AZERBAIJAN VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		AZERBAIJAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,686	26	398	+ 12,288
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,932	7	1,781	+ 5,151
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,769	1	33,319	- 27,550
Stroke	4	5,408	2	12,939	- 7,531
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,319	4	2,383	+ 2,936
Tuberculosis	6	3,870	17	594	+ 3,277
Violence	7	3,700	34	252	+ 3,449
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,792	33	262	+ 2,530
Kidney Disease	9	2,696	9	1,590	+ 1,106
Suicide	10	2,427	25	411	+ 2,016
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,293	16	676	+ 1,617
Hypertension	12	2,253	5	2,370	- 116
Lung Disease	13	2,096	6	1,839	+ 257
Liver Disease	14	1,588	3	3,539	- 1,951
Lung Cancers	15	1,358	11	1,343	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	16	1,101	15	725	+ 376
Other Injuries	17	1,060	21	465	+ 594
Asthma	18	1,051	24	430	+ 621
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,038	30	300	+ 738
Cervical Cancer	20	979	32	278	+ 701
Inflammatory/Heart	21	953	8	1,681	- 728
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	824	10	1,370	- 546
Breast Cancer	23	799	13	917	- 118
Prostate Cancer	24	771	43	156	+ 614
Congenital Anomalies	25	767	19	542	+ 224
Meningitis	26	645	50	63	+ 582
Fires	27	637	20	473	+ 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	632	14	788	- 156
Oesophagus Cancer	29	614	18	572	+ 43
Birth Trauma	30	529	22	459	+ 70
Lymphomas	31	496	38	229	+ 267
Drownings	32	423	28	335	+ 88
Liver Cancer	33	420	27	379	+ 41
Malnutrition	34	419	55	18	+ 401
Pancreas Cancer	35	354	31	291	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	334	36	246	+ 88
Epilepsy	37	329	39	224	+ 106
Maternal Conditions	38	299	51	49	+ 250
Stomach Cancer	39	270	12	1,299	- 1,029
Leukemia	40	258	44	143	+ 115
Oral Cancer	41	248	42	159	+ 88
Falls	42	247	29	306	- 60
Pertussis	43	201	49	68	+ 133
Syphilis	44	199	53	32	+ 167
Skin Disease	45	194	58	14	+ 180
Parkinson's Disease	46	190	23	436	- 246
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	179	40	202	- 24
Skin Cancers	48	175	45	126	+ 49
Alcohol	49	174	37	244	- 70
Poisonings	50	172	48	93	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	51	168	35	251	- 83
Bladder Cancer	52	146	41	181	- 35
Drug Use	53	136	52	49	+ 87
Uterin Cancer	54	90	47	97	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	66	62	7	+ 59
Appendicitis	56	48	60	13	+ 36
Measles	57	48	68	0	+ 47
Other Neoplasms	58	47	54	20	+ 27
Encephalitis	59	41	46	108	- 67
Upper Respiratory	60	39	56	17	+ 23
Hepatitis B	61	25	57	16	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	20	59	13	+ 7
Malaria	63	15	74	0	+ 15
War	64	12	65	1	+ 11
Tetanus	65	7	61	7	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	6	76	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	67	3	70	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	68	3	64	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	3	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	70	1	66	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	4	- 4
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AZERBAIJAN

South Africa

Azerbaijan

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.