CENTRAL AFRICA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,657	1	5,231	- 2,575
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,387	7	2,900	- 513
Stroke	3	1,338	5	3,284	- 1,945
Kidney Disease	4	1,254	21	710	+ 544
Liver Disease	5	1,105	14	1,153	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,007	33	204	+ 803
Stomach Cancer	7	879	49	65	+ 814
Diabetes Mellitus	8	769	15	1,141	- 372
Road Traffic Accidents	9	765	10	1,790	- 1,025
Lung Cancers	10	549	55	47	+ 502
Prostate Cancer	11	549	38	156	+ 393
Violence	12	522	17	1,009	- 486
Other Injuries	13	498	23	621	- 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	458	45	116	+ 342
Lung Disease	15	437	18	956	- 520
Liver Cancer	16	429	44	117	+ 313
Tuberculosis	17	412	2	4,704	- 4,292
Lymphomas	18	391	42	119	+ 272
Congenital Anomalies	19	346	19	776	- 429
Breast Cancer	20	341	26	344	- 3
Cervical Cancer	21	333	32	230	+ 103
Leukemia	22	321	47	88	+ 233
Pancreas Cancer	23	279	60	37	+ 242
Low Birth Weight	24	256	8	2,228	- 1,972
Falls	25	223	36	181	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	26	220	48	67	+ 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	192	3	4,684	- 4,492
Hypertension	28	184	12	1,252	- 1,068
Malnutrition	29	174	22	691	- 516
Suicide	30	157	24	585	- 428
HIV/AIDS	31	147	4	3,753	- 3,606
Skin Cancers	32	136	58	43	+ 93
Ovary Cancer	33	124	50	64	+ 60
Drug Use	34	110	57	44	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	106	27	317	- 212
Drownings	36	101	34	202	- 101
Birth Trauma	37	93	9	2,192	- 2,099
Oral Cancer	38	90	46	91	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	39	86	30	270	- 184
Endocrine Disorders	40	82	25	423	- 341
Bladder Cancer	41	80	64	23	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	42	68	53	48	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	43	60	13	1,174	- 1,115
Alcohol	44	56	52	62	- 6
Uterin Cancer	45	53	65	20	+ 33
Encephalitis	46	49	62	28	+ 21
Epilepsy	47	45	43	119	- 73
Pertussis	48	45	31	265	- 220
Fires	49	41	39	142	- 100
Asthma	50	36	20	761	- 725
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	34	35	194	- 160
Syphilis	52	32	41	120	- 88
Appendicitis	53	30	51	62	- 32
Skin Disease	54	27	54	48	- 21
Poisonings	55	22	40	134	- 112
Meningitis	56	20	16	1,015	- 994
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	19	66	15	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	9	70	5	+ 5
Chagas disease	59	8	79	0	+ 8
Tetanus	60	8	29	280	- 272
Malaria	61	6	6	3,279	- 3,273
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	72	4	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	63	24	- 22
Hepatitis B	64	2	61	33	- 31
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	6	- 5
Dengue	66	1	74	0	+ 1
War	67	1	28	314	- 313
Chlamydia	68	0	73	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	71	5	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	67	11	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	68	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	56	46	- 46
Schistosomiasis	77	0	37	169	- 169
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Peru

Central Africa

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.