CENTRAL AFRICA VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,209	7	2,900	+ 3,309
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,482	1	5,231	- 749
Stroke	3	3,543	5	3,284	+ 260
Kidney Disease	4	1,881	21	710	+ 1,171
Hypertension	5	1,648	12	1,252	+ 396
Lung Disease	6	1,556	18	956	+ 600
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,541	15	1,141	+ 400
Tuberculosis	8	1,293	2	4,704	- 3,411
Violence	9	709	17	1,009	- 300
Road Traffic Accidents	10	622	10	1,790	- 1,168
Asthma	11	545	20	761	- 216
Endocrine Disorders	12	500	25	423	+ 77
Lung Cancers	13	492	55	47	+ 445
Low Birth Weight	14	484	8	2,228	- 1,743
Breast Cancer	15	468	26	344	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	385	45	116	+ 269
Congenital Anomalies	17	385	19	776	- 391
Birth Trauma	18	380	9	2,192	- 1,811
Liver Cancer	19	366	44	117	+ 249
Liver Disease	20	338	14	1,153	- 815
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	328	27	317	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	296	3	4,684	- 4,388
Other Neoplasms	23	246	70	5	+ 241
Malnutrition	24	206	22	691	- 485
Skin Disease	25	202	54	48	+ 154
Prostate Cancer	26	198	38	156	+ 42
Drownings	27	185	34	202	- 17
Falls	28	184	36	181	+ 3
Leukemia	29	172	47	88	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	30	169	30	270	- 100
Other Injuries	31	169	23	621	- 452
Anemia	32	164	84	0	+ 164
Cervical Cancer	33	147	32	230	- 83
Oral Cancer	34	139	46	91	+ 48
Suicide	35	111	24	585	- 474
Lymphomas	36	109	42	119	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	37	101	60	37	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	38	98	13	1,174	- 1,077
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	96	33	204	- 108
Ovary Cancer	40	95	50	64	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	41	89	49	65	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	86	35	194	- 108
Pertussis	43	84	31	265	- 181
Syphilis	44	55	41	120	- 65
Epilepsy	45	53	43	119	- 65
Dengue	46	51	74	0	+ 51
Meningitis	47	50	16	1,015	- 965
Measles	48	43	11	1,625	- 1,582
War	49	39	28	314	- 274
Uterin Cancer	50	36	65	20	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	36	80	0	+ 36
Drug Use	52	33	57	44	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	53	32	53	48	- 16
Fires	54	29	39	142	- 113
Parkinson's Disease	55	28	48	67	- 39
Hepatitis B	56	28	61	33	- 5
Osteoarthritis	57	27	81	0	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	58	27	64	23	+ 4
Tetanus	59	25	29	280	- 255
Alcohol	60	19	52	62	- 43
Skin Cancers	61	18	58	43	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	66	15	+ 0
Appendicitis	63	13	51	62	- 49
Schistosomiasis	64	11	37	169	- 158
Poisonings	65	11	40	134	- 123
HIV/AIDS	66	10	4	3,753	- 3,743
Encephalitis	67	9	62	28	- 19
Schizophrenia	68	6	86	0	+ 6
Malaria	69	4	6	3,279	- 3,275
Upper Respiratory	70	2	63	24	- 23
Leprosy	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	72	1	72	4	- 2
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	1	68	6	- 5
Diphtheria	75	1	67	11	- 10
Ascariasis	76	1	71	5	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	73	2	- 2
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	69	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	82	0	56	46	- 46
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	59	40	- 40
Hookworm Disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

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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.