ZIMBABWE VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	19,221	5	5,126	+ 14,095
Coronary Heart Disease	2	15,180	3	8,493	+ 6,687
Diabetes Mellitus	3	14,252	9	3,344	+ 10,908
Kidney Disease	4	8,134	12	2,214	+ 5,920
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,703	2	10,779	- 4,076
Prostate Cancer	6	5,743	32	628	+ 5,115
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,567	4	6,037	- 470
Lung Disease	8	5,392	23	1,163	+ 4,229
Hypertension	9	5,354	24	1,146	+ 4,209
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,856	31	768	+ 4,089
Violence	11	3,776	18	1,916	+ 1,860
Liver Disease	12	3,556	17	1,941	+ 1,615
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,215	25	1,047	+ 2,167
Breast Cancer	14	2,598	28	839	+ 1,759
Stomach Cancer	15	2,236	33	559	+ 1,677
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,154	40	505	+ 1,649
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,059	34	553	+ 1,505
Lung Cancers	18	1,908	43	286	+ 1,622
Low Birth Weight	19	1,754	7	4,038	- 2,283
Skin Disease	20	1,649	52	173	+ 1,476
Other Injuries	21	1,505	20	1,656	- 150
Suicide	22	1,469	13	2,069	- 599
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,416	46	226	+ 1,190
Lymphomas	24	1,335	26	960	+ 376
Cervical Cancer	25	1,210	14	2,023	- 813
Falls	26	1,074	41	465	+ 610
Asthma	27	979	21	1,531	- 552
Drownings	28	952	27	956	- 4
Alcohol	29	943	61	48	+ 895
Congenital Anomalies	30	826	11	2,217	- 1,391
Pancreas Cancer	31	822	47	217	+ 606
Epilepsy	32	726	39	508	+ 218
Malnutrition	33	672	10	2,396	- 1,724
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	548	35	548	- 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	467	6	4,595	- 4,127
Leukemia	36	451	45	244	+ 208
Liver Cancer	37	412	38	510	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	402	36	542	- 140
Fires	39	338	30	793	- 454
Oesophagus Cancer	40	320	29	801	- 481
Ovary Cancer	41	319	51	173	+ 146
Birth Trauma	42	316	8	3,405	- 3,090
Oral Cancer	43	314	49	208	+ 106
Tuberculosis	44	298	16	1,999	- 1,701
Uterin Cancer	45	208	50	182	+ 26
Drug Use	46	196	48	213	- 17
Maternal Conditions	47	188	19	1,749	- 1,561
Other Neoplasms	48	185	62	37	+ 148
Meningitis	49	149	22	1,325	- 1,176
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	133	64	26	+ 107
Appendicitis	51	115	58	66	+ 48
Encephalitis	52	112	56	117	- 5
Dengue	53	60	73	0	+ 60
Multiple Sclerosis	54	45	67	14	+ 31
Poisonings	55	27	37	515	- 489
Tetanus	56	22	57	102	- 80
Syphilis	57	19	55	124	- 105
War	58	17	65	26	- 9
Upper Respiratory	59	13	59	65	- 52
Hepatitis B	60	6	60	57	- 51
Schistosomiasis	61	5	53	172	- 167
Chlamydia	62	5	69	3	+ 1
Pertussis	63	3	42	419	- 416
Ascariasis	64	1	70	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	14	- 14
Otitis Media	66	0	68	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	72	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	68	0	44	264	- 264
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	54	125	- 125
Schizophrenia	73	0	86	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	63	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	81	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	19,988	- 19,988
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Saint Lucia

Zimbabwe

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.