ARMENIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		ARMENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,546	32	64	+ 3,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,938	3	1,214	+ 723
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,612	1	8,901	- 7,289
Stroke	4	1,512	2	2,121	- 610
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,487	7	714	+ 773
Tuberculosis	6	1,082	38	44	+ 1,038
Violence	7	1,034	25	112	+ 922
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	780	50	9	+ 771
Kidney Disease	9	754	11	467	+ 287
Suicide	10	678	28	98	+ 580
Road Traffic Accidents	11	641	9	590	+ 51
Hypertension	12	630	6	773	- 143
Lung Disease	13	586	5	832	- 247
Liver Disease	14	444	8	627	- 183
Lung Cancers	15	379	4	1,030	- 650
Low Birth Weight	16	308	23	130	+ 178
Other Injuries	17	296	17	263	+ 34
Asthma	18	294	49	10	+ 284
Endocrine Disorders	19	290	35	52	+ 238
Cervical Cancer	20	274	27	99	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	21	266	21	174	+ 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	230	39	40	+ 190
Breast Cancer	23	223	13	444	- 221
Prostate Cancer	24	215	19	221	- 6
Congenital Anomalies	25	214	16	282	- 68
Meningitis	26	180	56	7	+ 174
Fires	27	178	47	13	+ 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	177	10	469	- 293
Oesophagus Cancer	29	172	36	51	+ 121
Birth Trauma	30	148	42	34	+ 114
Lymphomas	31	139	26	106	+ 32
Drownings	32	118	45	21	+ 97
Liver Cancer	33	117	14	362	- 245
Malnutrition	34	117	66	1	+ 116
Pancreas Cancer	35	99	15	358	- 259
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	93	18	235	- 142
Epilepsy	37	92	52	9	+ 83
Maternal Conditions	38	84	55	8	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	39	76	12	448	- 373
Leukemia	40	72	22	136	- 64
Oral Cancer	41	69	33	60	+ 9
Falls	42	69	40	38	+ 31
Pertussis	43	56	71	0	+ 56
Syphilis	44	56	75	0	+ 56
Skin Disease	45	54	43	27	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	46	53	48	12	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	50	30	67	- 17
Skin Cancers	48	49	34	57	- 8
Alcohol	49	49	62	3	+ 46
Poisonings	50	48	46	20	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	51	47	29	91	- 44
Bladder Cancer	52	41	20	178	- 137
Drug Use	53	38	41	36	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	54	25	24	121	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	19	54	9	+ 10
Appendicitis	56	13	59	5	+ 9
Measles	57	13	74	0	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	58	13	37	44	- 31
Encephalitis	59	12	57	5	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	60	11	63	3	+ 8
Hepatitis B	61	7	51	9	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	53	9	- 3
Malaria	63	4	85	0	+ 4
War	64	3	69	0	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	81	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	31	64	- 64
Ascariasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	61	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	68	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	58	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	64	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	44	27	- 27
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARMENIA

South Africa

Armenia

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.