NEW ZEALAND VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,188	1	5,095	- 2,907
Diabetes Mellitus	2	928	8	769	+ 159
Stroke	3	516	3	2,378	- 1,863
Road Traffic Accidents	4	416	16	458	- 42
Liver Disease	5	409	32	158	+ 252
Kidney Disease	6	362	17	432	- 70
Suicide	7	334	15	528	- 194
Falls	8	260	11	627	- 367
Other Injuries	9	232	28	218	+ 14
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	218	7	920	- 702
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	168	6	1,495	- 1,327
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	151	2	3,032	- 2,880
Lung Cancers	13	147	4	1,873	- 1,726
Congenital Anomalies	14	142	30	176	- 34
Lung Disease	15	138	5	1,815	- 1,676
Leukemia	16	116	18	391	- 275
Breast Cancer	17	107	10	737	- 630
Lymphomas	18	98	13	608	- 510
Drownings	19	91	44	54	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	20	91	38	78	+ 12
Liver Cancer	21	90	24	288	- 198
Fires	22	86	53	17	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	23	85	22	323	- 238
Endocrine Disorders	24	79	21	325	- 245
Inflammatory/Heart	25	65	23	313	- 248
Parkinson's Disease	26	57	19	353	- 296
Bladder Cancer	27	55	26	267	- 212
Hypertension	28	53	20	327	- 274
Oral Cancer	29	51	31	164	- 113
Pancreas Cancer	30	50	14	543	- 493
Prostate Cancer	31	36	9	739	- 703
Ovary Cancer	32	35	29	207	- 172
Skin Disease	33	32	34	118	- 86
Violence	34	28	42	57	- 29
Epilepsy	35	27	43	55	- 28
Cervical Cancer	36	26	41	61	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	37	26	25	279	- 253
Birth Trauma	38	25	54	15	+ 11
Drug Use	39	25	40	69	- 44
Asthma	40	21	36	91	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	20	37	81	- 61
Poisonings	42	18	58	9	+ 9
Skin Cancers	43	16	12	612	- 595
Tuberculosis	44	16	52	17	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	16	35	113	- 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	15	39	70	- 55
Meningitis	47	14	59	9	+ 5
Alcohol	48	14	45	51	- 37
Uterin Cancer	49	13	33	145	- 132
Encephalitis	50	10	66	1	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	51	5	27	245	- 240
Maternal Conditions	52	5	63	5	+ 0
Syphilis	53	5	70	0	+ 5
Pertussis	54	5	65	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	55	4	47	43	- 40
Hepatitis B	56	4	56	14	- 10
Appendicitis	57	2	62	6	- 3
Malnutrition	58	2	55	14	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	46	47	- 46
Tetanus	60	1	69	0	+ 0
War	61	1	68	1	- 0
Dengue	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	48	30	- 29
Ascariasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	4	- 4
Diphtheria	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	57	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.