HAITI VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,001	5	2,706	+ 11,295
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,650	3	7,064	+ 587
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,367	1	13,208	- 6,842
Stroke	4	5,969	2	11,779	- 5,810
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,870	4	5,026	+ 845
Tuberculosis	6	4,271	22	1,007	+ 3,264
Violence	7	4,084	12	2,330	+ 1,754
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,081	8	2,540	+ 541
Kidney Disease	9	2,976	6	2,701	+ 275
Suicide	10	2,679	21	1,085	+ 1,593
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,531	13	2,115	+ 416
Hypertension	12	2,487	7	2,632	- 145
Lung Disease	13	2,313	11	2,334	- 21
Liver Disease	14	1,753	10	2,425	- 672
Lung Cancers	15	1,498	36	492	+ 1,007
Low Birth Weight	16	1,215	9	2,516	- 1,300
Other Injuries	17	1,169	16	1,499	- 329
Asthma	18	1,160	20	1,107	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,145	24	951	+ 194
Cervical Cancer	20	1,080	34	573	+ 508
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,052	25	941	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	909	23	955	- 46
Breast Cancer	23	882	30	705	+ 177
Prostate Cancer	24	851	17	1,356	- 506
Congenital Anomalies	25	846	15	1,819	- 973
Meningitis	26	712	28	780	- 68
Fires	27	703	37	470	+ 234
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	697	32	680	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	29	678	49	155	+ 523
Birth Trauma	30	584	14	2,100	- 1,516
Lymphomas	31	548	47	235	+ 313
Drownings	32	467	19	1,306	- 839
Liver Cancer	33	463	33	662	- 199
Malnutrition	34	463	29	717	- 254
Pancreas Cancer	35	390	44	268	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	368	31	704	- 336
Epilepsy	37	364	41	409	- 45
Maternal Conditions	38	331	18	1,349	- 1,018
Stomach Cancer	39	298	26	863	- 565
Leukemia	40	285	43	300	- 16
Oral Cancer	41	273	45	261	+ 13
Falls	42	272	35	549	- 277
Pertussis	43	222	38	446	- 224
Syphilis	44	220	46	251	- 32
Skin Disease	45	214	40	425	- 210
Parkinson's Disease	46	209	42	329	- 120
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	197	27	814	- 617
Skin Cancers	48	193	56	56	+ 137
Alcohol	49	192	39	428	- 236
Poisonings	50	190	50	154	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	51	185	51	153	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	52	161	55	92	+ 69
Drug Use	53	150	52	140	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	54	100	57	42	+ 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	73	58	37	+ 36
Appendicitis	56	53	48	172	- 118
Measles	57	53	74	0	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	58	52	60	31	+ 21
Encephalitis	59	46	54	118	- 72
Upper Respiratory	60	43	63	19	+ 25
Hepatitis B	61	27	62	26	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	22	61	28	- 6
Malaria	63	16	59	36	- 20
War	64	13	66	5	+ 7
Tetanus	65	7	53	119	- 111
Schistosomiasis	66	7	76	0	+ 7
Otitis Media	67	4	70	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	4	68	5	- 1
Diphtheria	69	3	69	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	2	65	7	- 6
Ascariasis	71	1	67	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

South Africa

Haiti

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.