NEW ZEALAND VS SEYCHELLES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SEYCHELLES		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,462	1	5,095	+ 367
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,936	7	920	+ 3,016
Stroke	3	3,495	3	2,378	+ 1,117
Kidney Disease	4	2,242	17	432	+ 1,810
Hypertension	5	2,204	20	327	+ 1,878
Liver Disease	6	1,644	32	158	+ 1,486
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,342	8	769	+ 574
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,298	6	1,495	- 197
Lung Disease	9	1,180	5	1,815	- 635
Prostate Cancer	10	1,053	9	739	+ 314
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	984	2	3,032	- 2,048
Lung Cancers	12	957	4	1,873	- 917
Breast Cancer	13	761	10	737	+ 25
Violence	14	761	42	57	+ 704
Oral Cancer	15	701	31	164	+ 537
Drownings	16	613	44	54	+ 559
Road Traffic Accidents	17	579	16	458	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	18	523	23	313	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	19	477	41	61	+ 417
Lymphomas	20	445	13	608	- 164
Suicide	21	416	15	528	- 113
Pancreas Cancer	22	393	14	543	- 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	368	39	70	+ 298
Congenital Anomalies	24	366	30	176	+ 191
Stomach Cancer	25	360	22	323	+ 37
Leukemia	26	329	18	391	- 62
Asthma	27	325	36	91	+ 234
Parkinson's Disease	28	315	19	353	- 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	311	37	81	+ 231
Endocrine Disorders	30	310	21	325	- 14
Liver Cancer	31	308	24	288	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	32	306	25	279	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	33	295	38	78	+ 217
Falls	34	293	11	627	- 334
Ovary Cancer	35	265	29	207	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	36	233	26	267	- 34
Other Injuries	37	224	28	218	+ 6
Meningitis	38	124	59	9	+ 115
Birth Trauma	39	96	54	15	+ 81
Skin Disease	40	95	34	118	- 23
Fires	41	93	53	17	+ 77
Malnutrition	42	89	55	14	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	43	89	33	145	- 55
Skin Cancers	44	62	12	612	- 549
Maternal Conditions	45	50	63	5	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	44	35	113	- 68
Drug Use	47	43	40	69	- 26
Encephalitis	48	42	66	1	+ 42
Alcohol	49	33	45	51	- 18
Epilepsy	50	29	43	55	- 26
Poisonings	51	27	58	9	+ 18
Appendicitis	52	26	62	6	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	53	22	27	245	- 223
Pertussis	54	20	65	1	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	55	13	47	43	- 30
Hepatitis B	56	12	56	14	- 2
Syphilis	57	11	70	0	+ 11
Dengue	58	8	75	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	46	47	- 42
Tetanus	60	4	69	0	+ 4
War	61	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	2	48	30	- 27
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	4	- 3
Chlamydia	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Tuberculosis	66	0	52	17	- 17
Diphtheria	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	69	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	57	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	82	0	49	24	- 24
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Seychelles

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.