TANZANIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	75,607	7	16,894	+ 58,713
Coronary Heart Disease	2	59,711	9	13,215	+ 46,497
Diabetes Mellitus	3	56,062	15	6,247	+ 49,816
Kidney Disease	4	31,995	19	4,547	+ 27,448
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	26,367	2	26,028	+ 338
Prostate Cancer	6	22,591	28	1,819	+ 20,772
Road Traffic Accidents	7	21,899	5	18,054	+ 3,845
Lung Disease	8	21,210	22	3,051	+ 18,158
Hypertension	9	21,062	17	5,209	+ 15,854
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	19,103	27	2,048	+ 17,055
Violence	11	14,854	18	4,713	+ 10,142
Liver Disease	12	13,988	13	6,586	+ 7,402
Inflammatory/Heart	13	12,645	38	1,227	+ 11,417
Breast Cancer	14	10,219	37	1,285	+ 8,934
Stomach Cancer	15	8,795	39	1,190	+ 7,605
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	8,472	33	1,567	+ 6,905
Endocrine Disorders	17	8,099	29	1,778	+ 6,321
Lung Cancers	18	7,505	61	159	+ 7,346
Low Birth Weight	19	6,901	10	12,173	- 5,272
Skin Disease	20	6,487	52	359	+ 6,128
Other Injuries	21	5,921	20	4,270	+ 1,651
Suicide	22	5,780	24	2,474	+ 3,305
Parkinson's Disease	23	5,568	45	513	+ 5,055
Lymphomas	24	5,253	41	805	+ 4,448
Cervical Cancer	25	4,761	14	6,424	- 1,663
Falls	26	4,226	34	1,533	+ 2,693
Asthma	27	3,850	30	1,700	+ 2,150
Drownings	28	3,743	32	1,642	+ 2,101
Alcohol	29	3,710	56	270	+ 3,440
Congenital Anomalies	30	3,249	11	9,791	- 6,541
Pancreas Cancer	31	3,235	62	158	+ 3,077
Epilepsy	32	2,857	43	707	+ 2,150
Malnutrition	33	2,642	16	5,574	- 2,932
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	2,155	46	462	+ 1,693
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,838	6	17,587	- 15,749
Leukemia	36	1,775	47	416	+ 1,359
Liver Cancer	37	1,622	36	1,413	+ 209
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,580	50	401	+ 1,180
Fires	39	1,330	35	1,424	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,260	25	2,247	- 987
Ovary Cancer	41	1,256	53	337	+ 919
Birth Trauma	42	1,242	8	15,086	- 13,844
Oral Cancer	43	1,235	31	1,646	- 411
Tuberculosis	44	1,171	4	20,269	- 19,098
Uterin Cancer	45	817	57	218	+ 598
Drug Use	46	769	48	404	+ 365
Maternal Conditions	47	741	12	6,835	- 6,094
Other Neoplasms	48	729	64	58	+ 672
Meningitis	49	587	21	3,188	- 2,602
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	525	63	81	+ 444
Appendicitis	51	451	58	218	+ 233
Encephalitis	52	442	59	199	+ 244
Dengue	53	236	73	2	+ 235
Multiple Sclerosis	54	179	68	27	+ 152
Poisonings	55	105	40	1,170	- 1,065
Tetanus	56	86	49	402	- 316
Syphilis	57	75	26	2,115	- 2,039
War	58	67	67	30	+ 37
Upper Respiratory	59	51	54	299	- 248
Hepatitis B	60	24	60	168	- 145
Schistosomiasis	61	20	51	371	- 350
Chlamydia	62	18	71	9	+ 9
Pertussis	63	12	23	2,774	- 2,762
Ascariasis	64	4	65	56	- 51
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	40	- 38
Otitis Media	66	0	69	17	- 16
Diphtheria	67	0	70	11	- 10
Skin Cancers	68	0	42	744	- 744
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	44	667	- 667
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	86	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	55	295	- 295
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	81	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	27,402	- 27,402
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Saint Lucia

Tanzania

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.