ZAMBIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	23,310	3	7,948	+ 15,362
Coronary Heart Disease	2	18,409	10	4,432	+ 13,978
Diabetes Mellitus	3	17,284	14	2,395	+ 14,889
Kidney Disease	4	9,864	18	1,760	+ 8,104
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,129	2	9,517	- 1,388
Prostate Cancer	6	6,965	30	561	+ 6,404
Road Traffic Accidents	7	6,752	11	3,654	+ 3,098
Lung Disease	8	6,539	21	1,273	+ 5,267
Hypertension	9	6,494	13	2,616	+ 3,877
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,890	29	590	+ 5,300
Violence	11	4,580	23	1,153	+ 3,427
Liver Disease	12	4,313	9	4,501	- 188
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,898	33	501	+ 3,397
Breast Cancer	14	3,150	35	366	+ 2,785
Stomach Cancer	15	2,712	42	206	+ 2,505
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,612	43	203	+ 2,409
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,497	37	354	+ 2,143
Lung Cancers	18	2,314	41	226	+ 2,088
Low Birth Weight	19	2,128	8	4,857	- 2,729
Skin Disease	20	2,000	52	126	+ 1,874
Other Injuries	21	1,826	19	1,729	+ 97
Suicide	22	1,782	20	1,303	+ 479
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,717	47	164	+ 1,553
Lymphomas	24	1,620	31	548	+ 1,072
Cervical Cancer	25	1,468	17	1,799	- 331
Falls	26	1,303	28	596	+ 707
Asthma	27	1,187	26	741	+ 446
Drownings	28	1,154	27	689	+ 465
Alcohol	29	1,144	49	140	+ 1,004
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,002	12	3,146	- 2,144
Pancreas Cancer	31	997	62	42	+ 955
Epilepsy	32	881	38	332	+ 549
Malnutrition	33	815	15	2,303	- 1,488
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	664	40	246	+ 419
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	567	5	6,275	- 5,709
Leukemia	36	547	39	261	+ 286
Liver Cancer	37	500	46	177	+ 323
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	487	45	190	+ 297
Fires	39	410	32	546	- 136
Oesophagus Cancer	40	388	36	359	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	41	387	57	82	+ 305
Birth Trauma	42	383	7	5,062	- 4,679
Oral Cancer	43	381	48	155	+ 226
Tuberculosis	44	361	6	5,941	- 5,580
Uterin Cancer	45	252	64	30	+ 222
Drug Use	46	237	53	122	+ 115
Maternal Conditions	47	228	22	1,188	- 960
Other Neoplasms	48	225	65	20	+ 205
Meningitis	49	181	16	1,976	- 1,795
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	162	63	30	+ 132
Appendicitis	51	139	56	84	+ 55
Encephalitis	52	136	59	70	+ 66
Dengue	53	73	74	1	+ 72
Multiple Sclerosis	54	55	67	13	+ 42
Poisonings	55	32	34	456	- 424
Tetanus	56	26	44	190	- 163
Syphilis	57	23	24	885	- 861
War	58	21	69	6	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	59	16	60	68	- 52
Hepatitis B	60	7	55	104	- 97
Schistosomiasis	61	6	51	128	- 122
Chlamydia	62	6	71	3	+ 2
Pertussis	63	4	25	743	- 739
Ascariasis	64	1	68	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	18	- 17
Otitis Media	66	0	70	5	- 5
Diphtheria	67	0	73	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	0	54	108	- 108
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	50	132	- 132
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	61	48	- 48
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	81	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Leishmaniasis	82	0	58	72	- 72
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	17,234	- 17,234
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Saint Lucia

Zambia

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.