NEW ZEALAND VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,784	3	2,378	+ 3,406
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,568	1	5,095	- 527
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,289	8	769	+ 3,520
Kidney Disease	4	2,448	17	432	+ 2,016
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,017	7	920	+ 1,097
Prostate Cancer	6	1,728	9	739	+ 989
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,675	16	458	+ 1,217
Lung Disease	8	1,623	5	1,815	- 192
Hypertension	9	1,611	20	327	+ 1,285
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,461	2	3,032	- 1,570
Violence	11	1,136	42	57	+ 1,079
Liver Disease	12	1,070	32	158	+ 913
Inflammatory/Heart	13	967	23	313	+ 654
Breast Cancer	14	782	10	737	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	15	673	22	323	+ 350
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	648	6	1,495	- 847
Endocrine Disorders	17	620	21	325	+ 295
Lung Cancers	18	574	4	1,873	- 1,299
Low Birth Weight	19	528	38	78	+ 450
Skin Disease	20	496	34	118	+ 378
Other Injuries	21	453	28	218	+ 235
Suicide	22	442	15	528	- 86
Parkinson's Disease	23	426	19	353	+ 73
Lymphomas	24	402	13	608	- 206
Cervical Cancer	25	364	41	61	+ 303
Falls	26	323	11	627	- 303
Asthma	27	295	36	91	+ 204
Drownings	28	286	44	54	+ 232
Alcohol	29	284	45	51	+ 232
Congenital Anomalies	30	249	30	176	+ 73
Pancreas Cancer	31	247	14	543	- 295
Epilepsy	32	219	43	55	+ 164
Malnutrition	33	202	55	14	+ 188
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	165	39	70	+ 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	141	37	81	+ 60
Leukemia	36	136	18	391	- 255
Liver Cancer	37	124	24	288	- 164
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	121	35	113	+ 8
Fires	39	102	53	17	+ 85
Oesophagus Cancer	40	96	25	279	- 183
Ovary Cancer	41	96	29	207	- 111
Birth Trauma	42	95	54	15	+ 80
Oral Cancer	43	94	31	164	- 69
Tuberculosis	44	90	52	17	+ 72
Uterin Cancer	45	62	33	145	- 82
Drug Use	46	59	40	69	- 10
Maternal Conditions	47	57	63	5	+ 52
Other Neoplasms	48	56	27	245	- 189
Meningitis	49	45	59	9	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	40	46	47	- 7
Appendicitis	51	34	62	6	+ 29
Encephalitis	52	34	66	1	+ 33
Dengue	53	18	75	0	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	47	43	- 30
Poisonings	55	8	58	9	- 1
Tetanus	56	7	69	0	+ 6
Syphilis	57	6	70	0	+ 5
War	58	5	68	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	64	4	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	2	56	14	- 12
Schistosomiasis	61	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	48	30	- 29
Otitis Media	66	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	12	612	- 612
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	26	267	- 267
Schizophrenia	73	0	60	8	- 8
Oral conditions	74	0	61	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	75	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	50	22	- 22
Measles	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	57	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Saint Lucia

New Zealand

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.