BAHRAIN VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		BAHRAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,866	46	5	+ 1,861
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,020	9	104	+ 915
Coronary Heart Disease	3	849	1	971	- 122
Stroke	4	796	3	288	+ 508
Diabetes Mellitus	5	783	2	745	+ 37
Tuberculosis	6	569	43	8	+ 561
Violence	7	544	45	5	+ 539
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	411	35	17	+ 394
Kidney Disease	9	397	4	195	+ 202
Suicide	10	357	7	145	+ 212
Road Traffic Accidents	11	337	11	85	+ 252
Hypertension	12	332	22	41	+ 291
Lung Disease	13	308	8	130	+ 178
Liver Disease	14	234	5	158	+ 76
Lung Cancers	15	200	12	83	+ 117
Low Birth Weight	16	162	16	56	+ 106
Other Injuries	17	156	17	55	+ 101
Asthma	18	155	24	36	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	19	153	6	154	- 1
Cervical Cancer	20	144	39	12	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	21	140	23	40	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	121	10	96	+ 25
Breast Cancer	23	118	14	69	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	24	113	37	15	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	25	113	15	64	+ 49
Meningitis	26	95	48	5	+ 90
Fires	27	94	33	24	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	93	13	74	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	29	90	40	10	+ 81
Birth Trauma	30	78	50	4	+ 74
Lymphomas	31	73	19	41	+ 32
Drownings	32	62	34	22	+ 40
Liver Cancer	33	62	26	30	+ 32
Malnutrition	34	62	49	5	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	35	52	25	32	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	49	31	25	+ 24
Epilepsy	37	48	32	25	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	38	44	52	4	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	39	40	27	29	+ 11
Leukemia	40	38	20	41	- 3
Oral Cancer	41	36	36	16	+ 21
Falls	42	36	18	47	- 11
Pertussis	43	30	60	1	+ 29
Syphilis	44	29	58	2	+ 27
Skin Disease	45	29	21	41	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	46	28	30	26	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	26	41	9	+ 17
Skin Cancers	48	26	59	1	+ 25
Alcohol	49	26	42	9	+ 17
Poisonings	50	25	51	4	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	51	25	29	26	- 2
Bladder Cancer	52	21	28	27	- 5
Drug Use	53	20	38	15	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	54	13	44	8	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	10	55	3	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	7	57	2	+ 5
Measles	57	7	72	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	58	7	47	5	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	6	54	3	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	6	65	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	61	4	53	4	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	56	2	+ 1
Malaria	63	2	76	0	+ 2
War	64	2	62	0	+ 1
Tetanus	65	1	61	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHRAIN

South Africa

Bahrain

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.