ISRAEL VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,200	52	25	+ 11,174
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,120	8	1,519	+ 4,601
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,093	1	5,122	- 30
Stroke	4	4,775	4	2,431	+ 2,344
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,696	6	1,913	+ 2,783
Tuberculosis	6	3,417	57	16	+ 3,401
Violence	7	3,267	41	104	+ 3,163
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,465	32	166	+ 2,298
Kidney Disease	9	2,380	3	2,437	- 56
Suicide	10	2,143	19	453	+ 1,689
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,025	26	333	+ 1,692
Hypertension	12	1,989	21	400	+ 1,589
Lung Disease	13	1,850	7	1,546	+ 304
Liver Disease	14	1,402	28	292	+ 1,110
Lung Cancers	15	1,199	5	2,026	- 827
Low Birth Weight	16	972	42	94	+ 878
Other Injuries	17	936	14	828	+ 108
Asthma	18	928	36	142	+ 786
Endocrine Disorders	19	916	12	1,002	- 86
Cervical Cancer	20	864	38	133	+ 731
Inflammatory/Heart	21	841	30	214	+ 627
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	727	2	2,996	- 2,268
Breast Cancer	23	705	10	1,237	- 532
Prostate Cancer	24	680	17	521	+ 159
Congenital Anomalies	25	677	29	291	+ 386
Meningitis	26	569	55	20	+ 549
Fires	27	563	53	24	+ 538
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	558	9	1,510	- 952
Oesophagus Cancer	29	542	37	138	+ 404
Birth Trauma	30	467	50	35	+ 432
Lymphomas	31	438	13	925	- 487
Drownings	32	374	45	39	+ 335
Liver Cancer	33	371	25	345	+ 26
Malnutrition	34	370	48	39	+ 332
Pancreas Cancer	35	312	11	1,023	- 710
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	295	51	33	+ 261
Epilepsy	37	291	40	109	+ 182
Maternal Conditions	38	264	61	6	+ 259
Stomach Cancer	39	239	16	565	- 326
Leukemia	40	228	15	612	- 384
Oral Cancer	41	219	33	150	+ 68
Falls	42	218	39	123	+ 94
Pertussis	43	178	69	0	+ 178
Syphilis	44	176	71	0	+ 176
Skin Disease	45	171	24	368	- 196
Parkinson's Disease	46	168	22	398	- 230
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	158	35	144	+ 14
Skin Cancers	48	154	23	379	- 225
Alcohol	49	154	49	39	+ 115
Poisonings	50	152	63	4	+ 148
Ovary Cancer	51	148	27	323	- 175
Bladder Cancer	52	129	18	496	- 367
Drug Use	53	120	43	67	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	54	80	31	202	- 122
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	58	54	23	+ 35
Appendicitis	56	43	64	4	+ 39
Measles	57	42	74	0	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	58	41	20	420	- 378
Encephalitis	59	36	66	3	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	60	35	62	5	+ 29
Hepatitis B	61	22	58	16	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	18	47	39	- 21
Malaria	63	13	77	0	+ 13
War	64	10	60	7	+ 3
Tetanus	65	6	73	0	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	66	5	78	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	67	3	67	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	3	80	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	70	1	46	39	- 38
Ascariasis	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	44	66	- 66
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	34	149	- 149
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	65	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	56	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

South Africa

Israel

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.