ZAMBIA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,816	10	4,432	+ 4,384
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,740	14	2,395	+ 1,345
Stroke	3	2,078	3	7,948	- 5,870
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,677	11	3,654	- 1,977
Liver Disease	5	1,650	9	4,501	- 2,851
Kidney Disease	6	1,460	18	1,760	- 301
Suicide	7	1,347	20	1,303	+ 45
Falls	8	1,048	28	596	+ 451
Other Injuries	9	936	19	1,729	- 793
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	878	2	9,517	- 8,639
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	676	43	203	+ 474
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	610	29	590	+ 20
Lung Cancers	13	593	41	226	+ 367
Congenital Anomalies	14	570	12	3,146	- 2,575
Lung Disease	15	558	21	1,273	- 714
Leukemia	16	466	39	261	+ 205
Breast Cancer	17	430	35	366	+ 64
Lymphomas	18	394	31	548	- 153
Drownings	19	368	27	689	- 321
Low Birth Weight	20	365	8	4,857	- 4,492
Liver Cancer	21	362	46	177	+ 185
Fires	22	346	32	546	- 200
Stomach Cancer	23	342	42	206	+ 135
Endocrine Disorders	24	319	37	354	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	25	263	33	501	- 238
Parkinson's Disease	26	229	47	164	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	27	220	50	132	+ 88
Hypertension	28	215	13	2,616	- 2,401
Oral Cancer	29	204	48	155	+ 49
Pancreas Cancer	30	203	62	42	+ 160
Prostate Cancer	31	144	30	561	- 418
Ovary Cancer	32	140	57	82	+ 57
Skin Disease	33	130	52	126	+ 4
Violence	34	114	23	1,153	- 1,039
Epilepsy	35	109	38	332	- 223
Cervical Cancer	36	104	17	1,799	- 1,694
Oesophagus Cancer	37	103	36	359	- 256
Birth Trauma	38	102	7	5,062	- 4,959
Drug Use	39	99	53	122	- 23
Asthma	40	84	26	741	- 657
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	81	5	6,275	- 6,194
Poisonings	42	72	34	456	- 384
Skin Cancers	43	66	54	108	- 42
Tuberculosis	44	65	6	5,941	- 5,876
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	64	45	190	- 126
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	59	40	246	- 186
Meningitis	47	57	16	1,976	- 1,918
Alcohol	48	57	49	140	- 83
Uterin Cancer	49	52	64	30	+ 22
Encephalitis	50	42	59	70	- 28
Other Neoplasms	51	22	65	20	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	52	21	22	1,188	- 1,167
Syphilis	53	20	24	885	- 865
Pertussis	54	19	25	743	- 724
Multiple Sclerosis	55	16	67	13	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	16	55	104	- 89
Appendicitis	57	10	56	84	- 74
Malnutrition	58	7	15	2,303	- 2,296
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	63	30	- 26
Tetanus	60	3	44	190	- 187
War	61	2	69	6	- 4
Dengue	62	1	74	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	18	- 17
Ascariasis	64	0	68	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	65	0	60	68	- 67
Diphtheria	66	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	67	0	61	48	- 48
Chlamydia	68	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	1	17,234	- 17,234
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	76	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Leishmaniasis	77	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	128	- 128
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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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.