension	20	89	11	201	- 112
Endocrine Disorders	21	89	18	119	- 31
Stomach Cancer	22	88	26	69	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	23	85	25	72	+ 13
Liver Cancer	24	79	28	66	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	25	76	41	24	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	26	73	34	41	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	27	67	51	10	+ 57
Other Injuries	28	60	30	61	- 1
Ovary Cancer	29	56	24	80	- 24
Congenital Anomalies	30	48	22	93	- 45
Oral Cancer	31	45	38	31	+ 14
Liver Disease	32	43	14	136	- 93
Uterin Cancer	33	39	27	68	- 28
Skin Disease	34	32	36	39	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	31	49	11	+ 20
Asthma	36	25	35	40	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	22	45	18	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	38	21	23	83	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	19	31	52	- 33
Drug Use	40	19	44	19	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	41	17	21	97	- 80
Violence	42	16	4	549	- 534
Epilepsy	43	15	37	32	- 17
Drownings	44	15	39	31	- 16
Alcohol	45	14	42	23	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	13	53	8	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	47	12	58	2	+ 10
Hepatitis C	48	8	62	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	49	7	81	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	6	82	0	+ 6
Anemia	51	5	85	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	52	5	43	22	- 17
Fires	53	5	48	16	- 12
Birth Trauma	54	4	40	25	- 21
Malnutrition	55	4	47	17	- 13
Hepatitis B	56	4	60	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	57	3	12	196	- 193
Poisonings	58	3	59	1	+ 1
Meningitis	59	2	52	9	- 7
Schizophrenia	60	2	86	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	56	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	50	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Pertussis	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	54	6	- 6
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Tetanus	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	55	5	- 5
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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Trinidad/Tob.

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.