ESTONIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,422	39	40	+ 1,382
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	777	6	349	+ 428
Coronary Heart Disease	3	647	1	3,009	- 2,362
Stroke	4	606	3	1,116	- 510
Diabetes Mellitus	5	596	19	146	+ 450
Tuberculosis	6	434	47	16	+ 417
Violence	7	415	42	28	+ 386
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	313	53	8	+ 305
Kidney Disease	9	302	17	176	+ 126
Suicide	10	272	16	197	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	11	257	35	59	+ 198
Hypertension	12	253	2	2,700	- 2,448
Lung Disease	13	235	13	229	+ 6
Liver Disease	14	178	7	328	- 150
Lung Cancers	15	152	4	657	- 505
Low Birth Weight	16	123	55	7	+ 117
Other Injuries	17	119	20	141	- 22
Asthma	18	118	44	24	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	19	116	33	66	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	20	110	32	68	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	21	107	14	217	- 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	92	12	229	- 137
Breast Cancer	23	90	11	260	- 170
Prostate Cancer	24	86	8	298	- 212
Congenital Anomalies	25	86	43	25	+ 61
Meningitis	26	72	54	7	+ 65
Fires	27	71	38	41	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	71	5	527	- 456
Oesophagus Cancer	29	69	27	99	- 30
Birth Trauma	30	59	57	5	+ 54
Lymphomas	31	56	15	213	- 157
Drownings	32	47	40	30	+ 17
Liver Cancer	33	47	26	107	- 60
Malnutrition	34	47	79	0	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	35	40	10	268	- 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	37	36	55	- 18
Epilepsy	37	37	37	45	- 8
Maternal Conditions	38	34	61	1	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	39	30	9	290	- 259
Leukemia	40	29	22	126	- 97
Oral Cancer	41	28	25	110	- 83
Falls	42	28	24	119	- 91
Pertussis	43	23	83	0	+ 23
Syphilis	44	22	62	1	+ 21
Skin Disease	45	22	41	29	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	46	21	29	82	- 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	20	45	22	- 1
Skin Cancers	48	20	30	79	- 59
Alcohol	49	19	18	148	- 129
Poisonings	50	19	52	8	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	51	19	28	87	- 68
Bladder Cancer	52	16	21	126	- 109
Drug Use	53	15	31	75	- 60
Uterin Cancer	54	10	34	60	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	7	46	17	- 10
Appendicitis	56	5	59	2	+ 3
Measles	57	5	84	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	58	5	23	123	- 118
Encephalitis	59	5	63	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	4	66	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	48	16	- 14
Malaria	63	2	73	0	+ 2
War	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Tetanus	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	58	4	- 4
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	60	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	49	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.