NO MACEDONIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,544	61	0	+ 2,543
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,390	19	157	+ 1,233
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,157	2	4,420	- 3,263
Stroke	4	1,084	1	5,521	- 4,436
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,067	4	1,104	- 37
Tuberculosis	6	776	35	32	+ 744
Violence	7	742	36	31	+ 711
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	560	56	1	+ 559
Kidney Disease	9	541	9	516	+ 25
Suicide	10	487	16	196	+ 291
Road Traffic Accidents	11	460	24	107	+ 353
Hypertension	12	452	7	627	- 176
Lung Disease	13	420	6	807	- 386
Liver Disease	14	318	15	218	+ 101
Lung Cancers	15	272	5	1,055	- 783
Low Birth Weight	16	221	28	73	+ 147
Other Injuries	17	212	17	183	+ 29
Asthma	18	211	33	53	+ 158
Endocrine Disorders	19	208	44	12	+ 196
Cervical Cancer	20	196	31	68	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	21	191	3	4,249	- 4,058
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	165	30	71	+ 94
Breast Cancer	23	160	11	386	- 226
Prostate Cancer	24	155	14	259	- 105
Congenital Anomalies	25	154	37	29	+ 125
Meningitis	26	129	51	4	+ 126
Fires	27	128	46	11	+ 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	127	8	560	- 434
Oesophagus Cancer	29	123	34	45	+ 78
Birth Trauma	30	106	48	7	+ 99
Lymphomas	31	100	25	96	+ 4
Drownings	32	85	41	18	+ 67
Liver Cancer	33	84	13	260	- 176
Malnutrition	34	84	58	1	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	35	71	12	267	- 196
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	67	32	56	+ 11
Epilepsy	37	66	38	23	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	38	60	54	2	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	39	54	10	455	- 401
Leukemia	40	52	22	114	- 63
Oral Cancer	41	50	29	72	- 22
Falls	42	49	27	78	- 28
Pertussis	43	40	50	4	+ 37
Syphilis	44	40	62	0	+ 40
Skin Disease	45	39	57	1	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	46	38	20	141	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	36	43	13	+ 23
Skin Cancers	48	35	21	126	- 91
Alcohol	49	35	42	14	+ 21
Poisonings	50	34	45	11	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	51	34	26	93	- 60
Bladder Cancer	52	29	18	163	- 133
Drug Use	53	27	47	9	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	54	18	23	108	- 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	13	60	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	56	10	55	1	+ 8
Measles	57	10	74	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	58	9	40	19	- 9
Encephalitis	59	8	59	1	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	8	65	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	61	5	49	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	39	21	- 17
Malaria	63	3	78	0	+ 3
War	64	2	63	0	+ 2
Tetanus	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	52	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

South Africa

No Macedonia

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.