KYRGYZSTAN VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		KYRGYZSTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,352	28	198	+ 7,154
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,017	8	696	+ 3,321
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,343	1	9,152	- 5,809
Stroke	4	3,134	2	3,706	- 572
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,083	25	260	+ 2,823
Tuberculosis	6	2,243	17	350	+ 1,893
Violence	7	2,144	22	294	+ 1,850
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,618	38	88	+ 1,530
Kidney Disease	9	1,563	16	393	+ 1,170
Suicide	10	1,407	12	474	+ 933
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,329	6	812	+ 516
Hypertension	12	1,306	14	413	+ 893
Lung Disease	13	1,215	4	1,139	+ 76
Liver Disease	14	920	3	1,695	- 775
Lung Cancers	15	787	9	605	+ 182
Low Birth Weight	16	638	5	900	- 261
Other Injuries	17	614	23	277	+ 337
Asthma	18	609	50	46	+ 563
Endocrine Disorders	19	601	48	51	+ 551
Cervical Cancer	20	567	19	313	+ 254
Inflammatory/Heart	21	552	18	335	+ 217
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	477	11	535	- 57
Breast Cancer	23	463	21	294	+ 169
Prostate Cancer	24	447	40	78	+ 369
Congenital Anomalies	25	444	10	582	- 138
Meningitis	26	374	52	30	+ 344
Fires	27	369	43	65	+ 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	366	24	270	+ 96
Oesophagus Cancer	29	356	30	150	+ 206
Birth Trauma	30	307	13	470	- 164
Lymphomas	31	288	42	66	+ 221
Drownings	32	245	26	226	+ 20
Liver Cancer	33	243	15	403	- 160
Malnutrition	34	243	58	6	+ 237
Pancreas Cancer	35	205	27	211	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	193	41	72	+ 121
Epilepsy	37	191	29	176	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	38	174	39	78	+ 95
Stomach Cancer	39	157	7	770	- 614
Leukemia	40	149	32	143	+ 7
Oral Cancer	41	144	36	122	+ 22
Falls	42	143	34	137	+ 6
Pertussis	43	117	65	0	+ 116
Syphilis	44	115	64	0	+ 115
Skin Disease	45	112	54	16	+ 96
Parkinson's Disease	46	110	37	94	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	104	33	139	- 35
Skin Cancers	48	101	46	58	+ 44
Alcohol	49	101	20	311	- 210
Poisonings	50	100	45	61	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	51	97	31	149	- 51
Bladder Cancer	52	85	47	56	+ 28
Drug Use	53	79	35	127	- 49
Uterin Cancer	54	52	44	62	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	38	51	38	+ 0
Appendicitis	56	28	55	8	+ 20
Measles	57	28	71	0	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	58	27	57	6	+ 21
Encephalitis	59	24	49	50	- 26
Upper Respiratory	60	23	53	18	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	14	56	7	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	60	5	+ 7
Malaria	63	8	73	0	+ 8
War	64	7	61	1	+ 6
Tetanus	65	4	63	0	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	66	4	75	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	2	69	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	2	66	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	70	1	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	5	- 5
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KYRGYZSTAN

South Africa

Kyrgyzstan

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.