NEW ZEALAND VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,671	1	5,095	+ 576
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,093	7	920	+ 3,173
Stroke	3	3,236	3	2,378	+ 858
Kidney Disease	4	1,718	17	432	+ 1,286
Hypertension	5	1,505	20	327	+ 1,179
Lung Disease	6	1,421	5	1,815	- 394
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,408	8	769	+ 639
Tuberculosis	8	1,181	52	17	+ 1,164
Violence	9	647	42	57	+ 590
Road Traffic Accidents	10	568	16	458	+ 110
Asthma	11	498	36	91	+ 407
Endocrine Disorders	12	457	21	325	+ 132
Lung Cancers	13	449	4	1,873	- 1,424
Low Birth Weight	14	443	38	78	+ 364
Breast Cancer	15	428	10	737	- 309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	352	6	1,495	- 1,143
Congenital Anomalies	17	351	30	176	+ 176
Birth Trauma	18	347	54	15	+ 333
Liver Cancer	19	334	24	288	+ 47
Liver Disease	20	309	32	158	+ 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	300	39	70	+ 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	270	37	81	+ 189
Other Neoplasms	23	225	27	245	- 20
Malnutrition	24	188	55	14	+ 174
Skin Disease	25	185	34	118	+ 67
Prostate Cancer	26	181	9	739	- 558
Drownings	27	169	44	54	+ 115
Falls	28	168	11	627	- 458
Leukemia	29	157	18	391	- 234
Inflammatory/Heart	30	155	23	313	- 158
Other Injuries	31	154	28	218	- 64
Anemia	32	150	51	17	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	33	134	41	61	+ 73
Oral Cancer	34	127	31	164	- 36
Suicide	35	101	15	528	- 427
Lymphomas	36	99	13	608	- 509
Pancreas Cancer	37	93	14	543	- 450
Maternal Conditions	38	89	63	5	+ 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	88	2	3,032	- 2,944
Ovary Cancer	40	87	29	207	- 120
Stomach Cancer	41	82	22	323	- 241
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	79	35	113	- 34
Pertussis	43	77	65	1	+ 76
Syphilis	44	50	70	0	+ 50
Epilepsy	45	49	43	55	- 6
Dengue	46	46	75	0	+ 46
Meningitis	47	45	59	9	+ 36
Measles	48	39	82	0	+ 39
War	49	36	68	1	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	50	33	33	145	- 111
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	33	50	22	+ 11
Drug Use	52	30	40	69	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	53	29	25	279	- 250
Fires	54	26	53	17	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	55	26	19	353	- 327
Hepatitis B	56	26	56	14	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	57	25	49	24	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	58	25	26	267	- 242
Tetanus	59	23	69	0	+ 22
Alcohol	60	17	45	51	- 34
Skin Cancers	61	16	12	612	- 595
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	46	47	- 33
Appendicitis	63	12	62	6	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	64	10	77	0	+ 10
Poisonings	65	10	58	9	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	66	9	57	10	- 1
Encephalitis	67	8	66	1	+ 7
Schizophrenia	68	6	60	8	- 2
Malaria	69	4	78	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	70	2	64	4	- 2
Leprosy	71	2	72	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	72	1	47	43	- 42
Oral conditions	73	1	61	8	- 7
Otitis Media	74	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	76	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	48	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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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.