CYPRUS VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,573	64	0	+ 1,573
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	860	15	98	+ 762
Coronary Heart Disease	3	715	1	1,120	- 404
Stroke	4	671	2	462	+ 209
Diabetes Mellitus	5	660	5	332	+ 328
Tuberculosis	6	480	52	4	+ 476
Violence	7	459	40	15	+ 444
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	346	22	56	+ 290
Kidney Disease	9	334	7	213	+ 122
Suicide	10	301	29	44	+ 257
Road Traffic Accidents	11	284	18	69	+ 215
Hypertension	12	279	11	127	+ 152
Lung Disease	13	260	4	355	- 95
Liver Disease	14	197	26	50	+ 147
Lung Cancers	15	168	6	319	- 151
Low Birth Weight	16	137	47	6	+ 130
Other Injuries	17	131	10	136	- 4
Asthma	18	130	35	24	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	19	129	12	126	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	20	121	37	18	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	21	118	24	51	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	102	3	400	- 298
Breast Cancer	23	99	9	155	- 56
Prostate Cancer	24	96	13	118	- 22
Congenital Anomalies	25	95	38	18	+ 77
Meningitis	26	80	55	2	+ 78
Fires	27	79	50	5	+ 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	78	8	167	- 89
Oesophagus Cancer	29	76	43	10	+ 66
Birth Trauma	30	66	53	2	+ 63
Lymphomas	31	62	16	97	- 36
Drownings	32	53	33	33	+ 19
Liver Cancer	33	52	20	64	- 12
Malnutrition	34	52	56	2	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	35	44	14	104	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	41	42	11	+ 30
Epilepsy	37	41	44	10	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	38	37	63	1	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	39	34	21	63	- 30
Leukemia	40	32	17	83	- 51
Oral Cancer	41	31	36	21	+ 10
Falls	42	31	25	51	- 20
Pertussis	43	25	70	0	+ 25
Syphilis	44	25	62	1	+ 24
Skin Disease	45	24	30	44	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	46	24	28	44	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	32	35	- 12
Skin Cancers	48	22	31	39	- 17
Alcohol	49	22	49	5	+ 16
Poisonings	50	21	51	4	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	51	21	27	45	- 24
Bladder Cancer	52	18	19	67	- 49
Drug Use	53	17	41	13	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	54	11	34	27	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	8	45	10	- 2
Appendicitis	56	6	66	0	+ 6
Measles	57	6	72	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	58	6	23	53	- 48
Encephalitis	59	5	69	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	5	59	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	3	54	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	46	9	- 6
Malaria	63	2	79	0	+ 2
War	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Tetanus	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	58	2	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	39	17	- 17
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	48	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

South Africa

Cyprus

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.