NEPAL VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,686	2	19,677	+ 10,010
Stroke	2	17,442	4	12,909	+ 4,533
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	12,873	7	6,071	+ 6,802
Low Birth Weight	4	11,515	11	3,822	+ 7,693
Lung Disease	5	10,725	1	27,027	- 16,302
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,295	6	6,237	+ 4,058
Diabetes Mellitus	7	7,875	14	2,929	+ 4,945
Birth Trauma	8	7,345	15	2,676	+ 4,669
Kidney Disease	9	7,004	10	4,284	+ 2,720
Liver Disease	10	6,762	5	6,383	+ 379
Tuberculosis	11	5,192	3	16,535	- 11,342
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,474	9	4,654	- 1,180
Other Injuries	13	3,331	22	1,655	+ 1,676
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,246	21	1,949	+ 1,297
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,208	17	2,320	+ 888
Hypertension	16	2,826	18	2,092	+ 735
Asthma	17	2,559	8	5,930	- 3,371
Suicide	18	2,384	16	2,571	- 187
Meningitis	19	2,223	43	377	+ 1,846
Breast Cancer	20	2,221	27	1,038	+ 1,183
Oral Cancer	21	2,119	24	1,389	+ 730
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,876	19	2,022	- 145
Violence	23	1,594	35	704	+ 890
Maternal Conditions	24	1,528	28	977	+ 551
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,411	45	257	+ 1,153
Lung Cancers	26	1,195	12	3,586	- 2,391
Malnutrition	27	1,092	31	845	+ 247
Falls	28	1,066	13	3,321	- 2,255
Oesophagus Cancer	29	970	38	491	+ 479
Tetanus	30	930	53	134	+ 796
Lymphomas	31	866	32	768	+ 98
HIV/AIDS	32	838	34	737	+ 101
Encephalitis	33	820	29	882	- 62
Pertussis	34	784	40	453	+ 331
Parkinson's Disease	35	758	33	760	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	672	49	191	+ 481
Drownings	37	663	23	1,505	- 842
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	651	26	1,167	- 516
Leukemia	39	648	36	668	- 20
Epilepsy	40	601	30	874	- 273
Liver Cancer	41	546	46	256	+ 290
Fires	42	531	50	184	+ 347
Stomach Cancer	43	499	25	1,379	- 881
Cervical Cancer	44	494	20	1,969	- 1,475
Prostate Cancer	45	439	58	85	+ 354
Ovary Cancer	46	436	37	585	- 149
Poisonings	47	415	39	474	- 59
Bladder Cancer	48	336	44	325	+ 12
Measles	49	318	59	60	+ 258
Alcohol	50	311	52	168	+ 143
Appendicitis	51	305	47	220	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	52	286	48	217	+ 69
Hepatitis B	53	280	56	117	+ 163
Skin Cancers	54	190	42	400	- 210
Dengue	55	176	55	120	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	171	51	173	- 2
Syphilis	57	159	54	134	+ 25
Hepatitis C	58	151	64	29	+ 123
Uterin Cancer	59	147	60	56	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	60	132	41	445	- 313
Drug Use	61	102	57	93	+ 9
War	62	74	65	24	+ 49
Malaria	63	72	72	0	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	64	51	61	50	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	51	63	38	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	66	36	66	24	+ 12
Skin Disease	67	16	67	17	- 1
Ascariasis	68	9	69	4	+ 5
Diphtheria	69	8	71	1	+ 7
Chlamydia	70	5	68	5	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	3	70	4	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	1	62	39	- 38
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Pakistan

Nepal

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.