NEPAL VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	34,880	4	12,909	+ 21,971
Coronary Heart Disease	2	27,547	2	19,677	+ 7,870
Diabetes Mellitus	3	25,863	14	2,929	+ 22,934
Kidney Disease	4	14,760	10	4,284	+ 10,476
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	12,164	6	6,237	+ 5,926
Prostate Cancer	6	10,422	58	85	+ 10,337
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,103	9	4,654	+ 5,448
Lung Disease	8	9,785	1	27,027	- 17,242
Hypertension	9	9,717	18	2,092	+ 7,625
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	8,813	19	2,022	+ 6,791
Violence	11	6,853	35	704	+ 6,149
Liver Disease	12	6,453	5	6,383	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	13	5,833	48	217	+ 5,616
Breast Cancer	14	4,714	27	1,038	+ 3,676
Stomach Cancer	15	4,058	25	1,379	+ 2,678
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,908	26	1,167	+ 2,741
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,736	45	257	+ 3,479
Lung Cancers	18	3,462	12	3,586	- 124
Low Birth Weight	19	3,184	11	3,822	- 639
Skin Disease	20	2,993	67	17	+ 2,976
Other Injuries	21	2,732	22	1,655	+ 1,077
Suicide	22	2,666	16	2,571	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,569	33	760	+ 1,809
Lymphomas	24	2,423	32	768	+ 1,656
Cervical Cancer	25	2,196	20	1,969	+ 227
Falls	26	1,950	13	3,321	- 1,371
Asthma	27	1,776	8	5,930	- 4,154
Drownings	28	1,727	23	1,505	+ 222
Alcohol	29	1,712	52	168	+ 1,544
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,499	21	1,949	- 450
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,492	41	445	+ 1,047
Epilepsy	32	1,318	30	874	+ 444
Malnutrition	33	1,219	31	845	+ 374
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	994	49	191	+ 803
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	848	7	6,071	- 5,223
Leukemia	36	819	36	668	+ 151
Liver Cancer	37	748	46	256	+ 493
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	729	17	2,320	- 1,591
Fires	39	614	50	184	+ 430
Oesophagus Cancer	40	581	38	491	+ 90
Ovary Cancer	41	579	37	585	- 5
Birth Trauma	42	573	15	2,676	- 2,103
Oral Cancer	43	570	24	1,389	- 819
Tuberculosis	44	540	3	16,535	- 15,994
Uterin Cancer	45	377	60	56	+ 320
Drug Use	46	355	57	93	+ 261
Maternal Conditions	47	342	28	977	- 635
Other Neoplasms	48	336	61	50	+ 287
Meningitis	49	271	43	377	- 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	242	51	173	+ 69
Appendicitis	51	208	47	220	- 12
Encephalitis	52	204	29	882	- 678
Dengue	53	109	55	120	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	54	82	63	38	+ 44
Poisonings	55	48	39	474	- 425
Tetanus	56	39	53	134	- 95
Syphilis	57	35	54	134	- 99
War	58	31	65	24	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	59	23	66	24	- 0
Hepatitis B	60	11	56	117	- 106
Schistosomiasis	61	9	73	0	+ 9
Chlamydia	62	8	68	5	+ 3
Pertussis	63	6	40	453	- 447
Ascariasis	64	2	69	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	29	- 28
Otitis Media	66	0	70	4	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	71	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	42	400	- 399
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	44	325	- 325
Schizophrenia	73	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	59	60	- 60
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	62	39	- 39
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	34	737	- 737
Trichuriasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Saint Lucia

Nepal

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.