NEW ZEALAND VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,426	7	920	+ 1,506
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,180	1	5,095	- 2,915
Stroke	3	1,222	3	2,378	- 1,156
Kidney Disease	4	1,145	17	432	+ 713
Liver Disease	5	1,009	32	158	+ 852
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	920	2	3,032	- 2,112
Stomach Cancer	7	803	22	323	+ 480
Diabetes Mellitus	8	702	8	769	- 66
Road Traffic Accidents	9	699	16	458	+ 241
Lung Cancers	10	502	4	1,873	- 1,372
Prostate Cancer	11	501	9	739	- 237
Violence	12	477	42	57	+ 420
Other Injuries	13	455	28	218	+ 237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	418	6	1,495	- 1,076
Lung Disease	15	399	5	1,815	- 1,416
Liver Cancer	16	392	24	288	+ 104
Tuberculosis	17	376	52	17	+ 359
Lymphomas	18	357	13	608	- 251
Congenital Anomalies	19	316	30	176	+ 141
Breast Cancer	20	312	10	737	- 425
Cervical Cancer	21	305	41	61	+ 244
Leukemia	22	293	18	391	- 98
Pancreas Cancer	23	254	14	543	- 288
Low Birth Weight	24	234	38	78	+ 155
Falls	25	203	11	627	- 423
Parkinson's Disease	26	201	19	353	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	175	37	81	+ 95
Hypertension	28	168	20	327	- 159
Malnutrition	29	159	55	14	+ 145
Suicide	30	143	15	528	- 385
HIV/AIDS	31	134	57	10	+ 124
Skin Cancers	32	124	12	612	- 487
Ovary Cancer	33	113	29	207	- 94
Drug Use	34	101	40	69	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	96	39	70	+ 26
Drownings	36	92	44	54	+ 38
Birth Trauma	37	85	54	15	+ 70
Oral Cancer	38	82	31	164	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	39	78	23	313	- 235
Endocrine Disorders	40	75	21	325	- 249
Bladder Cancer	41	73	26	267	- 194
Oesophagus Cancer	42	62	25	279	- 217
Maternal Conditions	43	55	63	5	+ 50
Alcohol	44	51	45	51	- 1
Uterin Cancer	45	48	33	145	- 96
Encephalitis	46	44	66	1	+ 44
Epilepsy	47	41	43	55	- 14
Pertussis	48	41	65	1	+ 40
Fires	49	38	53	17	+ 21
Asthma	50	33	36	91	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	31	35	113	- 81
Syphilis	52	29	70	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	53	27	62	6	+ 21
Skin Disease	54	25	34	118	- 93
Poisonings	55	20	58	9	+ 11
Meningitis	56	19	59	9	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	17	46	47	- 30
Other Neoplasms	58	9	27	245	- 236
Chagas disease	59	8	79	0	+ 8
Tetanus	60	8	69	0	+ 7
Malaria	61	6	78	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	47	43	- 38
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	64	2	56	14	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	1	48	30	- 29
Dengue	66	1	75	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Peru

New Zealand

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.